Vinyl Siding for Exterior Designs

Provides an overview of how vinyl siding is manufactured, including its advantages and designer accessories. Identifies some unique applications, as well as how parts and pieces fit as a system.

Commercial Fenestration Products: Dock & Drive Through Openings

Provides an overview of commercial fenestration products including sectional doors, rolling sheet doors, and rolling steel doors. Discussions pertaining to common door features, hardware, insulation, installation and optional types of electric operators available for these doors are included.

LEED® and Toilet Partitions

Provides an overview of toilet partition types; materials and styles, and how each contributes to LEED credits.

Tensioned Fabric Structures: lightweight sculptural & architectural applications

Provides an overview of freeform and framed tensioned fabric structures including materials, aesthetic and practical applications, ceiling and canopy applications and design processes.

Meeting Architectural Challenges with Cast Stone

Provides an overview of cast stone production; how it differs from associated materials; how it is used as a material that by size, shape, color and finish is aesthetically appealing. The various applications of cast stone for residential, commercial, municipal, educational and other uses are also reviewed.

Air Barriers: Increasing Building Performance, Decreasing Energy Costs

Provides an overview of the physics of air and moisture transport through the building envelope including a discussion on air barrier systems and their performance requirements for air leakage control and moisture management.

Choosing the Appropriate Fireplace for Today’s Home

Provides an overview of the features of the various types of fireplaces available today along with a discussion of the conditions affecting the performance of vented fireplaces.

Improving Visibility Using Photoluminescent Products

Provides an overview of the characteristics, testing, and applications of photoluminescent products as well as a discussion on the safety and environmental benefits of specifying PL wayfinding systems.

Resilient Flooring and Green Building

Provides an overview of green building; how resilient flooring can support green building through recyclable material, air quality, materials and maintenance.

Polymer Concrete Surface Systems: A Green & Sustainable Solution

Provides an overview of the components and attributes of polymer concrete surface systems and why they are a prime example of sustainable design and green engineering for environmentally sound construction.

Polymer-Modified Concrete Restoration Products and Protection Systems

Provides an overview of the features and benefits of using polymer-modified repair mortars and coatings. Included are discussions pertaining to the reasons concrete damage and corrosion occurs, crack repair treatments, and the importance of surface preparation.

Underfloor Air Distribution Systems: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Provides an overview of underfloor air distribution (UFAD) systems, and their benefits and advantages over traditional ceiling-based air distribution systems. Included are discussions on the importance of plenum integrity, air leakage categories, and sealing techniques.

An Introduction to Sourcing Dimensional Stone: The Example of Verona, Italy As A Materials and Processing Center

Provides an overview of the history of the dimensional stone industry in Verona, Italy and gives an architect the basic criteria for selecting stone materials and fabrication services in the Verona area.

Examining the Newest Generation of Fire Retardants for Wood

Provides an overview of how the newest generation of fire retardants for wood effectively suppresses the spread of fire in a building when it is used in compliance to industry codes.