Items Tagged with 'ANSI (American National Standards Institute)'

By hitching their wagon to the horse of Standard 90.1, LEED-related hard costs are rising and becoming increasingly misaligned with low-margin project cost models based largely on minimum energy standards within the project’s regulatory context.

SPRI announced that SPRI RP-4 2022 “Wind Design Standard for Ballasted Single-Ply Roofing Systems” and SPRI NT-1 “Detection and Location of Latent Moisture in Building Roofing Systems by Nuclear Radioisotopic Thermalization” are being revised and will be re-canvassed for approval as an American National Standard.

Baselines and benchmarks are both valuable. A project's performance narrative should use both deliberately. The baseline grounds the conversation in the specifics of the project. The benchmark situates the project in the larger context.

Sarnafil G 410 and Sarnafil S 327 single-ply PVC roofing membranes have earned the prestigious NSF/ANSI 347 Platinum Certification, the highest possible certification and the only roofing membrane to receive that rating in the roofing industry.

Under the LEED v5 BD+C prerequisite EAp3 Fundamental Commissioning, there are five specific requirements regarding building envelop commissioning.

IIBEC announced that its Certified Building Enclosure Commissioning Provider (CBECxP) certification program has been accredited by the ANSI National Accreditation Board under the international standard ISO/IEC 17024.  

A closer look at infiltration in building enclosure performance. Infiltration can have a major impact on building energy use and indoor air quality (IAQ) by allowing unconditioned and unfiltered air to penetrate a thermal enclosure. 

SPRI announced that it is revising ANSI/SPRI IA-1 and plans to canvass the document for re-approval as an American National Standard.

SPRI announced that it is revising ANSI/SPRI BPT-1 and plans to canvass the document for re-approval as an American National Standard.

SPRI announced that it is reviewing the FX-1 Standard for re-approval as American National Standards.