Alcoa Highlights Sustainable Aluminum Design for Building and Construction Industry at Greenbuild 2009

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Alcoa aluminum has always offered unique advantages for designing the shape,
appearance and finish of modern buildings. Today it offers an even more
important advantage: sustainability. That is what visitors to Alcoa booth
(#1162) will see for themselves at the 2009 Greenbuild International Conference
and Expo in Phoenix on November 10-12.

The exhibit shows how aluminum products from Alcoa help architects optimize the
physical environment by making buildings more energy efficient with greater
natural lighting and cooling using lightweight, strong and flexible products,
like Alcoa`s Reynobond aluminum composite material. Reynobond is used around the
work in a wide range of architectural and specialty applications.

Also featured is a montage of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) certified buildings that include Alcoa and our Kawneer architectural
aluminum products as sustainable solutions, such as the 1600 SunShade, a
pre-engineered, easy-to-install sunshade that helps achieve maximum daylighting,
while minimizing direct sunlight. In addition, throughout the show visitors to
the Alcoa booth can learn the company`s sustainability story and how aluminum
factors in the cradle-to-cradle concept of eliminating waste, because of the
metal`s infinite recyclability.

"When you combine Green Building advantages with aluminum`s well-known
recyclable, aesthetic and design benefits, it`s little wonder that high
performance, Green Buildings start with Alcoa aluminum," said Dave Schlendorf,
President-Alcoa Building and Construction Systems.

The Alcoa booth was constructed using a variety of ecofriendly materials
including custom curved, recyclable aluminum sheet panels and framing, Reynobond
aluminum composite panel with a surface almost indistinguishable from real wood,
recyclable ECOstone rubber flooring, LED lighting elements, ENERGY STAR rated
computer monitors, acrylic low VOC paints and clear coating, and water based
adhesives.

To learn about Alcoa aluminum as a green building material visit
www.alcoa.com/greenbuilding.

About Alcoa
Alcoa (NYSE:AA) is the world leader in the production and management of primary
aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina combined, through its active and
growing participation in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa serves the
aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial
transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production
and other capabilities of Alcoa's businesses to customers. In addition to
aluminum products and components including flat-rolled products, hard alloy
extrusions, and forgings, Alcoa also markets Alcoa wheels, fastening systems,
precision and investment castings, and building systems. The Company has been
named one of the top most sustainable corporations in the world at the World
Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and has been a member of the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index for eight consecutive years. Alcoa employs approximately
63,000 people in 31 countries across the world. More information can be found at
www.alcoa.com.

Alcoa Inc.
Joyce A. Saltzman, 412-553-4467

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