Fletcher Insulation™ have set a new era in greener manufacturing with the commissioning of advanced, home grown efficient furnaces, and other sustainability measures at Australia’s largest glasswool insulation manufacturing facility in Dandenong.
Fletcher Dandenong Plant Environmental Credentials
- The new furnaces allow for greater flexibility, which means they can be switched off when not required, saving energy and green
house gas emissions.
- All glass used in the production process is recycled and makes up to 70% of recycled material used to manufacture the glasswool insulation.
- Sand, a renewable resource, makes up 9% with a combination of other materials going into the furnace feed.
- Discharged air particles will be reduced by more than 50% from previous levels.
- Dust and moisture is collected and re-used in the furnace feed.
- Except in major storms, most of the rainwater entering the site is collected and used in the manufacturing process. This combined with the recycling of process water delivers significant savings in mains water use.
- The glasswool insulation product manufactured in the plant will itself deliver further reductions in Australia's energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and offset greenhouse gas emissions produced during the manufacturing process.
- Consumers who install Pink Batts will immediately benefit from significant savings in energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions through the ongoing energy saved during the 70 year average life of the building.