Buildings affect many important aspects of human existence.

We spend roughly 90% of our lives indoors so the quality of the buildings contributes significantly to our health, our wellbeing and our productivity - at work and at home. 

All ROCKWOOL stone wool insulation products are manufactured to meet and exceed quality, safety, sustainability and performance standards.

On April 22nd, 2019, ROCKWOOL achieved certification under NAIMA's R-Value program. Demonstrating our ongoing commitment to delivering on quality and performance.

Learn about some of the key certifications and listings ROCKWOOL has obtained in the summaries below.

Declare

Declare is a voluntary self-disclosure product labelling program that promotes healthy building materials through product transparency and ingredient disclosure. Headed by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), Declare is linked to the Living Building Challenge (LBC) Red List Imperative.

A Declare product label discloses all product ingredients and added substances to 100 parts per million (ppm). A products compliance to the Red List Imperative are represented by the following Declaration Statuses:

  1. LBC Red List Free, which means that the product is free of all red list ingredients; 
  2. LBC Red List Approved, which means that the product meets the imperative requirements with one or more program exceptions and may contain some Red List chemicals;
  3. Declared, which means that the product is not compliant with the Red List or its temporary exceptions.

The LBC Red List, developed by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), designates chemicals that may not be included in materials used in construction that seeks to meet the criteria of the Living Building Challenge (LBC). 

ROCKWOOL AFB®evo is LBC Red List Free Declared.

ROCKWOOL exterior products, unfaced and interior products, unfaced are LBC Red List Approved.

Visit Living Future for more information.

 

Health Product Declarations

Health product declarations (HPDs) are a standardized method of disclosing all ingredients in a material and their associated health risks.

ROCKWOOL HPDs cover unfaced and faced products.

HPDs can be found on the HPD Collaborative database.

GREENGUARD Gold

GREENGUARD Gold Certification is only given to products that are compliant with the certification requirements, which among others, include stringent limits on emissions of more than 360 volatile organic compounds (VOCs). GREENGUARD Gold Certification emission criteria incorporate health-based emissions requirements as denoted among others by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of California Department of Public Health’s Section 01350. More than 400 green building codes, standards, guidelines, procurements policies, and rating systems give credit for GREENGUARD Certified products.

Certified ROCKWOOL North America stone wool products are audited regularly by UL Environment in order to maintain GREENGUARD Gold Certification. GREENGUARD Certified products are recognized, referenced and preferred by more than 450 federal purchasers, retailers, green building rating tools and building codes.

UL Environment’s (ULE) Formaldehyde Free Environmental Claim Validation 

The ROCKWOOL AFB® evo is manufactured with a non-added formaldehyde binder. 

All organic materials will emit small amounts of Formaldehyde – even if you don’t add any. This is also the case for mineral and glass wool insulation and all alternatives containing organic material: cellulose, straw etc.

To support our claim, ROCKWOOL has achieved the UL Environment’s (ULE) Formaldehyde Free Environmental Claim Validation.

For a product or material to be verified as formaldehyde free, product samples must have a measured formaldehyde emission comparable to, or below, typical outdoor air concentrations. This demonstrates that formaldehyde exposure from products labelled as formaldehyde free will not contribute airborne formaldehyde at a level greater than found in the natural outdoor environment. 

The manufacturer also maintains a formalized manufacturing quality system and attests that there is

  1. No added formaldehyde,
  2. No known added formaldehyde precursors
  3. No added formaldehyde polymers, and
  4. That no formation of formaldehyde is expected under typical product usage conditions. 

Safe Use Instruction Sheets SUIS

The ROCKWOOL Safe Use Instruction Sheet (SUIS) is provided to communicate safe handling and use instructions. The SUIS covers manufactured articles neither regulated by OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200 nor by the Canada Hazardous Products Regulation SOR/2015-17 (WHMIS 2015).

ROCKWOOL stone wool insulation products are considered as article. “Article” means a manufactured item other than a fluid or particle: 

  1. which is formed to a specific shape or design during manufacture; 
  2. which has end use function(s) dependent in whole or in part upon its shape or design during end use; and 
  3. which under normal conditions of use does not release more than very small quantities, e.g., minute or trace amounts of a hazardous chemical (as determined under paragraph (d) of this section), and does not pose a physical hazard or health risk to employees) 
  4. are not regulated by OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1200 and are exempt from SDS and label requirements.

Manufacturers declaration of product conformity for product specific VOC emissions

The products listed herein are determined compliant in accordance with California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Standard Method v1.2–2017 and GreenGuard Gold for classrooms. 

This guide is available to assist customers with completing and meeting their project LEED submittal requirements.

