Heat transfer and insulation
(10/01/2012)
Heat transfer occurs through three mechanisms: thermal convection, thermal conduction, and thermal radiation.
Tag: Steven H. Miller
Understanding thermal mass
(10/01/2012)
Thermal mass is a substance’s ability to hold heat energy. It is related to density. A substance with high thermal mass stores a greater quantity of heat energy than one with low thermal mass,...
Enhancing ICF performance
(10/01/2012)
Insulating concrete forms (ICFs) offered an energy-efficient mode of construction long before sustainability was widely pursued, or even understood, in the overall building industry. In the intervening years, competing building methods have seen improvements...
Hot innovations in cold-formed steel framing
(03/01/2012)
Cold-formed steel framing (CFSF)—also known as ‘light-gauge’—began as a kind of alternative lumber, but after decades of positive performance it has finally come into its own. Much like wood worked by carpenters, steel studs...
The sheen of the floor in an Edmonton Value Village store may look like polished concrete, but it is, in fact, neither polished nor concrete. The surface material is actually a bonded topping—a relatively...
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