# SPF Product Stew**ardship Program** 

**Presentation to EPA, OSHA, NIOSH, CPSC April**  **14, 2010 Neeva** **- Gayle Candelori,**  **Director ACC Center for**  **the Polyurethanes**  **Industry**

# Today’s Discussion  Provide overview of Tier 1 SPF health and safety activities.  Discuss Tier 2 SPF health and safety strategy and proposed activities.  Receive input on proposed SPF health and safety activities.  Review short-term and longer-term product stewardship deliverables.  Feedback on key research programs.

# Overview of Tier 1 **SPF Health and Safety Activities** 

# Tier **1 SPF Product Stewardship**  **Program**
• CPI and SPFA program designed to address four key priority areas:

– Hazard Communications

– Best Practices

– Marketing Claims

– MDI Exposure Research 

# • Redeployed resources; reprioritized all projects and budgets. • Developed discrete guidance documents, posters, and Q&A’s • Launched website as mechanism to communicate more broadly to the SPF industry and other stakeholders. 4

# Materials Recap **September 2009 –**  **Ma rch**  **2010**
• Includes guidance documents, Q&A’s. • Printed and disseminated via CPI and SPFA member companies (5,000x). • SPF Value Chain • Systems Houses, Distributors, Contractors 

## • Tradeshows • Building and Construction Sector 

## • SPF Health and Safety Website 

# • Updated powerpoint and workbook were posted to the CPI website March 30, 2010

# SPF Health and Safety Website Recap **August 2009**  **– Ma** **rch 2010**  **www.spray poly** **urethane.com Page**  **Vi sit Summary**  Vi sitors 9,232 Vi sits 16,720 August 2009 1,750 September 2009 1,700 October 2009 2,000 

### Average per Day 65 Average Visit Duration 00:08:09 October 2009 2,000 November 2009 1,700 December 2009 1,700 January 2010 2,250 February 2010 2,150 March 2010 2,350

# Media Outreach Recap **August 2009**  **– December**  **2009**

• CPI issued four press releases on SPF product stewardship initiatives such as a new web site, guidance, panel sessions/webinars at key industry events:

– **CPI and SPFA Launch an Enhanced Product Stewardship Program to Support**  **Installation and Use of Spray Polyurethane Foam**  , 8/31/2009

– **ACC and SPFA Announce New Panel Session on Spray Polyurethane**  **Foam at CPI Conference,** 9/23/2009

– **Spray Polyurethane Foam Insulation**  **Performance Benefits and**  **Product Stewardship Focus of Special Session at Polyurethanes**  **2009 Technical Conference**  , 10/7/2009

– **Industry Experts to Join Special EPA -** **Hosted Panel on Spray Polyurethane**  **Foam Product Stewardship,** 11/5/2009 • **Results:** 61 clips reaching an audience of more than 38 million in trade and business media including: Environmental Design & Construction, Yahoo News!, Spray Foam Magaz

ine, Rubber W

orld, Housing Zone, Sustainable Facility Magaz ine, Roofing Contractor, PU (Polyurethanes) International

# Third **Party Outreach**

• **Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA)**  • **Systems Houses** • **Association of General Contractors of America (AGC)**  • **Insulation Contractors Association of America (ICAA)**  • National Association of Insulation Manufacturers (NAIMA) • National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) • National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) • DOE Weatherization Program • Department of Defense • Training / Certification Organizations

# SPF Systems Houses **Outreach and Commitment**  CPI conducted outreach to ALL SPF Systems Houses; overall support for SPF product stewardship initiative.  Systems Houses committed to continue to improve worker safety and training in the  Systems Houses commitments received by CPI to date include:

– Arnco

– BASF Corporation

– Bay Systems

– BioBased Technologies

– Burtin Polymer Laboratories 

### improve worker safety and training in the broader SPF community.  Systems Houses committed to integrate and/or disseminate CPI’s Health and Safety Product Stewardship Program for High-Pressure Application of Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF) Workbook, accompanying training slides, and related test questions into existing training materials and/or to SPF contractors. – Burtin Polymer Laboratories

– Fomo Products, Inc.

– Gaco We stern

– Henry Company

– Johns Manville

– Icynene Inc.

– LaPolla Industries Inc.

– NCFI Polyurethanes

– Polyfoam Products, Inc.

