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CertainTeed Corporation Introduces Award-Winning Commercial Building Science DVD for Building Professionals
The DVD illustrates how natural forces affect a building and outlines strategies for achieving energy efficient building
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (October 2, 2007) -- CertainTeed Corporation, North America’s leading building products manufacturer and foremost industry authority on Building Science, introduces Commercial Building Science Concepts and Practices, a self study workshop DVD for builders, architects, designers, engineers and contractors.
Commercial Building Science Concepts and Practices illustrates how natural forces affect a building and outlines strategies for achieving energy efficient buildings, identifying trouble spots in construction, and planning for safety, comfort and convenience.
The DVD contains seven learning modules: Introduction to Commercial Building Science, Thermal Control in Building Envelopes, Air Barriers, Moisture Management, Understanding Acoustics and Sound Control, Building for Fire Safety, Creating Comfortable Environments, and Green Building Through Sustainable Design. It includes 265 photographs, tables, schematics, diagrams, graphs, animations and cutaway views to explain the issue of commercial building science.
According to Stan Gatland, Manager of Building Science Technology for CertainTeed Corporation, this DVD explains the important building science concepts of commercial buildings including the building envelope, mechanical systems and occupants.
“This tool is helpful for both newcomers to the industry and people who have been involved with commercial building for years,” he says. “With the growing importance of green construction, it’s vital for today’s building professionals to learn ways to help commercial buildings save energy and become more sustainable, such as addressing ways to minimize their carbon footprint on the environment. Our DVD gives plenty of valuable instructions on that area.”
The dedicated Building Science team at CertainTeed features a group of national experts in building forensics who regularly work with building professionals to solve critical building envelope issues and provide solutions that have positive and lasting effects on the industry. Their competencies reach beyond any one component of a structure to focus on all materials interacting as a fundamental system.
The DVD has received awards for creative excellence from three international competitions including a gold award at the 40th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film and Video Festival, top honors at the Aegis Video and Film Production Awards, and a bronze award at the 2007 International Summit Creative Awards.
For builders interested in the building science for residential buildings, the DVD “The Art of Building Science” is also available.
For information on how to purchase a copy of either DVD, call 800-233-8990.
About CertainTeed
Through innovation and creative product design, CertainTeed has helped shape the building products industry for more than 100 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Company, the firm made its slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," which quickly inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed is North America’s leading brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, windows, fence, decking, railing, trim, foundations, pipe, insulation, walls, ceilings and access covers.
Headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, CertainTeed and its affiliates have approximately 8,000 employees and nearly 70 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. In 2006 the group had consolidated sales approaching $4 billion. www.certainteed.com.
For more information contact:
Michael B. Loughery, CertainTeed
Communications Manager
(610) 341-7328
mike.b.loughery@saint-gobain.com
www.certainteed.com/pressroom
moreinformation
For information on how to purchase a copy of either DVD, call (800) 233-8990.
