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Insulation Institute spoke with David Goldstein, Co-Director of Climate and Energy at NRDC, about how the building sector in America can more aggressively pursue a comprehensive energy efficiency initiative to address climate change

Building professionals across the country acknowledge one of the central challenges facing construction today is recruiting talented tradespeople.

According to the results of a new survey released by NAIMA, its member companies in the U.S. and Canada used 3.2 billion pounds of recycled materials in the production of residential, commercial, thermal, and acoustical insulation products in 2017.

But with more frequent occurrences of hurricanes and damaging storms, should more stringent building codes be the sole defense in limiting property damage?

Uncertainty about moisture risk associated with innovative envelope approaches can hinder adoption of new approaches and technologies.

Here are five practical, free, informative and business-building podcasts

If we acknowledge that awareness of prices impacts our perception of quality, a good approach would be to evaluate product performance in isolation, no product names, no association with prices.

Today’s consumers want to know what is in the products they buy, where they come from and how they are made

A collection of national, state and regional organizations are driving building energy efficiency through advocacy, research, policy analysis and action

We contracted with Home Innovation Research Labs to create a “TechSpec” that lays out how you undertake the practice of using buried ducts in standard vented attics.