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ABAA ASI Ad Hoc Group Meeting
2026-05-08 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-01 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-04-24 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-04-17 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-04-10 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Detroit)
Conference Call
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ABAA Contractors Committee Meeting
2026-05-07 14:00 - 15:00
Face-to-Face in Minneapolis, MN with call-in option (Skyway Suite A/B: 2nd level)
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ABAA Education and Training Committee
2026-05-07 12:45 - 13:45

ABAA Technical Committee Meeting
2026-05-07 11:45 - 13:15
Face-to-Face in Minneapolis, MN with call-in option (Regency Room: 2nd level)
All times shown are in Eastern Time Zones

ABAA QAP Committee Meeting
2026-05-07 11:15 - 12:30

ABAA Research Committee Meeting
2026-05-07 10:00 - 11:30

ABAA Marketing Committee Meeting
2026-05-07 10:00 - 11:00
Face-to-Face in Minneapolis, MN (no call-in option) (Skyway Suite A/B: 2nd level)
All times shown are in Eastern Time Zones

ABAA Chair Training Session
2026-05-07 09:00 - 09:45

ABAA Building Enclosure Conference 2026
2026-05-05 09:00 - 2026-05-06 18:00 | Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
ABAA’s annual Building Enclosure Conference will be held in Minneapolis, MN from May 5-6, 2025.
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Exhibit – Showcase your expertise in building enclosures, attract new leads and foster relationships.
Sponsor – Boost Brand visibility, support industry growth and create lasting connections with targeted audiences
Attend – Expand your knowledge, build connections and inspire new ideas in the air barrier industry.

ABAA Conference Sprayed Polyurethane Foam Installer Certification Training Course
2026-05-05 08:00 - 2026-05-07 16:00 | Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to teach experienced installers how to create an Air Barrier using Spray Polyurethane Foam materials. This course includes instruction on everything from selecting proper materials, substrate preparation, application technology, troubleshooting, and hands-on training.

Due to limited capacity, ABAA’s training courses at the upcoming conference are now full.
We encourage you to join the waitlist to receive updates on availability and explore additional training opportunities.
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ABAA Conference Self-Adhered & Fluid Applied Installer Certification Training Course
2026-05-05 08:00 - 2026-05-07 16:00 | Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to teach experienced installers how to create an Air Barrier using Self-Adhered and Fluid Applied materials. This course includes instruction on everything from selecting proper materials, substrate preparation, application technology, troubleshooting, and hands-on training.

Due to limited capacity, ABAA’s training courses at the upcoming conference are now full.
We encourage you to join the waitlist to receive updates on availability and explore additional training opportunities.
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ABAA Conference Field Auditor Training Course
2026-05-05 08:00 - 2026-05-07 16:00 | Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
ABAA Conference Field Auditor Training Course
DESCRIPTION: This course emphasizes understanding the need for and function of an air barrier assembly, the ability to inspect installation and review materials for compliance with specifications, ABAA requirements, and manufacturer requirements, the ability to confirm proper installation through on-site testing and the documentation required throughout the air barrier installation process.

Due to limited capacity, ABAA’s training courses at the upcoming conference are now full.
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Lessons Learned: Trades that Need to Include an AVB Discussion in their Specification & Preinstallation Meetings 1.0 CEU/HSW
2026-04-30 13:00 - 14:00
Lessons Learned: Trades that Need to Include an AVB Discussion in their Specification & Preinstallation Meetings
When designing a building envelope wall system, specifying, detailing, and having a pre-installation discussion about the backup substrate and façade elements, considering the water, air, vapor, and insulation systems detailing, is critical. This involves careful coordination with all façade trade elements, consideration of construction and installation tolerances, addressing the installation requirements for the substrate wall, water and air resistive barriers, insulation, and façade support system, and learning lessons from each installation. Each component must be thoroughly understood and specified within their respective specification sections to ensure comprehensive detailing. By understanding the necessary connections, material compatibility, tested systems, and limitations of construction materials, you can develop pre-installation conversation points within each building envelope and substrate meetings to proactively develop an advanced conversation about detailing, grasping the construction requirements for each component and incorporating lessons learned will enhance future detailing and specifications will significantly improve the chances of project success.
Learning Objectives:

Identify early structural design considerations needed to maintain air, vapor, water, insulation, and rainscreen systems in bid documents.
Incorporate construction tolerances when detailing substrate walls and control layers for various façade systems.
Recognize common substrate and façade wall systems and the detailing needed to coordinate drawings and specifications.
Apply lessons learned on continuity, fastening, membranes, and system tolerances to improve coordination and guide pre-installation meetings.

