French Ceiling : Sustainability

“Sustainability is an attempt to provide the best outcomes for the human and natural environments both now and into the indefinite future”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability

Although at french ceiling we have not become “green “ overnight we are taking the issue very seriously and we are trying to make an effort to promote a sustainable attitude.

This is a vast subject and this page will keep you up to date with the different new information we can provide.

PVC has been made the villain for many years and we would like to point out a few facts:

Plastics represent 4% of the total oil consumption and a fraction of it is used at least twice when its energy content is recovered.

One very important fact is that our product is made out of about 60% of sea salt the rest of the content is oil it therefore contributes to the preservation of that highly valuable resource.

The condition in which our material is being manufactured has been the subject in Europe of very serious scrutiny the industry poured a lot of money in the upgrading the condition PVC is being manufactured.

“PVC saves energy and reduces CO2 emission. It takes less energy to produce than may competing products and 20 percent less than the other plastics.”

http://www.vinylbydesign.com

Our product is light ( 247 g/ m2 ) 0.8 OZ/sq. ft PVC has a very long life expectancy ( 100 years in some case). In case of a fire PVC produces considerably less CO2 per kg than oil, wood and coal and therefore makes a smaller contribution to the green house effect.

PVC is highly recyclable more than any other plastics. In most cases there are four possible ways of recycling a plastic material Direct product reuse Mechanical recycling, chemical recycling energy recovery for more information

http://www.solvayhse.com

We at french ceiling also think that sustainability is not only about energy or recyclable properties it is also about people.

Social and human sustainability. There is a potential in every part of this country and people should be able to express their potential where they live reinforcing a sense of community and expressing their full potential, This is why we are promoting a network of distributors responding locally to the need of their community while being part of a nationwide network of exchange and support.

With french ceiling we want to promote a sense of equal opportunity and community participation.

They are also some other link we want to share with you :

http://www.vinylbydesign.com

http://www.vinylnewsservice.net

http://www.vinylinfo.org

http://www.aboutbluevinyl.org

For more information you reach us at: info@frenchceiling.com