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Articles Tagged with ''WRB (weather resistant barrier)''

Greeley City Center in Denver, Colo.

Permeability and Performance in Water-Resistive Barriers

Identifying the Proper Choice for Applications
jason peace
Jason Peace
November 11, 2019
Contrary to popular belief, building codes do allow for use of permeable water-resistive barriers (WRBs) in cold climates
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NoHo

Using Polyiso Insulation as a WRB

How Polyiso Provides more Benefits than Just Continuous Insulation
Tom Robertson
November 8, 2019
Preventing and combating moisture damage to a structure is one of the oldest dilemmas in the building industry
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Solid Substrates for High-Performance Air Barriers

Ben Dykstra
Ben Dykstra
November 4, 2019
Air barriers have emerged as a key component of the building enclosure
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Henry Air Barrier Systems

Airport Chooses Building Envelope System for Next-Generation Facility

October 30, 2019
Durable air-barrier systems protect over half-a-million square feet of South Concourse and parking garage
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Geo Seal

The Importance of Vapor Intrusion Mitigation

Peter Grant
Peter Grant
October 11, 2019
Project teams must understand that selecting building materials is not something to be taken lightly
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Utah State University

PVC Enables Life Science Research at USU

October 4, 2019
The facility’s 32,500-square-foot rooftop presented two significant construction challenges
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Theresa Weston Joins as a 2019 DuPont Fellow

October 1, 2019
In recognition of her outstanding technical leadership, Theresa Weston has been honored as a DuPont Fellow and advances to the highest technical level in the company.
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UCSF Minnesota

Five Benefits of All-in-One Building Envelope Systems

Jim Lewis
Jim Lewis
August 26, 2019
Today, building facades are expected to do much more than provide shelter. As a result, building envelopes have become one of the highest-risk items on construction projects
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Vapor Intrusion Barrier System

Geo-Seal
August 5, 2019
EPRO Services, Inc., now offers its Geo-Seal vapor intrusion barrier system directly to Certified Geo-Seal Applicators.
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Air barriers

The Importance of Air Barriers

June 26, 2019
Air within the envelope of a building is subject to air infiltration, exfiltration and the three modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation
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