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Easily reconfigured interiors enhance healthcare. see page 8

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D E PA R T M E N T S

Agile Interiors For Healthcare Systems Contemporary ecosystems create healthcare facilities conducive to the holistic well-being of patients and staff.

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The Green Angle Showcases Index Portfolio

Designers set new standards inspired by an unconventional material.

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Insulated composite backup panels provide sustainability while simplifying construction.

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Building Power: Harvesting Daylight Automated-control strategy maximizes the use of daylight and minimizes electrical lighting to cut energy use.

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Interiors FF&E Exteriors Windows & Doors Building Technology Lighting & Electrical HVAC & Plumbing

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Modular wall systems that allow rooms to be rapidly reconfigured, while providing necessary utilities, are becoming essential tools for healthcare facilities such as this hospice. Most of these wall systems help provide the at-home feeling required to aid patient comfort and healing. Learn more on p. 8.

Photo: Gary L. Parr

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To learn more about the products mentioned in the features in this issue, visit our digital magazine at http://www.cbpmagazine.com/digital/may2012.

Turn to the article that interests you and click on the icon to download a spec sheet or watch a video.

Below is a summary of this issue’s Digital Extras.

As part of our variety of online editorial products, Commercial Building Products presents Commercial Conversation at http://www.commercialconversation.com. Commercial Conversation is a series of semi-monthly podcasts in which the editors speak with commercial-construction industry experts about issues that affect specifier decisions. Podcasts are supported by a resource page and are available for download from the website.

Vegetative Roofs with Herbert Slone The sixth Commercial Conversation podcast looks at vegetative roof systems, including design and specification considerations. Guest Herbert Slone is a registered architect and technical manager of commercial building for Owens Corning, Toledo, OH. He has authored numerous professional articles in his more than 30 years in the construction industry.

Match Education Technology with Education Design with Amy Stein In our fifth podcast, we talk with Amy Stein, architect at MGA Partners, Philadelphia, about the design and renovation of higher-education facilities to provide dynamic learning environments that meet current and future needs and provide flexibility as education techniques embrace electronic tools.

Agile Interiors Create Dynamic Healthcare Systems, p. 8: When you go to the digital magazine and click on the Digital Extra icon for this article, you will link to a pdf highlighting the company’s environmental designs for healthcare systems.

Solid Surfacing Shapes Interiors, p. 12: This Digital Extra video features stars of the design community explaining how they enjoy working and designing with DuPont Corian.

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Make Business Noise When the Economy is Quiet with Chris Sullivan In our fourth podcast, we talk with Chris Sullivan, principal at C.C. Sullivan Strategic Communications, Montclair, NJ. Chris tells you why it’s important to be an aggressive marketer when the economy is slow so you’ll have the best chance of earning new business and will be at the forefront when business improves.

Fenestration Codes and Trends with Mike Turner Our third Commercial Conversation is with Mike Turner, vice president of marketing at YKK AP America Inc., Austell, GA. Mike is also a board member of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA), Schaumburg, IL, the TaskGroup Chairman for BIM Initiatives at AAMA, a member of the Codes and Regulatory Affairs Committee at AAMA, and a member of the International Code Council. Mike discusses new fenestration codes, fenestration technology, and what it means for commercial-construction specifiers.

Building Power: Harvest Daylight, Reap Energy Savings, p. 22: Click on the icon in the digital magazine to download a brochure that details Leviton’s wide range of solutions for building-energy management.

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Tap into our resources I’m going to do some self promotion this month because I want you to take note of the many resources we offer in addition to the paper magazine you’re holding in your hands.

Your copy of our paper magazine has a digital sister; this issue is at http://www.cbpmagazine.com/digital/may2012. I urge you to visit the digital magazine (an app for your tablet and phone is in the works) because it offers significant informational extensions from the print magazine. You’ll find that the digital magazine is riddled with links to websites for the many manufacturers we cover in this issue. It’s a quick way to visit a lot of websites. You’ll also find that all of our circle numbers are linked to the online reader-service system, making it easy to ask for free information.

You’ll also see that those little square icons that appear at the end of each feature and project story become active gateways to more information about the product or manufacturer. When you finish reading an article, click on one of those icons and you’ll be able to download a PDF file or watch a video related to the article. Look for much more content from our digital magazine in the coming months.

When your eyes need a break, consider listening to one of our Commercial Conversation podcasts (www.commercialconversation. com). Six of these podcasts are now available, and we’re working to add two each month. Our latest is with Herbert Slone of Owens Corning. This podcast accompanies Herbert’s article on vegetative roofs that appears on p. 6. I had a great time talking with him about vegetative-roof technology and where it’s heading. While you’re at it, listen to architect Amy Stein talk about designing education buildings in a technology-heavy world. You’ll also hear several tips from Chris Sullivan in the conversation we had about keeping your business visible in a difficult market. The podcasts are only about 30 minutes long and are MP3 files that you can listen to on just about any music-playing device. Be sure to subscribe to the podcasts so you don’t miss upcoming conversations.

I also recommend that you subscribe to our blog/news page so you keep up with developments in the commercial-construction market. If you’re not already receiving our e-newsletters, be sure to subscribe to those, too. To make it easy to keep up with what we’re offering, you can always turn to p. 3 of every issue to get the latest updates.

Keep your eyes open in the coming months. We have several other online-content offerings in the works. You’ll soon discover that the print magazine is just the starting point for a wealth of information that will help you make better specification decisions for your upcoming projects.

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Vegetative Roofs Green Up Urban Areas In many cities, roofs are going literally green to achieve sustainability.

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hen you hear the term green building, what comes to mind? Sustainable building practices, recycled materials, increased efficiency are common answers. However, one trend in green building has some architects and owners incorporating actual greenery for more energy efficiency.

Vegetative roofs, which incorporate plant life, foliage, shrubbery, and other forms of vegetation, are not entirely new, but they are in more demand today than ever. In fact, the sustainable benefits these roofing systems provide have driven some cities in the United States to mandate the inclusion of vegetative roofs in the design of certain types of structures. Some cities even offer significant tax incentives to encourage vegetative roofs.

Generally we describe building systems, products, processes, services, and even personal actions as green when they use less energy somehow. While this holds true for vegetative roofs, they are also literally green. Trees, plants, shrubbery, and other forms of vegetation create a system that adds vibrancy to any building and skyline and lowers energy usage and costs.

Most popular in urban markets, these roofing systems provide many environmental and economic benefits, including reducing the urban-heat-island effect and promoting stormwater retention, energy conservation, and sound attenuation. They look great, too.

Shades of green Vegetative roofs come in several varieties. The most common distinction is extensive versus intensive systems. Extensive systems are shallow with a soil-based growth medium approximately 2-inches to 6-inches deep. Intensive systems, with a soil-based growth medium of 10 inches or more, usually include larger plants and trees.

The primary determining factor when choosing between the two systems is the intended use of the vegetative roof: • Intensive systems are much deeper and require more building structure to bear the weight of the larger vegetation, greater soil depth, and perhaps even pedestrian or vehicular traffic. They are commonly used in urban areas where green space is at a premium. The structural integrity of this type of building often allows for plazas and rooftop gardens with intense vegetative plantings.

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rarely intended for frequent pedestrian foot traffic.

Though they have fewer layers, extensive roofs provide the same sustainable attributes of other vegetative roofing systems. They help to control stormwater release and reduce heat gain, the heatisland effect, and building cooling loads. Extensive systems are often planted in modular trays filled with engineered soil, grass, moss, sedum, and other lightweight plants.

Benefits of vegetative roofing In addition to the sustainability benefits vegetative roofs provide, they create open spaces in some unusual places: Riverbank State Park in New York has an intensive green roof built over a sewagetreatment plant on the Hudson River, and Chicago’s Millennium Park tops a parking garage.

Such systems help combat the heat-island effect in many urban areas. Hard and dark-colored surfaces absorb energy, and in urban areas buildings, sidewalks, and streets occupy most of the surface area. As a result, it is common for a city’s outdoor temperature to be higher than that of the surrounding rural areas. However, vegetative roofing systems are able to reflect this energy, lowering the cooling load on a building.

A 2008-2009 research project led by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, showed that vegetative roofs reduced summertime heat gain or cooling loads even more than cool-roof white-membrane systems. The reduction in heat gain is due to the thermal mass of the vegetation and growing media, extra insulation, and the evapo-transpiration associated with vegetation.

These systems also help with stormwater retention and management. In many cities, the sewer systems are antiquated, often combining stormwater and sanitary wastewater. As a result, stormwater that otherwise wouldn’t require treatment ends up in the sewer system with wastewater, overloading wastewater-treatment plants. Vegetation and soil retain that water to nourish the plants and evaporatively cool the rooftop.

Designing with vegetative roofing in mind Designed to be durable, reliably watertight, long-lasting, and highly energy-efficient, vegetative roofing systems belong to a class of roofing known as protected roof membrane assembly (PRMA). The waterproof roofing membrane is

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The multiple layers for a vegetative roofing roofing system provide drainage, manage stormwater runoff, and insulate a building from excessive heat. Vegetative roofs are very effective at handling roof heat and greatly reducing the volume of runoff water.

buried or protected from temperature extremes and damaging long-term UV exposure. In most traditional commercial-building roofs, the insulation is placed underneath the waterproofing membrane to keep the insulation dry.

However, vegetative-roofing systems work in reverse with the insulation positioned over the membrane, protecting the membrane from the elements. Because the insulation is installed above the waterproofing layer, it is important that the insulation chosen for this type of system is waterresistant and can maintain its insulating properties even when wet. Those requirements make rigid extruded polystyrene (XPS) board the only type of insulation recommended for use in PRMA roofing.

Compressive strength is a factor to consider when choosing XPS insulation.

Vegetative roofing systems add life to skylines and contribute to the greening of our cities, and ultimately, our world. In the right situation, they offer a sustainable, smarter way to design. Whether small or large, there is a vegetative roofing system that can be customized to meet the needs of every building.

Herbert Slone is a registered architect and technical manager of commercial building for Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC, Toledo, OH.

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Agile Interiors Create Dynamic Healthcare Systems Contemporary ecosystems create healthcare facilities conducive to the holistic well-being and success of patients and staff.

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ith the rapidly evolving need for flexibility in healthcare facilities, designers, managers, and owners constantly face necessary change. Healthcare environments are technologically demanding and continually changing spaces that greatly benefit from design agility. Manufactured modular parts and pieces provide an opportunity to create flexible design solutions that work together to form a complete space.

Think of it as building blocks for the built environment: Small parts fit together to create a larger whole, which can be reassembled and used for other things when or if necessary. The use of modular wall systems, plug-and-play power and data, low-profile access flooring in administrative areas, and custom millwork contribute to agile systems. Custom elements are pre-fabricated in a controlled manufacturing environment, ensuring consistent quality and timeliness.

