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* Building for Tomorrow Starts With Accommodative Housing Policies

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* Builders Care About Saving Trees

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* New Home Sales Headed for a Banner Year
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* Forget What You Used to Know About the Retirement Market

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* Builders to Train Dallas Youths in Construction Trades

Building Products

* New Line of Insulation Is Formaldehyde-Free

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* Women Building a Legacy One House at a Time

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* New York Focuses on Associate Member Retention and Recruitment With NAHB Help

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* Mexico Is Focus of International Housing Conference

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New Line of Insulation Is Formaldehyde-Free

Johns Manville reports that its formaldehyde-free insulation reduces consumers’ concerns over indoor air quality and is easier to install.

Headquartered in Denver, Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a member of the National Council of the Housing Industry — the Supplier 100 of NAHB.

The manufacturer says that since its formaldehyde-free product line was introduced last year, workers who are handling its fiber glass building insulation are complaining less about itchy hands and discomfort.

Home builders and do-it-yourselfers have noted that ComfortTherm® encapsulated formaldehyde-free building insulation is easier to work with and takes less time to install.

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Johns Manville has replaced its formaldehyde-based binder with an acrylic binder, which has eliminated concerns about formaldehyde where it is installed and in the factories where it is made.

In addition, the company says that its insulation is made with an average of at least 25% less recycled content, which reduces the amount of materials in the nation’s landfills by 90,000 tons a year.

Johns Manville cites research showing that 79% of home owners are willing to pay a premium for household products that reduce their concerns about indoor air quality.

The new line of insulation was recently named a Most Valuable Product in Building Products magazine; was included in BuildingGreen’s “Top 10 New Green Building Products;” was named an Architectural Record editor’s pick and an editors’ choice in ProSales magazine; and won an ACE award, sponsored by Architecture magazine.

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