Grace Construction Products Launches Green Building Web Site as Part of a Continued Inititive to Assist Sustainable Building Practices

    CAMBRIDGE, MA, August 7, 2007 - Grace Construction Products, a worldwide leader in products for the construction industry, has expanded its green building initiative with the launch of a dedicated section on its web site, www.graceconstruction.com, to green building products and practices. The new "Building Green with Grace" site links users with an interactive guide to products that help architects and specifiers achieve the prerequisites and points needed to meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™.

    Green Building Web Site

    The new web site complements the company's recently introduced "Building Green with Grace" brochure that highlights how its products may be used to help projects achieve LEED certification. Both tools underscore Grace's commitment to green building practices, which also includes having several LEED Accreditated professionals within the company.

    The "Building Green with Grace" web site is clearly organized according to six LEED categories: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality, and Innovation in Design. Each category is further segmented by LEED-NC (New Construction) Version 2.2 prerequisites or credits that Grace products could help a achieve. In addition, illustrations point to those parts of the construction project covered by each category.

    Products included on the "Building Green with Grace" website include Perm-A-Barrier® Air Barriers, Preprufe® Pre-Applied Waterproofing, Florprufe® Vapor Barriers, Bituthene® Waterproofing Membranes, Procor® Fluid Applied Waterproofing Membranes, Hydroduct® Drainage Composites, Monokote® Fireproofing Products, roofing underlayments and concrete admixtures such as Recover®, ADVA® superplasticizers, and V-MAR®.

    Developed and administered by the United States Green Building Council (USGCB), the LEED Green Building Rating System is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings' performance.

    For more information about Grace's product line, customers can contact their local Grace representative or visit the web site at www.graceconstruction.com.

    Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Grace Construction Products, a business of W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA), is a world-leading provider of technically superior concrete admixtures, fibers, surface treatments and liquid pigments that make concrete stronger, longer lasting, crack resistant, aesthetically pleasing and cost efficient. The company also manufactures additives for cement processing, fire protection, fire stops, waterproofing and masonry products, and has more than 125 plants and sales offices around the world. For more information about Grace Construction Products, customers can contact their local Grace Construction Products salesperson or visit www.graceconstruction.com.

    Contact:
    Erin M. Downing
    Grace Construction Products
    617/498-4590
    erin.m.downing@grace.com

    Ann Seamonds
    Seamonds & Company
    978/887-9959
    seamonds@seamonds.com