NEU, an ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete, successfully held its Spring 2024 Summit titled “From Policy to Placement: Implementing Reduced-Carbon Concrete Construction” on the campus of the University of California, Davis (UC Davis).
All Weather Insulated Panels has implemented three initiatives aimed at enhancing its environmental responsibility efforts: the release of Global Warming Potential data sheets, a LEED v4 and 4.1 support guide and the launch of an updated sustainability web page.
As communities across the nation grapple with escalating urban temperatures, some local municipalities and jurisdictions have mandated the color of roofs based on long-standing assumptions now brought into question by recent findings. The ERA research underscores that the impact of roof color on the UHI effect remains inconclusive, signaling a need for further exploration.
Every air conditioning unit that uses vapor compression refrigeration contains chemical refrigerant mixes that absorb and release heat to enable a cooling effect through heat transfer.
Part three of our series on sustainable solutions. Building Enclosure's Editor, Lindsay Lewis, sits down with Dave Caputo from Owens Corning to discuss the company's new FOAMULAR NGX High-performance XPS insulation
Part two of our series on sustainable solutions. Building Enclosure's Editor, Lindsay Lewis, sits down with Dave Caputo and Tiffany Coppock from Owens Corning to discuss the extreme reductions in Global Warming Potentials
Building Enclosure's Editor, Lindsay Lewis, sits down with Dave Caputo and Tiffany Coppock from Owens Corning to discuss the extreme reductions in Global Warming Potentials that took effect on January 1
The energy efficiency of buildings is the main goal of these code changes, with the hope that the efficiency of all buildings (residential and commercial) will rise by about 10 percent
