What is the Environmental Impact of Havelock Wool?Updated 2 months ago

Havelock Wool and the environment

Havelock Wool is a truly sustainable building material, from its production to the end of its life. Our overall carbon emissions stack up extremely favorably compared to any other insulation material. It’s easy to understand, as our raw material is not petrochemical-based and our process is not energy-intensive. We use repurposed textile machinery that runs on electricity. Further, wool is biodegradable and compostable, unlike mainstream insulation, which will sit in a landfill or, worse, on the ocean floor for the next 1,000 years. So after a very long life, wool can be placed back in the earth, where it will break down on its own and actually fertilize the soil.

In the spirit of environmental transparency, we have published an Environmental Product Declaration and a Life Cycle Assessment. These are third-party, data-rich documents that provide in-depth details on our full environmental impact. Normally the employ of the professional building community, but we believe everyone should use them to make informed building material decisions.