Alcoa’s Kawneer Architectural Aluminum Products Enhance Learning in an Environmentally Friendly Way

The Hot Springs Intermediate School, located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, may appear to be an everyday, two-story school. But in taking a closer look at the aluminum, glass and brick building it is apparent that there is much more to the building than meets the eye. Sustainability was a key factor in creating the new school. It was important that the Intermediate School incorporate solutions that help provide a healthy, productive learning environment,... 

Sustainable Architectural Aluminum Products From Alcoa’s Kawneer Business

Curtain wall from Alcoa’s Kawneer architectural aluminum products business envelopes much of the vibrant colorful palette of the newly constructed Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. The facility incorporates a range of Kawneer products that maximize daylighting and thermal performance, including curtain wall, sunshades and thermally broken windows and doors. To learn more about Kawneer’s sustainable products visit www.kawneergreen.com.... 

Kawneer’s heavy traffic door system

The doors have a heavy-duty aluminium construction and a variety of locking and threshold options. At Barnsley, where two bus stations and a railway station were consolidated, the subcontractor was SG Aluminium. Barnsley’s new transport interchange, designed by architect Jefferson Sheard as part of the Remaking Barnsley regeneration project, features Kawneer’s 350 heavy traffic door system on the east elevation of the 150m-long main concourse,... 

Alcoa Features Aluminum Solutions for Building and Construction Industry at Greenbuild 2008

Alcoa announced that it is featuring numerous examples of how green buildings start with Alcoa aluminum at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, which starts today in Boston. The Alcoa booth (#126) provides an overview of the many aluminum products that help the building and construction industry make strides in reducing energy consumption and emissions in their projects. The Alcoa exhibit will feature a selection of buildings that have... 

Alcoa Features Aluminum Solutions for Building and Construction Industry at Greenbuild 2008

Alcoa announced today that it is featuring numerous examples of how green buildings start with Alcoa aluminum at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, which starts today in Boston. The Alcoa booth (#126) provides an overview of the many aluminum products that help the building and construction industry make strides in reducing energy consumption and emissions in their projects. The Alcoa exhibit will feature a selection of buildings that...