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Vitruvian featured in Gizmag!
February 16, 2009 When we think green house emissions, fume spewing factories and highways choked with gas guzzling vehicles are usually the first images that spring to mind, but it may surprise some readers to learn that buildings represent a sizeable chunk of our collective carbon footprint. In America, it's estimated that buildings contribute to 36% of energy consumption and 30% of green house gas emissions and it's an area that's ripe for improvement. Innovative American building company Vitruvian is doing just that by offering a full service green building system that utilizes pre-engineered modular construction consisting of inter lockable panels to form a complete, weather tight building shell. As well as delivering extremely low energy bills, Vitruvian has calculated that if its process was used for all building replacement and construction in America between now and the year 2030, its environmental impact would be the equivalent of removing more than 80 million cars from the road...
EPS Does Not Warp, Rot, Or Mold
Please watch this educational video about the extraordinary properties, applications and history of EPS:
"EPS has been saving the world for 50 years. It has been used in walls and roofs for at least 30 years.
We are finding now that most of the stucco applications in Oakland that are built over plywood are failing due to moisture penetration. Plywood is just not made for handling that type of long term exposure since stone/stucco/masonry basically act like a sponge and hold water long term and nothing really breathes. Funny, it was always obvious to me that that application was flawed. I even once contacted a major stucco company to tell them that their standards were not acceptable, but they were staunch in their position. Really, maybe it's not the stucco, but instead it's the plywood. Douglas Fir is just not able to stand the test of moisture...
You know that stale smell in old framed homes? That is damp wood and drywall...you won't have that problem with EPS. It won't suck up the water.
The reality is that wood framed homes are only good if you can rely on keeping the material properties stable. That might be possible in dry climates like the South West or the mountains, but not where it's damp.
In France, buildings made of wood are considered 'temporary' buildings.
EPS is forever."
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