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Owens Corning Building Achieves Green Seal Certification

Posted on: Wednesday, 1 April 2009, 10:16 CDT

Award Demonstrates Company's Breadth of Green Practices

TOLEDO, Ohio,April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Owens Corning, a world leader in building materials and glass fiber reinforcements, today announced that a building at the company's science and technology (S&T) center in Granville, Ohio, has met the Green Seal environmental standard for cleaning services. This is only the second building in the state of Ohio to achieve the Green Seal certification. Green Seal is an independent, non-profit group that safeguards the environment and promotes environmentally friendly products and services.

The Granville facilities team encouraged its cleaning service, ServiceMaster Facility Services by George, to meet the Green Seal standard, and worked closely with them to ensure the certification was met. As a result, all chemicals used to clean the building are environmentally friendly, and are automatically mixed in proper proportions to avoid using excess chemicals. In addition, chemicals are stored away from the main work space and all cleaning products are certified as sustainable. ServiceMaster also added floor and scraping mats near the doors to prevent dirt and dust from entering the building.

"This achievement proves we're doing things right to provide a cleaner atmosphere for people in the building and for the Granville community at large," said Vince Brown, Granville site operations leader.

Currently, other buildings on the Granville S&T site use similar green cleaning practices. Owens Corning's goal is to have each S&T building meet the Green Seal standard by the end of this year.

Green Seal evaluates products and services through a full range of phases, beginning with material extraction, continuing with manufacturing and use and ending with recycling and disposal. Products only become Green Seal certified after rigorous testing and evaluation, including on-site plant visits.

About Owens CorningOwens Corning (NYSE: OC) is a leading global producer of residential and commercial building materials, glass fiber reinforcements and engineered materials for composite systems. A Fortune 500 company for 54 consecutive years, Owens Corning is committed to driving sustainability through delivering solutions, transforming markets and enhancing lives. Founded in 1938, Owens Corning is a market-leading innovator of glass fiber technology with sales of $6 billion in 2008 and 17,000 employees in 26 countries on five continents. Additional information is available at www.owenscorning.com.

About Green Seal

Green Seal is an independent, non-profit organization that uses science-based standards and the power of the marketplace to create a more sustainable world. For more information, visit www.greenseal.org.

SOURCE Owens Corning

Source: PR Newswire

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