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This work made it possible to highlight three key findings:
from three months’ use, on average, the Group’s solutions
offset production-related emissions
(1)
. Beyond those three
months, the savings continue to accumulate;
solutions produced and sold in Europe in 2014 will, over
their entire lifespan
(1)
, yield potential net cumulative
savings of over 550 million tons-equivalent of CO
2
;
Extrapolating from this, the calculated ratio is similar over
a global perimeter.
the estimated potential savings from these solutions are
equivalent to about 90 times the Group’s greenhouse gas
emissions in 2014 for the same geographic scope.
Through its insulation solutions installed in buildings,
Saint-Gobain is making a major contribution to reducing
global greenhouse gas emissions.
and good practices.
As a result, the Group is continuing its joint efforts to improve
the effectiveness of its products through innovation (see
chapter 3, section 3) and to reduce their environmental
impact (see chapter 4, section 2.3), through a shared culture
The Group’s exemplary program for its buildings
2.2.3
CARE:4 (Company Actions for the Reduction of Energy by 4) program.
In line with its sustainable construction strategy, Saint-Gobain is committed to improving its own buildings by applying the
CHALLENGES OF THE CARE: 4 PROGRAM
INSPIRING THE
MARKET
WITH
SUCCESS STORIES
SHOWCASING
ITS SOLUTIONS
REDUCING
CARBON
FOOTPRINT
OF ITS
OWN BUILDINGS
DEVELOPING
CUSTOMER-ORIENTED
CULTURE
THROUGH
REAL-LIFE
LABORATORIES
IMPROVING
COMFORT AND
WELL-BEING
AT
WORK FOR ITS
EMPLOYEES
the Group, constitute “Buildings of Interest for the Group”
(BIG). They are intended to become demonstrations of
solutions and Saint-Gobain’s expertise.
renovation operations since 2008. At the start of each
project, objectives are defined in collaboration with the
project owners, in alignment with the best local standard and
based on a locally devised benchmark. As symbols of
Saint-Gobain’s skills and capacity for innovation, hosting the
public, research, training and innovation centers, showrooms,
major sales outlets and headquarters of General Delegations
and Activities take priority. These sites, owned or leased by
CARE:4 has been applicable to new buildings and complete
Benefits were observed in terms of employee productivity,
particularly in a building call center, and these were published
as a case study in the latest report from the World Green
Building Council’s Better Places for People campaign
(Building the business case: Health, Wellbeing and
Productivity in Green Offices, October 2016).
(encompassing acoustic, visual and thermal comfort) for the
building have been monitored by the local team of building
science researchers, with additional satisfaction studies
carried out in partnership with the University of Oregon.
An illustrative example of this desire to prove the concept is
the headquarters of the General Delegation for North
America in Malvern, in the US state of Pennsylvania. At the
end of 2015, staff moved into a building that had been fully
renovated to the most stringent standards in terms of the
environment and comfort. Since then, comfort measurements
30 years for insulating glazing and 50 years for thermal insulation
(1)