{"id":10506,"date":"2016-10-24T14:35:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T14:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/?page_id=10506"},"modified":"2016-10-24T14:36:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T14:36:35","slug":"design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/trending-topics\/design\/","title":{"rendered":"Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-10506\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-10506-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-10506-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-10506-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-panels-postloop panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><ul class=\" list list-style-none event-post-loop modify-line-height\">\n            <li>\n            <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/articles\/moving-beyond-the-material-specifying-insulation-systems-not-products\/\">Moving Beyond the Material: Specifying Insulation Systems, Not Products<\/a><\/h4>\n            <p style=\"margin-top:15px;line-height: 30px;\">\n                In designing insulation systems, focusing only on products that meet the specs, without ensuring they will meet system objectives, is missing the forest for the trees.            <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/articles\/your-best-defenses-against-corrosion-under-insulation\/\">Your Best Defenses Against Corrosion Under Insulation<\/a><\/h4>\n            <p style=\"margin-top:15px;line-height: 30px;\">\n                Given the potential cost of damage from CUI in terms of equipment, materials, and system operation, the best protection comes from employing a combination of defensive approaches.\u00a0\u00a0            <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/articles\/gribbins-insulation-scaffolding-discusses-system-design\/\">Gribbins Insulation &amp; Scaffolding Discusses System Design<\/a><\/h4>\n            <p style=\"margin-top:15px;line-height: 30px;\">\n                NIA is proud of the professionalism, creativity, and artistry of our Contractor members. To celebrate the craftsmanship of NIA mechanical and industrial insulation contractors, NIA established the Insulation Project Art Gallery Showcase and Competition in 2023. Last year, we again invited all NIA insulation contractors to submit photographs and a brief description of projects representing            <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/articles\/nia-contractor-member-insul-tech-inc-discusses-system-design-2\/\">NIA Contractor Member Insul-Tech Inc. Discusses System Design<\/a><\/h4>\n            <p style=\"margin-top:15px;line-height: 30px;\">\n                NIA Contractor member Insul-Tech\u2019s craftsmanship helped a new client achieve standout aesthetics and system performance at their national corporate headquarters and earned the company second place (tied) in NIA's Insulation Project Art Gallery Showcase and Competition.             <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/articles\/design-build-decarbonization-and-the-future-of-mechanical-insulation\/\">Design-Build, Decarbonization, and the Future of Mechanical Insulation<\/a><\/h4>\n            <p style=\"margin-top:15px;line-height: 30px;\">\n                To move insulation upstream in the decision-making process, those in the industry need to talk about its benefits using terms that resonate with evolving customer needs: for example, performance, risk, and carbon reduction.            <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/articles\/nia-contractor-member-jt-thorpe-discusses-system-design\/\">NIA Contractor Member JT THORPE Discusses System Design<\/a><\/h4>\n            <p style=\"margin-top:15px;line-height: 30px;\">\n                NIA members attending Fall Summit voted a mission-critical facility upgrade at a power generating plant performed by JT Thorpe the first-place winner of 2025\u2019s Insulation Project Art Gallery Showcase and Competition. Project Description The Pre-Cip (Precipitator) Duct Replacement Project involved meeting a complex series of requirements to accomplish a facility upgrade at the Big Sandy            <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/articles\/listed-and-labeled-how-two-little-words-are-making-big-waves-in-building-codes\/\">Listed and Labeled: How Two Little Words Are Making Big Waves in Building Codes<\/a><\/h4>\n            <p style=\"margin-top:15px;line-height: 30px;\">\n                As building codes call for insulation to be \u201clisted and labeled,\u201d manufacturers, specifiers, contractors, and inspectors all need to understand what they need to do to ensure compliance.            <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/articles\/nia-member-fit-tight-covers-discusses-system-design\/\">NIA Member Fit Tight Covers Discusses System Design<\/a><\/h4>\n            <p style=\"margin-top:15px;line-height: 30px;\">\n                Fit Tight Covers\u2019 project highlights innovative approaches to get a new renewable natural gas facility up and running quickly.            <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/articles\/nia-contractor-member-performance-contracting-inc-discusses-system-design\/\">NIA Contractor Member Performance Contracting, Inc. Discusses System Design<\/a><\/h4>\n            <p style=\"margin-top:15px;line-height: 30px;\">\n                NIA Insulation Project Art Gallery Showcase and Competition second-place (tie) winner Performance Contracting, Inc. provided its data center customer with more efficient and reliable operational capabilities.            <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/articles\/booming-business-data-center-insulation-in-high-demand\/\">Booming Business: Data Center Insulation in High Demand<\/a><\/h4>\n            <p style=\"margin-top:15px;line-height: 30px;\">\n                Growth in the use of artificial intelligence is \nincreasing demand for data centers, whose enormous need for mechanical insulation to operate efficiently represents opportunities (and challenges) for our industry.            <\/p>\n        <\/li>\n    <\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":109,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10506","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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