University of Texas Engineering and Computer Science Building in Richardson, Texas, uses 8,000 SF of GreenGirt Max CMH™ over metal studs, behind ACM and metal plate cladding, with mineral wool insulation. It is a university engineering and computer science building, designed by SmithGroup, built by The Beck Group, and installed by Kovach Building Enclosures.

An engineering and computer science building carries heavy equipment and computing loads that add internal heat, and it sits in the hot North Texas climate, so the cooling demand on the envelope is significant year-round. The wall meets that with a continuous layer of mineral wool held outside the framing by GreenGirt Max CMH, raising the wall’s effective R-value above what the steel studs alone would retain and reducing the cooling load behind a clean ACM and metal plate facade.