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Your competitors will be jealous of the beautiful yet sustainable buildings you can create using metal construction products. Looking for eco-friendly building products? Look no further.
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Unlike brick, cement, wood, and many other building materials, metal can be recycled again and again without loss of quality. Many metals, like aluminum and steel, continually recover their original performance properties, even after multiple times of recycling, allowing them to be used over and over. In fact, the majority of the metal used in buildings is collected and recycled after use. However, non-metallic materials often degrade after recycling, resulting in a loss of strength, durability and aesthetic appeal. Shouldn’t you use the greenest, and most recyclable, construction products?
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More and more, solar array installers are targeting metal roofs due to their long lifespan and ease of installation. Solar on metal has become a growing trend. One recent success story is the retrofit roof and solar installation project at McElroy Metal’s manufacturing facility. Read the entire case study.
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| WE DO DECLARE |
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Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) provide life-cycle assessments and details about a product’s environmental impact from raw-material extraction, transportation, packaging, disposal, and more. Thus, EPDs can assist purchasers like you in making informed comparisons among products. The MCA recently compiled data to publish EPDs for Insulated Metal Panels, Single Skin Panels, and Metal Composite Panels. Go ahead and click. We dare you to compare the environmental impact of metal construction products vs. other materials.
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Metal construction products also contribute to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) points, which are awarded to buildings that use high recycled content and other “green” construction materials. As an example, low slope metal roofs can contribute to LEED credits because they typically contain at least 25% recycled content, and at the end of a long useful life are 100% recyclable.
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| METAL CAN BE RECYCLED. NATURE CANNOT. |
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You can do your part to protect our natural world. To find a supplier of green metal construction products, use our Product Locator.
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