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Mastic Supports Sustainable Building Practices

Beauty and Performance for Your Home and Our Planet

Mastic Home Exteriors by Ply Gem can help you meet your sustainable building goals and earn points in leading green building certification programs.  Our products offer features that positively contribute to sustainable building practices, improved energy efficiency or lifecycle benefits of homes.  All are important aspects of sustainable building and reflect Mastic's contribution to the Ply Gem Enviro initiative.

Sustainable Resources:

• Mastic vinyl siding is manufactured from abundant natural resources: salt (57%) and natural gas (43%).
• Vinyl siding generates less construction site waste than cardboard packaging, brick, or lumber.
• Our Performance Metals have been evaluated by a third party and are Green Circle certified to contain a minimum of 67% recycled content.
• Ply Gem facilities reuse and recycle.  All post-product scrap material, pallets and packaging material, reducing raw material needs and landfill use.

Energy Efficiency:

• Vinyl siding requires less energy to manufacture per square foot than brick and mortar. 1
• Mastic vinyl siding is lighter weight per square than other cladding options, so it requires less fuel to transport. Less fuel used means less pollution.
• When properly installed, Structure EPS Insulated Siding can reduce thermal bridging and help meet the requirements of an Energy Star Qualified new home. Structure EPS Insulated Siding, with a verified R-Value of up to 3.0, have been tested using the new 2011 FTC-Compliant testing method (ASTM C1363).
  • R means resistance to heat flow. The higher the r-value, the greater the insulating power.

Lifecycle Benefits of Homes:

• Mastic vinyl siding is durable and requires no site finish.
• When installed properly and under normal use, our products should never require painting or staining. They won’t crack, peel, blister, or rot.
• All of our aluminum accessories are easily recyclable. In fact, at the end of its lifecycle in building applications, 100% of the aluminum can be recycled.

To learn more about Ply Gem Enviro, please visit plygem.com.  Additionally, the technical bulletin below details how our products support sustainable building goals. Click here to download the bulletin “Building to Make a Difference.  How Mastic Can Help You Meet Your Sustainable Goals.”  This bulletin provides a comprehensive overview of how Mastic products offer features and benefits that support sustainability and green building.