Agile walls have four distinct elements: • the underlying support structure, or the bones of the wall • an accessible wall cavity for the integration of 8

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This reception area could become a patient room someday, so the modular furnishings are easy to move to another location or reconfigure for another use.

technology and plumbing such as medical gases, reverse-osmosis water lines, and hospital-grade electrical data • a customizable skin or tile that carries the appearance of the wall and surface equipment (the aspect that is seen and touched by patients and staff) • the wall’s physical presence in its environment, such as how its interacts with the base building.

All components—manufactured to specifications and ready for installation—arrive on site when the construction team needs them. In conventional construction, raw materials brought to a worksite have to be stored and secured until installation, then cut to proper size: a messy job that creates unwanted drywall dust, unnecessary waste, and the need for costly skilled labor.

Modular wall systems eliminate those problems.

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An added bonus: The quick, quiet, clean initial construction of modular wall systems is easy to replicate for future renovations, providing a long-term, environmentally sustainable option for addressing changes without the need for conventional construction in occupied spaces.

3-D design Health professionals have seen the effect of technology on treating patients, and now technology can serve the physical needs of the healthcare space itself. For example, DIRTT Environmental Solutions, a Calgary, Alberta, manufacturer of agile interiors, uses its proprietary ICE software to offer an intelligent 3-D design experience.

The software lets architects and designers create custom wall solutions for any space in an interactive 3-D environment. Users can navigate a

A horizontal wall detail in an exam room supports equipment, including a sink, with solidsurface tiles for easy cleaning. If the room ever needs to meet other needs, all elements in the space can be easily redeployed.

Agile A gil ile systems can bbe e ffunctional unctiionall andd bbeautiful. eauti tiffull This wall serves needs for oxygen, vacuum, electrical, communication, and data connections, but its focal point is the stylized floral artwork at eye level.

space and make design and structural changes, which are updated instantly, and they can experience the layout and flow of patient and staff encounters as they occur in their practice. The technology manages specifying and pricing, and ultimately generates the manufacturing data for a project. The space can be perfected in 3-D, then put into production and installed in a matter of weeks.

Advanced technologies allow modification to the architectural elements, such as structure, colors, shapes, and sizes, while simultaneously keeping track of all updated pricing and parts lists. The end user also can explore various layouts until the perfect design is achieved. The software creates instant renderings of a space within minutes for easy viewing.

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rendering the original design obsolete. Modular interiors that adapt to constant innovations in medical equipment and technology are essential to maintaining design flexibility.

When it is time to update, conventional construction requires that environments be gutted. Walls are torn down and taken to a landfill, wasting time and money for facilities managers. Hidden associated costs are plentiful, too: care units must be sealed off, infectioncontrol issues addressed, and patients moved to new spaces. In worst-case scenarios, changes cannot keep pace and the facility has failed before the renovation is finished.

Agile walls, however, have accessible wall cavities that can support any manufacturer’s medical-gas outlets or pipelines, zone valves, gas-control panels, alarm systems, and electrical and data requirements. With DIRTT walls for example, facilities personnel have tools to remove tiles when needed, providing access to the cavity to make the necessary changes a simpler solution than disrupting the environment, creating infection-control challenges, and sealing off the area. Changes can be made with little to no disruption to the surrounding area.

The horizontal support in some agile walls enables staff to place equipment (such as medical tools or monitor arms) wherever needed, without the use and unsightliness of wall screws. The wall’s horizontal support can also carry furniture and millwork, leaving floor space open for easy cleaning.

Supports inside the walls also serve as conduits for wires and other connectors for electronic equipment and devices such as flatscreen televisions. In a typical hospital room, a television is bolted to the ceiling—less than ideal for a patient whose sight line is directly pointed at an expanse of drywall. Modular walls allow full technology integration, meaning

sustainability throughout the design process by drastically reducing re-work. Additionally, the potential for human error or design misinterpretation is reduced, because the visual representation and variation of the design can be explored before manufacturing begins.

Interiors that speed healing Traditional healthcare design takes time. Decisions on interior design and function (including equipment use) are often made years before a project actually gets underway. In the interim, between design and construction, advances in medicine and technology dictate revisions to the design. For example, light boxes may have been originally specified for viewing X-rays, but by the time construction is ready to begin, a shift has been made to digital imaging equipment,

Most hhealthcare M lh ffacilities, ili i such h as this hi hhospice i center, must mix the comfort of a home-like atmosphere with the necessity of readily available medical equipment. Modular wall systems make both possible.

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feature HEALTHCARE that a television can go onto a wall at eye level, providing a streamlined appearance while staying secure, accessible, and easily cleanable.

Functional skin To offer flexible, functional, and aesthetically pleasing solutions, DIRTT collaborated with DuPont, Wilmington, DE, using its Corian material to create the first and only interior wall system with Corian wall tile as a standard part of its offering. Solid surfacing delivers a durable, lowmaintenance, easy-to-clean, and versatile surface, making it ideal for demanding healthcare environments. The material also meets nearly all of the 18 characteristics of a preferred surface as defined in the 2006 Guidelines for Design and Construction of Healthcare Facilities, published by the Facilities Guideline Institute, Dallas, and the American Institute of Architects, Washington. Additionally, solid surfaces are a smart choice for demanding environments. They help with infection control by inhibiting the growth of mold and mildew.

Enhancing the sensory experience An agile interior solution supports elements that make getting healthy a more human and comfortable experience. Modular walls support items such as signage; visitor furniture; integrated tech-

Form exceeds function in this hallway, which is lined by nature-themed artwork on easy-toclean panels. The panels also support fixtures that provide ambient light and floor lighting.

nologies such as televisions, speakers, portable music-device docking stations, and USB ports; artwork; and accessories for a clean display of get-well cards. In addition, agile walls can be created with any graphical image applied on the wall skin.

The walls also offer writeable finishes, giving them the ability to turn a simple wall or table into a platform for writing and tracking medical information, such as staff on duty or medicine history, and can even become creative workspaces for art and get-well messages.

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Interactive, writeable-surface play walls are perfect in children’s areas, integrating games and outlines of cartoon characters to be artfully colored.

A modular build-out can make any medical facility a true representation of health and wellbeing, while offering the space a longer lifecycle and up-to-date function, performance, and aesthetics for the best possible patient outcome. Its versatility and flexibility provide benefits for a facility’s management, too, by slashing installation expenses, costs of later renovations, and associated costs. A healthy bottom line may not be as important as a newly healthy patient, but sometimes, especially with modular technology, it is easier to achieve.

Liane MacNeil works in corporate communications for DIRTT Environmental Solutions, a Calgary, Alberta, manufacturer of agile architectural interiors. She regularly writes about sustainable-design practices.

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Solid Surfacing Shapes Interiors Designers set new standards inspired by an unconventional material.

Elizabeth Lawson, DuPont Building Innovations North America

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any of the world’s leading architects and designers are tapping solid surfaces to shape and create furnishings that dazzle and define commercial interiors. Countertops barely begin to tell the story of how solid surfaces are being used to create contemporary commercial settings —from desks and chairs to kiosks, tables, walls, and even artwork—and make creative visions come to life.

Solid surfacing is available in virtually any color, as well as a number of aesthetics. Some colors have translucency and can be illuminated; other colors are made from recycled materials. Solid surfaces can be formed into virtually any shape or design through a variety of processes: thermoforming, computer-numeric-control routing (CNC routing), sandblasting, texturing, and polishing.

“Solid-surface materials allow designers to express themselves according to their own signature design style with limitless possibilities, whether traditional, minimal, organic, post modern, or

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whatever the future will bring,” said Joel Miller of Sterling-Miller Designs Inc., Brockton, MA. “Applications and fabrication techniques are constantly adapting and advancing. With the technology and creativity of designer and fabricator, solid surface is a tried and tested material that becomes timeless.”

Beyond the kitchen counter In commercial environments, architects and designers often use solid surfaces to create unique design statements through vertical applications such as interior-wall surfacing, patterned and backlit wall accents, wainscoting, backsplashes, furniture, and ceiling designs. Solid surfaces also are excellent for horizontal applications as workstations and countertops, retail displays and fixtures, furniture, lighting, and decorative pieces.

Additionally, solid-surfacing material can be incorporated into a variety of environments, including office, retail, education, foodservice, hospitality, and healthcare spaces such as

Designers from Studios Architecture, New York, used Corian Designer White to make a modern statement in a 1960s office building. The curves create dramatic, sensual style; soften the intimidating environment; and provide an ergonomically safe space. The forms were seamlessly fabricated with intermittent reveals to enhance the scale and formal definition of the elements.

operating rooms, emergency rooms, waiting areas, and patient rooms.

Architects, designers, and healthcare-facility managers have many reasons to choose a solid surface in commercial spaces. Key benefits include: • low maintenance. With proper cleaning, solid surfaces do not promote the growth of mold, mildew, or bacteria.

• renewability. Solid surfacing appears seamless and can be renewed. Stains and scratches can be removed easily to restore the surface’s original appearance.

• design flexibility. Solid surfaces can be formed into virtually any shape or design through thermoforming, CNC-routing, or sandblasting, and the material can be textured or polished to develop distinctive styles and finishes.

• unique design features. Some solid surfaces have a translucency that adds dimension and makes it an ideal choice for superior illumination. Last year, DuPont, Wilmington, DE, in-

These pieces are the result of a challenge to designers around the world to create works of art desig from ssolid surfacing.

FFurniture urnit or work of art? Vertabrae, lit from within and built with DuPont Corian Illumination, withi leaves the decision to the beholder. leave

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feature INTERIOR SURFACES troduced its Corian Illumination series, which allows much more light to pass through than other colors and combines the many dimensions of light with the material’s versatility.

Artfully original With the evolution of new technologies that affect how fabricators can bring designers’ creations to life, solid surface continues to be a desirable material for artists as well.

In late 2011, progressive design company Luminaire, Coral Gables, FL, and French design magazine Intramuros, Paris, brought together 96 works of art created from solid surfacing for an exhibition and auction called DesignLove. The pieces were originally created for two separate exhibits: Carte Blanche, held at the Corian Design Studios in New York and Philadelphia, and Plaques Sensibles, which took place at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and at Milan’s Centre Culturel Francais. Ingo Maurer, Philippe Starck, Jean Nouvel, and Yves Behar were among the renowned designers who created pieces for the exhibition.

Each of the exhibition’s distinctive works was made from a single A4 sheet of white solid surface.

“Designers can use solid surfacing with great precision and also with unlimited creativity,” said Nasir Kassamali, president of Luminaire. “It is monochromatic and sensuous to touch. It is a material that is completely of our time.”

New applications In New York’s Battery Park, New Amsterdam Plein and Pavilion is a dramatic space where

more than 5-million people/year, including 70,000 daily commuters and 2-million annual tourists, can find an extraordinary outdoor living room. The public space is ideal for spontaneous and scheduled activities, markets, seating, and shade, and it includes an iconic, state-of-the-art pavilion for food and information. Designed by internationally celebrated Dutch architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, the pavilion features solid surfacing on the interior-ventilation detailing that starts at the ceiling and eventually curves into a counter space.