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Corey Zussman, AIA, NCARB, ALA (IL, IN, WI), RBEC, RRC, REWC, RWC, RRO, CABS, CCQM, CDT, CQM, CxA+BE, BECxP, LEED AP BD+C, Level II Thermographer, QA/QC Vice President, AECOM Hunt Construction
As a forensic architect registered in several states, Corey Zussman has practiced in the construction industry for over 30 years. He specializes in the building envelope, restoration, preservation, life safety, and interior finishes. While working on over 2000 projects, Corey conducts constructability reviews, pre-installation meetings, comprehensive envelope meetings, and construction observations. He has also become known for providing educational opportunities throughout the industry and has produced more than 200 “lessons learned” papers. Topics include building envelope and life safety concerns, enabling Corey to proactively address issues during design review, pre-construction, and construction. In addition, he has over 15 industry articles about building envelope and life safety topics. He is also a frequent presenter at local and national conferences and associations with over 50 AIA accredited presentations.

ABAA Contractor Webinar: Pre-and Post Installed Balconies and Canopies Open Forum
2026-04-29 11:00 - 12:00
Adam Ugliuzza, Partner of the Building Enclosures Group for Sustainable Building Partners, will be hosting an open forum, focusing on pre-and post installed balconies and canopy details in real-world applications. Send project-specific issues with an example picture or detail to lhardman@airbarrier.org (redact sensitive information). The webinar will be interactive, and solutions will be provided on the call.
Discussion will include, but is not limited to:

Connections under the balconies, where structural framing supports come through the AVB
Balcony deck to wall connections
Connections to balcony doors, proper flashing and heights
Canopies installed post AVB with connections through the facade
Pre-Fabricated balconies and those connections vs traditional stick built

This webinar is exclusive to the ABAA contractor members. Please reach out to lhardman@airbarrier.org to register.

Ron Blank/ABAA Blown Away: Unmasking the Secrets of Whole Building Airtightness Testing
2026-04-28 12:00 - 13:00
Presenter: Denali Jones, P.E., ABAA
CEU: 1 AIA LU/HSW, 1 AAA, 1 AIBD, 1 BOMI, 1 FBPE, 1 ICC, 1 OAA, 1 SAA
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Whole building airtightness testing has been a code compliance option in the International Energy Conservation Code and ASHRAE 90.1 for some time. That compliance option was rarely used and only became mandatory as part of building owners’ requirements or a specific state or jurisdictional requirement that was limited to one or two states. As we moved towards Net Zero, building codes “tightened” up, and it is expected this will become a test that is mandatory on a more countrywide basis. It seems that time has arrived, with many states now requiring mandatory whole building airtightness testing. As we move toward those requirements, it is important to understand the latest in test methods, current and projected code requirements, how to specify the test properly, coordination needed with the construction team, and what type of pre-qualifications exist that you can rely upon.
Learning Objectives:

Identify the current building code requirements on both the national and local levels, plus the must-know details of eco-friendly building programs that are trending right now.
Articulate what the airtightness test provides and how those results can be used to improve the building enclosure.
Define the differences among the various test methods available as code or specification options.
Review guide specification sample language and typical pitfalls in current specifications.
Identify credentialing programs that can help you find pre-qualifications of testing personnel for large buildings.

ABAA ExCom Meeting
2026-04-27 14:00 - 15:00

ABAA Nominating Committee Meeting
2026-04-23 14:00 - 15:00

The Building Science Aspects of Enclosure Detailing and Tie-Ins 1.0 CEU/HSW
2026-04-23 13:00 - 14:00
The Building Science Aspects of Enclosure Detailing and Tie-Ins
The building enclosure is made up of many material types, with the predominant need of protecting the building from water infiltration. In addition, materials and tie-ins are critical to control air flow, understand thermal bridging and risks of surface condensation, and the control and flow of moisture by vapor diffusion. Sequencing of the details and tie-ins also have to consider sequencing by the trades, material compatibility, and durability, including impacts of seasonal cycling.
This talk will focus on looking at the full building science considerations of detailing, including materials that play one or more role as a control layer for heat, air and moisture. The speaker will also discuss constructability and trade sequencing considerations. These are critical things to understand in designing and configuring details, in addition to how they are presented in design drawing and shop drawing sets. This includes understanding how to integrate manufacturer standard details at interfaces such as roof to wall between roofing and wall air and water barriers and cladding.
Learning Objectives:

Gain building science knowledge in configurations of details and what elements are controlling which types of flow paths for heat, air and moisture.
Have a deeper understanding of detail sequencing considering material compatibility, as well as sequencing of the trades.
Gain knowledge in layering for durability, while also examining the build up of layers and thicknesses against construction constraints.
Be able to describe and detail layering and sequencing critical to understand in design drawings and shop drawings for building enclosure systems.

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Paul Totten, PE, LEED AP, Senior Vice President, WSP
Paul E. Totten is a Senior Vice President at WSP and leads the Building Enclosures Division. He has over 28 years of experience in the fields of structural engineering, building enclosure design and commissioning, and building science. He has concentrated his expertise on the evaluation and analysis of heat, air, and moisture transfer, and the cumulative effect these elements have on building components and building operation.

