Sustainable Construction

SHEERFILL® Architectural Membranes from Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics have enabled the imagination and creation of the most stunning and energy-efficient sport facilities, transportation terminals and landmark buildings for more than forty years!

When one of the world’s leading building-product manufacturers sets out to build a state-of-the-art headquarters, it needn’t look further than its own portfolio of high-performance materials. And that’s just what Saint-Gobain did two years ago for its new North American headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania. But, convenience aside, the company’s use of its own products to build the new home was also an opportunity to put the products to the test.

Green cities are on the rise. Find out why investing in sustainable property design is becoming so popular, and where these vertical forests are growing.

Nous avons vu que la demande devait être prise en compte, respectée car nous devons nous appuyer sur elle pour que la génération 2020 des bâtiments soit attendue avec « gourmandise ».

Employees at Saint-Gobain’s North American headquarters say they feel healthier and more energetic in a new open-plan office focused on green design

Employees working in certified 'green' buildings are likely to have better cognitive abilities, fewer 'sick building' symptoms and higher sleep quality scores than those working in non-certified buildings, according to a new study conducted in the US. - edie news centre

Welcome to one of the greenest corporate campuses in the world. Welcome to Suzlon One Earth, Pune, a LEED Platinum and GRIHA 5 Star certified building.

This video shows how the Group improves our daily lives. Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials which are key ingredients in the well-being of each of us and the future of all.

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USGBC invites you to take a look at Saint-Gobain’s sleek new $80 million LEED Platinum North American headquarters, which was designed from the ground up to center on an open architectural plan, where the 800-plus employees have a constant view of the outdoors. The new headquarters—with core, shell and lobby designed by the architectural firm Bernardon and interior by Jacobs—contains more than 40 building products from the portfolio of Saint-Gobain, the world’s largest building materials company.

British Gypsum launches revolutionary BIM Waste Estimator

"Partout dans le monde, les méthodes de construction ont engagé une mutation accélérée vers davantage d’innovation et d’efficacité, qu’il s’agisse de la conception des bâtiments, des solutions constructives mises en œuvre, ou de la distribution et de la pose des matériaux de construction. Le résultat de cette discrète révolution industrielle est que le degré de confort des bâtiments construits et rénovés augmente rapidement, dans le secteur résidentiel comme dans le secteur non résidentiel. Ce phénomène concerne à la fois les économies avancées et les économies émergentes. Il devrait contribuer de manière importante à répondre à certains grands enjeux du XXIe siècle tels que le vieillissement de la population, l’accélération de l’urbanisation dans les économies émergentes, ou le développement d’une économie plus sobre en ressources. Une des dimensions de cette révolution est l’efficacité énergétique des bâtiments. Les solutions d’isolation, en particulier, connaissent une vague d’innovation sans précédent." François Michel / Président, Ecophon (Groupe Saint-Gobain)

Le rôle de la lumière et des surfaces vitrées est bien pris en compte dans la réglementation française (RT 2012) et des projets de directive et de norme européennes qui pourraient le conforter.

The latest trends in green design go far beyond energy and water efficiency to improve our daily lives.

With 22 brands operating overall in Scotland, seven of the businesses worked in close collaboration to support the school build; British Gypsum, Celotex, Frazer, International Timber, Ecophon, Jewson and Isover supplied a range of innovative products, from wall to floor solutions.

The solutions specified will provide key benefits, such as thermal efficiency and sound insulation to create a comfortable teaching environment for students, teachers and visitors.

Green building designs incorporate trees and plants into urban rooftops and even skyscraper walls.

Saint-Gobain Group’s MULTI COMFORT program has a new online website that has been launched specifically to explain the four main dimensions of comfort promoted by Saint-Gobain and to showcase the 22 MULTI COMFORT projects already completed around the world. https://www.saint-gobain.com/en/feel-see-hear-and-breathe

WGBC CEO Terri Wills said the organisation will go all out to make all buildings generate clean energy and produce zero net emissions.

In this short blog post, Pascal Eveillard, Director for Sustainable Construction at Saint-Gobain, explains why the company has reinvented its brand story and logo to state more clearly its ambition to bring wellbeing to people around the world

"Almost every aspect of the new headquarters, situated on a gently rolling 65-acre suburban property, has been designed for sustainability and employee comfort. 17,000-sq-ft of electronically tintable SageGlass, a Saint-Gobain product, is installed on the building’s west and south sides. The product’s high-tech nature means that SageGlass can reflect three different zones of tinting within one pane of glass; this maximizes daylight and gives employees unobstructed views of the natural environment, which boosts productivity and workplace satisfaction."

A quelques jours de la signature officielle de l'Accord de Paris à New York, l'Institut Montaigne s'interrogeait sur l'après COP21 côté entreprises. Et les témoignages des dirigeants de Saint-Gobain, Solvay, …