Webinars
Development of Non-Destructive and Non-Invasive Techniques for Assessing Building Envelope Performance: Air Leakage and High Moisture
Assessing the performance of building envelopes is becoming more important, especially with the current administrations focus on retrofitting existing buildings....
Invisible Improvement: Air Tightening an Office in a Historic Timber Pier
Historic structures provide a significant cultural value and in the case of the Seattle waterfront, link the maritime period around...
Achieving a High-Performance Air Barrier System
Air Barriers are an extremely important component of a high-performance building enclosure system. For the most part, these systems are...
Design Principles for Rainscreen Wall Systems
The topic will discuss thorough understanding of the various components that lead to failure in Building Enclosures and how to...
Fire-rated Expansion Joints
The breakthrough family of single-install, multi-function, fire-rated, waterproof, sound proof, hurricane-resistant, high movement expansion joint sealant technology will be discussed...
Weather Resistive Barriers used in Exterior Wall Construction – Focus on Fire Testing to NFPA 285
The role of weather resistant barriers (WRBs) in exterior wall construction is more prevalent than ever. However there are specific...
Inward but Outward Continuous Insulation with Innovative Back-Crisscross Wall Design
While the energy codes state that continuous insulation may be located outward, inward, or integral, most projects place it outward...
Wood Structural Panels as an Air Barrier
This session describes the advantages of using continuous wood structural panel (WSP) wall sheathing as part of an air barrier...
Sealing the Envelope: Implementing Lessons Learned to Optimize Enclosure Design
In this webinar, critical detailing concepts of various cladding systems will be explored as they relate to the overall performance...
Building Envelope Case Study: from Initial Constructability Review Through Occupancy
Join me as I recount my building envelope journey with a large four-story CMU and masonry higher educational building for...