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resisto: Therefore, products made with the new High Recycled Content. Unmatched
what's new with sopra-xps? formulation will have no effect on the ozone Performance.
Thanks to SOPREMA’s exclusive and
depletion potential and a much lower global
warming potential. In fact, the impact on innovative process, the SOPRA-XPS line now
the global warming potential is reduced by contains up to 70%** recycled content.
more than 95%*! These SOPRA-XPS panels Therefore, SOPREMA is the leading XPS
also retain all of their properties, including insulation manufacturer in terms of recycled
their long-term thermal resistance of 5 content.
per inch, their low water absorption as well Part of the recycled content in SOPRA-
as their high compressive strength, which XPS products – post-consumer and pre-
A New Eco-Friendlier Formula makes them most efficient and versatile, consumer recycled content – has been
Although it has been available for a few and even more eco-friendly. validated by an independent third party, CT
years now, the SOPRA-XPS line of extruded In addition, SOPRA-XPS is Consultants, an expert in environmental
polystyrene insulation panels is evolving for still GREENGUARD Gold-certified , which lifecycle analysis, all in accordance with ISO
the better by being more environmentally shows that the products respect very 14020/21 and ISO 7000-1135 standards.
sustainable. While keeping the same strict criteria and its formulation takes This is a major beneficial attribute for
attributes in terms of performance of its into account demanding safety factors in obtaining LEED certification.
products, these major changes specifically terms of volatile organic compound (VOC) **The recycled content varies according
relate to the carbon footprint and recycled emissions, which is a significant feature for to the compression range. The global
content of the line. Thus, this new SOPRA- improving indoor air quality. recycled content is made of one part of
XPS product line complies with the new *The global warming potential for an post-consumer and pre-consumer content
Canadian government regulation governing extruded polystyrene insulation panel validated by CT Consultants, and another
the use of certain blowing agents which will manufactured with HFC-134a gas is part which accounts for the manufacturing
come into force on January 1, 2021. approximately 1,350. The new formulation recovery value. The specific details of the
The SOPRA-XPS line is now produced of SOPRA-XPS has a global warming products covered by this validation can be
without HFC-134a gas as a blowing agent. potential index of less than 50. found in the recycled content certificate

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