The Lubrizol Corporation
29400 Lakeland Boulevard, Wickliffe, Ohio 44092-2298
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Affordable, Buildable, Certifiable: Lubrizol CPVC Helps Make Green Homes Possible
CLEVELAND, June 19, 2014 - High-performance building products from The Lubrizol Corporation's CPVC team, such as FlowGuard Gold® Pipe & Fittings, FlowGuard® Bendable Multilayer Piping and BlazeMaster® Fire Sprinkler Systems, can effectively contribute to a more sustainable home-making the products a perfect fit for Green Home Builder (GBH) magazine's Affordable, Buildable, and Certifiable (ABC) Green Home 2.0.
With the goal of constructing a home that meets the important qualities of "Affordable, Buildable, and Certifiable," the ABC Green Home 2.0 is the second project of its kind, a state-of-the-art, single-family home that shows how to tackle concerns over operational and energy costs. Showcasing high-performance building products from top to bottom, the ABC Green Home 2.0 will be certified by the Ecological Development Foundation as a Zero Net Energy Home, as well as LEED® Platinum certified at its completion. Outfitted with FlowGuard Gold Pipe & Fittings and FlowGuard Bendable Multilayer Piping for plumbing and water distribution, as well as BlazeMaster Fire Sprinkler Systems for fire protection, Lubrizol CPVC is an important part of bringing the ABC 2.0 home to life.
"Lubrizol CPVC is dedicated to offering cost-effective, sustainable solutions for building and construction applications," said Domenic DeCaria, the Americas market segment manager for plumbing. "FlowGuard Gold and BlazeMaster systems offer advantages over comparable metallic systems for plumbing and fire sprinkler projects. The Lubrizol CPVC family of products offers improved energy efficiency as well as durability and long-lasting performance. These benefits contribute to the certification of the ABC Green Home 2.0."
For BlazeMaster Pipe & Fittings, Lubrizol CPVC completed an ISO-compliant, peer-reviewed Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), in which it outperformed comparable steel systems in 12 of 13 environmental impact categories-most notably, it was found that BlazeMaster pipe and fittings have half the climate change impact of steel. Additionally, due to the larger internal diameter of the CPVC pipe, BlazeMaster pipe and fittings yields greater flow rates and hydraulic capabilities for a more efficient sprinkler design. Moreover, BlazeMaster Fire Sprinkler Systems use less water than a fire department response for a lower overall environmental impact.
Lubrizol is proud to be a part of the ABC Green Home 2.0 project, as it provides a model for sustainable residential construction that can be followed by builders across the country. With FlowGuard Gold Pipe & Fittings and BlazeMaster Fire Sprinkler Systems, builders can be sure that they're making environmentally sound choices, with superior performance to boot. It's MORE INSIDE(TM) for a more sustainable future.
For more information, visit www.lubrizolcpvc.com and www.abcgreenhome.com.
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About The Lubrizol Corporation's CPVC Piping Systems and Materials Business
The Lubrizol Corporation is the innovator and world leader in chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) resins and compounds. Our high-performance and low-combustibility CPVC technology can be found in FlowGuard® Pipe & Fittings, BlazeMaster® Fire Sprinkler Systems and Corzan® Industrial Systems designed for plumbing, fire protection and industrial piping applications. In addition, our CPVC product is also used in a variety of specialty applications serving diverse markets. Backed by robust research and development capabilities and the technical expertise of our piping systems consultants, billions of feet of our CPVC piping systems have been installed globally. For more information, visit lubrizolcpvc.com or follow us on Twitter @LZ_CPVC.
About The Lubrizol Corporation
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a technology-driven global company that combines complex, specialty chemicals to optimize the quality, performance and value of customers' products while reducing their environmental impact. It produces and supplies technologies to customers in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets. These technologies include lubricant additives for engine oils, other transportation-related fluids and industrial lubricants, as well as additives for gasoline and diesel fuel. In addition, Lubrizol makes ingredients and additives for home care and personal care products and pharmaceuticals, and specialty materials, including plastics technology and performance coatings in the form of specialty resins and additives.
With headquarters in Wickliffe, Ohio, Lubrizol owns and operates manufacturing facilities in 17 countries, as well as sales and technical offices around the world. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol has approximately 7,500 employees worldwide. Revenues for 2013 were $6.4 billion. For more information, visit Lubrizol.com.
Michael Taylor
Marketing Communications Manager
Lubrizol CPVC
(216) 447-5914
michael.taylor@lubrizol.com
Celeste Conklin
AKHIA Public Relations & Marketing Communications
(330) 463-5650
celeste.conklin@akhia.com