Footprint Reduction Goals
Owens Corning has reduced its environmental intensity footprint since the base year of 2002. On this page, you’ll see detailed progress on our goals, and how we are faring compared to our 2012 goal.
Normalized Emissions1
Owens Corning has set reduction goals against the base for 2012 as follows:
| GHG | 30% |
| PM | 20% |
| VOC | 25% |
| Water | 15% |
| Waste to Landfill | 35% |
| NOx | 25% |
| Energy | 25% |
Actual Environmental Impacts, 2002 and 2006
| Year/Emission | GHG (millions of TPY) | PM (thousands of TPY) | VOC (thousands of TPY) | Water (billions of GAL) | Waste to Landfill (thousands of TPY) | NOx (thousands of TPY) | Energy (millions of MwH) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 330 | 5.1 | 9.4 |
| 2006 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 345 | 5.2 | 8.9 |
Legend
- GHG
- — Greenhouse gases – defined as gases which contribute toward the Greenhouse effect, including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and HCFCs
- PM
- — Particulate matter. Defined and reported according to regional government requirements.
- VOC
- — Volatile organic compounds, primarily hydrocarbons
- Water
- — Water that enters the plant – sources include local utilities and wells
- NOx
- — Oxides of nitrogen
- Energy
- — Electric power, natural gas, fuel oil
- TPY
- — Tons per year
- GAL
- — Gallons
- MwH
- — Megawatt hours
- 1 Intensity is normalized based on product output.