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| Energy efficiency: The heat is on |
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The impact of buildings on the environment is surprising, but nonetheless, critical. Buildings consume 40 percent of the globe’s energy use and are responsible for 40 percent of emissions both worldwide and in the United States. More and more buildings, new and old, are transitioning to low-carbon/carbon-neutral construction. |
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| Painting galvanized steel |
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| During a building renovation, new composite-deck balconies were installed. The exposed galvanized steel deck at the underside of each balcony was painted soon after installation. The coating system consisted of an epoxy primer followed by a urethane topcoat. The coating failed within one year of application, with the primer separating cleanly from the galvanized steel substrate. Hot-dip galvanizing of steel is a process in which molten zinc reacts and metallurgically bonds with iron or steel, providing a zinc coating that protects the steel from corrosion.
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| OPEN PROPRIETARY? |
| If a public owner writes a specification with the following sentence is it considered Open Proprietary? Product submitted shall be consistent to those of (specific product name and specific manufacturing company written here) or approved equal.
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