Articles Tagged with ''energy efficiency''

Wall and ceiling professionals today face numerous challenges: a global pandemic, the affects it has had on the global supply chain, and how they respond to customers, prospects and the public using the latest communications tools.

The U.S. Department of Energy recently released the U.S. Energy Employment Report, an annual report that takes a comprehensive look at national and state-level employment data for the clean energy sector.

The DOE and Energy Star programs have all created awareness and inclusion of lower energy demand in the residential sector—but what about the non-residential sector?

Builders are looking for alternative products and construction methods to reduce their reliance on wood and help mitigate material costs and supply-chain disruptions for wood-framed homes and other construction.

 Air barrier requirements were included in energy codes in 2006 and are proposed to the IRC/IBC to deal with moisture.

 When combatting internal temperature fluctuations, certain factors cannot be controlled, such as our seasonal distance from the sun, or the warm and cold fronts that make up part of the daily forecast.

Recently, federal leaders in both the United States and Canada have announced initiatives that will simultaneously help meet environmental protection targets as well as drive post-pandemic economic recovery.

The terracotta cladding from IMETCO and Favemanc is a versatile panel system with a wide variety of profiles, dimensions, colors, textures, and natural and glazed finishes for virtually limitless design options.

The new certification reinforces expertise from both organizations to address solutions in disaster and climate resiliency.

Most global climate scientists agree the main cause is human expansion of the greenhouse effect, the warming that occurs when the atmosphere traps heat radiating from Earth toward space.