When contemporary furniture designer Laurie Beckerman of Laurie Beckerman Designs, New York, wanted to create a set of two interconnected rocking chairs made of solid surfacing, she did so with the elegance and style that reflects her unique design perspective. For an element of playfulness and with the help of fabricators Evans and Paul, Plainview, NY, the innovative, sculptural rocking chairs only provide balance when occupied by at least two people. The material’s durability allows the Teteà-Tete rocker to be placed outdoors.

Designers at the international design firm Studios Architecture’s New York offices used solid surface to create a customized, sculptural reception desk and newsstand kiosk to make a modern statement in a 1960s New York building in the heart of Lower Manhattan. The developers of this heavy-traffic, 22-story commercial office building wanted to update the 4,000-sq.-ft., mostly brick-clad lobby, and they knew their work had to be contemporary in its execution.

This rocking chair by Laurie Beckerman can be left outdoors to serve as public art as well as seating.

To counter the dark brick of the existing lobby, they added white gallery walls, brightening and animating the space. They also had to address some traffic-flow issues. “Our design for the space needed to create a new impression for the building at the ground level through improved circulation, lighting, and interior finishes,” said Lang Shaw, associate at Studios Architecture.

Finding the right material to execute the designers’ intricate, shapely, yet fluid pieces called for something that could be shaped and molded but also would be strong enough to support the largest piece: a 12-foot-high kiosk, measuring 30 feet by 25 feet, that would provide integrated, incidental seating. Additionally, the design required a material that would be durable enough to withstand the heavy traffic that the lobby typically experiences. Solid surfacing provided just the right solutions for Studios Architecture.

Projects great and small When it comes to taking an inventive approach to creating everyday pieces, designers look for materials that are flexible in form and support innovative approaches to design solutions. Designers at Bregman + Hamann Architects, Toronto, took a material commonly considered in horizontal applications and turned it on end to create an innovative and elegant sculptured couch called the Vertabrae. The designers connected each individual piece using flexible joints to create a curvaceous, spine-like effect. The beauty of the Vertebrae design is further enhanced with the use of embedded lights that create a soft, diffuse glow through the Corian Illumination surface material.

Designers appreciate tools that provide them with the freedom to create beautiful pieces that challenge ordinary ideas of what form and shape something should take, especially regarding interior furnishings and surfaces in commercial spaces. They want to test boundaries by creating new ones and they want to move people by opening their minds to new ideas. Rather than simply introducing new trends, designers today want to set new standards in approaches to design.

Solid surfaces play an integral role in these changes occurring in design. As an infinitely innovative material, solid surfaces promote limitless design possibilities and champion creative approaches.

Elizabeth Lawson is the new-business-development marketing manager for DuPont Building Innovations North America, Wilmington, DE.

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hat is the most effective way for architects, contractors, building owners, and specifiers to deal with long-term exterior-wall performance and energy efficiency while balancing upfront and life-cycle cost considerations? The answer may well be in four simple letters: ICBP—insulated composite backup panels.

Originally developed as exposed exterior panels for single-element, metal-wall enclosures, ICBPs today can back up various façades, including brick, terra cotta, metal-plate systems, and high-pressure-laminate systems. Their unique structure and ease of installation solve many of the problems inherent in typical multicomponent wall-enclosure systems.

For contractors and specifiers, ICBPs not only add to a building’s long-term value and contribute to its sustainability, they also add value by simplifying the building process and shortening a project’s overall construction schedule.

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light-gauge sheet metal. Typically available as 2-inch-thick, R-14-rated panels or as 3-inch-thick panels with an R-20 rating, they differ from metal panels used as exterior cladding on building exteriors. A less dense, closed-cell foam provides thermal insulation, while lighter-gauge metal skins provide an excellent vapor and water barrier.

Because it is not exposed to direct sunlight, the surface coating of the metal skins can have a less expensive finish than an exterior panel. The air barrier is typically the most difficult element to install properly in any wall-enclosure system, but ICBPs feature joints that are effective and relatively quick and easy to install, especially when compared with wraps, self-adhering sheets, fluid-applied barriers, and board-stock insulation.

ICBPs are typically 32- or 36-inches wide, as long as 20 feet, and installed horizontally over 16-gauge metal studs. Horizontal joints are a factory-made, tongue-and-groove configuration and come with a shop-applied, non-curing butyl sealant. Field-applied bed seals at vertical joints are connected to shop-

applied sealant in the panel joinery. The result is a complete perimeter seal around each panel.

To provide more design flexibility, ICBP systems can be configured to span longer lengths or installed vertically.

Put to the test Traditional multi-component wall systems (MCWSs) have been used extensively throughout the United States, but they pose numerous problems, particularly related to poor air quality, water and thermal efficiency, and fire protection. While parts and pieces of an MCWS may have undergone industry testing individually, a final assembly may not have been tested as a single unit.

ICBPs address these issues. Those currently on the market meet all water, thermal, air-leakage, and firecode criteria in mandated codes. More importantly, they have been put through the rigors and scrutiny of industry testing as single units.

According to the National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA, ICBP systems provide a continuous and robust thermal barrier tested with various rain-screen assemblies. The design of the panel enhances the wall’s fire performance, while the panel-edge design incorporates thermal breaks between the exterior and interior metal skins, creating an efficient thermal barrier between panels.

The new three-year code-revision cycle challenges designers and manufacturers to improve their products and building designs so they continue to meet codes 90.1 and 189.1 of Atlanta-based American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers on that same three-year cycle. This challenge is met easily by an integrated air- and thermalbarrier solution provided by a single source, such as an ICBP. It is much more difficult to prove that multi-component, multi-manufacturer systems installed and coordinated on site are in compliance with such codes.

Keeping it simple Testing is critical, but it’s not the only factor that makes ICBPs a smarter choice for architects, specifiers, and contractors. The overall value that ICBPs deliver to an entire build team can be de-

scribed in one word: simplicity. MCWSs involve multiple manufacturers, suppliers, specifications, products, delivery dates, contracts, installers, and warranties, but ICBPs whittle this long list to a single manufacturer and installer.

As a result, an entire project is simplified by dealing with one company, one contract, one component, one supplier, one delivery, one installation crew, one warranty, and one field

its design and installation must consider the proper placement of the vapor barrier relative to exterior climate and interior air conditions.

Thermal and moisture protection

Since energy prices skyrocketed in the early 1970s, few construction systems have received more attention from researchers, architects, engineers, and product manufacturers than building enclosures. Before Designing in the Alaskan environment this era of research and inhas its challenges. ICBPs provided a novation began, most wall fast way to get this building dry and systems were minimally insulated without risking damage to the final exterior skin, which was effective as air and vapor installed later in the construction barriers, and only slightly schedule. Photo courtesy of Centria. better as thermal barriers.

T The physics of water and ttemperature control were For the Goose Creek Correctional poorly understood, and p Center, Wasilla, AK, the architects tthe materials used were wanted a modern design using profiledmetal foam panels. Due to the harsh relatively crude compared Alaskan weather, they chose ICBP with what we manufacture w technology to complement the alreadya and install today. selected exterior profiled rainscreen ICBP panels are the system. Photo courtesy of Centria. result of many years of b building scientists working on the long-standing o p problem of keeping heat in and moisture out. As a result, ICBPs are unique in their ability to provide tthermal and moisture p protection.

A foam-insulating core provides thermal c p protection. During the manufacturing process, test. As a value proposition, ICBPs ultimately save foam is poured into a panel system in liquid time and money for a project-coordination team. form. Once cured, the foam is encapsulated Installation is also more efficient for three between two vapor-impermeable steel skins, reasons: minimizing any long-term thermal degradation.

Typically only one installation professional Traditional board-stock foam, in which foam • is needed to mount an ICBP system. Not only ages and deteriorates, can allow a wall to lose does this decrease labor costs, it also elimias much as 20% of its R-value over time. The nates the difficulties associated with coordithermal protection in ICBPs provides a lifetime nating and scheduling the workers necessary R-value of 14 or 20, depending on the panel to install an MCWS consisting of exterior thickness. sheathing, rigid board insulation, and an airThe outer skin of a panel serves as the first and-vapor barrier. line of defense for moisture protection. The drain plane, which is made of steel, creates a smooth • ICBPs can be erected in any climate zone.

The air, water, and vapor seal on the liner side and durable surface that provides an effective of the system has no components requiring barrier. Shop- and field-applied vertical and certain temperatures for installation. In contrast, horizontal non-curing butyl sealants, combined spray-foam or spray-on insulation applied on the with pressure-equalized, horizontal panel-toinside of stud cavities often requires a minimum panel joinery, also provide an effective barrier application temperature. against moisture.

• All of an ICBP’s components (metal skins, foam A sustainable solution core, and butyl sealant) are vapor-impermeable, which eliminates risk of internal condensation and Beyond their extraordinary barrier-wall perforentrapped moisture. On the other hand, the use of mance for almost any type of commercial buildseparate barrier elements in an MCWS means that ing, ICBPs can contribute to a project’s overall Get free product information at www.cbpmagazine.com

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feature BUILDING ENVELOPE sustainability and LEED rating in a variety of categories, such as energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, and indoor environmental quality: • ICBPs provide an efficient thermal envelope that contributes to the energy efficiency of a building. With high R-value ratings, ICBPs help a building achieve tremendous savings through improved energy efficiency.

• The lifespan of ICBPs is another major contributing factor to their sustainability. Many ICBP wall systems have a long life cycle and require little or no maintenance. Moreover, ICBPs are manufactured with a high percentage of recycled content. The steel face and liner are fully recyclable.

• The fact that ICBPs are composite panels means that less material is used on a project site, which, in turn, leads to less jobsite waste and contributes to LEED points as well as a lower budget for the overall project.

• ICBPs limit the number of deliveries to a jobsite by multiple manufacturers, therefore reducing the total number of vehicle miles on a particular project.

• Since ICBP panels may be installed much faster than multi-component wall systems, it may take significantly less time for contractors to enclose a building structure. As a result, there could be less energy needed to heat or cool a building during the construction phase. Once again, this helps reach sustainability goals and contributes to a healthier bottom line on project costs.

ICBPs in action So where have ICBPs been put to the test in the field? Three examples of ICBP technology have been used to complete three very different building types: an Alaskan correctional facility, a college health-sciences building, and an outpatient cardiovascular center.

Goose Creek Correctional Center serves as a medium-security correctional center in Wasilla, AK. The architects, KBP Architects, Anchorage, and HOK, Dallas, sought a modern exterior design and wanted to use profiled metal-foam panels for the center, which was to be one of 20

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Alaska’s largest construction projects.

Due to the harsh Alaskan weather, the architects explored several options before choosing ICBP technology to complement the desired exterior profiled rain-screen system and increase energy efficiency. While designing for the Alaskan environment has its challenges, contractors on the project appreciated that the ICBP technology provided a fast way to get the building dry and insulated without risking damage to the final exterior skin, which was installed later.

