Articles Tagged with ''energy efficiency''

Kingspan has launched a major 10-year strategy to play its part in reducing the world’s carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030, as determined in the Paris Agreement, and contribute towards the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

During its annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo being held in Atlanta, Ga., the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced LEED Positive – a vision statement and LEED development roadmap that will lay the foundation for a future of LEED that is regenerative.

The insulated concrete forms industry has built its reputation on key benefits: energy efficiency, ease of construction, comfort, and disaster resilience.

The holiday shopping season is just around the corner, and local homeowners are searching for easy ways to keep costs low and cash in their pockets. 

Energy efficiency, durability, resiliency and a healthier indoor environment, are all key goals when optimizing the enclosure.

By maintaining a space between a building’s cladding and exterior wall, rainscreen systems help protect the enclosure against the ravages of rain and moisture infiltration.

Once buzzwords within the building industry, phrases such as “zero net energy,” “sustainable energy,” and “energy conservation,” are now commonplace.

On a small peninsula of land, where the Chesapeake Bay meets the West River in Maryland, sits a community of traditional homes that evoke the centuries-old history of American settlement in the area. 

Shannon Enterprises of W.N.Y., Inc., a designer and maker of reusable thermal and acoustic insulation, in partnership with Thomaston, Conn., Shannon Energy Resources, has completed a capital project to save energy for Attleboro, Mass.-based Sturdy Memorial Hospital. 

Marking the first carbon mitigation project in North America under the Official Carbon Partnership between Dow and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced its collaboration with Firestone Building Products.