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Steel Replica Window

EFCO Corporation’s 590X steel replica window helps buildings enhance their appearance with historically inspired profiles and narrow sight lines, while improving their performance with modern, energy-efficient glass and durable aluminum framing. Read more

Zero VOC Thread Sealant

            Blue Monster® ZERO® from Clean-Fit Products, a division of The Mill-Rose Company, is an industrial strength, eco-friendly PTFE-enriched pipe thread sealant with zero VOCs, zero PFOA (also known as C8) and zero lead. Read…

High-Performance Drainable Louver

                Greenheck’s ESD-635HP, a 6 in. (152 mm) deep stationary drainable blade louver, is designed to provide high volume airflow and superior resistance to water penetration. Read More.

Radiation Damper

Greenheck Radiation Damper The model CRD-320WT ceiling radiation damper, combined with select models of Greenheck ceiling exhaust bathroom fans, adds even more code-compliant options for wood truss applications. It is UL-approved for use in 20 different one-hour combustible, UL rated…

Sun Shades

Tubelite Sun Shades MaxBlock® single-blade sun shades have an aerodynamic design that directs wind and water out and away from the building and is able to span up to widths of 8 ft (2.4 m) unspliced or 12.4 ft (3.8…

Thermal Deformation Solution

Technoform Thermal Deformation Solution The shearless polyamide thermal barrier for windows, doors and façade systems reduces the deformation caused by uneven thermal expansion in aluminum framing members. It allows inside and outside of the framing members to expand independently and…

LED Color Line

Product: LEDs Company: Lumileds The updated LUXEON 2835 color line of LEDs features 11 colors and three white options. It now has a 25% brighter red-orange and a 6% brighter red, which enhance the performance of  color-tunable lamps. The new…

Fabric Buildings

Product: Fabric Buildings Company: Legacy Building Solutions Legacy tension fabric buildings combine rigid-frame engineering with the proven benefits of tension fabric membranes. The design provides flexibility for an array of building applications and industries, including sports and recreation, event centers,…

Utility Inverter

Product: Utility Inverter Company: Yaskawa Solectria Solar Advanced remote smart inverter capabilities desired by some utilities increase cyber security risks for distributed energy resources. This is why all three power classes (125 kW, 150 kW, and 166 kW) of the…

Thermal Isolator Clip

Product: Technoform Company: Thermal Isolator Clip This new thermal isolator clip is for buildings with continuous insulation systems. Engineered for use in exterior wall cladding and façade systems, it is suited for both renovation and new construction. Reducing thermal bridging…

Smart Building Software

Product: Bractlet Copany: Smart Building Software The Bractlet Benchmark digitally collects, processes and stores utility and weather data and features tools for forecasting utility costs. It provides building owners energy-efficiency benchmarks versus comparable buildings in location, size and use and…

Dimming LED

Company: Lumileds Product: Dimming LED The LUXEON 3030 HE Plus Deep Dimming mid-power LED is for architectural applications that require uniform light output through the entire dimming range and operating conditions. It is designed for LED to LED flux uniformity…

Kyoto Station, Kyoto, Japan

By James Scott Brew, AIA; Tomoaki Ushio, P.E., Member ASHRAE Kyoto, Japan, is world renowned for its historic architecture, rich cultural history and beauty. Kyoto Station is the gateway to the city and was designed by visionary architect Hiroshi Hara…

Air-Cooled Screw Chiller

Product: Air-Cooled Screw Chiller Company: Daikin The waterside economizer (WSE) option on Daikin’s Pathfinder® air-cooled screw chiller adds a fluid-to-air heat exchanger coil in series with the chiller refrigerant condenser coil. The heat rejection airflow moves across both coils, allowing heat…

Building Health Monitoring

Company: Melink Corporation Product: Building Health Monitoring PositiV® is a stand-alone system from Melink Corporation that monitors a building’s pressure and remotely tracks building health. Alerts are sent when the system detects anything out of its set parameters. Moreover, PositiV monitors temperature,…

Water Source Heat Pump System

Company: The Whalen Company Product: Water Source Heat Pump System The Closetline® CAS series water source heat pump system from The Whalen Company exceeds ASHRAE Standard 90.1 minimum efficiency and uses environmentally friendly R-410A refrigerant. Applications include commercial retrofit or new…

Lighting and Controls

Company: Lutron Electronics and Cree Lighting Product: Lighting and Controls Lutron Electronics and Cree Lighting introduce Cree Lighting’s architectural Stylus Linear Series that is enabled with Lutron Vive wireless integral fixture control. Vive, Lutron’s simple and scalable wireless lighting control solution,…

Boiler Communication System

Company: Cleaver-Brooks Product: Boiler Communication System Prometha™ IoT Connected Boiler Solutions from Cleaver-Brooks allows users to remotely monitor their boiler system from anywhere on a smart device, providing text alerts and actionable insights that help prevent or reduce unplanned downtime and…

Acoustical Sealant

Company: DAP Product: Acoustical Sealant New Sound Block™ E90 acoustical sealant from DAP is specifically designed to reduce sound transmission and improve sound tranmission class ratings in sound-rated wall and floor systems. It offers general contractors, builders and drywall installers an…

LED Fixtures

Company: Lithonia Lighting® Product: ENVEX™ Series Acuity Brands, Inc. introduces the ENVEX™ Series of LED fixtures from Lithonia Lighting,® a recessed ambient family of lighting fixtures offering an elegant form factor that blends seamlessly with most conventional ceilings in applications…

Fan System

Company: ZIEHL-ABEGG Product: Fan System ZIEHL-ABEGG offers the ZAplus fan system. The optimized full nozzle with guide vane, motor suspension and short diffuser is combined with FE2owlet fans. This multifunctional system enables high pressures, high efficiencies and low noise emissions. Learn…

Pre-Insulated PEX Piping

Company: Rehau Product: Pre-Insulated PEX Piping Engineered to minimize energy loss during transfer of hot or chilled fluid through buried pipelines, REHAU INSULPEX® consists of PEXa O2 barrier pipe, foam insulation and outer jacket. Available in one- and two-pipe configurations from…