Sh[i] Sustainability Statement
Sh[i]’s Commitment to the Environment as a Company
- Our physical plant is heated and cooled with geo-thermal energy.
- Although businesses are not required to recycle as are residences in our area of Quebec, Sh[i] maintains a strict commodities recycling policy including paper and metals.
- We do not use any papers that contain chlorine
- Our products are made to last for many years, in turn, reducing the effect on the environment
- We have been recycling for over 30 years. It is our continuing commitment to our employees, our families, our friends and partners. We all have a responsibility to recycle and we, at Systeme Huntingdon, take this responsibility very seriously.
Folia™
Folia™ phenolic panels are chemically inert and do not emit harmful gasses. The US National Park Service and the Canadian Conservation Institute advise that phenolic materials are ideal for storage of, or to accompany fragile, archival materials in enclosed displays. In addition, the product is uncatalyzed, containing no plasticizers, and so resists yellowing and drying over time, providing a long, useful life as reflected in our 10-year limited warranty.
Leed Information
The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Rating System is developed by the US Green Building Council. It is a voluntary standard for developing environmentally responsible, low emission and sustainable buildings.
Individual products and materials used in buildings are not certified; rather the entire project is rated as a whole.
The following information has been obtained based on sections in New Construction (NC) Version 2.2: View the full LEED Specifications (PDF)
Recycled Content: (NC 2.2)
The use of materials that contain recycled content such that the sum of post-consumer recycled content plus one-half of the pre-consumer content constitutes at least 10% (based on cost) of the total value of materials in the project. The recycled content value of a material assembly shall be determined by weight.
Regional Materials: (NC 2.2)
The use of building materials or products that have been extracted, harvested or recovered, as well as manufactured within 500 miles of the project site for a minimum of 10% (based on cost) of the total material value. If only a fraction of a product or material is extracted/harvested/ recovered and manufactured locally, then only that percentage (by weight) shall contribute to the regional value. (MR 5.1 = 10% = 1 point, MR 5.2 = 20% = 1 point). For a possible total of 2 points.
Rapidly Renewable Materials: (NC 2.2)
Awards a point if 2.5% of the total value of all building materials used, based on
cost, are derived from plants that are harvested within a ten-year cycle or less. This contributes to (MR 6.0 = 1 point)
Certified Wood Materials:
Awards 1 point if a minimum of 50% of wood based materials and products are certified in accordance with Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Guidelines.
Low Emitting Materials 4.4: (NC 2.2)
Composite wood and agrifiber products, including core materials, must contain no added urea-formaldehyde resins.
Certified Wood
Folia™ uses kraft paper core, sourced by suppliers who are third-party certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Standard (SFI). The SFI is endorsed by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC). Additionally, the papers contain no heavy metals, rain forest timbers nor tropical hardwoods.
Greenguard Certification
Folia™ panels have been third-party certified by Greenguard, (Certification Number FC2Ls93113).
They are additionally certified under (Certification Number FC2Ls93113, Children & Schools) as a low emitting material. Fort further information,greenguard.org.
AltoTM
ALTO™ stands out as a breakthrough product in the field of ecologically sustainable signage innovations with its remarkable durability, powder coated surfaces emitting no VOC’s nor containing TGIC (triglycidyl isocyanurate) and its use of recyclable base materials and water-based inks.
We use water based inks as opposed to solvent inks, which are better for the environment due to no VOC’s being emitted during curing and easy breakdown when recycling.
