By: Pat Austin, Sales Representative - Architectural Products
These days when you hear of an individual or an organization approaching a situation using “common sense”, unfortunately it’s uncommon. Not the folks at Commonwealth Construction, who are currently in the process of building a townhome development in central Wisconsin. Those guys have a knack for making the uncommon ordinary.
Faced with the challenge of building a community center in the midst of a townhome complex, conventional wisdom would dictate that building systems be kept on the stark side to contain costs. After all, the building is not an income-generator and will only be used sporadically, right?
The folks at Commonwealth Construction took a different approach. Instead of building to the code minimums, they built to USGBC LEED standards with extra emphasis on energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. How? By using three advanced building envelope products:
1) TF System insulated concrete forms
2) Foam-Control Plus+ 150 architectural grade underslab insulation
3) R-Control structural insulated framing panels
With this combination of systems, the community building will be quiet, comfortable and very economical to heat and cool for the occupant’s meetings and social functions. And the dividends of intelligent building envelope construction will only increase as energy prices rise in the future. Good choices today pay you back at an increasing rate tomorrow.
It’s just good common sense.
