A method for facilitating ventilation and/or drainage in a building wall, floor, and/or roof by the step of: placing a foam insulation board with an interior board face and an exterior board face, at least one board face having ventilation and/or drainage grooves and/or protrusions into the building wall, floor, and/or roof; providing vents in the building wall, floor, and/or roof adjacent end portions of the insulation board, whereby ventilation is facilitated within the wall, floor, and/or roof of the building by air moving through the vents, along the grooves and/or protrusions of the foam insulation board, and out of the vents, drainage of water is facilitated within the wall or the roof of the building by a pathway created by the grooves and/or protrusions, and moisture removal is facilitated by the passage of air during ventilation.

A method of fastening a wall panel to a wall, according to one illustrative embodiment, comprises coupling a retaining body to a mounting body mounted on an outer surface of the wall adjacent a side edge of the wall panel. Coupling the retaining body to the mounting body may comprise coupling a first connector on an inner surface of the retaining body to a second connector on the mounting body, and positioning a retainer on the retaining body against a retaining surface on the wall panel to fasten the wall panel to the wall. Kits and wall assemblies according to other illustrative embodiments are also disclosed.

Vented weather resistant barrier panels are disclosed that facilitate the removal of volatile organic compounds or other gases. The vented weather resistant barrier panels have a panel with a first side formed with a plurality of channels and covered with a non-perforated barrier to form a flow path. In some embodiments, the barrier is formed from a foil layer and a carrier layer. When installed on a structure, the vented weather resistant barrier panels form a flow path from inside the wall of the structure, through the channels, and through a first or second end of each channel to allow for ventilation of the structure. Methods of ventilating a structure using vented weather resistant barrier panels and of manufacturing vented weather resistant barrier panels are also disclosed.

A method of fastening a wall panel to a wall, according to one illustrative embodiment, comprises coupling a retaining body to a mounting body mounted on an outer surface of the wall adjacent a side edge of the wall panel. Coupling the retaining body to the mounting body may comprise coupling a first connector on an inner surface of the retaining body to a second connector on the mounting body, and positioning a retainer on the retaining body against a retaining surface on the wall panel to fasten the wall panel to the wall. Kits and wall assemblies according to other illustrative embodiments are also disclosed.

A method of constructing a building comprising the steps of attaching a first panel to a second panel. The first panel is one of a single plenum panel and a multi-plenum panel and the second panel is one of a single plenum panel and a multi-plenum panel.

The insulation tile comprises a first planar surface, a second planar surface and side surfaces defining the surfaces, and a casting compound layer as well as an insulation material layer, which is manufactured from thermal insulation material, the compression strength of which is at least 10 kPa. The casting compound layer forms the first planar surface of the insulation tile and the insulation material layer forms the second planar surface of the insulation tile. Furthermore, the insulation material layer of the insulation tile comprises grooves in the area of the planar surface which will be against the casting compound layer. The insulation tile according to the invention can be used in floor, roof and wall structures.

In one aspect, composite construction materials are described herein. In some embodiments, a composite construction panel comprises a substrate layer, a cover layer separated from the substrate layer by one or more spacers, and at least one mat disposed between the substrate layer and the cover layer, wherein the mat comprises at least one phase change material disposed in at least one phase change region.

A ventilation structure is set on a parting portion between an outer wall member and an eave member, and extends in a longitudinal direction along the parting portion. The ventilation structure includes an outer wall base member, the outer wall member provided on the outer wall base member through a furring strip, the eave member provided upward beyond the outer wall member and an upper end of the furring strip, and a ventilation member set in a space between the outer wall base member, the furring strip, the outer wall member and the eave member for ventilating an aeration layer between the outer wall base member and the outer wall member and an exterior. The ventilation member is constituted of a frame member and an aeration member set on the frame member. The frame member includes a first vertical portion, a top surface portion, a second vertical portion and a bottom surface portion. The aeration member includes a plurality of vent holes passing through the same from an outer surface to an inner surface.

A building panel system is provided. The building panel system include a panel structure having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a mounting system attached to the panel structure; at least one container detachably coupled to the mounting system at one of a plurality of selectable coupling positions so as to be in conductive thermal cooperation with the first surface of the panel structure; and a phase change material contained within the at least one container.

A method of fastening a wall panel to a wall, according to one illustrative embodiment, comprises coupling a retaining body to a mounting body mounted on an outer surface of the wall adjacent a side edge of the wall panel. Coupling the retaining body to the mounting body may comprise coupling a first connector on an inner surface of the retaining body to a second connector on the mounting body, and positioning a retainer on the retaining body against a retaining surface on the wall panel to fasten the wall panel to the wall. Kits and wall assemblies according to other illustrative embodiments are also disclosed.