CEU Articles | Building Enclosure

CEU: More Than Just a Roof

Improving Energy Efficiency and Performance at the Roof for Schools and Hospitals

May 1, 2023

Selecting the best roofing assembly for schools and healthcare facilities means focusing on project constraints including timeline, weather, facility operations, and occupants. Roof integrity and performance cannot be compromised as functionality, durability, and energy efficiency must come together to create the roof assembly that is best for each individual facility.

Cold storage facilities are exceptional structures that experience exceptional extremes.

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CEU: High-Performance Cold Storage Roof Design

Bundle Up, It’s Cold Inside!

Kristin M. Westover PE, LEED AP O+M

March 1, 2023

Cold storage buildings are exceptional structures because they experience extremes in both internal temperature and humidity compared to typical buildings. Due to their distinctive nature, cold storage buildings require unique construction assemblies, including roof assemblies.

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CEU: Go with the Flow: Tapered Insulation Fundamentals

Rainwater mitigation and insulating goals can both be achieved in low-slope or flat roofs with optimized, project-specific tapered polyisocyanurate insulation panel designs and systems.

Veronika Chwieroth

October 3, 2022

Rainwater mitigation and insulating goals can both be achieved in low-slope or flat roofs with optimized, project-specific tapered polyisocyanurate insulation panel designs and systems.

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CEU: Designing for the Impacts of Very Severe Hail

Jennifer Keegan

August 1, 2022

When Very Severe Hail requirements were introduced to the roofing industry, it was as if all hail was about to break loose!

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CEU: All of the Above: Unburdening Overburden Considerations for Commercial Roofing

Shawn Torbert Kristin M. Westover PE, LEED AP O+M

May 1, 2022

For roofs with large surface areas, the potential for large overburden installations, such as solar, vegetative roofing, or amenity decks can be exceptional.

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CEU: Commercial Roofing as a Sustainability Benefit Multiplier

Shawn Torbert

March 11, 2022

Sustainability is too often seen as an afterthought to how we design and construct buildings.

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CEU: Roofs for Cold Storage Buildings

Building science and construction (methods/types) come together in cold storage buildings. The unique idea of an “always cold” interior pushes the discussion about vapor drive and air intrusion of the enclosure of a cold storage building to a higher level.

Kristin M. Westover PE, LEED AP O+M

November 1, 2021

Building science and construction (methods/types) come together in cold storage buildings. The unique idea of an “always cold” interior pushes the discussion about vapor drive and air intrusion of the enclosure of a cold storage building to a higher level.

CEU: Advanced Threats Met with Advanced Technology

How breakthroughs in weather-resistant barriers can improve occupant well-being in all climates

Kendra Palmer

September 2, 2021

How breakthroughs in weather-resistant barriers can improve occupant well-being in all climates.

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CEU: Low-Slope Roofing – Air Barriers and Vapor Retarders

Roof assemblies have more roles than simply keeping water out. Understanding control layers is key to successful design of modern roofs.

Thomas J. Taylor James R. Kirby AIA

September 1, 2021

As buildings have evolved, so have the requirements that have been placed on the building enclosure. No longer “just” a roof to keep precipitation out, today’s enclosure has many roles.