Development of Installation Techniques for Structural Panel Connections and Window/Door Interfaces

格林斯通（布兰登工厂）是加拿大格林斯通绝缘复合信封（ICE）的独家制造商。这种结构面板建筑技术用于墙壁，基础，屋顶，地板和高层填充应用。Greenstone的绝缘复合外壳是膨胀聚苯乙烯（EPS）和镀锌钢的工程组合，这是两种众所周知且公认的建筑材料。这种组合导致了更轻、更坚固的建筑围护结构，连接细节尽量减少并试图消除热桥，使其成为一种高效的建筑替代方案。Greenstone的建筑围护结构技术通过一步解决工程、框架、热适应性、空气和水屏障等问题，简化了施工过程。****Greenstone的面板技术已在全球使用超过35年，通过火灾，结构和热分析验证了测试数据。然而，对面板接缝和窗/墙界面的测试受到限制；在寒冷和混合气候区，这些点对空气和水渗透的抵抗对于建筑围护结构的耐久性和能源效率至关重要。Greenstone希望与红河学院（RRC）建筑围护结构技术访问中心（BETAC）团队合作，在空气/水/结构（AWS）室中执行ASTM标准测试协议，以验证和改进这些关键连接处的安装技术。BETAC将提供专业知识并协助Greenstone确定密封面板连接以及窗/门与面板接口的兼容材料。项目团队还将评估可以附着在面板系统外部的雨幕材料的变化，并就最具成本效益的解决方案提供建议。****BETAC的研究小组将在RRC的可持续基础设施应用研究中心（CARSI）实验室进行拟议的测试，该实验室是AWS测试室的所在地。AWS室是专门设计来模拟风驱动的雨在测试墙组件上。绿石布兰登工厂代表了曼尼托巴省一个成熟的中小型企业（SME），对研究活动充满热情和进步的承诺。公司有能力实施并进一步推进该项目的成果。学院团队期待着为公司的建筑围护结构系统测试和开发最强大的安装技术，这反过来将在未来的教学和研究活动中有用，当考虑板式建筑施工技术和材料时

Greenstone (Brandon Plant) is the exclusive Canadian manufacturer of the Greenstone Insulated Composite Envelope (ICE). This structural panel building technology is used in wall, foundation, roof, floor and high-rise infill applications. Greenstone's insulated composite envelope is an engineered combination of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) and galvanized steel, two well-known and accepted building materials. This combination results in a much lighter and stronger building envelope, with connection details that minimize and attempt to eliminate thermal bridging, making it a highly efficient construction alternative. Greenstone's building envelope technology simplifies the construction process by addressing engineering, framing, thermal compliance, and air and water barriers, all in one-step.****Greenstone's panel technology has been used globally for over 35 years, with proven testing data through fire, structural and thermal analysis. However, testing of the panel joints and the window/wall interfaces has been limited; resistance to air and water infiltration at these points is critical in cold and mixed climate zones with regards to the building envelopes' durability and its energy efficiency. Greenstone would like to partner with Red River College's (RRC) Building Envelope Technology Access Centre (BETAC) team in order to conduct ASTM Standard Testing protocols within an Air/Water/Structural (AWS) Chamber in order to validate and refine the installation techniques at these critical joints and junctions. BETAC will provide expertise and assist Greenstone with identifying compatible materials for sealing panel connections as well as window/door to panel interfaces. The project team will also evaluate the variations of rain screen materials that can be attached to the exterior of the panel system and provide recommendations on the most cost effective solution.****BETAC's research team will conduct the proposed tests at RRC's Centre for Applied Research in Sustainable Infrastructure (CARSI) laboratory, where the AWS Test Chamber is located. The AWS Chamber is specifically designed to simulate wind-driven rain on a test wall assembly. Greenstone Brandon Plant represents an established Small-Medium Enterprise (SME) in Manitoba with an enthusiastic and progressive commitment to research activities. The company has the capacity to implement and further advance the results of this project. The College team is looking forward to testing and developing the most robust installation techniques for the companies' building envelope system, which in turn will be useful in future teaching and research engagements when considering panelized building construction techniques and materials.**