Fiberglass Menagerie

The industry's most basic insulation gets an update.

FIBERGLASS IS THE MOST COMMON insulation in the United States, accounting for at least 75 percent or more of the market. Though the product is effective at insulating a home, manufacturers have found ways to make the product work even better.

 

Formaldehyde-Free Products

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    PlybooStrand by Smith & Fong

    FSC-certified and urea-formaldehyde-free, PlybooStrand bamboo plywood and flooring can count toward green building certifications.

     
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    OS House, Racine, Wis.

    This home near Lake Michigan offers a transparent main level, permitting see-through views of the water from the street.

     
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    Walnut Woods Residence, Cincinnati

    This log house spans 40 feet across an intermittent creek.

     
  • Mansville Insulation Gets Environmental Certification

    Johns Manville on Tuesay announced that its commercial and residential Formaldehyde-free fiberglass building insulation has qualified for SCS Indoor Advantage Gold + Formaldehyde Free certification from Scientific Certification Systems, an independent certifier of environmental and sustainability...

     
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    Insulation Options For Your Homes

    How good is the insulation in your homes?

     
  • Columbia Forest Products Sells Formaldehyde-Free Plywood to Competitors

    Columbia Forest Products, which has kept a secret of making green, formaldehyde-free hardwood plywood to itself for more than three years, is now beginning to sell the product to its competitors who make wood composite panels.

     
  • Supply Side: Tough Talks

    Also Inside: Wachovia's Housing Cost Input Index climbs more than 1 percent. ProBuild Holdings Inc. promotes an executive and adds a fresh face.

     
  • Seen at the Show, Day Two

    More product previews from the 2007 IBS Show in Orlando.

     
  • Sponsors

    The New Urban Challenge could not have been built without the support of its many sponsors, a select group of building product manufacturers and suppliers that contributed to this innovative project. A list of companies, their levels of sponsorship, and the products they provided, follows ...

     
  • Risky Business

    The International Agency for Research on Cancer had concluded that formaldehyde is "probably carcinogenic," but the IARC has now dropped the word "probably" from its wording.