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Advantages of Olympia Steel Buildings Dairy Barn Systems

There are many advantages to choosing Olympia Steel BuildingsDairy Barn Systems for your new dairy facility operation or for expansion of your existing dairy facility.

Olympia’s galvanized pre-engineered steel barn buildings are truly laborless “lifetime” dairy barns. They are virtually maintenance free and provide better ventilation, less disease, and lower insurance costs than other types of buildings. The open span of our galvanized steel freestall and dry cow barns allows for better air movement, providing a cleaner and cooler environment in the summer months. Whether you decide on a rotary milking parlor, a herringbone milking parlor or parallel milking parlor layout, our parlor systems are designed to maximize throughput, cow comfort, and proper cow positioning. Our galvanized pre-engineered steel dairy facility buildings are impervious to mold, mildew or rust, they provide no places for birds to roost and defecate, and give you more comfortable cows, better milk production, and a better bottom line.

Olympia Steel Buildings Cool Metal Roofing

Olympia Steel Buildings Cool Metal Roofing Is Energy Efficient and Sustainable

A buildings roof can have a tremendous impact on the buildings energy use. Olympia Steel Buildings Zeus Shield cool metal roofing, standing seam metal roof panels are a sustainable, energy efficient roofing product that can reduce energy costs by up to 40% by lowering cooling loads. In fact, cool metal reflective roofs directly save up to 40% in both heating and cooling energy costs as reported by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Solar reflectivity (SR) is the ability of a material to reflect solar energy back into the atmosphere. Energy Star requires an SR value of .25 or higher for steep slope roofing and and SR value of .65 or higher for low slope roofs. The Solar Reflectance Index (SRI) used to determine LEED compliance is calculated using values for both reflectivity and emissivity. To meet LEED requirements, roofing material must have an SRI of 29 or higher for a steel slope and 78 or higher for slow slope roofing. 

Olympia Steel Buildings Zeus Shield cool metal standing seam roof for pre-engineered steel buildings and metal building systems is available in a wide variety of finishes, colors, textures and profiles for both steep-slope and low-slope roofing applications. Olympia Steel Buildings Zeus Sheild metal roofs incorporate the new "cool pigment" technology to offer both high total solar reflectance and high infrared emmittance, even with dark colors. The Zeus Sheild standing seam metal roofs cool coatings contain ceramic infrared reflective pigments designed to reflect infrared energy while  absorbing visible light. The result is a Green sustainable building material that can reduce peak energy demand and help mitigate urban heat island effects.

 

Olympia Steel Buildings Polyester Paint

Olympia Steel Buildings Siliconized Polyester Paint

Olympia Steel buildings siliconized polyester paint is an energy efficient color option for steel buildings that carries a 40-year warranty against chipping, cracking, peeling and blistering. A galvanized coating beneath the paint provides additional protection against rusting.

Olympia's paint for steel building panels can reduced energy costs for cooling by up to 20% and peak cooling demand by up to 15 percent. These savings are realized because the pigmentation in the cool paint used for Olympia steel buildings increases the amount of solar energy reflected off the roof so your building will always stay 20 percent cooler in the hot sun. The "cool" paints used by Olympia steel buildings come in 12 environmentally friendly colors that not only protect the environment but also put money back in customer's pockets by providing huge savings on energy bills. Olympia Steel buildings energy efficient color option can also qualify for energy credit under the federal tax code.

Olympia's painted galvalume steel sidewall panels are wind rated to meet Florida code. The Florida wind rating approval code number for Olympia's steel building sidewall panels is FL-3985-R2.

Metal Buildings Competitors' Paint

Some metal buildings competitors offer only a 10 year warranty on their metal side wall panels. Some other metal building companies offer only a 20 year warranty on their metal side wall panels. Some companies metal side wall panels are not wind rated and do not have a Florida wind rating approval number.

Olympia Steel Buildings Now Offers An Energy-efficient Color Option

Olympia Steel Buildings has added an energy efficient color choice for its pre-engineered commercial, industrial, agricultural, and residential steel buildings. As more and more people look for ways to do their part to save and protect the environment and reduce their carbon footprint, finding a cost-efficient way to do so is not always easy. From pre-engineered industrial steel buildings to commercial metal buildings, Olympia provides our customers with energy efficient choices without sacrificing the look of the building or the bottom line. Read more about Olympia's energy efficient steel building colors ...

Questions Answered: How Are Steel Buildings Manufactured?

When a customer purchases a pre engineered steel building through Olympia Steel Buildings, from the first phone call to delivery of the building, each steel building and metal buildings system receives the utmost care and attention throughout the manufacturing process. The steel buildings manufacturing facility is one of the most sophisticated in the steel building industry. The engineers, advanced computer technologies and precision machinery exemplify their commitment to quality. Precision engineering, precision machinery and components, and exceptional quality control yield the highest quality manufactured products: pre-engineered steel buildings and metal building systems.

Drafting and Detailing

The team of engineers and draftsmen utilize advanced CAD-CAM metal building software created exclusively for the steel buildings industry. The factory engineers ensure that all buildings are engineered to meet or exceed local metal buildings codes, including snow loads, wind speed and seismic requirements. The engineering department is responsible for the optimization of the building and each engineer is certified by the state where the building is to be erected. Expert engineers on staff can provide stamped and certified permit drawings that are useful to help secure permits to erect the building.

Permit drawings include:

• cover sheet with design loads and drawing index
• anchor bolt drawings
• column reactions
• rigid frame elevations
• side wall framing
• end wall framing
• roof framing, which includes sheeting drawings for side walls and end walls
• detail drawings
• foundation drawings are not included, and may be obtained by a concrete engineering firm

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Cool Coatings Make Steel Buildings "Cool"

Did you know there is Federal Energy Credit available for metal roofing that meets Energy Star guidelines? Energy Star designation means these products will help lower your energy costs and be good for the environment. AkzoNobel's Cool Chemistry® versions of CERAM-A-STAR® 1050 series of coatings used by Olympia Steel Buildings are designed to comply with Energy Star guidelines for steep slope roofs. Energy costs for cooling can be reduced by up to 20% and peak cooling demand by up to 15 percent.

Not only that, but Olympia offers an industry-leading 40-year warranty on the CERAM-A-STAR® 1050 color paint coating used to coat all of their painted steel sheeting against chipping, cracking, peeling and blistering in a choice of twelve environmentally friendly steel building colors. More about cool coatings for metal buildings…

Steel Buildings Go Green!

Pre-engineered steel buildings are leading the way in the Green building revolution, meeting Green building design goals with innovative building design, engineering, and use of materials.

Steel buildings are durable, cost effective, energy efficient, and Green:

• Steel buildings don’t require cutting down valuable forests.
• They are manufactured with a high proportion of recycled content.
• Steel buildings employ sustainable building design and construction.
• Pre-engineered steel buldings erect in less time than conventional building construction.
• Steel buildings are fire and rust resistant, and they are virtually maintenance free.

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