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 Lehigh White Cement Company | Warmboard, Inc. | Microban International, Ltd. | JM Eagle | ACG Materials | Sol Inc. | Delta Faucet Company | World Wildlife Fund | Andersen Windows | All Weather Insulated Panels | Subscription Info 
Lehigh White Cement Company
Lehigh+White+Cement+Company Lehigh White Cement Company produces, imports and markets white cement in the United States and Canada. Lehigh White Cement allows architects, engineers and contractors the freedom to choose from an unlimited range of colors, textures, shapes, sizes and patterns to accommodate a multitude of applications.
 
Reflective Concrete Floors: Durable & Sustainable
Reflective Concrete Floors: Durable & Sustainable Thumbnail Provides an overview of the environmental impacts of building with concrete along with a discussion of the features of reflective and decorative concrete floors and their role in a sustainable building strategy. As well, we present a review of the best practices and specification considerations that are required to facilitate a successful concrete floor installation.
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Warmboard, Inc.
Warmboard%2C+Inc. Warmboard, Inc. is dedicated to creating luxurious comfort using smart, energy-efficient technology. Our company manufacturers radiant panels in the United States of America using recycled aluminum and sustainable forestry products from the US and Canada. Warmboard, Inc. has been honored with a “Best Green Building Product” by a variety of organizations every year since 2005.
 
Introduction to Radiant Heat
Introduction to Radiant Heat Thumbnail Provides an overview of radiant heat, with discussions on the evolution, physics, types, benefits, and appropriate applications of radiant heat systems and technology.
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Microban International, Ltd.
Microban+International%2C+Ltd. Microban International, Ltd. is the global leader in built-in antimicrobial product protection, engineering durable antimicrobial solutions for consumer, industrial and medical products around the world. Microban protection can be engineered into a breadth of materials including: polymers, textiles, coatings, paper and adhesives.
 
Antimicrobial Protection for Building & Commercial Products
Antimicrobial Protection for Building & Commercial Products Thumbnail Provides an overview of antimicrobial additives that help protect products from degradation caused by microbes, with discussions on types of microorganisms and the array of products that can benefit from antimicrobials.
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JM Eagle
JM+Eagle JM Eagle is the world's largest and most complete manufacturer of plastic pipe (PVC an HDPE) – an innovative leader that combines advanced technology with superior customer service to create the industry's most sophisticated and diverse products. JM Eagle is the only manufacturer to offer a 50-year warranty on its thermal-engineered plastic-pipe products. With 20 manufacturing plants in the United States, JM Eagle ships its full range of products across the country and to international destinations, including countries in North and South America.
 
The Plastic Pipe Solution to Water Infrastructure Failures
The Plastic Pipe Solution to Water Infrastructure Failures Thumbnail Provides an overview of the modern water infrastructure, with discussions on common pipe materials, causes and impacts of pipe failure, and the benefits of plastic pipe as a durable, low-cost solution.
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ACG Materials
ACG+Materials ACG Materials is the new leader in gypsum underlayment systems. With a top-tier network of distributers, ACG is able to offer unparalleled quality assurance and customer service.
 
Sound Control in Multi-Family Floor/Ceiling Assemblies
Sound Control in Multi-Family Floor/Ceiling Assemblies Thumbnail Provides an overview of the noise issues associated with floor/ceiling assemblies of multi-family dwellings, as well as the factors that affect acoustical performance. Also presented is a review of the acoustical solutions that are available with a focus on sound mats with poured underlayment (SMPU) systems.
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Sol Inc.
Sol+Inc. Sol Inc. (Solar Outdoor Lighting), a subsidiary of Carmanah Technologies, is the world leader in solar LED outdoor lighting solutions. Since 1990, Sol has installed over 70,000 innovative and cost-effective solar powered outdoor lighting systems in more than 60 countries on six continents.
 
Off-Grid Solar Lighting: Solutions, Savings, and Sustainability
Off-Grid Solar Lighting: Solutions, Savings, and Sustainability Thumbnail Provides an in-depth introduction into the technology and benefits of off-grid solar lighting. The course covers key considerations when selecting a system that is reliable, efficient, and cost-effective.
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Delta Faucet Company
Delta+Faucet+Company Delta Faucet Company is a world leader in residential and commercial faucets, with sales in more than 53 countries.
 
Innovative Water Delivery Solutions for Today’s Kitchen Design Trends
Innovative Water Delivery Solutions for Today’s Kitchen Design Trends Thumbnail Provides an overview of kitchen design trends and how innovative water delivery solutions meet the evolving needs and expectations of our ever-changing population.
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World Wildlife Fund
World+Wildlife+Fund World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF’s) Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) engages companies, trade associations, public procurement entities and building and design professionals across the globe that are committed to responsible production and sourcing of forest products. GFTN works with forest managers, manufacturers, retailers, end users and many more to develop responsible sourcing policies, analyze the forest origins of their products, identify and mitigate sourcing risks, engage with suppliers, and increase the responsible wood and fiber in their supply chains.
 
