New High Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ) Systems including Level E rated system for essential buildings
They say not to judge a book by its cover, but when it comes to brands and buildings, that’s exactly what happens. Aspects of an exterior design like materials, colors, textures and form are synonymous with brand, whether intended or…
StoVentro™ is a bracket and rail rainscreen sub-construction that is thermally-broken, fully engineered, and tested to support a wide range of exterior cladding options, including StoVentec Fiber Cement, Render, Glass, and others. Prescriptive or pre-engineered layout options allow for some…
When it comes to dense urban areas, code strictness and local cladding restrictions seem to be growing, not shrinking. So, what do you do when rules get in the way of creativity? While the knee-jerk reaction might be to play…
Between the name “rainscreen” and what they look like (pretty panels on the outside of a building), it’s easy to forget that these are more than just an aesthetic choice to cover a wall from rain. In David Hohenstern’s article…
For architecture, urban density is a challenge of performance as much as space. Stricter energy codes, aging buildings, and the physical realities of urban environments all combine into a design balancing act for architects in “concrete jungles.” Traditional materials often…
The purpose of building envelopes is to improve building performance. They create a tighter seal around the building, effectively blocking–or at least significantly reducing–air and moisture intrusion. At least, that’s the general idea. But there are many variables at play…
Rainscreens are an integral part of modern building envelopes. These marvels of engineering science improve performance by reducing moisture and enhancing durability and energy efficiency. But not all rainscreens are created equal. You may have heard the catch-all term “pressure-equalized…
Over-engineering. It happens more than you might believe. Often, it’s driven by good intentions, such as ensuring structural integrity and wind load resistance. Unfortunately, it’s all too common in traditional fiber-cement cladding systems. That’s because these older systems typically require…
All across America, there’s a growing stock of aging mid-century and late 20th-century buildings. They’re old. Some are ugly, and most are inefficient. They’re dinosaurs, really. What to do about all these dinosaurs from a different era is the question.…
The weather has always been unpredictable. But in recent years, it’s grown even more so. It seems every month there’s another “100-year” weather event that ravages some small town. “Atmospheric rivers” drench and reshape our coastlines. Hurricanes are growing larger,…
Retrofits are telling peeks into our construction past. Old ways of doing things. Old ways of thinking. Inefficiencies everywhere. Often, retrofits lack key performance elements, such as airtightness, continuous insulation, and effective moisture control. So, at the start of a…
Fiber cement has been a common cladding material on job sites for decades. It has won over building owners with its innate ruggedness and architects with its design flexibility. However, a question has been lurking about fiber cement for quite…
Today’s building owners have high expectations for the performance of their buildings. They’re tired of high energy costs, unnecessary maintenance, and inefficiencies resulting from poor design and planning. They expect their buildings to be optimized from the inside out. Fortunately,…
As the innovative world leader in building envelope solutions, including wall cladding systems, air barriers, coatings, and restoration systems, Sto is committed to delivering superior value to customers by offering systems that improve building resilience, reduce maintenance costs, and provide…
As the innovative world leader in building envelope solutions, including wall cladding systems, air barriers, coatings, and restoration systems, Sto is committed to delivering superior value to customers by offering systems that improve building resilience, reduce maintenance costs, and provide…
Now more than ever before, the construction industry is looking to manufacturers to innovate products with a focus on sustainability and energy efficiency. We’re way ahead of them. Building with Conscience isn’t just a tagline for Sto. It’s a guiding…
A renovation can be triggered by a wide range of factors: new building owner/tenant, water intrusion issues, delaminating exterior finishes, cold walls, and new fire and energy performance regulations. Often, a range of problems happening with increasing frequency make it…
The construction industry today recognizes the impact of climate science on building design and resilience. As a result, the message is clear: all new and renovation construction must protect the structure and its occupants against increasing weather-related hazards, particularly regarding…
