Meet the Expert
Meet our Subject Matter Expert
Brent Trenga, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
Brent is Director of Sustainability for Kingspan Insulated Panels North America, focused on reducing the environmental impact of business operations, products and services through continuous improvement and environmental transparency. Driving a culture of Healthier Building, Healthier Planet, Healthier People across Kingspan’s global footprint, this role provides insight on current and future sustainability initiatives keeping Kingspan at the forefront of our industry. His background as an architect, construction manager, developer and project owner give him a unique perspective on all facets of the construction industry. Trenga leads Kingspan North America’s material health and transparency program, education, and Kingspan’s North American NZE 2020 program, while collaborating with the company’s global healthy building team.
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The building envelope has a lot of different jobs to do—from insulating the building so that it can be efficiently heated and cooled to providing air and water barriers that keep harmful moisture at bay, as well as providing the aesthetic face of the project. High performance building envelopes do all of those things extremely well. This article explores some of the latest high-performance solutions that can be used to create those high-performance envelopes.