– Premium Spray Products

– SW D Urethane

– Urethane Soy Systems

– West Development Group

# Tier 2 SPF Health and Safety

**Strategy and Proposed Activities** 

# Tier **2 Strategy**

• Program focuses on practices and communications that will help to minimize exposures of workers and building occupants to spray foam chemicals. • Three- pronged strategic approach to SPF product stewardship:

– **Worker Performance and Training.**  Build and deploy a national health and safety training program for professional SPF contractors working with 1 and 2 -component SPF.

– **Outreach.** Educate DIY’ers, consumers and the building/construction sector about key issues informing the selection of a contractor; differences between SPF products; health and safety practices for DIY’ers and consumers during and after product installation; understanding green marketing claims; and re -occupancy times.

– **Research.** Build out research and testing programs to develop a better understanding of chemical issues and analytical exposure assessment methods associated with SPF, and engineering controls used during installation.

# Worker Training and Performance

# SPF Contractors
• **Existing Training Module**

– Short term strategy: • CPI updated its 71 - page workbook and powerpoint - posted to we bsite. (3/30/10) • CPI engaging existing training programs for rapid deployment. (5/1/10) • Individual company training we binars underway utilizing CPI materials. (4/10) • Workbook undergoing review f or additional updates.

# SPF Contractors

• **Proposed Training Module Concept**

– Longer-Term Strategy:  Implementation of national SPF health and safety training program.  Identification of parameters for training program underway.  Identification of third party contractors to implement a learning management system underway. • Outreach to systems houses, distributors, related industry organizations, and other third parties underway. • Administer online training webinar and exam, provide metrics including: number of peoples who have passed and received a certificate, % Pass/Fail, # attempts, and information on questions frequently missed.

# SPF Contractors

• **Proposed Training Parameters:**

– Training required for sprayer and helper.

– Intend to have all sprayers and applicators certified by Jan 1, 2011.

– Initial certificate of completion (details to be developed) and re -testing every 2 years thereafter.

– Individuals who have completed health and safety training using CPI materials (since Feb 14, 2010) will Individuals who have completed and safety training CPI materials Feb 14, 2010) receive certificate of completion credit. After program launch date, must successfully pass CPI exam following completion of training.

– Training and examination may be delivered on - line or in person, provided training and exam are delivered using CPI materials.

– Exam comprised of 30 questions, randomly selected from pool of 200 questions. Each time an individual takes the exam, test is reordered and 30 questions are randomly chosen.

– Each time an individual fails the 30 -question exam (passing score = 70%?), must re -take portion of the course where answered incorrect questions. May re -take the exam any time thereafter.

– If the exam administered in - person, instructor may review the missed questions and the individual will be provided the opportunity to re-take a new randomly-selected version of the exam.

– Certificate of completion may be printed out immediately after successful completion of the exam. Includes expiration date 2 years after date of the exam.

– Training materials approx 1.5-2 hours.

# Weatherization **Contractors**

• **Proposed Training Module Concept**

– Materials to be developed and made available to weatherization contractors.

– In dialogue wi th the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) regarding integration of CPI SPF health and safety product stewardship content into program currently under development – “Fundamentals of Weatherization”.

# Additional **Guidance Materials** 

• **Ventilation Guide** 

– To provide contractors with information on how to set up an effective containment and ventilation for removal of SPF chemicals during application and for a period of time thereafter. 

# • **Respirator Selection Guide**

– Guidance on the selection of respirators and accessories and cartridge changeout schedules.

– Paper to be presented at CPI’s Polyurethanes 2010 Conference. (10/12/10) 

# • **Spanish translation of SPF product stew ardship**  **training and guidance materials** 

# Website Outreach **Use and Handling**  **Training / Guidance**  **About SPF**  **Contractor / Builder**  **FAQs Tip Sheet**  **Virtual Tour (longer** **- term)**  **Resources**

# Outreach

# Proposed **2010 Key Objectives**

• Build -out Weatherization Contractor, D - I -Y, and Consumer-facing we bsite to answer key questions:

– Product safety

– Re -occupancy times

– Questions on installed product 

### • Promote training programs / guidance materials / tip sheets / videos. • Communicate health and safety aspects and benefits of SPF. • Build out SPF supply chain database. **www .spraypolyurethane.com** 

# D **- I**  **- Y**  **and**

**Building and Construction**  **Sector**

• Focus on those responsible for specifying SPF in buildings, building owners, school superintendents. • Educate D - I -Y and B&C sector on SPF product differences. • Integration of SPF safety messages into big box retailer existing workshops. • Guidance on re -occupancy times, ventilation. • D - I -Y Guidance on OCF.

