At Zahner, we appreciate that the use of architectural metals in the built environment plays a critical role in the health and performance of social and environmental ecosystems.
Together with our design and construction partners, we believe it’s our responsibility to support and advocate for architectural solutions that minimize the impact on natural resources and protect and enhance the wellbeing of all stakeholders, including individuals, communities, and the world at large.
We follow the best practices of sustainable design and construction by working with our clients and partners to develop performance goals based on local, national and international industry standards. With our multidisciplinary teams of architects, engineers and fabricators, we consult with our partners on infrastructure and envelope systems that result in sustainable, resilient, and healthy structures and spaces.
This mission extends beyond our project work and product manufacturing to our award-winning EPA compliant facilities in Kansas City and Grand Prairie, and their surrounding communities, as we work to minimize our energy, water, and waste impact by investing in recycling and wastewater treatment programs and systems. Our company-wide efforts are further supported by developing the environmental expertise of our staff through education, knowledge exchange, and awareness programs. Our ultimate goal is to serve – through design, manufacturing, fabrication, and installation – as responsible stewards of our resources and planet.
CEO Bill Zahner explores the five principles of Zahner’s sustainability focus, including resources & water, recyclability and re-use, material life cycle, resilience, and well-being.
Zahner now offers Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for select Zahner Surfaces. These independently verified reports provide transparent data on the environmental impact of our materials, helping architects, builders, and owners achieve sustainability goals and green building certifications.
EPDs are available for Zahner’s Solanum™ Steel, Oscura™ Blackened Steel, Spectura™ Steel, Angel Hair® Stainless Steel, and GB-60™ Stainless Steel.
Declare is a transparency initiative by the International Living Future Institute, providing an “ingredients” label for building products that enables design and build teams to make informed choices.
Zahner Angel Hair, GB-60, and Solanum are Declare certified.
Products with the Red List Free label are complying with the Living Building Challenge goals of ingredient transparency and industry-wide elimination of all Red List chemicals.
Zahner Angel Hair, GB-60, and Solanum are Red List Free certified.
The growing importance of the consideration and use of sustainable materials depends on the relationship between the renewability of the natural resources and the material products that are generated from them.
Protecting the environment and supporting sustainable design and architecture best practices are fundamental values at Zahner. We not only study and observe the principles of sustainability and environmental stewardship, but we also design with them, fabricate with them, and invest in them.
Whether it’s a new pre-engineered design, patina, finish, fabrication method – or even the re-imagining of the common shipping crate for finished materials – the wheels of invention and modernization never stop turning.
Whether it’s a new pre-engineered design, patina, finish, fabrication method – or even the re-imagining of the common shipping crate for finished materials – the wheels of invention and modernization never stop turning.