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Durabond at the Toronto Honda Indy 2011

Posted by Admin on July 11, 2011 None comments

Exterior Insulation Finish Systems have the ability to make your home beautiful, reduce outside noise, and use less fossil fuels. Racing and Indies on the other hand seem to be the antithesis -  in your face, targeted to a somewhat questionable audience and loud with a goal of using as much fuel and rubber as required to beat out the competition. The two are not something you would expect to see joined together.

Imagine my surprise then on Sunday while enjoying an ice cold beer (or three) and working on my redneck (I do have one now thanks to brilliant sun) when I see two cars shoot by with Durabond plastered along the sides. I posted last year about Durabond participating in the CTCC but wasn’t aware they would be at the Toronto Honda Indy 2011 until they went screaming by, close behind the leaders. While the event goes against nearly everything the EIFS industry stands for, I guess the millions of barrels of oil Durabond‘s systems have/will save by making buildings more energy efficient more than make up for their participation.

I’d post up the pictures, but they’re not much more than a blur.
More coverage on the event can be found at the Canadian Touring Car article.

EIFS Outperforms Other Claddings

Posted by Admin on February 15, 2010 None comments

ATLANTA, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ –

50 Year Product Life Tops in the Industry – Sustainable construction with Energy Efficiency

Sto Corp., the innovative world leading manufacturer of energy-efficient cladding systems and high performance architectural coatings, has released a life-cycle study of Sto engineered claddings systems showing they outperform other wall claddings over a full 50-year product life.

This new Life-Cycle Inventory (LCI) of wall cladding products was conducted to compare energy use and environmental impacts associated with several residential wall types. Three Sto Corp. cladding systems – StoTherm® NExT EIFS, StoPowerwall™ NExT stucco, and StoQuik® Silver NExT cement-board stucco – were analyzed and compared to typical brick and stucco walls, with and without foam insulation, for a typical residential property.

The LCI results demonstrated good life-cycle performance of the Sto cladding systems in terms of waste, emissions, and energy used in production, construction and building operations. In particular, StoTherm NExT EIFS claddings excel in reducing life-cycle energy use and greenhouse-gas emissions. Key findings included:

  • StoTherm NExT EIFS (Exterior Insulation Finish Systems) required the least production energy (manufacturing phase) of the insulated claddings. In the “cradle-to-wall” phase, StoTherm NExT also requires the least energy.
  • In operations, uninsulated brick and stucco consume about twice as much heating/cooling energy as StoTherm NExT.
  • Over the full 50-year life cycle, energy demand is lower for StoTherm NExT than for uninsulated brick or stucco.
  • All the Sto Corp. systems, including StoTherm NExT, contribute less solid waste than typical brick or stucco.
  • StoTherm NExT has the lowest total greenhouse-gas emissions.

“Using StoTherm NExT is the ideal way to clad a project that will perform efficiently and protect the way no other cladding can,” said David Boivin, President and CEO of Sto Corp. “The system approach of using EIFS plus a superior waterproof air barrier allows architects to confidently design a structure that is both energy efficient and durable.”

Copies of the LCI are available at: Sto Corp. LCI Report

About Sto Corp.

Sto Corp., based in Atlanta, Georgia, is an innovative world leader and producer of a broad range of versatile cladding and coating systems for building construction, maintenance and restoration. Sto Corp. is ISO 14001:2004 (environmental management) as well as ISO 9001:2008 certified.

For more information, visit www.stocorp.com or call toll free (800) 221-2397 or (404) 346-0755. Follow Sto Corp. on Twitter as well as the Sto blog “Building with conscience” at http://www.buildingwithconscience.com/

Source: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sto-corp-life-cycle-study-proves-eifs-outperforms-other-claddings-84236577.html

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