Construction

Bentley’s Dru Crawley Receives IBPSA-USA Award for Distinguished Achievement in Building Simulation and Is Elected President of IBPSA   Recognizes Distinguished Record of Contributing to Building Performance Simulation   EXTON, Pa. – Sept. 27, 2022 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced that Dru Crawley, Bentley fellow and director of building performance research, received the IBPSA-USA Award for Distinguished Achievement in Building Simulation. It will be presented at the IBPSA-USA SimBuild conference. IBPSA-USA is the United States regional affiliate of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA). It advances and promotes the science of...

High-tech plastics for modern light management Exolon Group at Light + Building in Frankfurt am Main   Exolon® UV AdLight solid polycarbonate sheets are suitable for all types of backlit outdoor advertising (PresseBox) (Munich, Germany) Light + Building, the world’s leading trade fair for lighting and building technology, is opening its doors again after a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic and is presented as a one-off Autumn Edition from 2 to 6 October in Frankfurt am Main. In 2024, Light + Building will return to its original date in March. The Exolon Group, too, will of course be...

PASCHAL presents formwork for optimal concrete construction at bauma 2022 (PresseBox) (Steinach) It’s back in October 2022: The largest construction trade fair in the world will once again open its doors in Munich, Germany. Formwork and shoring expert PASCHAL will be presenting its innovative and customer-oriented formwork solutions and the PASCHAL all-round service for formwork projects in its approx. 1,000m² exhibition space. As is the tradition, PASCHAL-Werk G. Maier GmbH will be represented as a formwork and shoring expert at the bauma trade show. That’s why the entire PASCHAL team is especially happy that the world's largest construction trade fair...

Thermal insulation: MODERSOHN® implements planning aid for the German Trade Association of the Brick and Tile Industry Landing page of the Professional Association of the Brick and Tile Industry on the planning assistant for the calculation of thermal bridges (PresseBox) (Oldenburg/Spenge, 08/31/2022) Anyone who constructs or renovates a building in Germany today must provide proof that the legal requirements for thermal insulation are met. The basis for this is the German Buildings Energy Act (Gebäudeenergiegesetz, GEG), which came into force in 2020. In order to support architects and engineers already during the planning phase, the Trade Assosiation of Brick and...

Improved U values for the standard aluminium system Passive house certification with Schüco AWS optimized   Schüco AWS 75.SI+ optimized with a 75 mm basic depth and a face width of 117 mm: Thermal insulation to passive house level with a Uf value of 0.94 W/(m2K) (PresseBox) (Bielefeld, Germany, 09/15/2022) Saving energy is more important than ever right now. This is particularly true in the building industry, where advantage needs to be taken of potential energy savings. That is why Schüco is continually further developing it products. Under the name AWS optimized, the company is presenting its standard aluminium system...