Posts Tagged: Structural Insulated Panels
Fire Safety Challenges of Green Buildings Report
Fire Safety Challenges of Green Buildings
Author: Brian Meacham, Brandon Poole, Juan Echeverria and Raymond Cheng, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Re-posted by permission of Brian Meacham NFPA
Introduction
Many new commercial facilities are…
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Fire Development in Modern Buildings
When was the last time you had a fire behavior class?
If you were honest it has probably been several years and most likely half of the class slept or paid very little attention because most firefighters like hands on drills were they can tear up stuf…
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GO PURDUE!!
Green Maltese was able to go on another fun educational field trip again!
This field trip was to West Lafayette to Purdue University to visit the Team Purdue IN Home open house.
The INHome is a part of the 2011 U.S. Department of Energy Solar …
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St. LOUIS MO. HABITAT for HUMANITY GOES GREEN
The Habitat for Humanity St. Louis (HFHSL) a nonprofit agency has recently built 17 green homes just north of downtown St. Louis Mo.
Habitat for Humanity was able to build green by using sustainable materials and installing eco-friendly products, such as tankless water heaters, geothermal exchange heating and cooling systems, structural insulated panels, cool roofs, low-VOC paints, and copper fire sprinkler systems.
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Welcome to Green Maltese
Greetings to all my Brother & Sister Firefighters
What is Green Maltese?
Green Maltese:
My goal is that Green Maltese becomes the place where fire service leaders can gain and share knowledge about the Green Movement and anything about Green (Sustainable) Building Construction.
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A Tale of Two House (Fires)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIyZx8uIMh0[/youtube]A Tale of Two House Fires and their operational outcomes. This video from a newscast that Dave Statter did in 2007 provides some basic insights into operational factors related to Conventional …
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