Responsible Wood Sourcing
Responsible Wood Sourcing Thumbnail Provides an overview of why and how to specify and source responsible wood products, including discussions of the threats to, impacts of, and solutions to deforestation and forest degradation.
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Andersen Windows
Andersen+Windows Manufacturer of windows and doors.
 
The American Farmhouse and Queen Anne Style Guide
The American Farmhouse and Queen Anne Style Guide Thumbnail Provides an overview of the Farmhouse and Queen Anne styles of residential architecture, with a focus on window, door and trim elements.
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All Weather Insulated Panels
All+Weather+Insulated+Panels From freezing, sub-zero temperatures to dry heat or high humidity, Mother Nature continually tests the limits of building envelopes. That's why All Weather Insulated Panels are specifically engineered to maintain interior climate control regardless of external weather conditions. Available in a wide range of colors, finishes, dimensions and a variety of other unique options, our systems will help you unleash your full design capabilities for projects when Energy Efficiency is as important as Design Flexibility.
 
Insulated Metal Panels and the Environment
Insulated Metal Panels and the Environment Thumbnail Provides an overview of the features and performance benefits of insulated metal panels (IMPs). It provides an in-depth look at a generic IMP EPD, discusses new LEED® v4 contributions, and outlines how IMPs meet the strict energy performance requirements of current codes and standards.
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 Delta Faucet Company | Alucobond | Heatilator | Dyson Inc. | Benjamin Moore & Co. | Cendrex, Inc. | Humboldt Redwood Company | 3M Company | Veronafiere | American Biltrite | Subscription Info 
Delta Faucet Company
Delta+Faucet+Company Delta Faucet Company is a world leader in residential and commercial faucets, with sales in more than 53 countries.
 
ADA Compliant Plumbing Products for Accessible Kitchens and Baths
ADA Compliant Plumbing Products for Accessible Kitchens and Baths Thumbnail Provides an overview of how the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design apply to plumbing products and discusses how universal design make kitchens and baths more accessible for all people to use.
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Alucobond
Alucobond Alucobond® brings a superior metal panel image to any project and is known for its lightweight qualities, and also has other desirable attributes such as a rainbow of consistent color and finish options, the ability to form textures or curves or the option to create modules. When you need to present an exceptionally flat, high-tech metal panel image, Alucobond® allows you the ease of mind that you have chosen the proven leader.
 
Aluminum Composite Material (ACM): Sustainable Materials & Processes
Aluminum Composite Material (ACM): Sustainable Materials & Processes Thumbnail Provides an overview of the versatility, sustainability, and functionality of aluminum composite material (ACM) and discusses why it is selected for architectural cladding, interiors, and signage applications in new and existing buildings around the world.
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Heatilator
Heatilator Heatilator is the #1 preferred and installed fireplace brand by building professionals and has been synonymous for value and dependability since 1927. Today, the brand continues to provide versatile hearth solutions with a full lineup of gas and wood fireplaces, fireplace inserts and accessories.
 
Gas Fireplaces: Adding Ambiance to Any Room
Gas Fireplaces: Adding Ambiance to Any Room Thumbnail Provides an overview of gas fireplaces and discusses their advantages over wood-burning fireplaces, types of gas units and venting options, their versatility in placement, and, design and functional considerations critical to the selection process.
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Specifying Fireplaces to Meet National Green Building Programs
Specifying Fireplaces to Meet National Green Building Programs Thumbnail Provides an overview of how hearth products contribute to home comfort, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and environmental sustainability. Discussions pertain to how to identify different hearth product categories, and how some types qualify for national green building programs, and why others do not.
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Dyson Inc.
Dyson+Inc. The Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer works in just 12 seconds. It uses sheets of clean air traveling at 400mph to literally scrape water from your hands like a windshield wiper. It’s efficient too, using up to 80% less energy than a warm air hand dryer.
 
The Next Generation of Air Knife Technology
The Next Generation of Air Knife Technology Thumbnail Provides an overview of hand drying concepts and the advantages of hand dryers with air technology. It reviews the impact the choice of hand-drying equipment has on public health, occupant comfort, facility operations, and our environment.
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Benjamin Moore & Co.
Benjamin+Moore+%26%23x26%3B+Co. Benjamin Moore & Co. continues to develop and produce new paint products, such as EcoSpec, a solvent-free, low odor, low VOC, water-thinnable coating system that utilizes our own advanced materials technology.
 