Chemeketa Community College’s $38.2-million renovation focused primarily

chosen because it not only met the project’s sustainability goals, but it was the perfect solution for a building that was using multiple façades, including metal and brick.

The Cardiovascular Consultants medical office building, Cape Girardeau, MO, was designed to enable staff members to provide the most efficient cardiovascular outpatient care.

Besides adding much-needed internal upgrades, architects at Medical Design International, Atlanta, aimed to construct a high-performance building with exceptional long-term value.

The installation team chosen for the project, Miller Drywall Inc., Scott City, MO, had never worked with an Contractors install ICBPs on the ICBP system before.

Cardiovascular Consultants building However, after a simple frame. The panel’s one piece training session, the construction makes installation installation team put up simple. Photo courtesy of Centria. more than 1,000 sq. ft. of o the product within a few hours. The team The completed Cardiovascular maintained this pace Consultants medical office building, throughout t the entire Cape Girardeau, MO, is clad in brick, p project. but the ICBP wall system underneath provides outstanding protection from air, water, vapor, and thermal elements. Photo courtesy of Centria.

on Building 8 of the college’s Health Sciences complex in Salem, OR. The 74,000-sq.-ft. project revamped the facilities that house training space and equipment for nursing, dental-hygiene, and pharmacy-technology students.

Sustainability was a major goal of the project, since the building is part of a pilot program with the Energy Trust of Oregon, Portland, OR. For that reason, the architecture firm, SRG Partnership Inc., Seattle, chose exterior building materials that could be insulated for passive ventilation as well as temperature control. The building skin had to provide a high insulation factor and create a tight system that would eliminate airflow exposure. An ICBP wall system was

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Relatively new to the marketplace, ICBP systtems are a culmination of o decades of research, development, and knowd how about insulated h metal panels, as well as application of the same a sscience behind other exterior-cladding systems. e As with any new idea or A technology, it takes time t for industry professionals to understand the a overall benefits of ICBP o panels and how they p are changing prevailing a thought about building insulation. Education and research on ICBP projects is key for any build team considering this type of system for their next project. With the potential benefits that ICBP offers, it’s worth taking the time to learn about them.

Greg Lusty is foam-product manager for Centria Architectural Systems, Moon Township, PA. Scott Bacon is Centria’s global-product and business-development director.

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Daylight streams into an open space that could otherwise seem sterile and cold. With so much natural light, the future occupants of this room will need relatively little electrical lighting.

Harvest F Daylight, Reap Energy Savings An automated-control strategy maximizes the use of daylight and minimizes electrical lighting to cut energy use.

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aced with the skyrocketing cost of energy, coupled with environmental concerns, builders, specifiers, architects, and lighting specialists are using daylighting as an additional source of illumination in mainstream construction, and for good reason: Daylighting provides tremendous operatingcost reductions if properly integrated with a lightingcontrol system. Daylight is free, and taking advantage of this resource whenever possible saves energy and improves a building’s work environment.

To take full advantage of daylight integration, buildings should have automated lighting controls that either turn off or dim artificial lighting in response to available daylight in the space. Such automated photo control is traditionally called daylight harvesting.

For successful daylight integration, system designers must follow certain principles of optimum building placement; the location, design, and selection of materials for fenestration (windows, skylights); and electrical-lighting design. In general, the earlier in the building-design process that daylighting issues are addressed, the more successful the daylightharvesting project will be.

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process more economical and cause less disruption to a workspace during installation.

Let the sun shine in Proper daylighting can increase comfort and productivity of a building’s occupants. It provides superiorquality light for a wide range of tasks in the workplace.

Windows, skylights, and other clerestories used for daylight integration can also improve ventilation, cut air-conditioning costs, and provide workers with visual stimulation. Study after study has shown that exposure to daily and seasonal cycles of natural daylight positively affects occupants’ mood and stress levels.

Researchers also have provided strong evidence that daylighting can improve occupants’ health, wellbeing, and productivity. Daylight generally has a high color rendition and color temperature, and it is rich in blue radiation. Good color identification and improved visibility are attributed to these factors. One study of office workers confirmed that workers exposed to daylight through a window with a view performed 10% to 25% better on mental functioning and memory-recall tests when compared with those with no window.

With lighting accounting for approximately 38% of energy consumed in modern buildings, daylight harvesting can significantly reduce energy costs by providing illumination while allowing lighting to

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Figure 1. As the amount of daylight increases or decreases during the day, so does the amount of the energy savings as use of artificial lighting decreases. Graph courtesy of Lighting Design Lab, Seattle.

Table 1. Comparisons Of Lighting-Control Strategies As shown in the table below, the greatest energy savings—almost double the amount saved from using any single strategy such as occupancy or dimming —results from a combination of lighting controls and daylight harvesting. Courtesy: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. Control Strategy

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be automatically dimmed or switched off. Daylight harvesting also produces a lower cooling load than electric lighting for the same amount of illumination, resulting in lower cooling costs. A rule of thumb is for every 3 W saved in lighting, the energy cooling load is reduced by 1 W, assuming that the daylight integration will be thoughtfully designed to avoid glare and overheating.

To achieve high-quality lighting and produce energy savings, the designs of the daylighting and electric-lighting systems must complement each other. Lighting control is a major area of integration for these two sources of illumination. Daylight harvesting starts with lighting controls that are flexible enough to accommodate the changing requirements of occupants in a space. Factors such as bi-level and multi-level switching or dimming capability and separate circuiting of luminaires in daylighted zones enhance the usability of a space and its energy savings.

The amount of those savings runs as much as 80%, depending the location and facility: • 35% to 60% in suitable spaces (New Buildings Institute, Vancouver, WA) • 40% to 60% in typical suitable spaces (Lighting Design Lab, Seattle) • 60% to 80% in offices, classrooms, and gymnasiums (Lighting Design Lab)

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• 30% to 70% for skylights with daylight-responsive switching (U.S. Department of Energy, Washington) • 28% average in office buildings (Lighting Controls Association, Rosslyn, VA).

Figure 1 (above right) illustrates how changing levels of natural daylight affect energy savings, which are greatest in the middle part of the day.

Flexibility is key Control flexibility improves lighting-energy performance by establishing a base level of illumination and encouraging the use of only the lights needed for the activity at hand. It also increases occupant satisfaction through better user control. While some occupants are conscientious about manually tuning lighting for their needs, automatic systems result in greater energy savings over the long run. The systems should always be supplemented with manual override to accommodate individual differences.

Automated systems usually include two types of sensors: optical sensors (photocells) that read ambient-light levels to maintain a level of illumination with as much natural daylight as possible, and occupancy sensors that shut off lights when spaces are unoccupied. Depending on the level of sophistication integrated into the system, it might also include timescheduling capability, load shedding, an HVAC inter-

face, and other lighting-control strategies.

An effective daylight-harvesting system maximizes energy savings while automatically maintaining optimum light levels for occupants in several ways: • electric lighting increase/decrease in response to daylight • daylight-harvesting controls • spaces with skylights and corridors, private offices, and open cubicles near windows • periods of maximum daylight-harvesting potential that correspond with periods of maximum air-conditioning demand.

Daylight can be treated as any other light source and used to compose lighting-design solutions with illuminance, luminance, contrast, color, and other elements. The best daylight-harvesting designs begin early in the design process, when building orientation and locations of fenestration are determined.

Getting optimal results Optimizing a building’s orientation allows maximum daylight while minimizing solar heat gains. Sunlight only strikes a north-facing window in early morning and late evening during the midsummer period.

Because of the high angle of the sun, south-facing windows are the next best option. They can be easily shaded using horizontal overhangs. (continued)

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Table 2. Predicting Savings From Daylight Harvesting From an energy perspective, the most obvious use of daylight is to permit dimming or switching off the electric-lighting system. However, predicting energy savings based on available daylight is not easy. These savings often justify the added cost of daylighting-integration elements, such as dimming ballasts and photoelectric controls, so predicting potential savings with some certainty is very important. The savings can best be described as providing minimal, good, or optimal control, depending on the scenarios below.

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Minimal Control: Separate manual switching for overhead and task lights, with occupancy-sensor shutoff for overheads.

Consumption will be about 2.0 kWh/year/sq. ft., depending on choices (2,500 hours at full power).

Bi-level switching Daylight hold-off feature

Good Control: As above but with manual dimmer on overhead lighting.

The average application, is assumed to be dimmed 25%, saving at least 0.5 kWh/sq. ft./year.

Architectural fluorescent-dimming Wall-box control

Optimal Control: For spaces with windows, add dimming ballast and automatic daylight-dimming controls to overhead unit.

The average application in a space with a window can save at least 1.0 kWh/sq. ft./year.

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aylight-harvesting opportunities can be described as standard, advanced, or integrated. Each distinction depends on its particular situation:

• Standard. The architecture, building orientation, fenestration, and daylighting opportunities are fixed when the daylight-harvesting-design process begins. The focus is on lighting controls. The designer’s key concerns are whether daylight can provide useful illumination during occupied hours and if any electric lighting can be circuited for manual or automatic dimming or switching in response.

• Advanced. The lighting designer has the opportunity to influence some of a building’s glazing properties, shade controls, and other features to improve the benefi ts of daylight harvesting. The focus is on quantifying the contribution of daylight harvesting and glare management. The designer would recommend external shading devices or internal window controls, such as blinds, to allow occupants to make adjustments to ensure comfort. For skylights or roof monitors, the designer also would recommend diffusing glazing, baffles, or louvers to diffuse sunlight. Working with the design team, he or she would also evaluate the effect of changes in glazing performance, assess the effect of potential glare sources such as white or bright reflective surfaces, and define any repositioning of occupants’ activities to avoid potential sources of glare. Areas with daylight contributions should have automated, daylight-responsive controls.

• Integrated. The designer would perform an in-depth analysis of the daylight-harvesting potential at the earliest possible stage. The focus is on architectural solutions and their full integration with electric lighting and lighting controls to provide high-quality daylight illumination. During pre-design and schematic-design phases, the designer would consider ways to improve the quality, distribution, or amount of daylighting. Modeling software could evaluate the full integration of daylight harvesting and electric-lighting controls with a building’s characteristics. A thorough evaluation encompasses testing window placements for maximum distribution of

Windows that face east or west, where the sun is low in the sky, are more problematic. Overhangs or other fi xed shading devices are of limited use in controlling glare. Any window oriented more than 15 degrees off true north or south requires careful assessment to avoid unwanted sun penetration. Extreme northern latitudes are the exception, and care must be taken in the design of south-facing windows because of the low altitude of the sun during the winter.

Fenestration can include windows, glazed doors, skylights, and other forms of top lighting. The placement, design, and selection of fenestration materials are extremely important and can tip the balance between a high- and low-performance building. Fenestration impacts building-energy efficiency by affecting cooling, heating, and lighting loads.

Visual comfort is also strongly affected by window location, shading, and glazing materials. Welldesigned windows have appeal, while poorly designed windows can create a major source of glare.

