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Design guide offers details on rain loads and ponding on roofs

The American Institute of Steel Construction and the Steel Joist Institute recently released a comprehensive roof design guide addressing rain loads and ponding. Design Guide 40, Rain Loads and Ponding provides guidance for designing roof systems to avoid or resist water accumulation and any resulting instability.


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Oct 11, 2011

Pink light bulbs donated to Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

 

For every Bulbrite Pink Light Bulb that is purchased through the Cancer Center Thrift Shop, 100% of the proceeds will be donated to help support breast cancer research, education, screening, and treatment. 

Oct 11, 2011

Onex completes investment in JELD-WEN

With the completion of the JELD-WEN investment, Onex Partners III is approximately 40% invested.

Oct 6, 2011

GREENBUILD 2011: Dow Corning features new silicone weather barrier sealant

Modular Design Architecture >Dow Corning 758 sealant used in GreenZone modular high-performance medical facility.

Oct 6, 2011

GREENBUILD 2011: NEXT Living EcoSuite showcased

 

Tridel teams up with Cisco and Control4 to unveil the future of green condo living in Canada.

Oct 5, 2011

GREENBUILD 2011: Johnson Controls announces Panoptix, a new approach to building efficiency

Panoptix combines latest technology, new business model and industry-leading expertise to make building efficiency easier and more accessible to a broader market.

Oct 5, 2011

GREENBUILD 2011: Software an architectural game changer

Interactive modeling software transforms the design­build process. 

Oct 5, 2011

GREENBUILD 2011: Tile manufacturer attains third-party certification for waste recycling processes

Crossville has joined with TOTO to recycle that company’s pre-consumer fired sanitary ware.

Oct 5, 2011

GREENBUILD 2011: Sustainable construction should stress durability as well as energy efficiency

There is now a call for making enhanced resilience of a building’s structure to natural and man-made disasters the first consideration of a green building. 

Oct 5, 2011

GREENBUILD 2011: Solar PV canopy system expanded for architectural market

Turnkey systems create an aesthetic architectural power plant. 

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