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Wood Façade Systems for Data Centers: Building Performance Through the Envelope

By Jocelyn Mahan

As data centers expand to support cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and digital infrastructure, their exterior systems are under greater scrutiny. Owners, architects, contractors, and municipalities are evaluating façade materials not only for appearance, but for durability, fire compliance, constructability, embodied carbon, and long-term envelope performance. As the industry continues to explore mass timber and hybrid structural systems, … Continued

Can Mass Timber and Wood Be Used in Data Centers?

By Erin Figueroa

As artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital storage grow, so does the demand for data centers. The expansion of digital infrastructure and building these facilities has a large environmental impact. Most data centers rely heavily on steel and concrete, materials with high embodied carbon. At the same time, developers and tech companies face increasing pressure … Continued

Advantages of Prefinished Exterior Wood Siding Materials

By Jocelyn Mahan

Whether you’re an architect, builder, or designer at some point decisions need to be made about the exterior envelope of a built environment.  There are many exterior siding options on the market, such as fiber cement, metal panels, brick, stucco, and stone to name just a few. However, from a durability and sustainability standpoint, there … Continued

Benefits of Specifying Pre-Weathered Exterior Wood Cladding

By Jocelyn Mahan

Wood is a natural, sustainable material. As such, when it’s continually exposed to environmental elements such as moisture, sunlight, and wind the physical attributes of the material changes and aesthetically evolves over time.  WHAT IS WEATHERING? Weathering is defined as the chemical and physical changes that take place when timber is exposed to weather. Weathering … Continued