Poor fenestration design also compromises thermal comfort: Poorly insulated windows render a space too cool in the winter and too hot in the summer.

Windows with low U-values can improve thermal comfort by keeping glass-surface temperatures closer to the interior air temperature. Windows and skylights provide opportunities for natural ventilation, but their design must ensure a safe, secure, and easily maintained facility. BP AUTHOR Bob Freshman is marketing manager for Leviton Lighting & Energy Solutions, Tualatin, OR.

daylight, including ceiling-plane adjustments, the effect of adjusting light-transmission levels of windows, and the consequences of the position and level of reflectivity of external and internal surfaces to direct daylight more deeply into the building’s interior.

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Windows Take New Twist For Tornadoes An emergencyoperations building stands up to twisters and hurricanes— and earns LEED Gold in the process.

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Built in Clearwater, FL, at a cost of $26.1 million, the Pinellas County Emergency Response and Control Center is designed to stand up to a Category 5 hurricane event (156 mph, 1-minute sustained wind or 190 mph, 3-second gust), with reinforced, tilt-wall concrete precast wall panels; a flat concrete-composite roof; and a structural-steel interior. The sprawling multipurpose structure has achieved LEED Gold certification from the United States Green Building Council, Washington.

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Tornado-rated windows Tornadoes are nature’s most violent storms, sometimes reaching ground-wind velocities of more than 200 mph, compared with typical hurricane velocities of less than 150 mph. Hurricanes often generate tornadoes, adding to potential devastation and loss of life. Florida is infamous as hurricane country, but it also has the highest number of tornadoes/10,000 sq. mi. of any state.

With such extreme weather conditions in mind, Winco engineered the emergency center’s 164 tornado-rated windows to achieve a onceunobtainable level of protection from extremevelocity storms. The windows are modified series 3350 fixed units with an average window size of 4 feet by 3 feet. The IG glazing system consists of green-tint, low-e, laminated, heat-strengthened glass with a polycarbonate interior panel. The windows were FEMA 361 impact tested at an independent test lab and at Winco’s in-house test facility.

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area are up to 160 mph, or Hurricane Category 5,” said Sid Talsma, senior project manager for Hennesy Construction, the St. Petersburg, FL, general contractor for the project. “The windows in the control center are rated for 190 mph, or FEMA 361.”

Architect Mike Mason of Mason Blau and Associates, Clearwater, FL, has been designing in the hurricane-prone Gulf area for years. “After the 2004-2005 hurricane season, we began doing critical buildings for public works facilities,” he said. “Everybody was looking for higher wind speeds than what was previously considered normal for Florida coastal areas. While the local building code calls for a wind speed of 127 mph, the county governments and some municipalities were now looking for much higher wind speeds. So we set the threshold for this particular building at 165 mph sustained-wind speed. At the same time, we set the goal for 195 mph for a three-second wind gust, which put us into tornadic wind level.

Winco and the two door manufacturers, Steelcraft,

project WINDOWS TA B L E Missile Level

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Missile

Impact Speed

Kinetic Energy

A

2-g steel ball

130 ft./sec. (89 mph)

1

B

2.0 pound 2x4 lumber

50 ft./sec. (34 mph)

78

C

4.5 pound 2x4 lumber

40 ft./sec. (27 mph)

113

D

9.0 pound 2x4 lumber

50 ft./sec. (34 mph)

352

E

9.0 pound 2x4 lumber

80 ft./sec. (54 mph)

900

Tornado

15.0 pound 2x4 lumber

147 ft./sec. (100 mph)

5,065

Impact-resistance tests involve shooting objects of various sizes and weights at the window being tested.

As shown in Table 1, tornadoes can create much greater impacts than hurricanes.

Tornado glazing bead

Combination polycarbonate and glass tornado glazing

Thermally broken aluminum frame

Tornado window construction: reinforced aluminum frame, polycarbonate, and liquid- or sheet-applied laminate used as a safety interlayer in laminated architectural and automotive glass.

[Cincinnati] and SecureCraft [Yakima, WA] were chosen because they made products that meet the FEMA 361 standard.”

Evolving window technology

A storefront system with Survivalite impact windows from Citadel, Tarpon Springs, FL, complements Winco tornado windows.

Over the years, window technology has improved to the point that windows can be selected for their aesthetic qualities and their protectiveperformance capabilities. Windows can be made using laminated glass that resists impact from flying debris in hurricanes and now to meet the more stringent missile standards for tornadoes.

When focusing on the use of laminated glass in wind-hazard areas, it is crucial to understand the importance of the overall system design: • glass size of the window or door opening • glazing material’s thickness and composition • framing-component design • installation within the frame • the anticipated transfer of event loads to the structure

• •

transfer of glass fragments after the event water penetration after the event.

Critical applications for tornado windows include community emergency shelters, fire and police stations, communications and data centers, electric-utility control centers, airport control towers, and critical-care departments of hospitals.

Certification testing of hurricane-rated windows has evolved, too. The best windows conform to a standardized and approved method, such as the Miami-Dade County hurricane-impact test or the ASTME 1996 Standard specification. Large-missile tests are performed in-house and at certified test laboratories. A 2x4 section of lumber is fired from a special test cannon at speeds specified in Table 1. Small-missile tests use a 2-g steel ball fired from the same test cannon.

The cyclic-pressure test subjects a specimen to impact followed by at least four hours of positive and negative pressure cycles (9,000 cycles). This

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project WINDOWS test, which demonstrates ability of a specimen to resist fatigue and of the fastener systems to keep it attached, simulates the forces a major storm will generate on a system and its connections to a structure. Some manufacturers may talk about meeting or passing the large-missile test, but unless their products also withstand the cyclic-pressure tests, they have not qualified the product as a largemissile-resistant system.

First standard for tornado windows

This Winco tornado-test window withstood a 100-mph impact from a 15-pound 2x4 with no penetration and contained glass breakage, preventing penetration and potential damage to room interior and injury to occupants.

In early 2011, the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA), Schaumburg, IL, released a consensus standard for tornado windows that calls for the kind of impact described above. The kinetic energy generated in the tornado-impact test has more than five times the impact of a large-missile Class-E hurricane test.

AAMA 512-11, Voluntary Specifications for Tornado Hazard Mitigating Fenestration Products, uses existing test methods and other procedures to qualify windows and other glazed fenestration products for hazard mitigation. The newly released document provides a system for rating the ability of windows to withstand the impact, pressure cycling, and water penetration generally associated with tornado conditions.

The association’s tornado-hazard

mitigation task group was chaired by Gantt Miller, chairman of Winco Window Co. “In creating this specification,” said Miller, “the intent is that injury, loss of life, and damages resulting from tornadoes and severe-weather conditions can be prevented or greatly lessened.”

The AAMA tornado standard applies to curtain-wall, storefront, and punched windows from fixed to operational and, in some instances, sloped glazing systems. Last year, Winco introduced the first operating tornado-rated window. As with hurricane windows, tornado protection can be incorporated in blast, ballistic, acoustic, thermal, custom, and historical window systems.

Unlike hurricanes, tornadoes can strike with little warning, leaving building occupants few options to seek safety. While there is no way to prevent the kind of destruction and injury a major tornado or hurricane can cause, a structure such as the Pinellas County Emergency Response and Control Center can keep occupants as safe as possible.

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project PLUMBING Muskogee Community Hospital, Muskogee, OK, was the first for-profit hospital to earn LEED Gold certification and the first U.S. hospital designed to earn the Energy Star designation.

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ost people would agree with Kermit the Frog that it’s not easy being green. However, in the case of Muskogee Community Hospital (MCH), Muskogee, OK, being green not only earned a prestigious national ranking, it also is paying dividends in the form of sizable energy savings and lower maintenance costs.

In 2009, MCH became the first for-profit hospital in the world to achieve LEED Gold certification and the first hospital in the nation to be designed to earn the Energy Star designation from the Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, for superior energy performance. It is also the first hospital in Oklahoma designed and built using Green Guide for Healthcare (GGHC) standards.

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CPVC piping provides sustainability, savings, and reliability. energy costs in the design meant we could spend more money on our mission of offering world-class medical service to our community,” said Roberts.

Going green underground At the center of the 45-bed acute-care facility’s strategy to earn the prestigious Energy Star recognition was its reliance on geothermal

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energy to heat and cool the hospital. Geothermal systems are not commonly found at hospitals. In fact, it’s estimated that only a handful of U.S. hospitals use them, despite the tremendous potential for long-term energy savings.

By using the earth’s constant temperature below the frost line, MCH’s geothermal system cost-effectively heats and cools the facility.

Specifically, cooling costs are estimated to be about half of what they would have been if another source of energy had been used.

That’s a substantial savings considering the higher temperatures in Oklahoma, which require that the A/C system run non-stop for part of the year. The hospital’s geothermal system includes more than 35 miles of vertical piping installed in 280 wells sunk 300 feet beneath the parking lots and landscaped areas throughout the 22-acre site.

The geothermal system is not, however, the only feature that helps distinguish MCH from

project PLUMBING The colorful CPVC piping looked like a “bright” idea during MCH’s construction, but the real benefit of the orange pipe was its contribution to going green.

other hospitals in the areas of sustainability and smart building design. The hospital is also one of the first in the country to forsake copper and steel piping for systems made from CPVC pipe from Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc., Cleveland, for all of its plumbing and fireprotection systems. With few exceptions, such as the mechanical room, which was required by code to be plumbed with metallic pipe, schedule 80 CPVC pipe and fittings were used throughout the hospital’s plumbing system.

offered the best solution. Robert’s research led him to Lubrizol’s family of CPVC building and construction technologies.

“It’s my personality to question everything,” said Roberts. “I don’t want to accept a product or practice simply because it was used in the past.

I am always looking for ways to improve. As one of the owners of this physician-owned hospital, I have a vested interest to ensure that every decision is value-driven. And from everything I learned, I felt that CPVC simply delivered the best value.”

Executive specification The decision to use CPVC came from MCH’s president, who was determined to incorporate as many industry-leading, self-sustaining products as possible.

“Before construction even started, I knew we wouldn’t use copper,” said Roberts.

“It cost too much; it was prone to jobsite theft; it took too long to install; it had a short, limited warranty; and I had heard too many reports regarding a high failure rate of copper joints.”

Roberts’ aversion to copper started an in-depth investigation for alternatives. After doing a lot of research and talking to engineers assigned to the project, he found that CPVC

Definitely up to code The next step in the decision-making process was confirmation that CPVC pipe and fittings were code-approved locally for plumbing and fire-sprinkler systems. Not only was CPVC allowed in the local building codes, but Roberts and his team also confirmed that the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma City, accepted CPVC, too.

From a health-and-safety standpoint, CPVC scores high marks. Multiple international studies, in fact, document the superior antimicrobial performance of CPVC compared with most other piping materials. It outperforms

nearly every other material with regard to its ability to resist biofilm formation. CPVC offers superior flame and smoke characteristics. It does not support combustion and will not sustain a flame, since there is not enough oxygen in the earth’s atmosphere to keep CPVC burning once the flame source has been removed. That’s why piping made from CPVC compounds is even approved and used in return-air plenums.