Paint Technology: Chemistry and Performance
Paint Technology:  Chemistry and Performance Thumbnail Provides an overview of types of paint, paint finishes, surface preparation, and primers.
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Cendrex, Inc.
Cendrex%2C+Inc. Cendrex specialises in the manufacturing of metal products sold to the institutional, industrial and commercial markets. The main product lines are as follows: access doors, postal boxes, ashtray's and waste receptacles.
 
Access Door Considerations & Solutions
Access Door Considerations & Solutions Thumbnail Provides an overview of access doors, including discussion on what they are, their differing functions, specifics of fire-rating and testing, and how to complete a successful installation.
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Humboldt Redwood Company
Humboldt+Redwood+Company Humboldt Redwood Company was formed in 2008 and is working to cultivate a lasting legacy of environmentally responsible forestry and sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution of top-quality redwood lumber products. We offer a unique mix of products for outdoor living and home improvement projects.
 
Redwood: A Sustainable Building Product
Redwood: A Sustainable Building Product Thumbnail Provides an overview of the sustainable attributes of redwood building products, including a discussion of redwood lumber grades, characteristics and applications. Also presented are the results of a recent Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) comparing redwood and plastic-composite decking options and information about redwood's Environmental Product Declaration (EPD).
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3M Company
3M+Company 3M is a global innovation company that never stops inventing. Since 3M was founded in 1902, our innovations have improved daily life for hundreds of millions of people all over the world. 3M offers a variety of solutions for the design and construction industry that improve occupant comfort, reduce energy usage, reduce installation time and labor cost, provide creative design options, or better utilize existing building materials.
 
Sun Control Window Films
Sun Control Window Films Thumbnail Provides an overview of the significant role solar control window film can play in a energy savings, occupant comfort, and daylighting strategies for architectural applications.
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Veronafiere
Veronafiere Veronafiere is an Italian trade fair company based in Verona that organizes more than 30 trade shows a year, including Marmomacc, the International Exhibition of Stone, Design and Technology.
 
An Introduction to Sourcing Dimensional Stone: The Example of Verona, Italy as a Materials and Processing Center
An Introduction to Sourcing Dimensional Stone: The Example of Verona, Italy as a Materials and Processing Center Thumbnail Provides an overview of dimensional stone and gives an architect the basic criteria for selecting stone materials and fabrication services.
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American Biltrite
American+Biltrite American Biltrite manufactures and distributes commercial flooring and performance sheet rubber throughout America. We offer a select range of flooring solutions for the educational, healthcare and institutional sectors. American Biltrite manufactures one of the widest selections of performance sheet rubber products in the industry.
 
Resilient Flooring for Healthcare
Resilient Flooring for Healthcare Thumbnail Provides an overview of resilient flooring options for the healthcare industry and includes discussions on industry requirements, types of products available, product properties and specifications.
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AEC Daily
Building Knowledge and Connections
AEC Daily offers the following Online Continuing Education courses at our Online Learning Center. These courses are available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, and are registered with AIA, GBCI, IDCEC and many more organizations.
Inside this Edition:
 Lavi Industries | Zehnder America, Inc. | Adhesives Technology Corp. | Excel Dryer | Accsys Technologies | Bird-B-Gone, Inc. | Julius Blum & Co., Inc. | Radiation Protection Products | Wayne Dalton  | Benjamin Moore & Co. | Subscription Info 
Lavi Industries
Lavi+Industries Lavi Industries is a supplier and manufacturer of quality and innovative architectural metals for: Hospitality, Public Guidance, Railing Systems, Tubing and Extrusions, Kitchen and Closet Hardware.
 
Selecting & Specifying a Railing System for Your Building Project
Selecting & Specifying a Railing System for Your Building Project Thumbnail Provides an overview of the important factors that need to be considered when selecting and specifying a railing system for a commercial or residential building project.
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Zehnder America, Inc.
Zehnder+America%2C+Inc. Zehnder America, Inc. provides high quality heating and ventilation solutions to promote comfortable, healthy, and energy-efficient indoor living. Zehnder Comfosystems ensure fresh air and a healthy atmosphere for the home year-round.
 
Heat Recovery Ventilation: Why Efficiency Matters
Heat Recovery Ventilation: Why Efficiency Matters Thumbnail Provides an overview of different types of mechanical ventilation systems and discusses why heat recovery ventilation (HRV) and energy recovery ventilation (ERV) systems are characterized by a high level of energy efficiency and as an effective means for improving indoor air quality.
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Adhesives Technology Corp.
Adhesives+Technology+Corp. Adhesives Technology Corporation (ATC) is a leading manufacturer of construction and industry related adhesives in epoxies, urethanes, acrylics, ester blends and polyureas. With over forty-five years of field proven experience, our product brands like Ultrabond®, MiracleBond®, CrackBond®, The Cracker® and Hard-Rok, are some of the most recognized and most often specified products in all of North America.
 
