Energy Performance in Commercial Construction
This whitepaper discusses the impact of energy performance in commercial construction, the key issues in building-envelope design and how closed-cell spray foam insulation and waterproofing systems can help improve energy performance and reduce costs.

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Severe Weather and Walls/Roofs
Several major hurricanes have provided proof to the capability of spray polyurethane foam (SPF) to withstand major weather catastrophes. As a result, there has been an increase in performance testing and materials studies on SPF by industry experts in order to make roofing and envelope systems that better protect buildings and their occupants during storms and high-wind events.

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Air Barriers in Building Construction:
New requirements in energy codes, coupled with requirements for better performance, underscore the importance of air barriers for commercial-building performance and code compliance. Use of closed-cell spray polyurethane foam (ccSPF) as a key component in air-barrier assemblies provides good performance characteristics as well as cost and construction advantages.

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2007 White Paper on:
Where Building Owners, End Users, and AEC Professionals Stand on Sustainability and Green Building
This whitepaper provides exclusive data on how building owners, operators, facilities directors, and real estate executives view green buildings—and what they are doing to implement green building.

2006 White Paper on:
Green Buildings and the Bottom Line
The green building movement has begun to shift
from a predominantly environmental emphasis
to one that more fully embraces the business
and financial demands of the real estate market.

2005 White Paper on:
Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability
The editors offer this White Paper in the hope that it will inform and educate the design and construction community as to the growing
importance of life cycle assessment to the built environment.

2004 White Paper on:
Progress Report on Sustainability
This Progress Report follows up on the recommendations made in our 2003 White Paper; reviews the latest developments in the U.S.

2003 White Paper on:
A Report on the Green Building Movement
In this White Paper, the editors of BD+C offer a brief history of green building; present the results of a specially commissioned survey of our readers; and analyze the chief trends, issues, and published research, based on interviews with dozens of experts and participants in green building.