Code approval, of course, was based on more than the material’s documented healthand-safety performance. It was also the result of CPVC pipe and fittings performing reliably in a wide array of residential, commercial, and industrial applications for more than 50 years.

“The joining process used for CPVC pipe and fittings is highly reliable,” explained Roberts.

“We have not had any problems with any of the CPVC systems since the installation.”

Fast and reliable Time was also a key factor in making the final decision about the piping material used in the hospital’s plumbing and fire-sprinkler systems.

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project PLUMBING be completed within a specific time period to comply with the allotted tax-credit timeline.

“Once the loan closed, the clock started ticking,” said Roberts. “So we were all very focused on speed. The solvent-cement joining system used for CPVC pipe and fittings is not only reliable, but it’s also faster and easier than soldering metallic pipe. The faster process contributed to our ability to finish construction on schedule within the 18 months allowed.”

The faster installation also affected the hospital’s overall costs. “There was a lot of value engineering done on this project,” noted Roberts.

“When it came to the plumbing and fire-sprinkler systems, we didn’t even have to run the numbers side by side. The cost savings afforded by CPVC were obvious when you considered the materialcost savings and labor-cost savings.”

In addition, the CPVC plumbing system offered a number of direct benefits to patients.

Noise reduction, for example, is a key benefit in an environment where patients need to rest and recover. Tests performed by NSF International, Ann Arbor, MI, have confirmed that FlowGuard Gold and Corzan systems are four times quieter than copper plumbing systems in their ability to minimize water-flow noise and virtually eliminate water hammer (banging pipes).

The taste and smell of water running from the tap was also a consideration. Some in the industry have mistakenly assumed that nonmetallic piping would be more likely to impart a perceptible taste and odor as a result of the extrusion process or the material’s interaction with various water-treatment disinfectants.

In reality, however, CPVC has been proven to have no adverse effect on the taste or smell of drinking water. The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Virginia Tech Univ., Blacksburg, VA, conducted a sensoryimpact study on various piping materials in regard to the possible leaching of polymer additives, organic compounds, and oxidation of the surface of the pipe during extrusion, all of which can affect the taste and smell of the water.

This study left no doubt that CPVC is the preferred choice from taste and smell viewpoints, as well as the absorption of disinfectants used in the water-treatment process. CPVC consistently performed higher when compared to copper, high-density polyethylene, epoxy lining, and PEX piping.

According to the report, “Results indicate that copper pipe consumed nearly all the residual disinfectants … Results for the polymer materials

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indicated that CPVC imparted the fewest organic compounds to the water, consumed the least amount of disinfectants, and produced no noticeable odors. All other polymer materials imparted distinct odors and organic chemicals to water and consumed residual disinfectant.”

Going for the gold With aspirations of meeting the stringent standards for LEED and Energy Star certifications, the hospital also considered the sustainability of the piping materials it chose. “We had consultants on the project whose sole responsibility was to guide the LEED and Energy Star design of the hospital,” said Roberts. “They had no objections to using CPVC so extensively on the project. This was easily understandable when you consider that CPVC has a relatively low petroleum content compared with other plastics and is produced using a very energy-efficient process, unlike the manufacturing of metallic piping systems.”

Beyond the geothermal system and CPVC piping, the hospital also incorporated other energy-saving products and features, all working to qualify the hospital for its Energy Star and LEED ratings. For example, all workspaces are next to exterior windows to maximize daylight as well as views. The entire facility is designed and situated to provide strategic solar orientation.

Native-plant gardens and trees reduce heatisland effect.

Also key were the lighting selections, including daylight-harvesting systems with clerestory windows and light shelves. Occupancy sensors ensure that lights are only turned on in occupied areas, while photocells help control the duration of outdoor lighting. T-8 lamps with electronic ballasts, Energy Star windows, and high-performance glass and glazing maximize the light and warmth of the sun. To further reduce electrical-load requirements, the hospital boasts Energy Star cooking and office equipment in addition to LED surgical lights and variable air-volume systems on large pumps.

“Our hospital is run on a desire to push the limits of performance,” said Roberts. “This is the way we deliver care to our patients, and it’s also the way we handled the construction of this facility. I can honestly say that the decision to use CPVC plumbing and fire-sprinkler systems was one of the easier ones I had to make during the construction process. It was a no brainer.

From my standpoint, it is amazing that anyone would build a hospital—or any other facility— any other way.”

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Onyx is an addition to the company’s Stone line. The rock-like material joins Alabaster and Trace to combine a classic aesthetic with modern technology. Applications include a variety of vertical and horizontal interior installations, along with translucent lighting options. Onyx is available in colors and patterns including Steel, Sandy Honey, Vein Cut Steel, Vein Cut Sandy, and Vein Cut Honey, all in 3/8-inch gauge.

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Onyx: • Rock-like material in 3/8-inch gauge • Vertical and horizontal installations • Variety of colors and patterns

channels the tranquility of the ocean with shades of deep blue; and Imperial Gray, which reflects golden hues, mimicking ancient jewelry. The surfaces provide consistent color, have a non-directional pattern, and are non-porous.

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Compact extension ladder A three-piece aluminum extension ladder provides 16 feet of access in a 6-foot size. The compact design allows easier storage, transport, and maneuvering.

In the extended position, overlapping rung locations reportedly provide improved working comfort.

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Quartz surface colors Radianz Quartz additions to the Noble surface collection color line include Gold Canyon Gray, which reflects light and luxury; Midnight Sapphire, which

Acoustical-control panels Anti-slip nti slip products The company’s catalog features a range of anti-slip products. Information is included on Niteglow stair nosing and treads that illuminate egress stairwells and meet IBC and IFC codes. Other products include treads for existing steps and peel-and-stick anti-slip tape and coatings.

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Adagio High CAC is a sustainable composite ceiling panel that combines the sound absorption of highdensity fiberglass with the sound containment qualities of mineral fiber reportedly for an NRC of 0.80 and CAC of 40 to 42. Applications include medical offices, music rooms, and areas that require a high level of privacy and acoustical control. The panels have 62% recycled content and include Bioshield treatment for mold and mildew resistance. The product can contribute to LEED credits.

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Architectural column covers Metal-surface laminates The Drops collection of high-pressure laminates with real metal surfaces and 3-D-like patterns is available in gold and steel in addition to silver aluminum.

Patterns appear hammered into a surface to create texture, yet the surface is flat. Patterns range from a floral-wallpaper look to circular dots and swirls and hammered designs. The collection is available in 4-foot by 10-foot sheets.

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A collection of architectural column covers offers an expanded range of color treatments and patterns.

Color treatments include oyster, cream, clay, khaki, and light graphite tones, along with the company’s Classic series of 25 deep-hued colors. Blendz features a range of variegated colors applied to the metal surface. Column covers contain 80% postindustrial recycled aluminum and can contribute to LEED credits.

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Topographic-touch carpeting The company’s Rewoven line is available in Trace, Align, and Sculpt in EcoWorx tile. Layer and Dimension are Ultraloc Pattern broadlooms. All are Cradleto-Cradle Silver Certified. The line uses Eco Solution Q fiber with 45% recycled content and is topographic to the touch.

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Wall accessory Attend with dry erase is a customizable notification placard with a clean, markable lens over a printed insert. Applications include healthcare facilities where, positioned outside a patient room, details and care information can be updated.

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Monuments & Shrines carpeting pays homage to the neon signs that were the hallmark of Las Vegas culture. Patterns Stardust, Nugget, and Horseshoe use size, scale, and texture to highlight the material. The line uses Econyl yarns by Aquafil, a 100% sustainable polymer. Total recycled content of tiles ranges from 45% to 55%. The color line coordinates with the company’s Southern Analog and Sound and Fury lines.

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Design software CED Designer 3.0 software includes a user-based license model and a MyConfigura portal for the company’s cloud-based services for contract furniture products. Users can design, specify, render, and order from any location and also store and share work. The software allows users to focus on space planning and design through intuitive 2-D and 3-D drag-and-drop functions.

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Artistic brick Glazed thin brick features organic textures and as much as 100% recycled content. Finished with a selection of nine VOC-free natural glazes, the material provides a range of design options in interior and exterior applications. The brick can contribute to LEED credits.

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Insulating material Thermablok is aerogel-based insulating material that, when applied to all steel-stud faces, is said to increase wall R-value by more than 40%. Made of a composite material consisting of aerogel embedded within a fiberglass matrix, the product is available in 3/8-inch by 1 1/2-inch self-adhesive strips.

According to the company, the product will not age, mold, or mildew and is recyclable.

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The company’s engineered wood flooring uses individually cut layers of hardwood to prevent shape changes due to moisture and climate. The sustainable material is made of smaller trees and renewable plywoods to reportedly produce as much as three times more square feet of flooring/tree harvested.

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Swivel chair Tulip was designed on a carefully proportioned combination of widths and alternating straight and curved lines. Its ability to swivel 360 degrees gives it flexibility in use. The support disc, made with bright, brushed aluminum, reflects a portion of the chair body and emphasizes its round shape.

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Contemporary pendant Taking a cue from 1950s-inspired orbit chic, the Spellbound gold-leaf pendant features a flat-edged, widely spaced spiral with a bold diagonal running through its center. The pendant is LED-ready, lowmaintenance, and energy-efficient.

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Floral-appliqué fabric Whimsical florals meet a geometric composition to create a strong, contemporary look in Pixie. The design’s bold appearance, coupled with its fresh color scheme, makes this introduction ideal for multiple uses. The fabric is 100% IFR Xorel, inherently flameand stain-resistant. Available in two color combinations—hip charcoal/red or a modern white/yellow— this pattern can also be used on walls, furniture, or panels. It is available in 52-inch or 56-inch widths, with a vertical pattern repeat of 17 3/4 inches and horizontal repeat of 24 3/4 inches. The fabric is Cradle-to-Cradle Silver Certified by MBDC as well as SCS Gold indoor-air-quality certified.

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Ikat-inspired outdoor fabrics Recycled hardware Designed by William Harvey and made of 100% recycled aluminum, the Arroyo collection of cabinet pulls and knobs features sleek channels and clean lines. Its simple geometry implies luxury and ease and is reminiscent of manmade water channels. The hardware is available in five sizes and three finishes: satin nickel, oil-rubbed bronze, and white. All of the company’s cabinet hardware is compatible with LEED objectives.

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Outdoor Ikats fabric collection offers a distinctive selection of outdoor upholstery, all inspired by distinctive design motifs of original ikat silks from Uzbekistan. Colors include Clay, a bright and earthy red; Silver, a soft and neutral gray; Lagoon Blue, a complex bright blue; Linen, a natural color resembling un-dyed flax yarns; and Indigo, a rich, saturated blue.

