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Achieving efficiency and sustainability goals through green practices

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Post Frame: The Green Option Post frame is becoming the building application of choice due to its energy efficiency, durability, and speed of construction.

By Jane Martinsons

The Nature Connection Natural play leads to positive development among young children.

By Rebecca Beach

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Seamless Seal Spray polyurethane foam helps achieve a tight building envelope, reducing energy consumption and boosting comfort levels.

By Monica Karamagi

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A Goal of Zero The Army’s Net Zero Installation Strategy seeks to reduce overall energy use, water waste, and waste production.

By Wendell Hadden

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Standing Army Strong A new partnership will bring contemporary hotels to installations nationwide.

By Meryl Large Exley

Accelerating Learning A much-needed renovation project brings 21st century learning to West Point Middle School.

By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D.

Fort Riley’s Changing Landscape The comforts of home and ample amenities help make the master-planned community at Fort Riley a success.

By Michelle Geering

Mapping the Path Forward Business process mapping propels the Navy Housing mission forward.

By Carol Casto

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DEPARTMENTS 4 President’s Message PHMA President Del Eulberg discusses the value of sustainability

6 Association News A Nominating Committee will help select the 2014 Board of Directors.

8 From the Expert Frank Kaleba, PE, shares the benefits of LED lighting

46 Military Marketplace 48 PHMA Corporate Sustaining Members

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Post Frame: The Green Option

By Jane Martinsons

Friends Academy of Westampton, Mount Holly, NJ, is a private Quaker School serving children from kindergarten through eighth grade. Its post-frame Commons Building is an all-purpose building that serves as both a gymnasium and auditorium. With a deadline and budget to keep in mind, post-frame construction served as an expeditious and cost-effective way to construct an attractive and serviceable facility in time for the upcoming school year.

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ith green building and design evolving into a full-fledged movement, if not a social norm, it is no wonder that building owners and designers are taking a close look at post-frame building and its primary material, wood. Once a staple of agricultural buildings, today’s post frame is considered a green and economical wood-framed alternative to steel and concrete block building systems. Increasingly, post frame is the application of choice thanks to its energy efficiency, sustainability, speed of construction, and durability.

Despite the struggling economy of the past few years, or perhaps even fueled by it, cost-effective post frame has made substantial inroads into the light-commercial market, including retail facilities; restaurants; spacious churches; beautiful residential homes; municipal buildings such as fire stations, schools, and community town halls; and recreational centers.

Government Projects The government is taking note. Currently, four post-frame building projects, mostly large storage and maintenance facilities for snow plows and trucks, are underway for the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). The post-frame projects are part of ODOT’s initiative to require architectural firms that bid on projects to include post-frame building designs in their bidding documents. Increasingly, ODOT officials prefer post frame over other construction types for its quick construction, energy efficiency (wall insulation can be up to R-30), large structural capacity and doorways, and clean interior finishes, as well as its design flexibility and durability.

Another post-frame project, although privately owned, is leased by defense contractors and material suppliers at a naval weapon-support center in southern Indiana. Postframe construction was chosen for West Gate at Crane Tech Park for its speed of construction, cost savings, and design flexibility. Graber Post Buildings, Inc., Montgomery, Indiana, not only erected the building—its third commercial building at the site—but the nearby firm also manufactured the wood trusses, metal siding, and Energy Star® metal roof. The building features sky lighting, an exterior 4-inch-thick concrete block veneer, and low-emissivity glass.

Energy Efficiency Post-frame construction is energy efficient mostly because its 4- to 10-foot post spacing and the large 6- to 10-inch wall cavity thickness make walls and roofs exceptionally easy to insulate, says Harvey Manbeck, PE, PhD, professor emeritus at Penn State University and technical advisor for the National Frame Building Association. “Even where framing members occur, the thermal bridging effect is minimized by the thermal resistance of the relatively thick wood sidewall column,” he says.

This not only results in long-term costs savings, but lends compliance with new energy codes that require high levels of insulation, adds Dr. Manbeck, who recently presented semi-

One ODOT project, built in only four months, comprises two buildings on one site—a 114- by 176- by 20-foot truck-storage facility and a 42- by 122- by 14-foot cold-storage building to store machinery.

What Is Post Frame?

Post-frame constructions are engineered wood-frame building systems. They feature large, solid-sawn posts or laminated columns instead of wood studs, steel framing, or concrete masonry. However, studs, steel, and masonry may be incorporated into post-frame structures to make unique “hybrid” buildings.

