Henry Company has acquired West Development Group (WDG), based in LaGrange, Ohio, which specializes in silicone and spray polyurethane foam roofing technologies for commercial and residential applications.
Kingspan Insulated Panels has announced IPN-Nano™, a high-endurance foam insulation material for the building envelope that is safe, environmentally responsible and thermally efficient.
Kingspan Insulated Panels combines style and performance to offer the complete building envelope and façade solution with its latest product line: BENCHMARK by Kingspan Engineered Façade Systems.
Designing and installing high-performance building envelope projects to meet challenging new energy codes benefits from a bit of ‘systems thinking.’
June 1, 2013
Employing a variety of new and improved enclosure designs on the market today, it’s possible (and often relatively straightforward) to meet new energy codes, sustainability standards and even increasingly strict building codes.
International Codes can be confusing. The 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) includes new standards for almost every component in the building envelope, and these standards are further increased in the new International Green Construction Code (IgCC), which serves as an overlay code.