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C o n s t r u c t i o n M a r k e t p l a c e T h u r s d a y, J a n u a r y 2 1 , 2 0 1 6 4 WROUGHT IRON DOORS THAT STAY WARM IN THE WINTER Wrought iron doors grace many luxury homes in warm, Southern climates, but poor insulation has kept them mostly out of the North. Now, Donatello Doors Polar Shield™ technology brings the high security and beauty of wrought iron doors to home builders in the Northern U.S. and Canada. Wrought iron doors are constructed using steel tubing filled with polyurethane foam for insulation. With regular doors, the steel itself conducts the heat right around that insulation and out. The door surface inside therefore stays about the same temperature as the air out- side. In freezing weather, when the cold iron meets warm air inside the home, condensation and even frost can form on the inside of the door. Donatello's Polar Shield doors incor- porate a thermal break that extends throughout the entire door, including window, jamb and threshold, shielding the inside of the door from the tempera- tures outside. "We basically slice the whole unit in half, and then sandwich a highly insulat- ing thermal barrier between the two halves," said Donatello Doors Chief Executive Officer Robin Haynes. "This e f f e c t i v e l y breaks the flow of heat from one side to the other, chang- ing the U factor from about 4.3 to 0.41 – a 1000 percent improvement!" Polar Shield doors cost more than regular wrought iron doors, but, "The energy savings of Polar Shieldcan be as much as $130 per month over a regular wrought iron door, returning the invest- ment within the first year," Haynes said. Donatello also competes very well with INSULATION SOLUTIONS, INC'S NU-AGE FILM ® 10+ RECEIVES ICC-ES LISTING Nu-Age Film ® 10+, manufactured by Insulation Solutions, Inc., recently received a building product listing, ESL# 1033, from the ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES), providing evidence that the engineered film and vapor retarder meets consensus standards requirements in the I- Codes. "Insulation Solutions, Inc. can now reference the building product listing to ensure building officials and the building industry that the product meets the require- ments of consensus standards referenced in the I-Codes," said Shahin Moinian, ICC-ES President. "Building departments have a long history of using evaluation reports and can now also rely upon ICC- ES listings. ICC-ES operates as a technical resource with the highest quality of prod- uct review for the building department." A nonprofit, limited liability compa- ny, ICC-ES is the leading evaluation serv- ice for innovative building materials, com- ponents and systems in the United States. ICC-ES evaluation reports, building prod- uct listings and PMG listings prove that Insulation Solutions products and systems meet requirements of codes and technical standards. Building officials, architects, contractors, specifiers, designers and oth- ers utilize ICC-ES Building Product Listings to provide a basis for using or approving Nu-Age Film 10+ in Continued on Page 64 Continued on Page 64 AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH IBS Lee M. Oser CEO and Editor-in-Chief Jules Denton Kim Forrester Associate Publishers Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director Greg Gonzales Jeanie Catron JoEllen Lowry Associate Editors André Gressieux Art Director Yasmine Brown Krystal Robles Graphic Designers Sarah Glenn Freda Epum Customer Service Managers Kim Stevens Stacy Davis Show Logistics & Distribution Marcos Morhaim Account Manager Enrico Cecchi European Sales Construction Marketplace is published by Oser Communications Group ©2016 All rights reserved. Executive and editorial offices at: 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300/Fax: 520.721.6300 www.osercommunicationsgroup.com European offices located at Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini, 11, 50125 Florence, Italy