The Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association has expanded its voluntary QualityMark certification program for Canadian and U.S. manufacturers of polyisocyanurate insulation.
The program enables participants to obtain third-party certification of long-term thermal resistance values for insulation products independently selected from manufacturing locations. The expanded program now includes third-party verification of thermal resistance values (R-values) for full thickness products independently selected from distribution locations. Results from the expanded program criteria will be published starting in 2023.
“PIMA began implementing QualityMark’s new program requirements in Q2 2021,” said PIMA President Justin Koscher. “While the pandemic presented early challenges that included travel restrictions for independent agencies involved in product selection, we are encouraged by the program’s success as we hit the one-year mark of the implementation phase. The past year has enabled PIMA to verify that the expanded program will provide end users with valuable information on performance by selecting and testing products on a more frequent basis.”
The QualityMark program launched in 2004 to enable polyisocyanurate manufacturers to obtain third-party certified LTTR-values for permeable faced polyisocyanurate insulation products manufactured in Canada and the U.S.
