Commercial & Industrial Insulation – The Forgotten Technology
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Lance Altizer May 25, 2010 Energy efficiency is often conveyed through images of compact fluorescent light bulbs or sleek, new technologies. However, efficiency opportunities are not always complex or sophisticated. Simply put, insulation—both for mechanical equipment and buildings—is among the most effective, proven, common sense approaches to minimizing thermal energy loss.
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Commercial & Industrial Insulation – The Forgotten Technology
- 1. Commercial & Industrial Insulation – The Forgotten Technology May 25, 2010
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Editor's Notes
- It is good to be here with you this afternoon and to build off Ron King’s presentation Ron gave you a great overview of the Commercial & Industrial Insulation world and the importance of this forgotten energy efficiency technology What I want to do is talk about the reality we often face in the world of C&I insulation.
- Just a very abbreviated history of Johns Manville. We have a long history in building products. The company was founded in New York City before the war – as in the Civil War – manufacturing asphalt roofing products. We still manufacture asphalt roofing membranes today. In the 1950s we entered the fiber glass industry, including fiberglass insulation. JM moved its headquarters and corporate research to Denver in the early 1970s. Finally, in 2001 ----- JM experienced one of the most significant milestones in its history when Warren Buffett added JM to his portfolio of companies within Berkshire Hathaway.
- Today, Johns Manville has 41 manufacturing facilities worldwide, in: North America Europe and China Including our newest acquisition (August 2009) of a closed-cell spray foam insulation manufacturer located in Belgrade, Montana.
- As with most insulation, Commercial and Industrial insulation is rarely seen in a building. I thought it might be helpful if I at least showed the manufacturer’s pictures of the products we are talking about. Generally there are two categories of products in the C&I world. Those used in mechanical systems: HVAC, water, process piping, etc. And, those used for filling and insulating the building envelope. Even though the focus today is really on the mechanical insulation side of things, what we are talking about applies to building insulation as well.
- . It is no coincidence that the insulation manufacturer is at the bottom of the value chain. However, as a manufacturer we sell to the Distributor/Wholesaler, try to influence the brand buying decision of the Insulation Contractor, gain the specification of the Mechanical Contractor, and create awareness regarding Johns Manville with the GC, Architect and Building Owner. The first thing you notice is that the architect is not in the value chain. There are some design and build projects, but the majority of commercial building construction relies on an independent architect. As a result, what gets designed often gets changed Competitive bidding is at the core of the construction process. In the case of commercial industrial insulation, every level of the value chain requires a competitive bid. In today’s economy, the bidding process is even more competitive.
- The first thing you notice is that the architect is not in the value chain. There are some design and build projects, but the majority of commercial building construction relies on an independent architect. As a result, what gets designed often gets changed. It is no coincidence that the insulation manufacturer is at the bottom of the value chain. However, as a manufacturer we sell to the Distributor/Wholesaler, try to influence the brand buying decision of the Insulation Contractor, gain the specification of the Mechanical Contractor, and create awareness regarding Johns Manville with the GC, Architect and Building Owner. Competitive bidding
- The first thing you notice is that the architect is not in the value chain. There are some design and build projects, but the majority of commercial building construction relies on an independent architect. As a result, what gets designed often gets changed. It is no coincidence that the insulation manufacturer is at the bottom of the value chain. However, as a manufacturer we sell to the Distributor/Wholesaler, try to influence the brand buying decision of the Insulation Contractor, gain the specification of the Mechanical Contractor, and create awareness regarding Johns Manville with the GC, Architect and Building Owner. Competitive bidding
- The first thing you notice is that the architect is not in the value chain. There are some design and build projects, but the majority of commercial building construction relies on an independent architect. As a result, what gets designed often gets changed. It is no coincidence that the insulation manufacturer is at the bottom of the value chain. However, as a manufacturer we sell to the Distributor/Wholesaler, try to influence the brand buying decision of the Insulation Contractor, gain the specification of the Mechanical Contractor, and create awareness regarding Johns Manville with the GC, Architect and Building Owner. Competitive bidding
- The first thing you notice is that the architect is not in the value chain. There are some design and build projects, but the majority of commercial building construction relies on an independent architect. As a result, what gets designed often gets changed. It is no coincidence that the insulation manufacturer is at the bottom of the value chain. However, as a manufacturer we sell to the Distributor/Wholesaler, try to influence the brand buying decision of the Insulation Contractor, gain the specification of the Mechanical Contractor, and create awareness regarding Johns Manville with the GC, Architect and Building Owner. Competitive bidding
- Another of JM’s businesses is Roofing Systems – the business we first began way back in 1858. This business has aggressively marketed itself to a very mature industry by introducing a number of new and innovative products over the past couple years that allow our customers to be more cost-effective by installing product more quickly and more safely, and that meet increasingly stringent regulatory expectations. Products such as GlasKap CR, our new cool roof product that is a white, acrylic- coated, fiber glass cap sheet is used as a reinforced membrane in many roofing systems. The Roofing Systems business opened a new Thermoplastic Polyolefin (TPO) plant in 2008, further strengthening its market leadership position. And in 2009, the business entered the solar arena for the first time with a new Roofing Integrated Photo Voltaic (RIPV) thin film solar panel product line.