Saint-Gobain Wins Second Energy Star Partner Of The Year Award

For the second year in a row, the US Environmental Protection Agency has named Saint-Gobain an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for outstanding energy management and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Through a wide range of energy awareness programs, process improvements and energy management practices in 2009, SG businesses in North America were able to reduce their energy intensity by 2.2%, equivalent to the amount of energy needed to make around 486M glass bottles, or enough fibre glass insulation for more than 100,000 typical US homes. The company's energy use reduction equated to a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions released to the atmosphere of over 70,000 tonnes in 2009.