[Greenbuilding] A little good news

[Jason Holstine]

It¹s time for a break of good news:

* onshoring back to US production
* energy performance
* better product chemistry and considerably better GHG potency


The insulation in Whirlpool¹s U.S.-made fridges and freezers now will
contain Honeywell¹s Solstice Liquid Blowing Agent (LBA). The blowing agent
provides expansion abilities for the foam insulation, creating a better
insulation within the appliance. Honeywell¹s LBA has a global warming
potential that is almost 100 percent lower than the most common agent,
245fa.

All of Whirlpool¹s U.S.-based manufacturing plants will be using Honeywell¹s
LBA in refrigerators and freezers by the end of 2014. A press release by the
company 
<http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/whirlpool-corporation-partners-with
-honeywell-announces-use-of-next-generation-solstice-liquid-blowing-agent-in
-us-refrigerators-241489581.html>  states this change will have a similar
impact as removing 400,000 cars from the country¹s highways. Whirlpool is
the first company to use the foam blowing agent in home appliances.

Approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, Honeywell¹s Solstice LBA is
non-ozone depleting and is listed under the EPA¹s Significant New
Alternatives Policy (SNAP).

³We are pleased to see Whirlpool at the vanguard of the global effort to
combat climate change while retaining the high performance that consumers
have come to expect from their products,² says Andreas Kramvis, president
and CEO of Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies.


 - See more at: 
http://industryedge.nationalhardwareshow.com/2014/01/whirlpool-honeywell-par
tner-for-environmentally-friendly-appliances?utm_source=National%2BHardware%
2BShow%2BIndustry%2BEdge&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20140129#sthash.T0t2L
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