The twist on color and geometry creates an up-todate but timeless take on ikat. The fabrics are woven with Sunbrella yarns for easy cleaning and sturdy construction. Though intended for outdoor use, they have a soft and supple feel that lets them transition to indoor applications.

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Collaborative chair The Chat Chair is a seating concept that combines classroom and lounge furniture and enables students to create comfortable, structured workspaces when and where they choose to collaborate—in classrooms, libraries, lounges, learning commons, and even hallways. The chair is designed to support how students choose to work with one another, featuring an ample back and seat pan to satisfy the desires to spread out and sit comfortably. Rear casters make it easy for students to tilt and move the chair.

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Composite molded gratings The company’s FRP fiberglass-reinforced-plastic molded gratings are said to provide reliable performance in demanding conditions. A wide selection of the lightweight resins and grate configurations is available in a range of panel sizes and surfaces.

Slip-resistant surfaces for flooring and stairs include meniscus and integrally applied grit tops. The corrosion-resistant, low-maintenance grates are available with square or rectangular mesh.

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Molded gratings: • Fiberglass-reinforced plastic • Slip-resistant versions • Range of panel sizes and surfaces

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Protective membrane The company’s breathable elastomeric acrylic finish creates a protective weathering membrane in a precolored, durable, fade- and mildew-resistant coating.

The coating provides a stretchable barrier against water penetration. Applications include new construction or repairing existing walls. A wide selection of colors in four aggregate choices offers a range of textures.

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Masonry drainage KeeneStone Cut masonry cavity-drainage device includes 1- and 2-inch thicknesses for cavity-wall requirements. The device is a three-dimensional geometric-patterned core with a high-loft fabric laminated to one side. The fabric compresses to fill the cavity, allowing it to change thickness as much as 1/2 inch to prevent mortar blockage. Designed to catch

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Insulated panels Premier SIPS structural insulated panels are largesection panels that provide insulating values and a tight building envelope to reportedly reduce heating and cooling energy use by as much as 60%. Panels can contribute to LEED credits. Panels are made of two outer OSB skins and an inner core of EPS foam, laminated together.

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Xi Plus insulated precast-concrete wall systems are custom-designed for each project. Using Dow Thermax reinforced polyisocyanurate insulation, covering rigid-foam insulation, and a 4-inch insulated footer beam, a 4-inch floor slab may be poured equal to the height of the footer beam. Panels are available with a built-in insulation value of R-21.3 and can be insulated to R-42+.

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products EXTERIORS Roof mat Air-Z structured mat for the company’s standing-seam roof systems, copings, and inlay gutters is a 3-D mat made of nylon filament installed over underlayment with substrates of plywood or OSB. For sloped-roof applications from 5/8:12 pitch, the material compensates for tolerances to 0.08 inches.

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Continuous insulation Xci products provide polyiso insulation for the building envelope. Products are said to provide the highest R-value/ inch of any insulation and can be used in a range of wall assemblies. Panels can contribute to LEED and ANSI/ICC 7000 credits and contain no CFCs. Hunter Panels Portland, ME Free information: Circle 80

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Telescopic frameless doors Extendo telescopic door system divides space through simultaneous sliding, frameless glass doors. Accommodating two, three, or four doors and providing as much as a 16 foot, 8 inch opening without any floor tracks, the synchronized system slides all panels while operating one lead door. The system allows recessed, surface-mounted, or pocket door installations and can be mounted with a wall or with glass sidelights.

Klein USA Inc. Elizabeth, NJ Free information: Circle 82

A line of sound-insulated hardwood doors has matching frames with acoustic seals on four sides and concealed or pivot hinges. Available in a range of sizes to more than 9 feet and as wide as 4 feet, the doors use three hardwoods in eight contemporary stiles. Hardware, including clear or sandblasted glass and brushed stainless-steel accents, is available. The doors have warp-resistant cores and can be hung on pocket or barn door tracks.

Urban Front Ltd Chesham, England Free information: Circle 85

Electronic access control Approach door controller and software provides electronic access control. Created in collaboration with Brivo Systems, the system integrates mechanical, electronic, and software systems to offer ease of design, installation, and operation. According to the company, the system allows users to specify an access-controlled entrance by developing a textual description of its desired operation. From that description, the company creates a wiring diagram and inclusive parts list, delivering and installing a complete system.

Dorma Americas Reamstown, PA Free information: Circle 81

Approach: • Door controller and software • User-specified system • Complete system delivered and installed

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Acoustical door seals The company’s line of acoustical door seals has adjustable features for reported easy installation, reliable performance, and sound-class ratings to 53. Applications include offices, hospitals, schools, and hotels.

Zero International Bronx, NY Free information: Circle 83

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Sungate 600 glass is a passive, low-e glass that uses a pyrolitic coating on the exposed room-side surface of an insulating glass unit. The coating is chemically bonded to the glass while still molten. A star-crystalline structure gives the glass a smooth surface that is said to clean more easily than other coated glass.

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The West End collection interior doors feature sharp, horizontal embossed lines and bold graphic elements.

The collection includes Melrose and Berkley, available in 80- and 84-inch heights and a range of widths in passage and bi-fold models. Twenty minute firerated doors are also available.

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products WINDOWS & DOORS Door closer The D-1610 series door closer is a slim-line unit for standard aluminum storefront applications. The pinion and piston are made of heat-treated steel to provide consistent performance. The series is certified ANSI/BHMA 156.4 Grade 1, UL10C, UBC 7-2, and has a spring adjustment and common mounting.

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rectangle or oval lites in 17 decorative-glass options, four privacy options, and clear low-e and clear glass, the doors are Energy-Star qualified.

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Insulating-glass system Channel-glass textures Fiberglass hardwood grain Fiber-Classic mahogany collection three-panel door features a hardwood grain with 3/4-glass options.

Available as a solid opaque unit or configured for 3/4

The company’s Lamberts channel glass is available in low-iron textures. Available in 504 Rough Cast, Ice, Piccolo, Clarissimo, and Prismasolar textures, the textures provide a range of obscuration.

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ClearPoint point-supported insulating-glass system increases the transparency of glass facades. The system allows architects to maximize clear openings and enhance aesthetics for a clean, contemporary look inside and out. Reducing the amount of framing material making contact with the glass, the system can optimize performance with low-e coatings and/or silk-screen options.

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Photovoltaic glass units Premium Access Solutions & Services

DORMA Americas is a leading global manufacturer of premium access solutions that enable better buildings. Our full range of products and services provides safety and security as well as convenience and comfort. DORMA features a design-oriented portfolio of architectural door hardware, specialty hardware for glass door and wall applications, door automation systems including Crane Revolving Doors, and operable wall systems featuring Modernfold.

Visit www.dorma-usa.com, call our Architectural Support Desk at 866.401.6063, or see us at AIA Expo2012 – Booth 1239.

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SunGuard photovoltaic glass units are a product of the company and Pythagoras Solar. The product combines Pythagoras PVGU tiles with SunGuard architectural glass to create a building-integrated photovoltaic product. This replaces standard-vision and spandrel glass or skylights with a glass product that converts direct sunlight into energy. The product lets in diffused light, increases energy efficiency, and generates electricity from the building façade.

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Secure raceway for protected systems Data-Fense secure raceway is a large-capacity perimeter raceway that is said to provide a high level of modularity and scalability in hardened-carrier protected-distribution systems. The all-steel system uses a structurally interlocking base and covers, secure boxes, fittings, and transition channels to defend against physical intrusion. Access is through pull boxes secured by padlocks.

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Video-recording platform The company’s NVR 7.0 network video recorder is available as a hardware-based turnkey solution or software-only package for use on commercial off-the-shelf servers. The platform provides video support for the company’s OnGuard 2012 system and for as many as 306 individual cameras.

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Multiple lockdown options The E-Plex wireless access-control system has multiple lockdown options. From the dashboard, users can centrally manage lock commands such as remote unlock, passage, and emergency lockdown. Lockdown choices suit a variety of sites including global, door group, or single-door lockdown. Lockdown also can be executed right at a door, providing instantaneous and convenient security.

Kaba Access Control Winston-Salem, NC Free information: Circle 96

Electrified latch Steel Hawk 4300 non-handed electrified latch adapts to any door swing.

The device retrofits the company’s 4900/4500/4700 dead latches using the same strike and is compatible with existing handles, paddles, and levers, including the 4600 Designer series. The latch adapts to 12-, 16-, and 24-VDC and exceeds ANSI/ BHMA Grade 1 requirements.

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Steel Hawk 4300: • Non-handed electrified latch • Adapts to any door swing • Adapts to 12-, 16-, and 24-VDC

Building-management system

Power-management system CPMS critical power-management system provides monitoring and control of critical systems with a hospital, data center, telecommunications site, or other mission-critical facility or campus. The system controls transfer switches, paralleling control switchgear, gensets, circuit breakers, power distribution, and other gear so it can intelligently interact with a facility building-management system. Customization of monitoring and control is possible using the company’s ASCO PowerQuest.

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ConnectEx LonWorks/BACnet gateway application for the company’s SmartServer allows users to commission, add, modify, and connect Lonworks-based products within a BACnet management system. The application provides a BACnet management console with a full system view and interoperability to the device level to achieve monitoring and control.

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360-degree camera V17XX series 5- and 10-megapixel cameras use a single multi-megapixel sensor coupled with high-resolution optics to display 360-degree images, reportedly with no blind spots and no moving parts. Users can see, record, and play back a full field-of-view, ensuring that activities are recorded anywhere in the scene at all times.

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products BUILDING TECHNOLOGY LEED assessments, modeling The company’s cloud-based product-management and information-sharing solution is said to simplify building-material selection, collaboration, and modeling to optimize green building and LEED credits. The tool allows users to run assessments for design credits, in addition to traditional product-specific LEED credits. Multiple assessments for a single project can be saved and compared in a what-if scenario.

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Vandal-resistant lock CL3100 series Grade 1 lever lock is vandal resistant.

The series withstands more than two times ANSI/ BMHA torque-force requirements on a locked lever.

The locks fit standard 161 door preps, making them suited for retrofit applications. Applications include hospitals, healthcare facilities, and schools. Several finishes are available, along with Microshield antimicrobial coating.

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A pre-assembled system for the company’s AquaFlex flexible stainless-steel sprinkler fitting line includes braided or corrugated lines with a range of recessed and concealed pendant sprinklers and short and long elbow reducers. Users specify components, and each system is made to order.

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products LIGHTING & ELECTRICAL EDITORS’ CHOICE

for rooms with one or two lighting loads. The controls self-configure to provide the most energy-efficient operation sequence as soon as the components are connected. Additional components customize and expand the kits for more complex control objectives.

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LED-downlight retrofit A 6-inch, dimmable, LED recessed-downlight retrofit is said to deliver uniform color distribution and quality lighting. The fixture uses a chip array with ceramic LED technology, providing single-bin-color consistency with enhanced illumination uniformity and minimal glare. The fixture turns on instantly from a cold start and dims for ambient lighting. White and nickel finishes are available.

