Hollow Core Planks Serve as Thermal Battery at South Carolina Schools
Gate Precast’s Oxford, NC, facility is producing 400,000 square feet of adapted hollow-core planks to function as “smart” floors for five schools in Myrtle Beach, S.C., while adapting them to serve as “thermal batteries” to support the facilities’ HVAC system. This is the first use of the innovative Canadian system in the U.S., and relies…
