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A better building envelope can help make your building a Healthy, Safe, Durable, Comfortable, Energy Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Building.

Working as a specialist contractor and consultant on new and retrofit projects, Canam has championed better building envelope design, construction and maintenance for more than twenty years.

Our team has consistently shared its valuable field experience with the architectural, building science and engineering communities. Thanks to this unique co-operation, building owners everywhere are enjoying benefits such as longer building life, improved comfort and lower energy costs.

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Remembering Tony Woods

Tony Woods, co- founder of Canam Building Envelope Specialists and ZERODRAFT®, passed away on May 8, 2009, after a valiant battle with cancer.

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"How to calculate reliable energy savings forecasts for building envelope retrofits"

This paper describes an approach to calculating the impacts of controlling air leakage on building air leakage and energy performance using energy-use forecasting software.

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BEN : Building Envelope News

BEN is an information service provided by Canam Building Envelope Specialists and Zerodraft. Articles are of interest to energy performance companies, energy engineers, specification writers, building scientists, architects, structural and mechanical engineers, building owners, developers and all professionals with an interest in healthy, safe, durable, comfortable and energy-efficient buildings.

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BREAKING NEWS

Tony Woods honored with ACI Lifetime Achievement Award.
Tremco
BPI awards inaugural Tony Woods Award for Advancing Excellence in the Home Performance Industry.



Tremco Acquires Canam Building Envelope Specialists and ZERODRAFT®
Tremco
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New Product Lineup Announcement

The National Institute for Science and Technology has published a paper confirming that continuous air barriers reduce air leakage by up to 85%, saving up to 40% in gas bills and up to 25% in electricity.

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A condensed, web-readable version of the paper is also available here.