Insulation

Inpro’s Fireline 140 fire barrier and Owens Corning’s Foamglas cellular glass insulation are amon...
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Building Design+Construction readers and editors select their top building products for...
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There is little doubt that the use of foam plastic insulation in metal building exterior roof and...
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A continuous insulation solution offers a cost-effective and high-performance option for exterior...
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King's Fork High School in the City of Suffolk, Va.
InsulBloc frees architects, contractors and specifiers from restrictive concerns about innovation...
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Scott P. Evans Architect & Associates P.C. designed the modern Carbon County Courthouse & Administration Building using ARRIS.tile Renaissance® Units.
As more Americans are looking for greener, more environmentally conscious products, Icynene’s Pro...
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Photo: Nick Hubbard/Creative Commons.
Green Seal seeks stakeholders for new insulation standard.

This AIA CES Discovery course discusses the six elements of an EIFS wall assembly; common EIFS fa...
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Photo: Tracey Nicholls, CSIRO via Wikimedia Commons
Even the best-designed envelopes can be undermined by thermal bridging in areas where insulation...
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Photo: A room insulated with spray foam, via Creative Commons
The finding is contrary to popular belief among builders and installers that insulation quality v...
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Icynene spray foam medium density spray foam insulation was used in a continuous insulation application.
The poject included replacing the original residence halls built in the 1970s

The Cool Brick is made of porous ceramic bricks set in mortar. Photo credit: The Emerging Objects Corporation.
Cool Brick is made of porous ceramic bricks set in mortar. The bricks absorb water, which cools t...
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The white paper includes a list of 193 flame retardants, including 29 discovered in building and...
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The Urban Green Council addresses a concern that many "green" buildings in the U.S. have: poor in...
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After operating the first biomass boiler in the Ketchikan, Alaska, Federal Building, the U.S. Gen...
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A memorandum of understanding creating the Indoor Environment Quality Global Alliance was signed...
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After being criticized for the cost and size of her stadium design for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo...
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Poor workmanship, impact damage, building movement, and incompatible or unsound substrate are amo...
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Design experts from Hoffmann Architects offer a brief history of exterior insulation and finish s...
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BD+C editors and our contributors posted hundreds of blogs in 2013. Here's a recap of th...
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Ten finalists are competing for $250,000 in prizes from the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation...
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From an orchid-shaped visitor center to California’s largest public works project, each of these...
read moreLater this year, we will launch Best AEC Firms 2012. We’re looking for firms that create truly po...
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