Sustainable building solutions from Tremco Commercial Sealants & Waterproofing and Tremco Roofing and Building Maintenance will hopefully help a team of students from the University of Maryland win the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2011. Only 20 teams from around the globe will be competing.
Tremco Commercial Sealants & Waterproofing’s (CS&W) ExoAir Air Barrier System, [...]
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The first Passive House in the area is now open to the public as part of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The Passive House is the first of its kind in Northeast Ohio; a unique construction designed to provide the highest degree of energy efficiency and an example of what future residential construction will [...]
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Posted in 0% landfill, Energy Efficiency, HVAC Renovation, Photovoltaic Roofing, Recycling/repurposing, Roofing, Tremco Building Renovation, Tremco Roofing, Tremco Sealants, Vegetated Roofing, Wind Turbine on Jun 10th, 2011 No Comments »
A year ago this week, we officially began the high performance renovation of Tremco Incorporated’s headquarters.
Next Friday, June 17, we cap things off with a celebration that includes the formal dedication of the building. Among the guests we expect to join us are Ohio Governor John Kasich, Ohio Congresswoman Betty Sutton and Beachwood Mayor Merle [...]
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The annual American Institute of Architects convention is taking place this week in New Orleans; the trade show runs from May 12th to the 14th.
If you’re attending, be sure to drop by Booth 2753 (A, B and C) at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center to find out about the latest in sustainable construction from [...]
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Tremco Commercial Sealants & Waterproofing set some aggressive sustainability goals a few years ago. One of these goals was to hit zero landfill by 2013. In the program’s first year, the ratio of landfill waste to materials shipped dropped by 40 percent overall for the North American facilities.
As we entered 2011, our large Toronto manufacturing [...]
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We are now rounding the corner and coming down the home stretch on the installation of our new Kawneer 1600 Wall System as work takes place on the first floor windows. We are all getting a chance to get more of a close-up view of the damage that occurs over the years from air and [...]
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The second floor windows are just about complete. The windows are installed, and they are weather-tight. The snap cover aesthetic finish will be installed after the Dryvit® installation. Work is now beginning on the third floor windows. The sleek ribbon of green glass in the center of the building is a sharp contrast to the [...]
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The green-toned spans of glass now are wrapping around the second floor. Beyond the green color and visual impact, the window system being installed is comprised of two of the earth’s most plentiful recyclables, aluminum and glass, making the window system a large contributor to the environmental impact as well.
The Kawneer extrusions contain pre-consumer recycled [...]
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Work is beginning this week on removal of the second floor single-pane windows and installation of the high-performance Kawneer 1600 Wall System 2. The sleek-looking, green ribbon window system incorporates concealed fastener joinery for unbroken lines and a smooth, monolithic appearance which will create visual impact for those passing by.
Windows are being constructed on-site with [...]
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