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Watch this FREE Green Building Webnair
This webinar will cover the results of a study commissioned by the Fire Protection Research Foundation to develop a baseline of information on the intersection of “green building” design and fire safety. The study identified gaps and specific research needs associated with understanding and addressing fire risk and hazards with green building design. Instructor: Brian […]
Green Construction & Building a Brighter Future
Before I share a special guest article.I would like to invite everyone to join me this Friday at Firehouse Expo@Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, MD I am very excited and honored to be teaching this year. Green Building Construction For The Fire Service 7/20/2012 12:00:00 PM Room 343 Description: This presentation will examine various green buildings and […]
Solar Glass
What is Energy Glass? Energyglass is a transparent, added passive glass system for the collection and production of electricity from light! EnergyGlass™ is a transparent laminated glass system which can be simply integrated into most building window designs to produce electricity. The EnergyGlass™ system continually collects and creates electricity from sunlight, diffused light and artificial […]
First National Green Building Code Approved!
For the first time, the US has a national green building code. The International Green Construction Code (IgCC), approved last week after two years of development, applies to all new and renovated commercial buildings and residential buildings over three stories high. The historic code sets mandatory baseline standards for all aspects of building design and […]
GO PURDUE!!
Green Maltese was able to go on another fun educational field trip again! This field trip was to West Lafayette to Purdue University to visit the Team Purdue IN Home open house. The INHome is a part of the 2011 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. The most unique feature of the INhome is the […]
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Entire House Framed with Engineered Wood
Thank You, good stuff! As a 19+ year volley of Long Island NY , I will pass on this info to our membership.
2017-09-06 14:41:36
Entire House Framed with Engineered Wood
This is certainly information worth knowing. Faster failure is a trap waiting for the unexpecting person. My personal experience with OSB, (Oriented Strand Board) is limited to discovering that it is seriously not weather resistant, and that the weathered stuff burns very well in a campfire. So THANKS for the information that I need to…
2017-09-05 20:41:44
Smart Shear Walls
Just another thing we as firefighters will need to be aware of under fire. Gusset plates will fail at 1000 degrees. Fires today are well over that. So know besides floor and roofs, we need to worry about walls collapsing.
2017-03-26 00:50:46
Smart Shear Walls
Please send any information and visual aides that can be used in my Fire Protection program classes at Cape cod Community College. Thank you, Robert Tucker Fire Science Coordinator
2017-03-24 20:45:41