Post-frame structures are more quickly erected than other kinds of buildings. Because the larger posts and the interlocking frame can handle greater loads than stud-wall construction, fewer structural materials are needed, which saves on material and installation costs. Also, because posts are spaced farther apart than studs, there are fewer interruptions in insulating materials. Post-frame buildings feature an exceptionally large wall cavity for ample insulation, which allows for lowered heating and cooling costs throughout the year.

nars on the post-frame structural design to architects and structural engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is considering using post frame as an alternative to steel and block for its contingency buildings.

Post-frame building systems also are sustainable, and the construction offers many advantages that contribute to credit in green building systems, including the Leadership in Energy July | August 2013 11

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and Environmental Design (LEED) program. These include: • Reduced site disturbance during construction by reducing soil disturbance and erosion.

• Reduced local heat island effects by allowing more onsite vegetation to remain in place.

• Engineered construction design, which eliminates onsite cutting and reduces jobsite waste.

• Engineered wood truss systems.

• Large insulation cavities that allow structures to meet or exceed the requirements of the International Energy Conservation Code.

• Reduced number of wood members and the continuous sheathing, which reduce envelope air and thermal leakage.

bathrooms, and basement; a walk-in tile shower with a Jacuzzi tub in the master bathroom; a home entertainment sound system; and two three-sided glass fireplaces.

Moreover, the use of a 15.5-inch truss head and 2- by 8-foot framing in the post-frame structure allowed for R-30 blanket insulation in the walls. That is coupled with R50 blown-in fiberglass insulation and a R-48 structured insulated panel roof system.

Examples of Post Frame The following projects are Building of the Year award winners of the National Frame Building Association.

Residential Ranch

A Historical Store, Reborn Having used post-frame construction for many of its buildings, Byrne Dairy turned to post frame to replace its beloved Galeville store in Salina, New York. In addition to its speed of construction, energy efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, postframe construction was relied on to retain the undeniable charm of the existing historical grocery store. Today, the two-story, 5,800-square-foot building has the same look and layout of the old store, except that the second floor in the new store is not utilized. Construction took only 49 days, and the continuous insulation provides an exceptionally energyefficient building envelope.

Car Dealership Fuels Town Pride

This post-frame ranch home is both highly efficient and highend. Completed in 2011, the $1.5 million, nearly 6,000-squarefoot home features: • An attached 1,320-square-foot, four-car garage.

• An 8-foot front timber-framed porch with cedar soffit.

• A 24- by 10-foot covered rear deck area with exposed timber truss.

• On the exterior: wainscot and siding and metal shingles.

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Jeffrey’s Auto, a used car dealership office and maintenance shop, is considered a town landmark in Scottsburg, Indiana.

Insulation was the big selling point for using post-frame construction for this 5,000-square-foot project. The office and maintenance shop are fully climate controlled, with an R-19 value and R-38 attic value. Another advantage was speed of construction. Despite having to work through several exceptionally cold winter months, the time of construction was only 196 days, from November 2010 to mid 2011.

The post-frame Greene Emergency Squad (EMS) ambulance and personnel quarters in Greene, New York, was selected by the Greene EMS members and Board of Directors primarily because it blended in with the surrounding neighborhood—a directive on the part of the village board. Postframe construction was selected over other construction types because of its energy efficiency and cost savings. The insulation, or R-value, of the building walls is R-19, and the ceiling is R-38. The 6,700-squre-foot facility provides the Greene EMS a place to train, house equipment, and socialize. It was constructed in about 10 months, well under the one-year construction deadline.

Heritage Lodge at Wabash Park Camp in Clay City, Indiana, is used as a church camp retreat for meetings, retreats, and weddings. It houses six dorm rooms, each with its own bathroom; a kitchen; a 26-person meeting room; a central stone fireplace; and a wraparound porch. Unique exterior features include 36-inch cultured-stone wainscoting.

Design Matters

Heritage Lodge

This municipal facility was built for Saline County Ambulance, Kansas City, MO.

Two post-frame buildings demonstrate the important role that design plays in customers choosing post-frame construction.

In both cases, building owners and local town officials placed equal, if not more, emphasis on building design as they did on cost, time of construction, and energy efficiency, in choosing post frame for their institutional projects.

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Wabash Park Camp Manager John Lancaster said that the post-frame building was chosen based on appearance, functionality, and cost, but emphasized the serenity that emanates from the design. “We have had guests use it during spiritual walks, small-group retreats, an outdoor wedding in our outdoor chapel area, and various other functions,” he said. “Heritage Lodge is a beautiful, unique building—a great place to relax, refresh, renew—and it garners multiple compliments.” The 5,000-square-foot lodge was constructed in under two months. For more information on the inherent sustainable advantages of post-frame construction, visit www. postframeadvantage.com. n Jane Martinsons is a writer for the National Frame Building Association. Reach her at jmartinsons@nfba.org, or visit the website listed above.