Energy Conservation and Reducing Building Carbon Emissions

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Dan: Welcome, everyone, to our “Everything Building Envelope Podcast.” I am Dan Johnson, senior consultant for GCI Consultants, and I will be your host today. I am really excited today to have as our guest, Todd Frederick, who is the owner and CEO of FreMarq Innovations, which is a highly performance curtain wall company located in Central Wisconsin, that was established in 2016. Prior to that, his company was FM Enterprises, which was established in 1996. I believe we have an interesting topic today, which is all about how FreMarq's technology helps with energy conservation, dollar savings, and reduces a building's overall carbon footprint. So, Todd, let's start off by having you tell our audience a little bit about yourself and your area of expertise, and then we can jump right into our podcast.
Todd: Great. Thank you, Dan. Well, I started in the curtain wall window industry in 1981, and I worked for a large window curtain wall manufacturer here in Central Wisconsin until '96, at which time I started my first company, FM Enterprises, which primarily we did a lot of storefront doors, custom fabrication, and gradually built into the curtain wall market. And that lasted until about 19-, or I'm sorry, 2010, at which time I decided I was gonna retire for a while, but that didn't last long. And in 2015, I decided it was time for someone to look at curtain wall framing systems, primarily to provide a high-performance thermal product. Up until that time, most people, architects, designers, would refer to the center of glass and really didn't take the account of the framing aspects into place. So, like I said, in 2015, I started to look at that. In 2016, I developed FreMarq Innovations, and that's what we do today is we look at framing. We provide highly thermal products to improve thermal performance of a building envelope and save money for building owners.
Dan: Okay. Well, that's quite a history, and I know as we talked a little bit earlier, you and I had worked together, you know, in our former lives also, and I'm glad that we're able to talk again. So, I know you had talked about this a little bit. Why is it important to have a high-performing building envelope?
Todd: Well, our research has found that buildings account for approximately 40% of all carbon emissions globally, which is a huge impact on our climate change. In addition, approximately $20 billion of energy leak out of commercial building windows each year, so both new and old windows, making this an economical issue for building owners. A high-performance envelope, which includes windows and curtain wall, will not only make a positive impact on our environment, but will also save money for building owners by reducing energy and maintenance costs, which I feel is a win-win for everybody.
Dan: Yes. I do agree with you 100%, but kind of the old adage out there, you know, money is everything. So, how has the industry responded so far to high-performance products?

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