USDA BioPreferred® Certification

The USDA BioPreferred® Voluntary Labelling Initiative allows for consumers to easily identify biobased products. ROCKWOOL Comfortbatt®, Safe’n’Sound®, AFB®, and AFB® evo are USDA Certified Biobased and are listed in the BioPreferred Catalog

Visit USDA BioPreferred for more information

 

USDA BioPreferred®

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Perimeter Fire Containment & Safing

Perimeter Fire Containment is designed to prevent flame and hot gases from entering the room above via the void created at the intersection of the floor slab and the interior of the exterior wall assembly. 

ROCKWOOL ROXUL SAFE™ can be used in both perimeter fire containment systems and joint systems with a full list of tested/approved designs.

Partitions

ROCKWOOL stone wool batt insulation has been designed for use in both steel and wood framed partition walls for both fire ratings and acoustics.

ROCKWOOL AFB®, SAFE’n’SOUND® can be used in a variety of tested/approved designs.

Facades

ROCKWOOL stone wool insulation allows design professionals the freedom to design and select a variety of materials to be used around ROCKWOOL insulation, especially when designing a non- combustible exterior wall assembly. 

Thermal Barriers

ROCKWOOL Comfortboard® 80 and COMFORTBATT® are approved and certified for use as thermal barriers over foamed plastic insulation in Canada meeting the requirements of CAN/ULC - S101 and CAN/ULC - S124

ROCKWOOL Comfortboard® 80 have been approved and certified for use as a thermal barrier in front of thermoset and thermoplastic insulation in the US meeting the requirements for NFPA 275 Part I and Part II

Roofing

ROCKWOOL TOPROCK® DD and MULTIFIX are both tested to and approved for use as NCC [Non Combustible Core] rated roof insulation 

The above products are further rated for use in fire rated roof ceiling assemblies.

ROCKWOOL flat roof insulation products also achieve Class A, B or C rated roofs with UL.

ROCKWOOL roofing products are also listed for uplift resistance with UL.

Flame & Smoke

ROCKWOOL stone wool insulation products achieve a flame spread and smoke developed rating of 0/0 with UL and ULC.

CAL FIRE Listing Service

CAL FIRE Listing Service

ROCKWOOL Comfortboard® 80,   1", 1.25", 1.5", 2", 2.5", 3", 3.5", 4", and 5 ” thick rigid mineral wool non-structural sheathing insulation board, for use in exterior walls.
Comfortboard 80 Listing

ROCKWOOL Comfortboard® 110   1", 1.25", 1.5", 2", 2.5", 3", 3.5", 4", and 5” thick, rigid mineral wool non-structural sheathing insulation board, for use in exterior walls.
Comfortboard 110 Listing

ROCKWOOL Multifix™ 2”-4” thick, dual-density stone wool insulation board with a glass fiber coating.
Multifix Listing

ROCKWOOL Toprock® DD 2”-6” thick, dual-density uncoated stone wool insulation board.
Toprock DD Listing

1. CCMCROCKWOOL COMFORTBATT®  Comfortboard® 80  have been evaluated for use in various applications under the Canadian Construction Materials Centre. CCMC evaluations:


COMFORTBATT
® – 12018-L

Comfortboard® 80 – 12718-R & 13573-L

Additional details are available on CCMC Registry of Product Assessments


2. ICC-ES
ROCKWOOL Comfortboard® 80Comfortboard® 110, Multifix™, Toprock® DD and Comfortbatt® have been evaluated by the International Code Council Evaluation Services for use as a thermal insulation board, report ESR 3773.


3. WUIROCKWOOL Comfortboard®
 80 and Comfortboard® 110 have been tested to and meet the requirements for ASTM E2768-11, Standard Test Method for Extended Duration Surface Burning Characteristics for Building Materials and thus meeting the requirements for use in Wildland Urban Interfaces [WUI].

4. UL – ROCKWOOL is under factory audit procedures with UL who routinely audit ROCKWOOL manufacturing facilities to ensure product specifications are being met.

5. Intertek - ROCKWOOL is under factory audit procedures with Intertek who routinely audit ROCKWOOL manufacturing facilities to ensure product specifications are being met.

6. QAI - ROCKWOOL is under factory audit procedures with QAI who routinely audit ROCKWOOL manufacturing facilities to ensure product specifications are being met. In addition to regular factory audits, QAI also provides an industry standard Code Compliance report for ROCKWOOL Comfortbatt®, Comfortboard® 80, Comfortboard® 110, Toprock® DD and Multifix™View New QAI Code Evaluation Report.

7. FM - ROCKWOOL is under factory audit procedures with Factory Mutual [FM] who routinely audit ROCKWOOL manufacturing facilities to ensure product specifications are being met.

8. MIAMI-DADE - ROCKWOOL is under factory audit procedures with Miami Dade County who routinely audit ROCKWOOL manufacturing facilities to ensure product specifications are being met.

Sustainability at ROCKWOOL