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High-Performance Building Envelopes: Meeting New Energy Codes with Manufactured 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.
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Three Projects Show the Benefits of EPS Insulation

November 4, 2011

The Walgreens distribution facility in Windsor, Wis., was originally built in 1980 with a standing seam steel roof offering an R-value of 9.5. Owners decided it was time to improve the energy efficiency of the distribution center and hired RRK Associates, Ltd., to carry out the project.


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The High R Roof

Jared Blum
May 19, 2011
In February, President Obama announced the Better Buildings Initiative, a multi-pronged effort to make commercial buildings 20 percent more energy efficient over the next decade by encouraging private sector investment through incentives to upgrade schools, universities and municipal facilities, as well as offices, stores and other commercial buildings.
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EPDM Recycling Is a Sure Thing

April 12, 2011
Energy efficiency, re-use, and recyclability are buzzwords in the roofing industry, and while such terms have a tendency to lose their meaning over time, some in the business take them very seriously. With landfill space at a premium, recycling has become much more than a fad. Instead, it is increasingly providing a cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and easy alternative to skyrocketing waste disposal rates.
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State-of-the-Art Roofing for State-of-the-Art Condenser Manufacturer

December 1, 2010
Indiana Tube Corporation is the largest supplier of refrigeration condensers in North America and one of the major suppliers of small diameter, single-wall, low carbon steel tubes. Its products are used by major OEMs around the world in a wide range of industries including automotive, appliance, refrigeration, lawn and garden equipment, off-road vehicles and heavy equipment.
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EPDM Roof Recycling

George Evanko
April 7, 2010
In just a few short years, recycling EPDM roof membrane has transformed from a nascent concept full of potential into a cost-efficient, environmentally sound reality that is being embraced by roofing professionals on tear-off re-roof projects across the United States and portions of Canada.
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