Onondaga County Re-Roofing Project: Impacts of Reflectance and Thermal Resistance May 15, 2018 Onondaga County Reroofing Project: Impacts of Reflectance and Thermal Resistance Michael D. Fischer Kellen Company 529 14th Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20045 Phone: 202-591-2438 • E-mail: mfischer@kellencompany.com Hugh Henderson, Jr. and Nicholas Genzel CDH Energy 2695 Bingley Road, Cazenovia, NY 13035 Phone: 315-655-1063 and Marcin Pazera PIMA 1220 North Fillmore Street, Suite 400, […] Read More
Vegetative Roofs: A Problem, or the Future? May 15, 2018 1 0 • RC I I n t e r f a c e A p ri l 2 0 1 8 As a roofing technology, vegetative roofs have been widely installed in the United States for only about the last 20 years. The market acceptance of vegetative roofing continues, and the industry has gradually […] Read More
Beyond Savings: Building Energy Codes Drive Important Benefits to States and Cities May 15, 2018 Building energy codes set minimum requirements to support the construction and renovation of energy-efficient buildings. While energy codes can drive energy and cost savings during the operation of a building, their criteria also deliver a multitude of benefits that can improve the communities within which energy-efficient buildings sit or the lives of occupants who use […] Read More
The Cavity Wall Balancing Act: Designing for Watertightness, Airtightness, Thermal Efficiency, and NFPA 285 Code Compliance May 15, 2018 8 • RC I I n t e r f a c e Oc t o b e r 2 0 1 8 Figure 1 – The Dancing House, designed by Vlado Milunic and Frank O. Gehry, in Prague, Czech Republic. Photo ©Vladimir Sazonov/Shutterstock.com. ABSTRACT The use of open-joint rainscreens, coupled with unconventional wall orientations, […] Read More
Climate Change Adaptation Technologies for Roofing May 15, 2018 Climate Change Adaptation Technologies for Roofing Bas Baskaran, PhD, PEng; Sudhakar Molleti, PhD; Dominique Lefebvre; and Neal Holcroft National Research Council Canada 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada Phone: 613-990-3616 • E-mail: bas.baskaran@nrc.ca 3 3 r d RC I I n t e r n a t i o n a l C […] Read More
Roof Water Catchment and Filtration Systems November 23, 2017 Roof Water Catchment and Filtration Systems John Barton, RRC, AIA and Mayrah Udvardi, AAIA John Barton Architects, LLC 1925 Aspen Drive, Suite 200-B, Santa Fe, NM 87505 Phone: 505-474-8855 • E-mail: j@jwbarton.com B u i l d i n g E n v e l o p e T e c h n o l […] Read More
The Hidden Details of Blindside Waterproofing November 08, 2017 Blindside waterproofing produces numerous challenges to both design and construction teams. Many of these are relatively straightforward. What is the best system to use? How is the membrane applied to the support of excavation (SOE)? How does one protect the membrane as the steel reinforcement is placed? Due to the constraints of the project site, […] Read More
Don’t Mess with Mr. Hyde: Modern Hygrothermal Performance Assessment October 08, 2017 Recent changes in energy efficiency requirements make white roofing more and more popular, as it can reduce the cooling demand in warm and hot climate zones. Also, recent research has shown that the downside of the application of a cool membrane makes a huge difference regarding moisture management. Using the hygrothermal performance assessment tool WUFI, […] Read More
