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Dow is one of the largest producers of innovative products that reduce energy use. In addition, products across our portfolio reduce GHG emissions by multiples more than our own emissions on an annual basis. Dow products range from building insulation applications, solutions for fuel-efficient vehicles, technology to enable wind power and integrated solar systems for building material applications. Examples include:
- Results from a third-party validated Life Cycle Assessment show that reductions of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from the use of Dow thermal insulation products in residential and commercial buildings as well as industrial pipeline applications, are seven times greater than Dow's total corporate emissions.
- Dow's building insulation materials and air-sealing products can save up to 20 percent on a building owner's heating and cooling costs and account for the reduction of hundreds of million metric tons of CO2 every year. Installed in over 20 million buildings worldwide, Dow's STYROFOAM™ Brand Insulation insulates over 20 billion ft2, saving over $10 billion in energy costs annually.
- In partnership with Alstom, Dow's Oil and Gas business is developing advanced amine scrubbing technology for the removal of CO2 from low pressure flue gases particular to fossil fuel fired power plants and other major industries. Development of this technology will be an important step towards carbon emissions reduction by the power industry.
- Dow Automotive contributes solutions to reduce vehicle weight, thus improving fuel economy, while innovations like its diesel particulate filter reduce emissions and enhance fuel efficiency.
- By making our stretch films thinner and stronger, we save 37 trillion BTUs, equivalent to 293 million gallons of gasoline.
- Dow's Wire and Cable business provides cable insulation and jacketing for wind farm power distribution applications.
- Dow is working with Algenol Biofuels and other contributing partners on an innovative technology, to not only capture and concentrate CO2, but to reuse it. This new breakthrough technology “puts CO2 to work” by transforming CO2 into a next-generation ethanol, a more sustainable fuel and a new renewable source for ethylene feedstock to make chemicals and plastics
