The industry has made significant strides in increasing home efficiency, particularly by making the building envelope tighter.

Innovative solutions in the category include cladding made from upcycled rice hulls and insulation manufactured from 80 percent postconsumer recycled denim. Modern Mill has expanded its Acre siding ...

A slight breeze is all that’s needed to make this kinetic cladding developed by EXTECH run riot. The Kinetic Single Point Flappers, unlike the company’s two-pin and rod-mount predecessors, use a new ...

From a distance, today’s building innovations in cladding performance, aesthetics, and construction appear unconstrained and quite varied. Material mixing is creating newly expressive façades, and ...

Building envelopes create a physical boundary or shell integrated to the outer skin of a structure, separating indoor and outdoor environments. By assembling architectural components such as walls, ...

Until recently, it has been lighting, mechanical, and control system upgrades which have received the most attention in the green building movement. At long last, the industry is now recognizing ...

The design of the proposed Colman Tower in Seattle calls for a state-of-the-art curtain wall composed of high-performance glass and panelized brick. The advent of the curtain wall is one of the most ...

Large degree of variation in building surface and aesthetic flexibility but with simplified construction. Cost reduction via larger unitized modules and parts consolidation — eliminating most ...

Australian smart building materials company ClearVue Technologies has landed the first order for its solar building envelope solution which will be used for the construction of an equipment screen on ...

Traditional photovoltaic panels, while an excellent source of renewable solar energy, have some design flaws. One of the main drawbacks is that they require lots of ...