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Micro SM4 surface-mountable LED consumes 4.2 W but is reported to emit as much light as a 20- to 40-W incandescent or 20- to 35-W halogen. The component delivers high flux density in a smaller footprint to illuminate interior spaces.

Bridgelux Inc. Livermore, CA Free information: Circle 106

LED or HID area light Mozart street and area light uses LED or HID light sources. The fixture complements traditional and transitional architecture in areas such as civic centers, parks, plazas, and other public spaces. The fixture has fullcutoff optics and three designs: a clear, flat tempered lens for full cutoff; an opal-white diffuser for a traditional look; and a clear, patterned enclosure offering several optics. The luminaire is available in sizes of 34 1/2-inchestall by 26-inches-wide to accommodate a 120-W LED/250-W HID and 26 1/2-inchestall by 20-inches-wide for 80-W LED/150-W HID. Finishes include black, white, gray, dark bronze, green, with custom colors available.

Sun Valley Lighting Los Angeles Free information: Circle 102

Floor box Evolution series floor box installs in raised, carpetcovered concrete, terrazzo, polished concrete, and wood floors without additional parts or accessories.

Boxes are available in 6-, 8-, and 10-gang configurations for standard, on-grade, and fire-classified applications. A furniture-feed box also is available. Modules that support the device plates can be detached and removed through the top or back of the box.

Legrand/Wiremold West Hartford, CT Free information: Circle 104

Direct lighting with power

Mozart street/area light: • Uses LED or HID sources • Full-cutoff optics • Two sizes; range of finishes

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Energy-code program The Switch to Digital program provides digital lighting-management solutions. The program includes two prepackaged lighting-control kits with components to provide advanced code-compliant lighting control

Levity combines flexible, directed light with power options and cord storage. A pull on the unit’s lid causes the fixture to automatically rise and activate two LEDs. Maximum height is 21 inches with 360-degree rotation. Lights turn off by touching the lamp, or automatically when the unit is closed.

Doug Mockett & Co. Manhattan Beach, CA Free information: Circle 107

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Decorative trims for downlights

LED area luminaires Washington PostLite II LED area luminaires are acorn-style lanterns that use an LED optical design to replicate HID light levels. The luminaires are suitable for marine locations, have a powder-coat finish, and are available with a variety of trims, colors, finials, and accessories.

Holophane Granville, OH Free information: Circle 108

A line of decorative-glass trims in a variety of finishes is available for the company’s Diamond series LED recessed downlights. Available in 4-, 5-, and 6-inch models, the trims use self-flanged spun-aluminum reflectors or baffles with deep-set diffused lenses.

The luminaires provide 610 to 1,000 lumens. Several reflector finishes are available.

Nora Lighting Commerce, CA Free information: Circle 109

Circuit-management system SIMpull WireBarrel circuit-management system includes NoLube SIMpull THHN wire in a barrel package, a hand truck, and wire guide. The system is said to provide a smooth and consistent means of guiding wires for installation.

Southwire Co. Carrollton, GA Free information: Circle 110

Floor-plate assemblies An extended line of pop-up floor-plate covers is available in stainless-steel or brass finish and can be placed in wood or concrete floors. All models include steel electrical boxes installed flush with the finished flooring prior to installation of the floor-plate assemblies. Included in the line are duplex receptacles and those with low-voltage capabilities.

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Recessed air system Phantom series recessed air unit is concealed within a ceiling without concern of equipment visibility or mounting height. The series provides a fully recessed design, thorough coverage across the opening, and a drop-down panel for access to all components. A pearl-white powder-coat finish blends with ceiling tiles. The unit includes a washable microfiber filter. Available in lengths to 144 inches, the unit is shipped ready for installation.

Mars Air Systems Gardena, CA Free information: Circle 112

Phantom series: EDITORS’ CHOICE

• Recessed air-delivery unit • Pearl-white finish blends with ceiling tiles • Lengths to 144 inches

ture. The valve uses a microcircuit-based logic to drive a gear-driven, electronically actuated ball valve to control flow. It is available in two-way (normally open or normally closed) and three-way diverting configurations, all in 1/2-, 3/4-, and 1-inch versions.

Taco Cranston, RI Free information: Circle 114

temperature motor-overload conditions. The system also is equipped with Quiet-shift defrost control, short-cycle compression protection, and built-in diagnostics.

Lennox Industries Inc. Dallas Free information: Circle 116

Watertube boiler The company’s flexible watertube boiler for hot water and steam is available to 600 HP with less than 9 ppm NOx. The factory-built or field-erectable system is available with an integrated dual-fuel burner from a single source.

Cleaver-Brooks Milwaukee Free information: Circle 113

Staged air-volume system The SAV staged air-volume system is available on the company’s Weather series rooftops and Gemini air handlers in the 7 1/2-ton size and larger. The system uses a variable-frequency drive to automatically adjust the indoor fan motor in sequence with a rooftop unit’s heating, cooling, and ventilation operation. The VFD also provides slow ramp-up to control air-volume surges and reduce duct noise during fan-speed changes.

Carrier Syracuse, NY Free information: Circle 115

AC, heat-pump units Valve for chilled water Zone Sentry zone valve handles chilled-water applications. Actuator components are corrosion-proof plastic. The board is sealed, preventing the electronic portion of the valve from coming in contact with mois-

Three-phase, nitrogen-charge split-system air conditioners and heat pumps replace units for 3- to 5-ton equipment that currently use R-22 refrigerant. The units accommodate ambient temperatures to 125 F and use a scroll compressor grommet mounted for quiet operation and protected internally against high-

Accessible shower The company’s 1603BFSB accessible shower is a lowthreshold, roll-in unit that can be installed to ADA/ ANSI standards, reportedly with little to no sub-floor modification. The one-piece, gelcoat unit has application in a variety of healthcare facilities. The shower is part of the Freedomline collection.

Aquatic Bath Anaheim, CA Free information: Circle 117

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Zone controller Mach-ProZone is a fully programmable BACnet building controller with a highly scalable I/O in a small footprint. Applications include small- to midsized rooftop units, heat pumps, and mechanical rooms. The controller has eight universal inputs and eight outputs with jumper-selectable Triac configuration.

Reliable Controls Victoria, British Columbia Free information: Circle 118

Dispensing system Mod dispensing system can be modified to meet a facility’s hand-drying needs. The system allows users to create a hygienic and sustainable washroom for any facility as it combines touchless technology with the bacteria-reducing benefits of drying with a paper towel. A touchless skin-care dispenser also is available.

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Acoustiblok ................................................................ 49 .......................... 225

Gary L. Parr

Altro Floors & Wall Systems.................................... 49 .......................... 230

E xe cu t i ve V ic e Pr esiden t , C onSour ce L L C 847.382.8100 ex t .101 gpar r @ cbpmagazine.com

Amtico ......................................................................... 11 .......................... 205 Anne Thull Fine Art Designs .................................... 50 .......................... 235

Jack Curley Regional Sales Manager Nor t heas t 201.569.5481 201.805.9529 cell jcur ley @ cbpmaga zine.com

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Carlisle Coatings & Waterproofing ........................ IBC ........................ 218 Chem Link ................................................................... 46 .......................... 216

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CPI Daylighting Inc. .................................................. 50 .......................... 236

Regional Sales Manager Sou t heas t , OH, IN 770.913.0115 678.576.1487 cell s cunningham @ cbpmaga z ine.com

Dawson Doors ............................................................ 48 .......................... 222 Dorma .......................................................................... 42 .......................... 214 DuPont Tyvek ............................................................. 2 ............................ 201

Jon Heng Patricia Heng

Duro-Last Roofing Inc. ............................................. 40 .......................... 213 Envirospec Inc. .......................................................... 48 .......................... 223

Regional Sales Manager s Wes t C oas t 626.799.3610 jheng @ cbpmagazine.com pheng @ cbpmagazine.com

Flex-Ability Concepts ............................................... 49 .......................... 224 Forbo ........................................................................... 4 ............................ 202 Hanover Architectural Products ............................. IFC ........................ 200

Dan Burke Regional Sales Manager Mid-Sou t h, MN, W I, IL , MO 732.229.2771 dbur ke @ cbpmaga zine.com

Kawneer Co. Inc. ....................................................... 25 .......................... 208 LG Electronics ............................................................ 21 .......................... 207 LightDirectory.com ................................................... 49 .......................... 227

Tracy Ryle Inside Sales, Regional Sales MI 847.382.8100 ex t . 103 t r y le @ cbpmagazine.com

Marga Parr Pr oduc t ion Manager 847.382.8100 ex t . 115 mpar r @ cbpmagazine.com

LiveRoof LLC .............................................................. 48 .......................... 220

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Major Industries ........................................................ 49 .......................... 226

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MaxLite ....................................................................... 32 .......................... 211

HVAC MBCI ............................................................................ 15 .......................... 206

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Ellen Sandkam Lis t Ren t al Ser v ices 847.382.8100 ex t . 110 esandk am @ a t plis t s.com

NeoCon ....................................................................... 29 .......................... 210

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Nora Systems Inc. ..................................................... 7, 50 ...................... 203, 237

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Norton Door Controls ............................................... 10 .......................... 204

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F os t er Repr in t Ser v ice 866.879.914 4 ex t . 168 jillk @ f os t er pr in t ing.com

Sage Electrochromics Inc. ....................................... 50 .......................... 234 Salsbury Industries ................................................... 48 .......................... 217

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Special-Lite Inc. ........................................................ 49 .......................... 228

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Stuc-O-Flex International Inc. ................................ 50 .......................... 231

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Commercial Building Products ConSource LLC 1300 S. Gr ove Avenue, Sui t e 105, Bar r ing t on, IL 60010 847.382.8100 w w w.cbpmaga zine.com

Weston Solutions Inc. .............................................. 49 .......................... 229 Zurn Industries .......................................................... 28 .......................... 209

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Nanotechnology Research Center building at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, shows the diverse textures and subtle colors achieved in a copper screen that covers three sides of the building. Architects: John Bush of the M+W Group, Chicago, and David Murray of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Philadelphia. General contractor: The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Baltimore. Copper manufacturer: Luvata Buffalo Inc., Buffalo, NY. Photo courtesy of the Copper Development Association, New York.

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BRAD DEPENDS ON FIRE RESISTANCE TECHNOLOGY. SO DOES YOUR BUILDING.

Introducing Fire Resist, by Carlisle Coatings & Waterproofing!

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The same NASA technology that protects Brad Keselowski from a fiery crash can help protect your building from a fire. Only Carlisle’s Fire Resist product line is energy efficient, fire resistant and NFPA 285 code compliant!

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Choose IMPs (Insulated Metal Panels) to achieve high R-values of 14 to 48, exceed energy code requirements, and help create a building that is energy efficient and may qualify for energy tax credits. IMPs offer long-term thermal stability, low maintenance and less installation time vs. multi-component assemblies. They are available in a wide variety of sizes and colors.

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