Sustainability is a key value for our company. That’s why we offer powder coated plasterboard ceiling tiles and wall linings that are durable, recyclable and low-maintenance. Our products are designed to reduce waste, energy consumption and environmental impact, while enhancing the aesthetics and functionality of your spaces.
The Climateline® and Ecotile are Global GreenTag certified to GreenRate Level B.
Achievements
Health & Ecotoxicity
- Considered safe to use
- Low VOC levels
Corporate Social Responsibility
- ≥10 year warranty
- All marketing environmental claims verified accurate
- Complies with relevant social and environmental laws of the country of operation
- Environmental Management System
- Fit for Purpose certified
Ratings Tools
Visit the GreenTag site to learn how the rating relates to:
- Green Star AU – GBCA
- Green Star NZ – GBCNZ
- IS Rating – ISCA
- New Zealand Homestar
- WELL Features – IWBI
New Zealand Made
- Assembled in NZ from majority imported component
- Made in NZ from majority NZ components
Here’s what we do on a daily basis to reduce our environmental impact:
- Produce our powder in-house under the same roof that it is applied, eliminating the plastic and cardboard packaging required to transport powder coatings from third party producers and eliminating the freight.
- Reclaim waste powder from the application process and re-use it to produce fresh powder, in doing so reducing powder waste to less than 1%
- Re-cycle packaging materials and production waste such as wood and plasterboard off-cuts using third party recycle companies
The sustainability benefits of powder coating technology:
- No added VOCs – powder coatings contain no water or solvent; therefore emit very low levels of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). Helping to improve indoor air quality and mitigating the polluting effects of VOCs.
- Low Waste – powder that does not end up on the coated part is reclaimed and re-used, resulting in only 5% waste powder. Because Climate manufactures it’s own powder in-house, that 5% waste powder is used to produce new powder coatings, reducing the total waste powder to less than 1%.
- Low temperature cure powders & efficient infra red ovens – the Climate powder coating process uses Smartcure powders made inhouse that are designed to lower cure temperatures and times. The powder coating is cured using infra red energy which is an efficient form of energy transfer.
- Water Free – unlike liquid coatings, there is no water in the powder paint formulation or used during the application and clean-up.
- CO2 emission study on powder coatings – an LCA conducted by powder coating resin manufacturer Covestro demonstrated that powder coatings based on Covestro resins have some of the lowest carbon footprints compared to other industrial coating systems, reducing CO2 emissions by 10-15% compared with conventional solvent-borne coating systems. Low cure powder coatings can reduce emissions even further by reducing cure temperatures and time.