– Wh ere & W hy

– How To Use OCF

– Safety Precautions • D - I -Y Tip Sheets / FAQs / POS Flyer • Re -occupancy Guidance (Buildings / Schools/Homes) • Applicator guidance on 2K Low Pressure SPF Kits. • Guidance when having SPF installed in schools. • Enhanced marketing claims guidance document. • Guidance when specifying SPF.

# Consumer

**Re -** **occupancy Understanding marketing claims and**  **health and safety information**  **Consumer Tips Sheet Consumer FA** **Qs Benefits** 

# Additional **Outreach Virtual Tour**  **Social Media (Tw**  **itter, Facebook, LinkedIn)**  **Professional New s**  **Kits Benchmarking Surv** **ey (attitudes / aw** **areness)**

# Media Outreach

• **2 Feature Story Releases for Local New** **spapers:** "How To Save On Cooling Costs This Season"

– **Focus:** SPF as one way for homeowners to conserve energy and highlight safe handling. We will distribute a timely “spring/summer home improvement” article and a more evergreen version for the fall/winter.

– **Au dience:**  Consumer/DIY

– **Distribution:** April/May 2010; October/November 2010

– **Reach:** The article will be distributed to 10,000 newspapers across the country to reach a mass consumer audience. We estimate at least 60 – 100 placements in print newspapers for each release. 

### • **Byline for professional trade media:** Roofing Contractor article on the safe application of SPF for roofing systems as part of the magazine’s summer feature on SPF

– **Distribution:** June 2010

– **Reach:** Circulation of 25,000 (97% roofing contractors) 

### • **Press release: New Spray Polyurethane Foam Safe Handling Program**  **Available from Center for the Polyurethanes Industry**

– **Distribution:** April/May 2010

# Media Outreach

• **Consumer/DIY**

– **Print/Online media:**  pitching DIY and home improvement magazines for bylines and articles related to insulating homes for increased energy efficiency to lower utility bills and to add market value to your home (Ex. Handy, Family Handyman, Extreme How - To )

– **Broadcast:** contacting HGTV’s Renovation Nation for a program on SPF showing PPE for the applicator; contacting PBS to add voiceover safety message for a program to be aired featuring SPF; contacting Remodeling TV and other “home/renovation” television shows to educate consumers on safe handling and how to choose a SPF contractor.

– **Blogs:** monitoring blogs to identify where we can send short, concise information related to our primary and secondary message; these include home improvement blogs, trade and green blogs. 

## • **Industry**

**associations**

– Approaching trade, industry and other relevant associations to include SPF safety information in their newsletters; this will be a “how-to” on typical questions their customers may ask and how to respond.

# Research

# Proposed **2010 Objectives**

• Research

– Conduct research on diisocyanates (MDI, pMDI) and other SPF raw materials used in 1 and 2 - component SPF.

– Projects to support the overall product stewardship program include: Projects to support the overall product stewardship program include: • IH monitoring methods for MDI and pMDI • pMDI and polyurethane dust exposures during the post-application of trimming / cutting • Ventilation Techniques • SPF Emissions Testing Protocol • Re -occupancy times • Curing Times

# Research

• **SPF Emissions Testing Protocol**

– Developed draft protocol to conduct emissions testing on samples of SPF, analyzing for MDI, amine catalysts, and blowing agents.

– Protocol shared with Air Quality Sciences, Saskatchewan Research Council, and Berkeley Analytical Associates (Richmond, CA) to discuss draft protocol, emissions testing, and need to validate protocol.

– ASTM and UL Environment efforts underway concerning development of emissions testing - related standards specific to insulation products. CPI is exploring current efforts. 

### • **Ai r**  **Monitoring**

– DoE and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory project to retrofit 10 homes.

– CPI in dialogue with project leads to determine whether this might be an opportunity to conduct air monitoring during interior residential application of SPF. 

### • **Ventilation**

– CPI plans to meet with NIOSH and other agency representatives in Cincinnati on May 6, 2010 to discuss potential ventilation techniques during SPF application. 

### • **Total NCO**

– Preliminary discussions underway and CPI is following up with the agencies to schedule a meeting on this topic.

# SPF Product Stewardship **Organization Chart** 

# Questions **/ Comments**

# Thank You!

# Contact **Information Neev** **a -** **Gay le Candelori,**  **Director ACC**  **Center for the Poly** **urethanes Industry**

**1300 Wilson**  **Blvd. Arlington,**  **VA 22209 Tel:**  **703.741.5103 Email:**  **neeva_candelori@americanchemistry .com**