ABAA Education
Polyiso – The Next Generation Air & Water Resistive Barrier
This course is designed to provide an understanding of how better construction practices can increase building sustainability and longevity. Discover...
Designing Walls for Control of Air, Water, Thermal, and Vapor
This presentation will review the building science fundamentals of moisture management, energy efficiency, construction trade sequencing, and operational maintenance to...
High Performance Building Envelope
This session is designed for architects and other design and construction professionals interested in increasing their knowledge of the application...
LEED v4.1 Building Enclosure Commissioning: Sounds fun…..you Bet!
While commissioning of MEP building systems has been around for many years, Building Enclosure Commissioning (BECx), specifically LEED v4.1 Enhanced...
Spray Foam in Commercial Design
Spray Foam in Commercial design will look at the appropriate use of spray foam in commercial construction as well as...
Design Pitfalls of Storefronts & Curtain Walls
This is a comprehensive journey that starts out as performance failures of storefront and curtain walls. These failures typically fall...
Vapor retarders and air barriers – what is the difference?
Are we controlling vapor diffusion or air movement? Or both? Air barriers are required for new buildings per the IECC...
Don’t Go There: Navigating the Real, Imperfect Air Barrier Details
Solving air barrier details or mishaps during construction is possible, but do we really have time for that? Construction schedules...
Air/Moisture Barrier Advancements and Coming Industry Change
The presentation will provide an update on current industry trends and research that has been completed for air/moisture management. A...
Using Background Oriented Schlieren (BOS) photography to visualize and measure building air leakage
Building leakage accounts for about 4 quads of energy consumption in the U.S and can contribute to poor indoor air...
ABAA/BEC Cleveland Symposium
Sponsorships available; contact tamara@barrier.org
ABAA/CSI Grand Rapids & IIBEC W. Michigan Branch Air Barrier Rodeo
Sponsorships available; contact tamara@barrier.org