The Silo House by Cornell University Students

Stunning modern house design called The Silo House was designed by a team of students from Cornell University in New York as their entry into the 2009 Solar Decathlon, an international competition where various college and university teams compete to design, build and operate the most attractive, effective and energy-efficient solar-powered house. This beautiful house is Fantastic student project. Nice job done by the students as the architects. The... 

Cornell TranZform Fire Found Compliant for Means of Egress Openings

Cornell announces that TranZform Accordion Folding Fire Doors have been evaluated by the International Code Council Evaluation Service to be compliant for use in means of egress openings per the International Building Code®. Now, as per Evaluation Report ESR-2300, TranZform Fire provides an alternative equal for rated side-hinge swinging doors in means of egress openings such as elevator lobbies, horizontal exits and as opening protectives in fire... 

Rolling Fire Door Model ERD10

Fire Doors are rated physical fire barriers that protect wall openings from the spread of fire. They provide automatic closing in the event of fire detection with governed speed control. Fire doors are also designed for daily use to provide security and access control, but are for use in openings that are not part of a required means of egress. Cornell Iron Works offers a complete line of labeled rolling doors for protection in wall openings where... 

COLUMN: Avoiding collisions with farm machinery

In Niagara County in the last five years, there have been three near-fatal car-tractor collisions on the highway. Farm tractors on the highway with a top speed of 25 mph can be annoying to non-farm drivers who often drive dangerously in approaching and passing slow moving vehicles. As build out occurs in Niagara County and Western New York in general, the rural character of communities is changing and with it, conflict between farm users of the highway...