Session Topics
- The building science behind durable and energy efficient walls
- Choosing the right foundation system to maintain comfort
- Developing a long-lasting roof system for high performance homes
- Understanding insulation as a building enclosure component
- High performance walls and exterior insulation
What You Will Accomplish
- Identify the increased importance of key air and weather barrier details to maintain long-term durability.
- Produce an overview of wall system alternatives and their overall impact on air, heat, and moisture flow.
- Understand which foundation systems create long lasting air, heat, and moisture control.
- Review techniques to manage the effects of liquid water on foundations.
- Discuss roof design strategies for effective load & peak thermal performance.
- Understand the importance of roof design with regards to water management strategies.
- Understanding the physics of how insulation works in buildings.
- Identify construction detail options for the installation of different interior & exterior insulation strategies in traditional framed wall systems,
- Understand the total thermal effectiveness of wall systems and how/where to safely increase it.
- Review details for improving connections of the wall to foundation and wall to attic.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will identify construction detail options for the design and installation of different interior & exterior insulation strategies in traditional framed wall systems.
- Participants will understand the importance of roof design with regards to water management strategies.
- Participants will understand which foundation systems create long lasting air, heat, and moisture control in their climate zones.
- Participants will identify the increased importance of key air and weather barrier details in their walls to maintain long-term enclosure durability.
Who Should Attend?
- Anyone involved in the Residential Building Industry
- Builders, General Contractors, Architects, Manufacturers, Suppliers, Distributers, Sales Reps, Energy Raters, Purchasing Managers, Engineers,
- Level: Advanced
- Prerequisites: Applied Building Science Preferred (not required)
