Rehabbing buildings with energy conservation in mind can be a massive undertaking, requiring a holistic exterior and interior approach to decrease buildings’ carbon emissions and energy consumption while minimizing disruption to current occupants. A deep energy retrofit is achieved when renovation activities reduce a building’s site energy usage by at least 40 percent.
Pacific Northwest-based Defiance Forest Products announced the nationwide availability of a line of vertical grain Western Red Cedar engineered cladding, according to co-owner Terry Tebb.
A successful recladding project is usually only known by the project team, as the final product looks almost identical to the original product, just without the deterioration.
Speed of build during the construction process was important to reach MU’s target open date for the 2023 season. Because of this, insulated metal panels (IMPs) were used for the building envelope.
In 2019, University of Cincinnati Health announced its $221 million Clifton Campus Revitalization project. The goal of the project is to create innovative environments that reflect the expertise and passion happening within its medical center every day.
Now a recently completed 243-unit apartment building has taken its place in a development that also has added public access to the river for boaters, cyclists and pedestrians. The metal-clad façade creates a clean-lined appearance that allows the surrounding environment to take center stage.
The newly completed major renovation, featuring Kebony wood cladding, highlights sustainability and innovation, incorporating both light and nature into its design, central tenets of the inspiring, educational ethos of the school.
To clad the 37,200-square-foot structure, Old Country Millwork supplied Four C’s Construction with approximately 8 tons of RHEINZINK’s architectural zinc. Four C’s fabricated the natural metal material into 12-inch-wide reveal wall panels and installed 7,600 square feet on the building’s exterior.
One of the more subtle ways to make a building temperature controlled while considering the planet is ventilated facade systems. This cladding system changes a building’s envelope, improving the building’s efficiency and impact.
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