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I was wondering if anyone had a good recommendation for a liquid applied water proof memberaine for a foundation exterior? It’s a new build and insulation followed by Delta-MS would go over it. I was thinking there was a product like LWM200 or something but I can’t find the name now. Also, my understanding for […]

Hi GBA, Trying to prevent solar heat gain from cooking interior spaces through a large amount of west-facing glazing and hoping to pick the collective brain here for suggestions. Notes:* Two gable forms facing west, one the great room and one the primary bedroom, both connected by a glass breezeway with lift and slide doors […]

I really enjoyed the great article by Josh Salinger, “Inside the Concrete-Free Slab.”  https://www.finehomebuilding.com/project-guides/insulation/concrete-free-slab We are building a cabin out in the Columbia Gorge (near Carson, WA), and we would like to do a similar floor in our crawlspace/basement.  Please see attached Section Drawings and Details.  The cabin is in climate zone 5B. I talked […]

Q&A Spotlight What is the best heating and cooling system for a single-story house without a basement or crawlspace? By Chuck Bickford | October 14, 2024 There’s nothing better than heat in the winter and air conditioning in the summer, right? But the HVAC mechanical equipment and its ductwork need space, and in a small […]

Join the leading community of building science experts Become a GBA Prime member and get instant access to the latest developments in green building, research, and reports from the field. Start free trial Replies walta100 | Oct 14, 2024 11:30am | #1 This is an old idea form the 1950s from a time when we […]

Join Jeff Reinke and David Mantey, editors for Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News, as they discuss a topic that has risen in prominence and necessity throughout the industrial sector – Artificial Intelligence. Watch as they: Break down some of the misunderstandings surrounding AI and take a closer look at the potential benefits for the industrial sector.  […]

Join Jeff Reinke and David Mantey, editors for Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News as they discuss some of the misunderstandings surrounding Large Language Models (LLMs), and take a closer look at the potential benefits for the industrial sector. Included in their conversation: The terms and critical issues that get thrown around quite a bit, and […]

American energy storage company Form Energy, Inc. announced a $405 million Series F financing round led by T. Rowe Price. The Series F brings Form Energy’s total funds raised to date at over $1.2B. In addition to participating in the Series F financing round, GE Vernova and Form Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding […]

While the justifications for additional cybersecurity spending is easy to explain, getting buy-in at the C-level can be difficult. However, some recent research might help you win over those controlling the purse strings. SonicWall’s Mid-Year Cyber Threat Report found that their firewalls were under attack 125 percent of the time during a 40-hour work week. […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top economic official has suggested his country will actively take the U.S. side in looming trade battles with China. “There is a dispute between China and the United States, stronger now than it was a few years ago,” Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said at a business forum on Tuesday. “And […]