Sustainability

Building a Circular,
More Efficient Future

At Xeriant, sustainability is foundational. Our DUREVER™ building products are designed to be made from waste, installed with less labor and material, and last longer. They can also be recycled when a building’s life is over.

Compressed bales of plastic waste stacked on red earth at a recycling site

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Turning waste into performance.

NexBoard™ is made with recycled plastic and fiber waste, which reduces their accumulation in landfills and ecosystems, and creates market incentives to boost recycling efforts. Our proprietary Durazite™ technology makes this possible. It gives the composite material fire, water, and mold resistance along with unmatched mechanical properties to outperform the conventional materials it replaces. At end of life, NexBoard is fully recyclable, keeping the material in circulation.

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Reducing the footprint of conventional materials.

Gypsum drywall accounts for roughly 15 percent of construction waste and can release hydrogen sulfide gas in landfills. Its supply chain also draws on mined gypsum and industrial byproducts from phosphate processing. Wood-based panels such as plywood, OSB, and MDF contribute to deforestation, which generates about 17 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and often rely on formaldehyde-based resins. As a universal panel, NexBoard can replace both, reducing demand for mined gypsum and harvested wood.

A hillside of felled trees and stumps where tropical forest has been cleared

A worker applying mesh joint tape along a drywall seam

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Faster, leaner installation.

Traditional drywall finishing requires paper or mesh tape and at least three coats of joint compound, which can shrink up to 25 percent as it dries. NexPatch™ had just 0.92 percent in shrinkage based on third-party testing. It needs no taping and can be applied in a single pass, saving an estimated 30 percent of finishing labor. Fewer coats mean less material, water, drying energy, packaging waste, and fewer deliveries and worker-hours on site.

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Built for modular housing.

NexBoard and NexPatch suit modular construction, where building in a controlled setting speeds delivery, reduces waste, and lowers transportation and site-related emissions. NexBoard accepts paint and finishes without priming, which further streamlines production.

A modular home with dark vertical cladding and large glass doors

A technician aims a gas torch at a wall panel during a fire test

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Durability is sustainability.

The most sustainable building is the one that never has to be rebuilt. Independent third-party testing shows NexBoard achieved a Class A fire rating and passed the NFPA 286 room corner burn test. Water absorption was 3.47 percent, compared with 25 to 35 percent for drywall. NexBoard also earned a perfect 10 for mold resistance and a perfect 10 for termite resistance, and showed 0.0 percent loss of flexural strength after 1,500 hours of UV exposure. Buildings that resist fire, water, mold, and insects need fewer repairs and rebuilds. Each avoided rebuild saves the carbon embedded in new materials, transportation, and labor.

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Energy efficiency.

At 1.2 R-value per inch, NexBoard offers roughly twice the thermal resistance of drywall, helping buildings use less energy for heating and cooling over their lifetimes. With a low VOC content of 37.8 g/L and no formaldehyde, it also supports healthier indoor air and green building programs such as LEED.