Energy Guide

CORIAN
®
SOLID SURFACE
According to ISO 14025
Key Environmental Parameters
Key environmental parameters are summarized upfront in Table 1.
Table 1: Key environmental parameters
Parameter
Amount
Global warming [kg CO
2
eq.]
94.2
Primary energy demand [MJ]
1,850
Post-consumer recycled content percentage [%]
0%
Company Description
DuPont is a science company dedicated to solving challenging global problems, while creating measurable and
meaningful value for its customers, employees and shareholders. Our dynamic portfolio of products, materials and
services meets the ever-changing market needs of diverse industries in more than 90 countries. We unite around a set
of core values—safety and health, environmental stewardship, highest ethical behavior and respect for people—just as
we have for two centuries.
Agricultural systems that yield ample, safe and nutritious food while reducing the impact on the environment.
Abundant, sustainable energy that decreases our dependence on non-renewable sources. Protection for the things
that matter most—the planet and its inhabitants. DuPont creates products and services that help meet these needs.
And we are resolved to meet these needs responsibly, working directly in the communities in which we operate. We
have committed to reducing our footprint, and encourage our partners and suppliers to work with us to enhance
sustainability throughout our supply chain and theirs.
Product Specifications
Product Description
Corian
®
is a solid, nonporous, homogeneous surfacing material, composed of ≈1/3 acrylic resin (also known as
polymethyl methacrylate or PMMA), and ≈2/3 natural minerals. These minerals are composed of aluminum trihydrate
(ATH) derived from bauxite, an ore from which aluminum is extracted.
Corian
®
is an advanced composite product used as an architectural and design material in a variety of residential and
commercial applications. Corian
®
solid surface offers design versatility, functionality and durability. Supplied in sheets
and shapes, it can be fabricated with conventional woodworking tools into virtually any design. It is the original solid
surface material made only by DuPont.
Flowing, virtually seamless, organic shapes, bold effects of color and translucency—if it can be imagined, it can be
created with Corian
®
. Corian
®
is available in a vast range of trendsetting patterns and tones, as well as your own
custom-designed colors. In baths and kitchens and beyond, throughout homes and hospitals, restaurants, and public
spaces, Corian
®
solid surfaces deliver high performance and outstanding aesthetics. Corian
®
continues to evolve and
to inspire unprecedented creative flights of design fancy, combined with functionality.