As architects continue to search for ways to improve building efficiencies, more and more are turning to advanced framing methods, particularly for multifamily and light commercial projects. Also ...

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In a groundbreaking ceremony Feb. 20, Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development (SEEED) partnered with UT-Battelle Oak Ridge National Laboratory to embark on the construction of an innovative and ...

Trouble finding a place to call home? From apartments and condos to single family homes, they just aren't getting built — and haven't been for the past decade or more — at levels anywhere close to ...

Standard residential construction in much of the country is 2x4 framing with fiberglass insulation, achieving a paltry R-10 or so in the walls. If insulation is installed at all on the foundation ...

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