Time: 40 minutes
Level: Beginner • PDH's: .5
Free for NIA Members
Level: Beginner • PDH's: .5
Free for NIA Members
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Working together, the mechanical insulation industry can lead the
country to achieve national carbon goals. Jack Bittner, Senior Product
Manager at Johns Manville Industrial and the 2024-25 National Insulation
Association (NIA) President, dives into NIA’s recent
Study on Insulation’s Positive Impact on Energy Efficiency and Emission Reductions and
explains how mechanical insulation moves the nation closer to the U.S.
2030 carbon goals (and 2050 Net Zero goals if included in the
presentation). Bittner describes how this study’s facts can help your
company, customers, and the country use mechanical insulation to rapidly
achieve decarbonization goals while saving energy and providing system
benefits for each insulation project.
Learning Objectives:
1. What technology is currently available and how effective is it in reducing emissions?
2. How can companies immediately start making progress on both carbon emission reduction and energy savings goals?
3. How much energy is saved, and GHG emissions reduced, over time by the use of mechanical insulation systems?
4. How effective is mechanical insulation compared to other proposed decarbonization methods?
5. What are the practical next steps for a plant/facility, company, state government, etc. to start implementing mechanical insulation on systems to achieve energy savings and decarbonization goals?
Jack Bittner• 2024-2025 President, NIA
Jack Bittner is a Senior Product Manager at Johns Manville
Industrial and the 2024-2025 NIA President. Bittner has been in the insulation
industry for more than 45 years, starting as an insulator with Brown & Root
then moving to Thorpe Products Company, an industrial insulation distributor in
Houston. He began in customer service and
over the next 12 years advanced to an outside sales role, as well as Branch
Manager for the Beaumont, TX and Gonzales, LA locations. Bittner relocated to
Denver, CO and Jack began his career with Johns Manville (JM) in 1991. Through
Jack’s tenure at JM, he has been a Sales Territory Manager, Market Manager,
Vice President of Marketing with the Industrial Insulation Group JM/Calsilite joint venture, and Senior Product Manager for High Temperature Industrial Products.
Bittner holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of
Houston and holds an MBA from Lamar University.