Municipalities nationwide are scrutinizing fire regulations, especially for combustible exterior wall assemblies. In 2022, New York City introduced the NYC Building Code (BC), section BC 718.2.6, for constructing exterior wall assemblies containing combustible components. New York City authorities enacted these…
Since prehistoric times, humans have sought to protect our homes and gathering places better. Comfort was the primary driver, so our early ancestors created thermal insulation with readily available materials such as animal fur and plants. Over time, earth, mud…
StoVentec Render is an innovative rainscreen cladding solution that improves building performance with economical construction. This system features a ventilated cavity for effective drainage, continuous insulation for energy efficiency and sound dampening, and a unique carrier board that enables the…
Buildings are imperfect. Whether it's new construction or an existing building, they have crooked exterior walls/substrates or are smothered in layers of coating from previous renovations. While new buildings have the potential to have straight exterior walls, the requirements of…
Durable and robust, tempered or toughened glass can enhance a building's safety and functionality. Fabricators form tempered and toughened glass by heat and chemical treatments, which induces compressive stresses on the glass's surface to increase the glass's strength and safety.…
The construction industry today recognizes the impact of climate science on building design and resilience, regardless of the project's location - hot, cold, moist, dry, marine, etc. conditions. All new and renovation construction must protect the structure and its occupants…
Sto Corp's high-performance finishes and architectural coatings applied to Sto continuous insulation (CI) wall systems (StoTherm® ci, StoVentec®, StoPowerwall® ci, and StoPanel®) allow architects and builders to create endless-beautiful-unique aesthetics facades on energy-efficient, durable, and safe buildings. Modern-Sustainable Buildings Need…
Rendered facades give a building a sophisticated and sleek look in a wide range of finishes, textures, and colors that will suit any budget and building style. Typically, render cladding systems refer to a coat of cement on a building's…
Glass cladding covers a structure's exterior in order to protect its external surface and frame and enhance its aesthetic appeal. Manufacturers typically offer builders and architects two glass cladding types: rainscreen or curtain wall. Both eco-friendly glass cladding systems offer…
Glass facade building, or glass facade elevation, gives architects and designers aesthetic versatility with beautiful colors and endless glass facade designs, and glass face textures and shapes to produce unique and eye-catching looks for any building. High-performing glass facade buildings,…
StoVentec® Glass Cladding offers designers and architects aesthetic versatility with exciting colors and endless shapes, textures, and designs to create distinctive and unique looks for any building. StoVentec® high-performing glass cladding provides the following: Thermal insulation for improved building energy…
Ventilated rainscreens, like StoVentec® Rainscreen®, help custom builders and architects build high-performance structures, especially in colder climates. StoVentec® ventilated rainscreen claddings create comfortable, sustainable, energy-efficient, and healthy indoor environmental quality (IEQ) for commercial, institutional, and residential exterior and interior wall…
StoVentec® Rainscreen systems help create comfortable, energy-efficient, sustainable, and healthy indoor environmental quality (IEQ) for residential, commercial, and institutional wall construction (exterior and interior). They offer a complete, fully-tested, and code-approved, back ventilated system that provides an excellent air and…
Building enclosure systems include below-grade and above-grade portions of a structure that physically separates the interior from the exterior environment. The components of a building enclosure system include the: Base floor systems Foundation wall systems Above-grade wall systems Doors and…
A high-performance cladding system deflects, drains, and evaporates moisture on the outside and inside of the wall system and protects a building envelope from rain, snow, and other outside elements. The design of the cladding system must ensure durability, sustainability,…
The facade of a building sets its aesthetic style and character. It also acts as the structure's primary barrier against rain, wind, ice, snow, sun, etc. Fortunately, today's architects and builders can choose from multiple building facades, in order to…
Durable brick rainscreen & brick cladding systems help create energy-efficient, sustainable, comfortable, and healthy indoor environmental quality (IEQ) for residential, commercial, and institutional wall construction (interior and exterior). Simple-to-install, StoVentec® drained and back ventilated, fully engineered Rainscreen® brick cladding wall…
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