Armstrong® Ceiling Solutions is setting the standard with the Sustain™ portfolio, the industry’s first collection of high-performance ceiling systems that meet the most stringent sustainability compliance standards today.

The Sustain portfolio is aimed at making it simple to find and specify ceiling solutions that have the environmental characteristics and the documentation necessary to comply with the leading green building rating systems, including LEED® and the Living Building Challenge.

The Living Building Challenge 

To meet material transparency requirements, Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and Armstrong Product Declarations (APDs) have been developed for all the ceiling products in the Sustain portfolio. Sustain ceiling systems also comply with the rigorous performance standards of the Living Building Challenge certification program and the low emissions standards of the California Department of Public Health. Many of the products in the Sustain portfolio also feature a Declare℠ label, a nutrition label for building materials, which is an independent verification that the product meets the stringent material requirements of Living Building Challenge 3.0.

“We have improved many of the ceiling products in the Sustain portfolio so that they comply with the industry’s most stringent material transparency requirement standards,” says Shannon Weir, marketing manager, Armstrong Ceiling Solutions, “and we are working to move as many products as possible to the Sustain portfolio in the future.”

Design Flexibility

Available in acoustical and metal ceiling panels and suspension systems, Sustain products offer architects and designers the flexibility to create beautiful and sustainable ceiling systems in a variety of materials, shapes, and sizes.

The Sustain portfolio includes a variety of mineral fiber and fiberglass ceiling panels, including Calla®, Lyra® PB (plant-based binder), Lyra PB High CAC, Optima® PB, and Canyon™.  Calla, Lyra PB High CAC, and Canyon ceiling panels feature Total Acoustics™ performance, the ideal combination of sound absorption (NRC) and sound blocking (CAC) in a single panel.

Metal ceiling panels in the Sustain portfolio include MetalWorks™ Snap-in, MetalWorks 3D, MetalWorks Torsion Spring, and MetalWorks Clip-on. Suspension systems include Prelude® XL, Suprafine® XL, Interlude® XL, and Silhouette® XL. 

For more information about Sustain Ceiling Systems, visit www.armstrong.com/sustain.