Architects need to provide added value to their builder and homeowner clients. There is an ever increasing demand for:

• Overall performance and durability;
• Improved energy efficiency, lower energy usage, and lower cost to heat & cool;
• Multifamily and mixed-use communities which require more attention for sound control and comfort;
• Significant demand for the design and build of Green / Sustainable products and communities for residential, light commercial, commercial and mixed-use projects;
• Higher consumer expectations for comfort, noise reduction, Green, and environmentally responsible products and communities, and mixed-use projects;
• Increasing concern and awareness for builders regarding overall performance and construction defect compliance.

This means higher demands and expectations being placed on the architect. Architects and specifiers who work with us can gain a marketable advantage in value added services offered to their clients. Key can provide many valuable support services for the architect:

• Design specifications for high performance insulation systems:
• that reduce energy demand,
• reduce HVAC load requirements,
• lower ongoing cost to heat & cool, and
• provide month-to-month savings in the energy bill.
• Design specifications for high performance insulation systems that
• provide increased occupant comfort through lower operating costs,
• less nuisance noise from outside and inside the home,
• room-to-room temperature balance, and
• ultimately higher values due to demonstrated energy performance.
• Integration of building science principles for high performance buildings
• Training and consulting:
• ENERGY STAR®
• high performance energy programs
• Green and sustainable buildings, and
• 3rd party testing and compliance with high performance systems