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ECO Cladding Subframing System Bowie State University’s Communication Arts & Humanities Building

Honoring Legacy Through Architecture: ECO Cladding at Bowie State University’s Communication Arts & Humanities Building

When architecture is created to reflect a university's history, identity, and aspirations, every design decision matters. At Bowie State University’s new Communication Arts & Humanities Building, the...

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ECO Cladding's Subframing System Earns 2026 RAINA Award

2026 RAINA Award Winner: Bulkeley High School Reclad - Hartford, Connecticut

How ECO Cladding's continuous-insulation subframing system enabled a landmark high-performance rainscreen retrofit for one of Hartford's most important community schools.

ECO Cladding is proud to be recognized as part of the...

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ECO Cladding Waterfront Square Revere MA Alpha VZ.10 and Vci.40 Systems

Rainscreen Subframing: Industry Insights on Cladding Attachment Systems

The engineered subframe has become the critical backbone of high-performance rainscreen assemblies, and the industry is rapidly evolving to meet increasingly rigorous demands around fire safety, thermal performance, and code compliance.

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Rainscreen Cladding System Selector

ACM/MCM Metal Plate Panels

ACM / MCM / Metal Plate

Ceramic5 Rainscreen Panels

Ceramic

Fiber Cement Panels

Fiber Cement

Fiber Concrete Panels

Fiber Concrete / UHPC

Fiber Cement Rainscreen Panels

HPL Phenolic

Stone Rainscreen Sub-framing

Stone

Terracotta Rainscreen Panel Sub-framing

Terracotta

Timber Wood Panels

Timber

A Complete Solution for Thermal Performance

With over 25 years of rainscreen industry relationships, technical expertise, and real-life experience, ECO Cladding offers non-combustible stainless steel and aluminum rainscreen cladding support systems to accommodate a wide variety of rainscreen panels.  Our approach to rainscreen support systems gives designers the ability to interchange multiple cladding materials on the same elevation and/or project seamlessly with the same non-combustible, thermally broken substructure components and wall bracket assembly.

Our team evaluates the thermal impact of the rainscreen cladding assembly on the building, the implications of penetrations on the air barrier, the need for internal adjustability without shims, the ease of installation, and provides a fully engineered, non-combustible cladding sub-framing solution that has no NFPA 285 triggers.

From wind load, thermal, and span analysis to panel layout optimization and installation support, ECO Cladding provides a full range of rainscreen cladding design, engineering, and installation support.

ENGINEERED

Connections at wall brackets, profiles, and panel fasteners are engineered to limit panel stresses associated with thermal movements.

COMPLIANT

Our bracket based systems are designed to meet or exceed the thermal perfomance requirements of
ASHRAE 90.1.

OPTIMIZED

Our approach allows fewer penetrations through the Continuous Insulation plane & the weather protective membrane.

C.I. Sub-framing Solutions

With a variety of cladding support solutions being offered, our Sigma stainless steel “C.I. Sub-framing” provides the best combination of fire safety, engineering, and thermal performance at a cost-effective price.

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Thermally Broken System

Our non-continuous, thermally broken wall brackets assemblies have been thermally modeled by Morrison Hershfield to help designers achieve the intended U-value for their wall and demonstrate what insulation material thickness is required to meet...

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The Rainscreen Bracket Advantage

Our Sigma (stainless steel) and Alpha (aluminum) wall brackets are non-combustible building blocks designed to simplify the process of building rainscreen walls of all types.

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ECO Systems - A Complete Solution

Regardless of the type of cladding material, we have a cladding support system solution! From early design to final installation, our systems allow maximum spanning capability, while simultaneously addressing dead load, wind load, seismic...

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Raina Rainscreen Association in North AmericaECO Cladding is proud to be a founding member of the Rainscreen Association in North America (RAiNA), an international not-for-profit industry association dedicated to serving the rainscreen market in North America. RAiNA provides a forum for designers, trades, test agencies, and material suppliers to gather to determine best practices, interpret and inform codes, as well as educate and address technical concerns in the rainscreen industry. ECO Cladding is grateful to serve as a voting member on many of RAiNA's committees, with the shared goal of promoting properly designed rainscreen assemblies throughout North America. 

Seamless Integration

Design materials such as ACM, metal panels, FRP, fiber cement, HPL, terracotta, natural stone, porcelain ceramic, and fiber concrete can all be integrated into a drained and back-ventilated (DBV) rainscreen wall assembly with one seamless and uniform aluminum or stainless steel attachment approach that has no NFPA 285 triggers. ECO Cladding’s Sigma and Alpha Wall Brackets offer a turn-key cladding support solution for the increasingly rigorous demands of rainscreen engineering, fire safety, and thermal performance.

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