The present disclosure relates generally to cladding for covering a building surface. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a method of manufacturing a building surface panel. The method includes providing a foam piece having a 30 day/23 C. residual shrinkage of no more than 0.2%. The foam piece having the 30 day/23 C. residual shrinkage of no more than 0.2% is attached to a rear side of an outer shell so as to form the building surface panel. In some embodiments, a front side of the outer shell forms a visible surface of the building surface panel. The foam piece can be provided, e.g., by aging the foam piece for a time and at a temperature such that the 30 day/23 C. residual shrinkage is no more than 0.2%. The foam piece to be aged can, in some embodiments, be cut from a body of foam.

A window is provided to include a glass substrate, an adhesive layer on the glass substrate, a polymer layer between the glass substrate and the adhesive layer, the polymer layer having a surface adjacent to the adhesive layer, the surface being hydrophilic at a first temperature and being hydrophobic at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, and a protective layer on the adhesive layer. Thereby, when the protective layer is damaged, only the protective layer may be replaced without replacing a glass substrate.

A window is provided to include a glass substrate, an adhesive layer on the glass substrate, a polymer layer between the glass substrate and the adhesive layer, the polymer layer having a surface adjacent to the adhesive layer, the surface being hydrophilic at a first temperature and being hydrophobic at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, and a protective layer on the adhesive layer. Thereby, when the protective layer is damaged, only the protective layer may be replaced without replacing a glass substrate.

The instant disclosure relates to textile materials having an acid reactive functionalized polymer layer and a non-acid reactive functionalized layer coupled thereto. The acid reactive functionalized polymer layer may include: a polyamide polymer that captures and neutralizes acidic molecules; a hydrophilic polyether block amide copolymer; a maleic anhydride-grafted ethylene copolymer; and a non-halogenated flame retardant. The acid reactive functionalized polymer layer is fire resistant, acid neutralizing, and allows water vapor to transfer therethrough. The non-acid reactive functionalized layer and acid reactive functionalized polymer layer are free of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The polyamide may include Nylon 12, Nylon 6, or Nylon 6,6 functionalized with an amine (e.g., a pyridine derivative and/or a halogenated-dimethylalkylamine) having a nitrogen that captures and neutralizes acidic molecules. The halogenated-dimethylalkylamine may include a general chemical formula of (CH.sub.3).sub.2NRX, where R is an alkyl containing 1-12 carbon atoms, and X is chlorine or bromine.