Event Description
Insulation and air sealing are critical aspects of construction, contributing to improved energy performance, reduced operating costs, greater indoor air quality and resiliency during a wildfire emergency. Insulation and air sealing can also contribute to increased construction costs and challenges for building sign-off if not managed effectively. In this course, we’ll hear the builder’s perspective for sequencing the work, selecting materials, training teams on site and getting the results you want.
Learning Objectives
- Talk through options for insulation and air and vapor barriers and best practices for selecting and installing each
- Review the potential negative consequences of thermal bridging in walls and roofs and discuss assemblies that avoid those outcomes
- Learn the application and benefits of rain screens in the central coast climate and different techniques and materials for a rain screen assembly
- Learn big and little spaces that are problem-areas in air sealing and how to use catch them early in construction