Concrete Restoration, Joint Treatment and Crack Repair
Concrete Restoration, Joint Treatment and Crack Repair Thumbnail Provides an overview of the key factors in the proper specification and installation of concrete joints, as well as discussions on the methods and materials that are used to repair cracks and spalling.
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Excel Dryer
Excel+Dryer Excel Dryer is a family-owned and operated small business that has been manufacturing the finest American made hand dryers for over 50 years and the only ones that are Made In USA Certified®, featuring the XLERATOR® hand dryer models.
 
NEXT GENERATION GREEN RESTROOM DESIGN v2
NEXT GENERATION GREEN RESTROOM DESIGN v2 Thumbnail Provides an overview of how sustainable restroom design can address the global concerns of water shortages and the impacts of the building sector on our environment. This program identifies the newest technologies in high-efficiency restroom fixtures including how to choose water-saving products and the practical, economic, and environmental benefits of high-speed, energy-efficient hand dryers versus paper towels. Also included is an in-depth analysis of how these products earn points toward LEED® v4 credits and other green building standards to comply with new, best practices in green building.
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Accsys Technologies
Accsys+Technologies Accoya® wood offers a 50 year warranty for durability and stability above ground and 25 years in ground it also has 3-4X coatings life. It is modified to the core using certified sustainable wood through a revolutionary process creating a non toxic product.
 
Acetylated Wood: Durable, Stable, Sustainable Wood for Windows, Doors & Siding
Acetylated Wood: Durable, Stable, Sustainable Wood for Windows, Doors & Siding Thumbnail Discusses the process of wood acetylation, the resulting changes to wood, applications for this product, its green credentials and a number of case studies involving acetylated wood.
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Bird-B-Gone, Inc.
Bird-B-Gone%2C+Inc. Founded in 1992, Bird-B-Gone® is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional grade bird deterrents. We provide effective solutions to prevent birds from landing or roosting in unwanted areas. Bird-B-Gone products are the most specified bird control products in the world by architects, contractors and government agencies.
 
An Overview of Pest Bird Deterrent Systems
An Overview of Pest Bird Deterrent Systems Thumbnail Provides an overview of bird deterrent products, along with a discussion of the characteristics of common pest birds, bird problem assessment, and the issues and concerns associated with the roosting and nesting of pest birds.
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Julius Blum & Co., Inc.
Julius+Blum+%26%23x26%3B+Co.%2C+Inc. Julius Blum & Co., Inc. is the complete source for stock components for architectural metal work. Components are available in aluminum, bronze, stainless steel and nickel-silver. Products include Connectorail®, Carlstadt® railing, JB® Glass Railing, handrails, guardrails, brackets and a complete selection of tubing, bars and shapes. All components are in stock for immediate shipment.
 
Specifying Stock Components for Architectural Metal Work
Specifying Stock Components for Architectural Metal Work Thumbnail The course includes a discussion on: how to choose the best material for your job; available systems and their components; engineering data and the formulas to provide safe installations.
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Radiation Protection Products
Radiation+Protection+Products Radiation Protection Products (RPP) manufactures and distributes a full line of radiation shielding products. They include doors (solid core wood, lead lined, and steel strapped), lead lined gypsum board and plywood, lead glass and acrylic, lead lined frames for borrowed lites and doors, pass boxes, and many other lead products.
 
Lead Shielding: Radiation Protection Solutions
Lead Shielding: Radiation Protection Solutions Thumbnail Provides an overview of radiation and the basics of radiation protection, as well as discussions on the types, characteristics and specification considerations of various radiation shielding products.
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Wayne Dalton
Wayne+Dalton+ Wayne Dalton offers a complete line of Commercial Door Systems for virtually any application of industrial and commercial buildings throughout the world. Because the company has always maintained a staunch commitment to developing innovative new products, Wayne Dalton Corp. is now a world leader in the garage door industry.
 
Commercial Rolling Service Doors
Commercial Rolling Service Doors Thumbnail Provides an overview of the rolling commercial service door, fire door and rolling grilles and shutters covering the operation, parts, fire code requirements and wind load information.
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Benjamin Moore & Co.
Benjamin+Moore+%26%23x26%3B+Co. Benjamin Moore & Co. continues to develop and produce new paint products, such as EcoSpec, a solvent-free, low odor, low VOC, water-thinnable coating system that utilizes our own advanced materials technology.
 
Origins of Color and Pigments
Origins of Color and Pigments Thumbnail Provides an overview of the origins and evolution of color pigments by looking at historical civilizations and time periods.
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