Would you like
to eliminate your
monthly heating
and cooling energy
utility bill?
Right now, architects,
engineers, owners, and
developers across diverse
climate zones create
buildings that produce
as much energy as they
consume.
With their structures
already dotting the
landscape, net zero
owners enjoy the
substantial economic
impact that comes from
transforming energy
expenses into
discretionary income.
When a company like
Walgreens opens a net
zero retail facility,
and the US government
constructs a large
net zero office and
research lab on time
and on a conventional
budget, it paves the
way for the inevitable
surge to follow.
For forward thinking
building designers,
developers, and owners,
NRG can help take the
first step toward net zero:
reduce the building energy
load through passive means.
Constructing an energy
efficient building envelope
is absolutely critical.
The Advanced Energy Design
Guides, which recommend
cost effective strategies
in the race to net zero,
recognize that placing
insulation exterior to
thermal mass (insulated
thermal mass) creates
the most energy efficient
mass walls in all climate
zones.
(See Free Design Guides
page at left for link to
a free download.)
NRG's patented insulated
thermal mass resembles
a concrete sandwich: an
impact-resistant masonry
surface on the interior,
then a layer of continuous
(effective R-22) EPS
insulation, and an
architectural finish
exterior.
The NRG interior walls
stay comfortably cool in
summer and warm in winter.
The insulation keeps energy
within in the building, and
limits exterior influence.
Net zero is here.
You can make it happen.
NRG can help.
Listed on GreenSpec,
NRG is also a proud
adopter of the
Architecture 2030
Challenge.
www.architecture2030.org
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| Summer: warm out, cool in |
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| Winter NRG: cold out, warm in. |
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NRG's insulated thermal mass
eliminates the need for additional
insulation and related labor and
finishing costs. NRG delivers cavity
wall benefits in a single wythe wall.
Plus, NRG enables HVAC system
downsizing that presents further
substantial upfront cost savings.
Available in 8", 10", 12" depths,
NRG gives you the thermal
and moisture performance
typical of cavity walls, at a
considerably lower cost.
NRG buildings deliver a
double pay back:
NRG uses less energy,
and NRG can also use less
expensive energy, as NRG's
exceptional thermal
lag time allows you to
preheat or precool your
building when utility rates
are lower.
NRG buildings can save over
fifty percent on heating and
cooling energy costs, compared
to conventional construction.
NRG's value increases
as energy prices escalate.
Available in brick-look
half-high and standard
height.
NRG is the only commercially
available, fully reinforceable
block that meets the ASHRAE
definition of continuous insulation:
"insulation that is continuous
across all structural members
without thermal bridges..." .
NRG currently saves money
and energy in well over a
hundred buildings, including
big box retail, government,
military, educational, industrial,
US Postal Service, US Border
Patrol, office, single-family
residential, multi-unit condos,
seven-story senior housing,
gymnasiums, refrigerated
warehousing, and
a 10,000 seat arena.
Thank you for taking a
look at NRG for your
next building project.
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| Buffalo Botanical Gardens Building |
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| NRG half-high offers brick look plus energy efficiency. |
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| NRG half-high red and full-high split face gray. |
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