PROTECT WHAT MATTERS

• Thanks to reflective cool roofs as RENOLIT ALKORPLAN Bright, Cool and Smart, cities stay cooler and require less air conditioning. The additional positive result is less CO2 emissions and a reduction of the greenhouse effect.
• For each RENOLIT ALKORPLAN product an Environmental Product Declaration has been published. An EPD is a standardized and registered document, verified by an independent expert, which is based on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method. This document communicates data on the environmental impact of a given building material at each stage of the product life cycle: production, construction, end-of-life and the potential for reuse, recovery or recycling. It is a common tool to measure the actual environmental footprint of a product, thanks to KPIs such as the Global Warming Potential (GWP).
• In recent years, the optimization of logistics at RENOLIT has drastically reduced emissions, thanks to greater direct deliveries, fewer triangulations through warehouses and goods rail transport which have cut CO2 emissions down by 76%.
• As RENOLIT ALKORPLAN roofing products have in fact been paying more and more attention to what and how the products are being manufactured, a sustainability manager is in charge of favouring and accelerating this process.

Circularity

Circularity and sustainability are ubiquitous themes in construction. Contrary to popular perception, PVC is the plastic material with the lowest dependence on oil, and the most sustainable in production as it uses little amount of energy and cheaper raw materials, largely derived from standard salt (a less expensive resource with huge reserves and the extraction of which has a very light footprint).

Nonetheless, we, at RENOLIT, dedicate ourselves day by day to reusing and recycling our materials, thus contributing to circular economy with the awareness that what was once traditionally considered to be "waste" can now become a "resource". This approach is also confirmed by the initiative RENOLIT Goes Circular, which aims to improve the efficiency of manufacturing processes, while avoiding waste and improving the recovery of waste materials.

Significant results were obtained on the recycling front:

• 8,500 tons of recycled material per year
• 100% of waste material recycled in the last eight years
• 50% of recycled material on average in every square meter of membrane
• 8% of the employed workforce in the recycling process.

At the end of life, the RENOLIT ALKORPLAN roofing membranes are fully recyclable into other new useful products. And there are more initiatives in which RENOLIT takes part. Thanks to RoofCollect, the international programme for the collection and recycling of waterproofing membranes, old PVC membranes can be fully recycled to manufacture new construction products.

Individual waste take-back pilot projects are ongoing as well: building site scraps are gathered and returned to the manufacturing plant to be fully recycled.

Water

Water is a precious resource, and as the world population continues to grow, the need for sustainable water management practices becomes increasingly important.

RENOLIT ALKORPLAN PVC-based roofing membranes for green or blue roofs can help achieve this goal. By capturing and storing rainwater, blue-green roofs reduce the amount of water that normally ends up in the sewer system. Harvesting rainwater on roofs really is a great, sustainable idea, given the fact that there are plenty of flat roofs available.

Unlike other roofing products that change the pH of water and/or release toxic components, the RENOLIT ALKORPLAN membranes allow to reuse rainwater for irrigation, cleaning, laundry, etc. Not only are changes to pH negligible, the chemical oxygen demand after a few rainwater cycles also remains stable, thus protecting the quality of precious water resources. This opportunity is particularly important in those geographical areas where water provision has become critical, but is also a responsible reaction everywhere, as water supplies grow ever scarcer.

In addition, RENOLIT ALKORPLAN roofing products participate in the Operation Clean Sweep programme, aimed at ensuring that no plastic particles end up in the oceans.

Durable partnerships

RENOLIT cooperate with several international associations in order to reach common objectives about the recycling of plastic materials and the sustainability of the buildings: VinylPlus, Circular Plastics Alliance, ESWA, GBCe.

Gender equality

RENOLIT ALKORPLAN roofing products is committed to equal opportunities and the professional development of employees. The company has a very active Equality Commission.

Our guarantees

Our RENOLIT ALKORPLAN products comply with the following sustainability labels:

• LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
• BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)
• VERDE (Green Building Council España)

The environmental footprint of the products are measured by EPDs (Environmental Product Declaration) according to the LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) method.

The manufacturing plant is ISO 14001 and EMAS certified and the recycling process is Eucertplast and Recovinyl certified.

Another proof of our commitment to sustainability!

RENOLIT ALKORPLAN roofing products are committed to remaining your reliable and responsible partner, dealing with energy efficiency, waste production, recycling and CO2 emissions, now and in the future.