Spacer manufacturer Swisspacer is setting the bar high in terms of sustainability. With electricity from renewable energies and optimised production, the carbon footprint of a 16 mm spacer is now less than 0.15 kg CO₂ equivalents per running metre - a reduction of almost 30% compared to the previous value. Find the details here.
‘At Swisspacer, we attach great importance to providing our customers and partners with transparent and verified data on our carbon footprint,’ emphasises Sarah Sattler, Sales & Marketing Director at Swisspacer. ‘The EPDs offer us the opportunity to clearly show where we stand and where we can develop further. We are not only focussing on renewable energies, but also on circular approaches and resource conservation. As a long-standing member of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB), we are committed to this standard.’
Swisspacer not only currently offers the best EPD for warm edge spacers on the market, but is also the only supplier to cover all stages of the cradle-to-grave cycle.
Background: An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) provides comprehensive information on the environmental impact of a product throughout its entire life cycle - from raw material extraction to disposal (‘cradle to grave’).
Swisspacer regularly publishes EPDs that are certified in accordance with the international standards IGU 14025 and EN 15804. These declarations are an important element for the certification of buildings according to sustainability standards such as DGNB, LEED or BREEAM.
Future improvements already in sight
Marie Guin, R&D Innovation Partner at Swisspacer, adds: ‘A key factor in our strategy is the switch to electricity from renewable sources, which has already enabled significant progress in our newly published EPDs. At the same time, we are investing in recycling technologies, the positive effect of which on our carbon footprint will be visible in future EPD versions.’
Swisspacer is also focussing on sustainable innovations in order to produce in a resource-conserving manner and drive forward the transition to a circular economy. A new recycling plant will play an important role in 2025, as recyclable spacer material from customers will also be fed back into the production cycle in future.
The EPDs of the spacers from Swisspacer were an important factor in the award of the contract for the refurbishment of the Belgian ‘Cité Administrative’ into a ‘zero carbon’ high-rise building.
