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Items Tagged with 'foam insulation'

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Open vs. closed cell foam in an attic

Open-Cell vs. Closed-Cell Spray Foam

Start with the Building, Not the Product
Joseph Goley Brandon Yocum
July 3, 2026

Spray foam insulation has become a larger part of building envelope conversations over the last decade, but the discussion around open-cell versus closed-cell foam is still often oversimplified.


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Cold-Climate Moisture Failures Aren’t Material Problems, They’re System Problems

The issue isn’t the enclosure’s tightness—it’s pairing a modern building shell with an outdated ventilation strategy and no operating guidance
Joseph Goley Jeremy Nihiser
December 17, 2025

Moisture failures in cold climates rarely start with the materials themselves. Foam and fiberglass can fail, but in practice the bigger issue is how the building operates as a system.


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Kingspan Insulation North America Introduces Kooltherm K100

Industry's Leading R-Value Among Commonly Available Insulations
May 21, 2025

Kingspan Insulation North America introduces its most advanced insulation product yet: Kooltherm® K100, the next generation of the highest-performing foam plastic insulation on the market.


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SPFA Announces New Board of Directors

July 10, 2024

Encompassing industry leaders from the contractor, supplier and consulting sides of the business, as well as spanning the insulation and roofing sectors, the Board includes an Executive Committee among 19 voting members. 


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Holcim Building Envelope Elevates Lauren Pagano to President, Adhesives, Coatings & Sealants and Spray Foam

June 28, 2024

Pagano, who previously served as Senior Vice President of the Adhesives, Coatings, & Sealants business unit, will also oversee the Spray Foam business unit, which comprises the recently launched Enverge brand of innovative and sustainable spray foam insulation.


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Operational Efficiency in Architectural Insulation

Sean O’Keefe
June 17, 2021
Defined as the ability to do or produce something without wasting materials, time, or energy, in today’s commercial architecture, a building’s long-term operational efficiency is far more impactful than any efficiency achieved in design or construction.
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Newly Enhanced Pour-in-Place Foams

Pour-in-Place Foams
April 29, 2021
Huntsman Building Solutions announced the launch of its new and improved Pour-in-Place Foams. The family of foam solutions have recently been reformulated with an HFO-based technology that renders performance benefits, as well as dramatically minimizes impacts to the Earth.
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Designing Charter School Brings Sets of Challenges

October 12, 2020
Architects saw two great challenges when they set about designing Grand Concourse Academy Charter School. One, they needed to make the school stand out. And two, they had to design a building that would stand up to the elements
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SPFA

SPFA Announces Annual Award Winners

February 14, 2020
Winners highlight year’s best spray polyurethane foam insulation, roofing and specialty applications as well as coatings projects.
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Water-Resistive Foam Board Insulation

Halo Exterra
June 10, 2019
Halo Exterra, a foam board insulation for above-grade exterior insulation applications is also designed to be a water-resistive barrier (which means that no building paper needs to be used).
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