January Chapter News: Goodbye 2023, Welcome 2024! January 19, 2024 IIBEC Metro New York Celebrates Success and Bids Farewell to 2023 Celebrating Success: A Festive Reflection on Our Holiday Party By Hugo Ramirez As the year came to… Regions and Chapters
Public-Comment Period Opens for CRRC S100 January 10, 2024 The Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC) has opened for comment its revisions to CRRC S100, “Standard Test Methods for Determining Radiative Properties of Materials.” Of particular interest to IIBEC members, the current revisions expand the scope of the document to include walls. Codes and Standards
Foundation Scholarship Program Now Accepting Applications January 8, 2024 Academic scholarship applications are now being accepted through April 4, 2024, for the Robert W. Lyons and RCI Lewis W. Newlan awards. Each year the RCI-IIBEC Foundation awards up to $30,000 in scholarships to… RCI-IIBEC Foundations
Mind the Gap: Waterproofing Considerations in Property Line Construction January 5, 2024 10 • IIBEC Interface January 2024 Mind the Gap: Waterproofing Considerations in Property Line Construction By Xiu Li, PE; Jesse Sipes, PE; Caitlyn Kallus, PE; and John Stuart, PE… Technical Article
Assessment of Thermal Bridging of Fasteners through insulated Roof Assemblies January 5, 2024 16 • IIBEC Interface January 2024 Interface articles may cite trade, brand, or product names to specify or describe adequately materials, experimental procedures, and/or equipment. In no case does such… Codes and Standards
Case Study: Thermal Contraction of a PVC Membrane and EPS Insulated Roof Assembly in Alaska’s North Slope Borough January 5, 2024 28 • IIBEC Interface January 2024 By Grace Wong, AIA, PE, LEED AP BD+C; and Christian Gorry, RRC, RRO, PE SINGLE-PLY POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC) roof membranes have been in use in… Technical Article
All Thermoplastic Rolls are Not Equal January 5, 2024 38 • IIBEC Interface January 2024 All Thermoplastic Rolls Are Not Equal By Colin Murphy, RRC, FIIBEC, LEED BD+C, PRA THE MANUFACTURERS OF wide-width single-ply rolls make marketing claims… Technical Article