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Empire Communities’ Hybrid Housing – Evaluating the Performance of Innovative Building Envelope Systems for Basement, Exterior Wall and Attic Assemblies

January 31, 2019 by

George Brown College will work with ROXUL® and Dow Building Solutions®, as well as Empire Communities and Clearsphere consultants, to evaluate and monitor the performance of new building envelope systems on two demonstration homes.

Testing CertainTeed Smart Membrain and Blown-In Blanket

September 6, 2018 by

This project will continue GBC’s ongoing research relationship established with CertainTeed under the ARGILE subproject: “Doug Tarry’s Optimum Basement Wall System” and will utilize the rooftop test hut located at GBC’s Casa Loma Campus to study the performance of CertainTeed/ Saint Gobain’s Smart Membrain™ product and their blown in Optima™ fiberglass batt insulation product.

ARGILE

October 28, 2016 by

Evergreen Brickworks

GBC will leverage its multidisciplinary research strengths in the creation of ARGILE, a “Living Lab” for Building Construction, Restoration, Energy Efficiency, Product Testing and the Development of Innovative Environmental Building Solutions, all with a focus on Sustainability and in collaboration with Industry.

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