Insulation

December 16, 2019 | BD+C Staff

Top Structural Products for 2019

Inpro’s Fireline 140 fire barrier and Owens Corning’s Foamglas cellular glass insulation are amon...

December 16, 2019 | BD+C Staff

101 Top Products for 2019

Building Design+Construction readers and editors select their top building products for...

April 26, 2018 |

Video: Insulated concrete form panels for passive house walls

Sponsored | February 19, 2018 |

Spray and board foam plastic insulation: A primer for metal building suppliers

There is little doubt that the use of foam plastic insulation in metal building exterior roof and...

November 17, 2017 |

Reduce energy loss in buildings

June 13, 2017 |

Accelerate Live! talk: Next-gen materials for the built environment, Blaine Brownell, Transmaterial

Architect and materials guru Blaine Brownell reveals emerging trends and applications that are trans... read more

April 17, 2017 |

Let's build America with InsulBloc High Performance SPF Insulation

Sponsored | October 26, 2016 | Arriscraft

Arriscraft thin-clad stone solution provides ASHRAE 90.1 compliance

Sponsored | September 30, 2016 | Icynene

Using spray foam in a continuous insulation application – Prescott High School, Wisconsin

A continuous insulation solution offers a cost-effective and high-performance option for exterior...

King's Fork High School in the City of Suffolk, Va.

Sponsored | June 08, 2016 | NCFI Polyurethanes

The ideal high-performance insulation for curved wall designs

InsulBloc frees architects, contractors and specifiers from restrictive concerns about innovation...

Scott P. Evans Architect & Associates P.C. designed the modern Carbon County Courthouse & Administration Building using ARRIS.tile Renaissance® Units.

Sponsored | March 02, 2016 | Arriscraft

Arriscraft embraces new wall system to revolutionize its thin-clad stone installation

March 01, 2016 |

Icynene ProSeal closed-cell spray foam insulation awarded UL Greenguard Gold certification

As more Americans are looking for greener, more environmentally conscious products, Icynene’s Pro...

Green Seal seeks stakeholders for new insulation standard

Photo: Nick Hubbard/Creative Commons.

February 24, 2016 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor

Green Seal seeks stakeholders for new insulation standard

Green Seal seeks stakeholders for new insulation standard.

Invasive probes, including test cuts of existing EIFS cladding, can uncover hidd

January 14, 2016 | Arthur L. Sanders & Benjamin J. Robinson, Hoffmann Architects

How to succeed with EIFS: exterior insulation and finish systems

This AIA CES Discovery course discusses the six elements of an EIFS wall assembly; common EIFS fa...

The expert’s guide to insulation materials

Photo: Tracey Nicholls, CSIRO via Wikimedia Commons

October 19, 2015 | C.C. Sullivan, Contributing Editor

The expert’s guide to insulation materials

Even the best-designed envelopes can be undermined by thermal bridging in areas where insulation...

fiberglass, batt, spray foam, insulation

Photo: A room insulated with spray foam, via Creative Commons

July 31, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor

Report: With proper installation, all insulation materials perform equally well

The finding is contrary to popular belief among builders and installers that insulation quality v...

A modern approach to continuous insulation

Icynene spray foam medium density spray foam insulation was used in a continuous insulation application.

Sponsored | June 18, 2015 | Icynene

A modern approach to continuous insulation

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.

February 05, 2015 | BD+C Staff

3D-printed 'cool brick' may provide cooling solution for arid locations

Cool Brick is made of porous ceramic bricks set in mortar. The bricks absorb water, which cools t...

The research can help designers identify which products should be subjected to e

October 16, 2014 | Perkins+Will

Perkins+Will white paper examines alternatives to flame retardant building materials

The white paper includes a list of 193 flame retardants, including 29 discovered in building and...

July 17, 2014 | BD+C Staff

A harmful trade-off many U.S. green buildings make

The Urban Green Council addresses a concern that many "green" buildings in the U.S. have: poor in...

Ketchikan (Alaska) Federal Building. Photo: GSA

July 17, 2014 | U.S. General Service Administration

GSA study finds biomass boilers are viable option for heating federal buildings

After operating the first biomass boiler in the Ketchikan, Alaska, Federal Building, the U.S. Gen...

July 17, 2014 | ASHRAE

Alliance formed to promote research on indoor air quality

A memorandum of understanding creating the Indoor Environment Quality Global Alliance was signed...

July 08, 2014 | BD+C Staff

Does Zaha Hadid’s Tokyo Olympic Stadium have a design flaw?

After being criticized for the cost and size of her stadium design for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo...

To true the wall surface, the installer should level the insulation board, rathe

March 20, 2014 | Arthur L. Sanders & Benjamin J. Robinson, Hoffmann Architects

Common EIFS failures, and how to prevent them

Poor workmanship, impact damage, building movement, and incompatible or unsound substrate are amo...

March 04, 2014 | Arthur L. Sanders & Benjamin J. Robinson, Hoffmann Architects

How EIFS came to America

Design experts from Hoffmann Architects offer a brief history of exterior insulation and finish s...

December 31, 2013 | BD+C Staff

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