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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 18, 2011
Knight Wall Systems introduces thermal-isolating wall bracket for rain screens
Deer Park, WA – Knight Wall Systems today announced it has launched a brand-new, proprietary thermal isolation system, called ThermaStop™, for use with its self-leveling and continuous-insulation rain screens, according to company president Doug Knight.
ThermaStop is positioned between the wall and the wall brackets of a Knight rain screen and significantly reduces thermal bridging at that point of contact by isolating the bracket from the wall, a particular area of the building envelope that can potentially contribute to heat loss and gain.
“Our thermal models indicate that the use of ThermaStop in rain-screen construction delivers an increase of effective R-value on an average of 35-70 percent over conventional aluminum-brackets and continuous furring strips respectively,” Knight said. “And the more insulation that’s used, the better the isolator performs.” (...more)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 6, 2011
Dow®-Knight CI-System selected as a BuildingGreen Top-10 Product for 2012
TORONTO, ON, October 6, 2011 – Knight Wall Systems’ CI-Girt Continuous Insulation Rain Screen—now marketed as the Dow®-Knight CI-System—has been selected as one of BuildingGreen’s Top-10 products of the year by the editors of Environmental Building News and GreenSpec®. This tenth annual award recognizes the most innovative and exciting green building products added to the GreenSpec® Directory during the past year or covered in Environmental Building News.
“Our selections of the Top-10 Green Building Products represent a wide range of product types in many different application areas,” noted BuildingGreen founder and GreenSpec executive editor Alex Wilson. This year’s list is particularly diverse, ranging from a decking product made from recycled carpeting, to a window glass with UV-reflective patterning that is highly visible to birds (to minimize collisions), an ingenious toilet that uses a passive vacuum-assist mechanism to achieve excellent performance using just 0.8 gallons, an LED lighting module that offers comparable light quality to that of halogen, and an advanced, cellulose-insulated modular wall system for residential building. “Many of our Top-10 products this year have multiple environmental attributes,” said Wilson. (...more)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 15, 2011
Knight Wall Systems Revolutionizes Rain Screen Cladding over Continuous Insulation
Deer Park, WA – Knight Wall Systems Inc. today announced the launch of CI-System™, a new rain screen system that accommodates continuous rigid insulation on the exterior of a building, significantly increasing the structure’s energy efficiency.
“The CI-System system allows for cladding attachment over continuous insulation—a requirement of ASHRAE 90.1,” Knight Wall Systems president Doug Knight said. “CI-System also saves money by reducing labor and materials costs, as it eliminates the need to manually cut and fit the insulation around girts and requires fewer materials to reach the same insulation values.” (...more)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 10, 2010
Knight Wall Systems Launches Versatile All-In-One Rain Screen System for Commercial, Industrial and Municipal Construction Projects
Deer Park, WA – Knight Wall Systems Inc. today announced the launch of a proprietary all-in-one rain screen system designed to mitigate moisture and increase energy efficiency in commercial, industrial and municipal construction projects.
Called the Knight Wall System, the rain screen offers a significant departure from competing products in that it’s a “drop-in solution,” meaning that all components are in place when it’s specified. (...more)
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