Replacing a building’s existing roof with new roofing material provides an excellent opportunity to increase its energy efficiency and reduce energy costs. Since building roofs usually are replaced only once every 20 years or...
For reducing home energy consumption and improving the indoor environment, housewrap is a product of choice for many homeowners. Housewrap is a lightweight, synthetic material installed to protect homes and commercial buildings...
Green Building Solutions wants to extend a sincere thank you to all of our dedicated readers and community members. Together, we have made leaps and bounds of progress for energy efficiency through the years, and this year broke...
Energy Efficient Spray Foam Actually, what does spray foam energy efficiency mean? At this point, 113 million single family homes exist in the United States. But, if each of these homes used SPF, Americans could SAVE BIG. In...
Learn how science, green design and plastics like vinyl can help save energy costs.
Arkansas and Maryland have joined the growing number of states that are committing to a more efficient future. These states recently decided to create better, smarter, more energy efficient housing by adopting new building energy...
Relative to a building’s environmental impact, decisions about energy efficiency can be among the most important ones to make. The use of extruded polystyrene (XPS) foam plastic insulation can play an effective and important...
Many of the rating systems encourage the construction industry to achieve increasing levels of energy performance above the prerequisite standard to reduce environmental impacts associated with excessive energy use. There are...
Video on Plastics, Insulation, and Home Energy Efficiency | Approaching Net Zero Energy Homes Jack Armstrong, of BASFs Global Building Materials, shows how energy efficiency can be enhanced by smart uses of the many varieties of...
Jack Armstrong, of BASFs Global Building Materials, shows how energy efficiency can be enhanced by smart uses of the many varieties of plastic insulations, sealants, stabilization foams, window glazing, frame cladding and much...
In April, ACC joined groups from the energy and water efficiency sectors to demonstrate to California regulators and lawmakers how chemistry enables new and existing technologies that can help California meet its ambitious...
In areas of the United States that experience ground freezing during winter, standard building practice has called for footings to be dug below the frost line to protect against frost heave. Such excavations can extend to more...
Voters and members, you have made your voice heard and the results are in. The upcoming 2021 building energy code is set to be one of the most innovative codes to date. You did it! Prior to this announcement, building energy...
Want to play a role in shaping our country’s next model energy code? You can! Between 2006 and 2012, International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) efficiency has increased by 38%. This has resulted in individual consumers and...
As elected officials consider how to put their communities on a path to a healthier fiscal and environmental future, there has been a surge of interest in updating energy codes. Supporters of green building design should get...
This blog accompanies 1-2 minute videos (1-6) of www.GreenBuildingSolutions.org’s new educational videos on creating an energy efficient wall. They present Joseph Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng, ASHRAE Fellow of BuildingScience.com,...
Foam Plastic Insulating Sheathing (FPIS) can improve the energy efficiency of buildings with its remarkable thermal performance on the outside of a building. This insulation, which comes in a variety of thicknesses to accommodate...
As states and local jurisdictions increasingly move toward more efficient building codes in regards to energy use, the manufacturers of construction materials have been busy developing and improving products that can help meet...
Advances in the energy efficiency and environmental impact of constructing and operating buildings play a vital role in achieving the aggressive energy use and emissions reduction goals of this country. The prompt transformation...
Vinyl windows are impervious to rust, rot, blistering, corrosion, flaking and infestation by termites or other insects. Today, plastic rivals traditional materials for windows and frames, providing competitive energy efficiency,...
