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The EIFS Industry Members Association honors the longstanding service and efforts of late President Jimmy Carter — especially with respect to energy policy.

The Department of Energy announced a final rule entitled “Clean Energy for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings.”

Building departments and the hardworking professionals working within them are the silent defenders of our communities. By overseeing the permitting, inspection and occupancy authorization processes for new construction, renovations and repairs, your local building department plays a vital role in ensuring that projects are built to applicable building safety codes and standards.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed Gypsum Inc., received the 2023 Better Project Award from the U.S. Department of Energy on April 19 for the company’s smart energy management system at its Buchanan, New York, gypsum facility.

The Standards Council of the American Iron and Steel Institute has formed a new group that will be primarily responsible for the ongoing development of AISI S250, North American Standard for Thermal Transmittance of Building Envelopes with Cold-Formed Steel Framing.

The U.S. Department of Energy last month released the latest version of the Zero Energy Ready Home requirements for single-family homes. Version 2 of the ZERH requirements included an update of the thermal envelope insulation levels to those required by the 2021 Residential IECC, whereas the previous version (V1 Rev 8) stipulated 2015 IECC thermal insulation requirements.

Bentley Systems has partnered with Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Automatic Building Energy Modeling software suite, or AutoBEM. The software suite is being used in the architecture, city planning, real estate and home efficiency industries. Users take advantage of the suite’s energy modeling of almost all U.S. buildings.