[GSBN] Environmental effects of foam insulations

[David Elfstrom]

For the Passive Buildings Canada AGM we had Danny Harvey from U of T and 
Ryan Daglish from CUFCA speak on both sides of the topic, at least as it 
pertains to global warming potential of blowing agents. Harvey's 
presentation had the most recent data available (compared to the EBN and 
articles that relied on his earlier work)

http://www.passivebuildings.ca/resources/Documents/2011-10-CUFCA-AGM-Presentation.pdf 
<http://www.passivebuildings.ca/resources/Documents/2011-10-CUFCA-AGM-Presentation.pdf>

http://www.passivebuildings.ca/resources/Documents/2011-10-DannyHarvey-AGM-Presentation.pdf 
<http://www.passivebuildings.ca/resources/Documents/2011-10-DannyHarvey-AGM-Presentation.pdf>


On 1/02/12 4:40 PM, Chris Magwood wrote:
> Hi all, and happy new year to all of you!
>
> I am trying to research the environmental impacts of the production of 
> EPS and XPS foam insulations. Obviously, this industry is on the 
> defensive, because all I can find are industry-sponsored glossy 
> brochures touting the complete benevolence of foam insulations and 
> industry-sponsored tests that give me a bunch of numbers I can't 
> understand, no comparisons of those numbers to other materials and a 
> "see, it's all good" conclusion.
>
> Environmental Building News has had some articles that have been 
> helpful. Any other suggestions?
>
> Chris
>

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