Building design trends are constantly evolving as architects and building designers find new ways to improve building aesthetics, design, efficiency, and comfort. These trends range from improved ...

The company’s duct wrap insulation, which is a blanket-type fiberglass insulation for HVAC ductwork, is described in a two-page spec sheet available in CSI format. The spec sheet includes a product ...

DENVER — Johns Manville (JM), a leading global manufacturer of energy-efficient building products and engineered specialty materials and a Berkshire Hathaway company, announced today the release of ...

An airtight, well-insulated ductwork system is key to a building’s heating and cooling installation. If the system is not effectively designed, installed, sealed and insulated, the total heating and ...

Fiberglass insulation is not airtight. Heck, it will barely even slow air propelled by convection, differential pressure or wind. It is especially helpless against air moving through a leaky pipe ...

Q: We are moving to a new house with the loudest forced air furnace I've ever heard. They're common to our builder. What can I do to reduce the noise? Some is the fast air movement, some is the fans.

Q: I inherited a concrete block building that was then converted into a home several years ago. Part of it has a crawlspace and part is on a concrete slab. The crawlspace is always damp, and the ...