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Items Tagged with 'efficiency'

ARTICLES

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The Post-Tensioning Institute Joins PRO

An ACI Center of Excellence for Advancing Productivity as Affiliate Member
November 13, 2025

The Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) announced that it has partnered with PRO: An ACI Center of Excellence for Advancing Productivity as Allied Organizations, effective October 21, 2025. 


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Jackie Erbe
A Spotlight on Women in The AEC Industry

Navigating the Construction Industry: A Woman’s Perspective

Jackie Erbe
Lindsay Lewis is the Editor of Building Enclosure magazine.
Lindsay Lewis
March 10, 2025
Jackie Erbe discusses some of the most fulfilling moments of her career.
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Danielle Simpson
A Spotlight on Women in The AEC Industry

What Does Responsible Design Mean?

Danielle Simpson
Lindsay Lewis is the Editor of Building Enclosure magazine.
Lindsay Lewis
March 10, 2025
Danielle Simpson discusses the growing desire to develop smart buildings that run efficiently and cost-effectively over the long term.
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Metric for Water Performance

The Value of Benchmarking Buildings with Water Use Intensity

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Daniel Overbey
September 23, 2024

Through public resources such at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR Portfolio manager, property owners have the ability to benchmark the performance of their building assets against other buildings of the same property type and region.


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Improving Building Efficiency with Smart Building Controls

Podcast: Improving Building Efficiency with Smart Building Controls

July 7, 2024

Erin McDannald, CEO of Elevated, a smart building controls software company, recently joined us to chat about everything from smart buildings management to energy management and predictive maintenance.


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Barricade to Unveil Continuous Insulation Corner Sheathing at IBS 2023

January 17, 2023

At the NAHB International Builders’ Show 2023, INDEVCO North America will introduce its unique, patent-pending Barricade Thermo-Brace Guard product, a structural continuous sheathing for building envelope corners that unitizes walls and insulates corners for higher energy efficiency, while eliminating the need for corner flashing.


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Letting Go of Inefficient Old Construction

Evelyn Long
August 2, 2022

Retrofitting and adaptive reuse of older buildings is often an ideal eco-friendly solution — bringing existing structures up to modern energy efficiency standards without the resource consumption of new construction.


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Five Design Influences For The Modern Workplace

Mildred Delgado
February 10, 2020
Up until very recently, most workplace designs have been based on aesthetics or current architectural and interior design trends
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Simpson Strong-Tie Launches New Blog

November 10, 2017
The blog is a new industry resource that provides insights to help construction professionals design and build safer, stronger structures as efficiently as possible.
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Using Pre-Blended Stucco

Joe Kerlee
October 1, 2015
Pre-blended mixes provide greater consistency and efficiency on the job site.
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6/9/26 to 6/9/27
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Critical Transitions: Achieving Air Barrier Continuity

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 IIBEC CEH; 0.1 ICC CEU

This course will review best practices for detailing critical transitions such as roof-to-wall and wall to below-grade connections, where discontinuities often lead to failures. Special attention will be given to vapor permeable air barrier systems and their ability to maintain airtightness while supporting drying potential within the assemblies.

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