Press Releases
ICF Report Reveals Eighty-Nine Percent of Homes Are Under-Insulated
October 28, 2024
New research sponsored by NAIMA and conducted by ICF Consulting shows that 89 percent of U.S. single-family homes are under-insulated.
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Industry News
Survey Shows Manufacturers Used 4.1 Billion Pounds of Recycled Materials
August 4, 2021
The North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA) has announced the results of a recent survey of its members’ use of pre- and post-consumer recycled materials in insulation and acoustical products in 2019 and 2020. The survey includes data from both U.S. and Canadian manufacturing facilities.
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Perimeter Fire Barrier Systems
October 17, 2017
Building owners and occupants often take fire safety for granted. They assume that buildings are constructed with fire safety in mind and significant attention has been paid to building codes. Nevertheless, there exists one particularly critical juncture frequently overlooked in fire safe design – the void space between an exterior curtain wall and the edge of the floor. This area can be addressed by perimeter fire barrier systems.
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Biglerville Borough house destroyed by fire
December 9, 2015
A rental property in the 100 block of South Main Street in Biglerville Borough was destroyed by a fire Friday morning. Biglerville Hose and Truck Company No.1 Deputy Fire Chief Tom Leedy said a resident originally reported the fire around 10:20 p.m. Thursday, but the fire reignited Friday morning. Leedy said the home’s cellulose insulation likely contributed to the fire restarting.
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Regulatory, Code and Standard News
Spray Foam Re-occupancy and Re-entry Times: What Has Changed and What Hasn’t
August 19, 2015
Over the past few months, Icynene has announced that it is offering new spray foam products with reduced re-occupancy and re-entry times for trades and homeowners. There is already uncertainty as to the “right” amount of time that is needed and these announcements about reductions only add to that uncertainty. It is important to understand how these new recommendations came about and what they mean. Two things have apparently changed: first, there are “protocols and procedures”, created by the American Chemistry Council –Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (ACC-CPI) that govern recommendations on re-entry/re-occupancy offered by manufacturers. Second, products with certain properties, applied under certain ventilation conditions, can use these protocols and procedures to claim less time is needed for re-occupancy/re-entry. The ventilation conditions are especially important to understand. The reduced time is.
