October PRISM Sustainable Building
FEATURE: SUSTAINABLE BUILDING
San Francisco International Airport’s new air traffic control tower meets high-performance design and LEED Gold criteria
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) first-of-its-kind airport traffic control tower and integrated facility relies on Wausau Window and Wall Systems’ high-performance products to meet the multiple performance requirements. The new $80 million, 221-foot-tall, torch-shaped tower has improved safety, security and design standards, and has obtained LEED® Gold status. The seismic design for the tower allows for the structure to withstand a Richter magnitude 8 earthquake.
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New Aluminum in Green Buildings Guidelines
The Aluminum Association released Aluminum in Green Buildings – A Guide to Environmental Declarations and is available online on the Aluminum Association’s website. The Guide is part of a series of guidelines that the Aluminum Association is developing for the building and construction market sector.
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Sustainable stone certification now recognized in both LEED v4 and LBC
The NSC established the sustainable stone certification standard in 2014 with two important goals in mind: to provide natural stone quarriers and fabricators with third-party verification of their sustainable practices and to give the building and design community confidence that certified stone is a sustainable material choice.
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More in sustainable building
UL introduces SPOT™ online database – the largest credible product sustainability information tool
UL introduced SPOT™, a web-based product sustainability information tool that will facilitate the selection of credible green products and enable the design community to apply that information into the Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflow. Currently featuring more than 40,000 products, SPOT database will be a first of its kind tool for architects, designers and specifiers to identify products by sustainable attributes, MasterFormat product codes and building rating system credits such as LEED v4 and the WELL Building Standard™.
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PPG Paints Pure Performance contributes to sustainable design
The PPG PAINTS™ brand’s PURE PERFORMANCE® interior paint-and-primer-in-one is a zero-VOC* product that is designed to meet the performance requirements of the institutional, commercial and residential segments. This product provides excellent hiding, excellent durability and washability, in addition to providing a mold and mildew resistant coating on the dry paint film. With the products’ excellent hiding, previous surface color and minor imperfections are easily covered, providing a more uniform and professional finish, in addition to saving time and money. Also, its excellent durability and washability means the surface doesn’t need to be re-painted as frequently and maintains its beauty.
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Moisture managing batt insulation from CertainTeed lets walls breathe
CertainTeed is revolutionizing the way builders and contractors approach thermal performance and moisture management with the introduction of SMARTBATT™ with MoistureSense™ Technology, the industry’s first kraft-faced fiberglass batt insulation that contributes to healthier homes and buildings by intelligently managing moisture.
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PPG to highlight new DURASTAR ULTRA-COOL coatings at METALCON 2016
PPG will debut its newly reformulated DURASTAR® ULTRA-COOL® silicone-modified polyester (SMP) coatings and exhibit its flagship line of DURANAR® high-performance coatings during METALCON 2016 at the Baltimore Convention Center, Oct. 26-28. PPG also will host an “Oktoberfest Around the World” celebration at its booth during the event.
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Axalta’s powder coatings expand with new architectural-grade Alesta AR400 Champagne Metallic Color
Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, is pleased to announce the expansion of its architectural-grade, AR400 powder coating palette, with the new–Alesta® AR400 Champagne Metallic color. This addition offers powder coating customers even more premium color options that are designed to have exceptional color quality and weatherability.
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Tarkett products receive GreenCircle certification
Tarkett, the worldwide leader in innovative and sustainable flooring and sports surface solutions, announced today that two of their product collections have received the GreenCircle Material Ingredient LEED v4 Compliance certification. Tarkett is the first company in the flooring industry to receive this certification. As part of Tarkett’s continued efforts for transparency and material health, the products, Tandus Centiva Victory® Series Luxury Vinyl Tile and Johnsonite iQ homogenous flooring, have gone through a rigorous third party audit process to achieve certification.
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Wilsonart introduces 23 artfully repurposed woodgrain patterns
From gently weathered to intricately crafted, the 23 new additions to the Wilsonart® Virtual Design Library, the Artfully Repurposed Woods Collection, tell a story of America’s spirited history while honoring sustainability. Wilsonart, a leading manufacturer of decorative engineered surfaces for 60 years, traveled from coast to coast gathering inspiration for the collection. From the pine fields in Pennsylvania to whiskey barrels in Kentucky and the discovery of the modern marquetry movement in California, each design in the collection reflects today’s trends, while offering sustainable solutions.
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Kingspan brings its Kooltherm® premium performance insulation to the U.S.
Kingspan Insulation announced its launch of its internationally renowned premium performance rigid thermoset insulation, Kooltherm®, into the U.S. The Kingspan Kooltherm® line offers an extensive range of products for wall, floor, soffit and rainscreen applications. It has a fiber-free rigid thermoset phenolic insulation core that resists both moisture and water vapor ingress, and exhibits class-leading fire performance.
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NCFI adopts Honeywell’s low-global-warming material for spray foam roofs
Honeywell announced last week that NCFI Polyurethanes, a leader in sustainable polyurethane products, has transitioned to Honeywell’s new low-global-warming material for roofing applications, with wall insulation systems to follow.
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New study confirms copper alloys continuously kill bacteria, keep hospital rooms cleaner
A new clinical study investigating the bacteria-killing properties of copper has proven once again that the metal can play a leading role in fighting bacteria that cause healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The paper also reached a second finding destined to shake-up cleaning practices in the healthcare industry.
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