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 Today’s evolving architectural industry calls for a new, smarter wall, offering not only the best in performance, sustainability, value and aesthetics, but advanced wall-to-window integration capabilities to meet the growing demands of sustainable construction.  

 When Bridgestone Americas Inc. designed its new tech center in Akron, Ohio, the company had a lot to live up to. 

 Reducing air leakage in buildings is a cost-effective strategy for improving energy performance. 

When discussing moisture management solutions in the building industry, it’s important to recognize and accept one simple and indisputable reality: water gets into buildings. 

 Founded in 1924, the Curtis Institute of Music is a full-scholarship music school located on Philadelphia’s historic Rittenhouse Square.  

After a multi-punch assault on the USGBC’s LEED 2012 rating system, Rick Fedrrizzi, President of the USGBC, was forced to announce that LEED 2012 would not go to ballot as originally planned, would be renamed LEED V4, and would be delayed until June 2013. 

 We are bombarded with media stories and “public health” activist groups that claim we are living in a toxic soup, unavoidably exposed to unsafe chemicals found in products and materials that we regularly use and rely upon. 

 Air barriers have recently been identified as one of several effective and viable solutions toward better high-performance buildings.