Armacell Quantifies Avoided Emissions

• ArmaFlex products avoid 2.7 tCO₂e per m³
• ArmaGel products avoid 114.5 tCO₂e per m³
• Armacell supporting customers on their climate transition journey

Armacell, a global leader in flexible foam for the equipment insulation market and a leading provider of engineered foams, is continuously developing and marketing energy-saving solutions for technical equipment that drive energy efficiency, enable decarbonisation and thus reduce climate-harmful emissions. Armacell also recognises the need to reduce the carbon footprint of its own operations and that of its value chain.

An independent study commissioned by Armacell has quantified the positive lifetime impact of the company’s most representative products in driving energy efficiency and avoiding emissions in commercial, residential and industrial applications. As a result, the long-term climate benefits of Armacell’s insulation solutions can be quantified over their service lives through a dedicated avoided emissions calculation model, enhancing the company’s ability to support its customers on their climate transition journey with robust and transparent data.

Based on 2025 net sales, avoided emissions for ArmaFlex products used in commercial and residential applications are estimated at 2.7 tCO₂e per m³; the corresponding figure for ArmaGel products for industrial applications was 114.5 tCO₂e. The calculations were carried out on a forward-looking basis over the products’ assumed service lives. A heat transfer-based methodology was applied to estimate greenhouse gas emissions associated with heat loss in heating pipework or heat gain in cooling and industrial pipework where Armacell insulation is used.

Avoided emissions were calculated by comparing the estimated use-phase emissions from the Armacell products with an equivalent insulation reference scenario for mineral wool, which is one of the dominant insulation materials globally and represents a major share of the building insulation market. The estimate was based on factors such as product-specific thermal conductivity, insulation thickness, lifetime assumptions, representative pipe dimensions, operating temperatures, heating/cooling days, operating hours and relevant emission factors.

“In 2025, we further advanced our understanding of our environmental impact by quantifying Scope 4 emissions. The emissions avoided by one cubic metre of ArmaGel, for example, are estimated to be equivalent to what 25 medium-sized passenger cars would emit in a whole year”, says Laurent Musy, Armacell’s President and CEO.

Avoided emissions are reported separately from Armacell’s Scope 1-3 GHG inventory and are not netted, offset against or expressed as a ratio of the Group’s inventory emissions. The methodology used is aligned with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Guidance on Avoided Emissions.