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Sika Names Laurie Hill Vice President of Technical Roofing/Insulation

Industry veteran to oversee integrated technical teams supporting roofing and insulation solutions
July 6, 2026

Sika Corporation’s roofing & waterproofing team announced the promotion of Laurie Hill to Vice President of Technical Roofing/Insulation, effective July 1. In this role, Hill will report to Sebastien Godard, Executive Vice President, Roofing.


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How Air Barriers Support Healthier Indoor Air

The First Line of Defense
Dr. Anna O'Donovan
June 26, 2026

The case for air barriers in healthy building design rests on thinking about the envelope as a system rather than a collection of individual layers.


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Designing for Legacy with The Obama Presidential Center

Materials installed behind the 225-foot museum tower’s impressive granite façade include 130,000 square feet of continuous insulation
June 3, 2026

Materials installed behind the 225-foot museum tower’s impressive granite façade include 130,000 square feet of continuous insulation.


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What Designers Need to Know: Specifying Polyiso Insulation Products in Commercial Roofing Projects

For architects and designers, the roof assembly is a critical part of any building enclosure strategy
Marcin Pazera
Marcin Pazera
May 27, 2026

Polyisocyanurate (polyiso) roof insulation stands as one of the most widely used insulation products for low-slope commercial roofing systems.


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Quiet Rooms and Healthier Air: A Second Look at What Goes Inside the Wall Cavity

Why insulation conversations should include what occupants breathe, not only what they hear
Dr. Anna O'Donovan
May 8, 2026

Walls influence more than structure and sound. They quietly shape how a building feels to the people who use it: how it sounds, how the air smells, how a child with asthma sleeps at night, how a worker feels finishing the day. Insulation is part of that story.


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Timber-Structure Building Meets Passive House Standards

The 11,700-square-foot building is set to be net-zero in energy usage and is designed with an unwavering approach to maximize total decarbonization across all assemblies and systems
May 6, 2026

The design team selected an all-mass timber structure, paired with wood infill walls, and wood fiber insulation; an all-wood assembly, sequestering biogenic carbon, at Passive House level energy performance; one of the first of its kind.


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The First Class A, East Coast Office Building To Use The Energy-Saving Window Technology

Global Holdings Selects LuxWall Transparent Insulation To Retrofit NoMad Tower
April 17, 2026

Global Holdings, the international real estate development and investment firm led by Chairman and Founder Eyal Ofer, announced a first-of-its-kind, Glass-Only Retrofit at Class A office tower 1250 Broadway, also known as Nomad Tower.


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TVS Debuts Expansion of Savannah Convention Center

New Addition Enhances Arrival, Public Spaces, and Event Experience with $276M Transformation
March 5, 2026

TVS has completed a major expansion of the Savannah Convention Center, a $276 million project that doubles the size of the celebrated riverfront venue on Hutchinson Island.


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Mitigating Thermal Bridging in Metal-over-Metal Recover Assemblies

Designing the Retrofit
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Brandi Van Wambeke
February 2, 2026

To eliminate the thermal bridge, the specification must introduce a thermal break between the existing structure and the new roof system. A Metal-over-Metal recover system achieves this through a three-component assembly: Flute-Fill Insulation, Tall Clips, and an Air Gap.


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Designing Building Envelopes for Climate Extremes

Lessons from the 2025 Storm Season
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Rose Morrison
January 30, 2026

Many lessons can be drawn from recent severe weather events in 2025, yielding actionable design recommendations for building envelopes.


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