Saving on energy costs starts with a tight, insulated building. Dick and Russell Smith recently opened Low Energy Homes in Fort Morgan, with the goal of offering high-efficiency homes using the latest ...

Older forms of panels used to freeze and chill products in food processing plants have forced up insurance premiums for the companies using them, with some serious knock-on effects. Expanded ...

Faulty application of foam insulation panels to the space shuttle Columbia led to the deaths of all seven astronauts on board, NASA said. Gaps between the hand-applied foam panels led to them popping ...

Police investigating the blaze discovered sheets of Styrofoam -- a highly flammable material -- attached to the external walls around the elevator lobby of one tower.

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(Note: This story has been altered since it was originally published to clarify that the Georgetown site is not a landfill, but rather a site for compacting garbage before it is loaded onto rail cars.