The Environmentally Responsible Choice
AIA 2030 Commitment – building a sustainable future. How does powder fit in?
The 2030 Challenge, now supported by the AIA with the AIA 2030 Commitment, aims for all new buildings, developments, and major renovations to be carbon-neutral by 2030.
“The mission of the AIA 2030 Commitment is to support the 2030 Challenge and transform the practice of architecture in a way that is holistic, firm-wide, project based, and data-driven. By prioritizing energy performance, participating firms can more easily work toward carbon neutral buildings, developments and major renovations by 2030”
Saving money, meeting sustainability goals and helping to combat the effects of global climate change – all great results.
Performance and design excellence should be intrinsically linked. Surely outstanding design should have improved environmental performance built in? If so, then everyone is responsible. Sustainability leads and “green teams” are important, but making sure everyone is aware that sustainability is a key metric at every stage, and that information is shared so everyone is aware of the options is just as important. This enables the whole project team to make a decision that is good for the whole process.
Environmental Product Declarations are a great way to openly see the environmental footprint of a given product – and compare different products (see the graph on coating options below from Merit Aluminums EPD), but making sure that a sustainable option is built in from the beginning is key.
When it comes to performance coatings, choose the performance level, choose the color, and ask for the sustainability profile of the various products. We will make the color you want, in the performance level desired, and with an industry leading sustainability footprint. By putting it in the specification, you indicate to the industry that you want a performance coating with an improved sustainability footprint. Powder coating is not just “a product”. Powders are available in different performance levels and thousands of colors. When you’re looking for performance, the 100% FEVE Fluoropolymer powders, like IFS 500FP, deliver technical excellence, great aesthetics and an awesome environmental footprint.
100% FEVE Fluoropolymer powders like IFS 500FP outperform 70% liquid PDF paints in terms of environmental responsibility time after time. Using a Fluoropolymer powder on your project helps you tackle the 2030 challenge head on.
