Sustainability

At ILI, sustainability is central to what we do. Our commitment to continuous improvement in sustainable operations reduces our company’s environmental impact. We take great effort to increase awareness about environmental issues within our industry and to help create a more sustainable built environment..

Our products contribute to sustainable designs. Sun control products can help achieve the goals of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Green Globes, Living Building Challenge and other rating systems or simply fulfill the spirit of these systems by reducing energy consumption and increasing occupant comfort. Exterior sunshades have a critical impact on cooling and lighting systems and, when used properly, significantly reduce buildings’ energy loads. They also reflect sunlight  from buildings to reduce heat island effect and diminish glare, minimizing energy consumption and fostering a more pleasant occupant experience. Interior light shelves maximize daylighting and reduce glare without affecting views to the outdoors.

 

Our internal green team sets goals and priorities, educates staff and implements sustainability strategies throughout the organization. We were among the first manufacturers to pursue the International Living Futures Institute’s (ILFI’s) Living Product Challenge and were the first manufacturer in the United States to earn the JUST Label. We are continuing our nearly 10 years of promoting Living Products. Through this work, we strive not only to have extremely limited social and environmental footprints from cradle to grave, but to enrich human life by creating positive impacts throughout our communities. 

 

Sustainability runs deeper than carbon and chemicals. Social justice is a critical part of the picture. We measure our performance with the Just label. The Just label is Living Future’s social justice ‘nutrition label.’ It is a means of assessing ILI’s impacts and contributions to our employees’ wellbeing, environmental sustainability, our local community, and society as a whole. Outside of these programs, ILI focuses on sourcing and using the most environmentally sustainable and healthy raw materials for our products. This allows us to maximize the use of recycled content in our products.

Reporting

Transparency is part of our vision and values, and ensures that project teams have the information required to report environmental, health, and social impacts.

ILl discloses material content through third party verified Health Product Declarations (HPDs) which are available to the public in the HPD Collaborative’s public repository.  We use Valspar’s Fluropon Pure formulation for all of our standard and most custom colors.  Our Declare labels are available at https://declare.living-future.org/.

Product-specific Type III Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are available for our louvers & equipment screens and sunshade product lines.  Our EPDs have been verified through NSF and are publicly available in the NSF Certified Products and Systems database.  Louvers and equipment screens are published in the Roof and Wall Panels product category at https://info.nsf.org/Certified/Sustain/ProdCert/EPD10628.pdf, sunshades are published in the Sun Protection System category at https://info.nsf.org/Certified/Sustain/ProdCert/EPD10629.pdf.

LEED Summaries

Click here for a basic summary of the data available for LEED V4 projects. Summary data for LEED V5 projects will be available soon.

For project specific LEED data, please contact Vanessa Ehret at vehret@industriallouvers.com.

AIA Materials Pledge

Download a copy of this statement.

Industrial Louvers, Inc. applauds the AIA for the development of the materials pledge and the firms that support it. We share the values expressed in the Pledge and are ready to partner with firms to help created positive shifts in material specifications called for by the Pledge. 

We understand that we must work together to transform the materials industry and are ready to support your efforts in pursuing the principles of the Pledge:

• Human health – ILI is a pioneer in material disclosure. We were among the first manufacturers and the only in our product sector, to publish HPDs and Declare labels. We transformed our processes to eliminate hexavalent chromium, heavy metals, and PFOAs from our products. 
• Social health and equity – ILI was the first US manufacturer to earn a Just label, which we have renewed continuously since 2016. The Just label, a product of Living Future, measures performance in 21 indicators in six categories. As part of our reporting, we illustrate our support of eliminating forced labor in our supply chain as called for by the Design for Freedom movement.  
• Ecosystem health – Since our initial drive to achieve a Living Product Challenge certification nearly 10 years ago, we created a focus on how making our products impacts the world around us. We have installed a rainwater capture system to support our finishing operations, restored habitat through donations to the Nature Conservancy, and supported our employees’ efforts to participate in community cleanup.
• Climate health – We have developed sun control products that are net positive for water, energy, and carbon. We publish EPDs for 90% of the products that we produce, and we source jmost of the materials to manufacture our products locally.
• A circular economy – our products are designed for permanent installation, but can be removed and recycled. We divert more than 90% of waste from landfills and create positive waste handprinting through partnerships with a local toymaker that uses our clean, FSC wood packaging drops to make toys. 

 

California Prop 65

California Prop 65 Warning Statement

For sustainability-related technical questions, please contact Lisa Britton, CSI, CCPR, LEED AP BD+C, GGP at 763-972-7011 or lbritton@industriallouvers.com.

Product Disposal

ILI’s products are intended to last the life of the building.  At the end of a building’s life, or if a major remodel requires removal of our products, all of our products can be recycled.  For recycling resources in your area, visit the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industry at www.isri.org.