ABAA Marketing Committee Meeting
2026-04-22 14:00 - 15:00

ABAA Research Committee Meeting
2026-04-21 10:00 - 11:00

Whole Building Airtightness Technician Training Course - Northbrook, IL
2026-04-20 - 2026-04-24 | WJE Northbrook, 330 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook,, IL, 60062, United States
Program Description
The purpose of the ABAA Blower Door Technician Training Program is to educate both entry-level and more experienced blower door technicians on the planning, preparation, and execution of airtightness testing for commercial and large buildings in conformance with industry standard test methods. The training aims to equip blower door technicians with the knowledge and skills necessary to appropriately evaluate, prepare, test, analyze, and report on a building’s airtightness performance.
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The ABAA Blower Door Technician Training Program is a 40-hour training program delivered over 5 days by subject matter experts retained by ABAA who are guided by detailed lesson plans. In addition to receiving instruction from experienced experts, the trainees will also have the opportunity to plan and carry out simulated building airtightness tests on physical mock-ups during the training program.
The program is intended to help prepare the trainees to become a Certified Blower Door Technician through ABAA’s certification program, but completion of the training program is not required for ABAA certification. The trainees will learn about the certification program and requirements during the training program.
For the purposes of demonstrations, activities, and simulations, this training program uses equipment from two widely used blower door fan manufacturing companies.
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Training Course Fees:

Members – $2,500.00
Non-Members – $2,850.00

Additional Fees:

Level 1 Registration & Exam – Members $495.00 Non-Members $695.00
Level 2 Registration & Exam – Members $595.00 Non-Members $895.00

Training Location:
WJE Northbrook
330 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL 60062
Phone: 847.272.2400
Location Details:
Park in the lot off 255 Melvin Drive, Northbrook, IL 60062, The entrance door will be on the north side of the building, right by the parking.
Signs directing students will be posted

Registration is limited to 12 students. Sign up today and secure your spot!
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 3, 2026

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Update on the Current Building and Energy Codes That Affect the Air Barrier Industry 1.0 CEU/HSW
2026-04-16 13:00 - 14:00
Update on the Current Building and Energy Codes That Affect the Air Barrier Industry
Building and energy efficiency codes can have huge impact on the Air Barrier Industry, affecting the specification and installation of air and water-resistive barrier systems. Following the code change process is a daunting task and even apparently small changes can have a large impact. Building and Energy Codes are updated on a three-year cycle and we are at a transition period with the publication of ASHRAE 90.1-2025 and the finalization of the 2027 editions of both the International Building Code (IBC) and International Energy Efficiency Code (IECC). This presentation will have an overview of the revisions that were implemented over the past code cycle and some changes which will govern code development in the next cycle. Additionally the status of state and jurisdictional adoption will discussed.
Learning Objectives:

Understand the status of building and energy code development
Understand changes to air barrier and water-resistive barrier requirements in the upcoming IBC-2027
Understand changes to air barrier related provisions in ASHRAE-90.1-2025
Understand the status and environment for energy code adoption by states and jurisdictions.

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Theresa Weston, PhD, CPHC, CAPS, CGP, President, The Holt Weston Consultancy
Dr. Theresa Weston is a building science research professional specializing in the durability and energy efficiency of buildings. Theresa started The Holt Weston Consultancy in November 2020. Prior to starting her company, Dr Weston was a DuPont Laureate with Dupont Safety and Construction. Dr. Weston is an inventor on four U. S. patents.
Theresa received her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Masters and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering, both from the California Institute of Technology.
Dr. Weston is active in industry standard and code development at ASHRAE, ASTM and ICC. Dr. Weston has been awarded the DuPont Lavoisier Medal for Lifetime Technical Achievement, the ASHRAE Distinguished Service, Exceptional Service and Residential Service Awards, the Wagdy Anis Award from the Air Barrier Association of America, and the E. George Stern Award of Excellence from ASTM Committee E06.

ABAA Nominating Committee Meeting (Rescheduled)
2026-04-16 12:00 - 13:00

ABAA Conference Committee Meeting
2026-04-13 14:00 - 15:00

Schwab/ABAA Virtual Air Barrier Installation & Quality Control Fundamentals Webinar
2026-04-13 13:00 - 14:00
Presenter: Melissa Payne, BECxP, CxA-BE, CDT
CEU: 1 AIA LU/HSW
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Join us for an informative presentation that emphasizes the importance of proper air barrier application in enhancing building performance. Properly installed air barriers are critical in preventing air leakage, which can lead to energy inefficiencies, moisture issues, and compromised indoor air quality. We will delve into best practices for air barrier application, highlighting the techniques that ensure continuity and effectiveness. Attendees will learn about common challenges faced during installation and the vital role of quality control in maintaining the integrity of the air barrier system. Through real-world project photo’s, we’ll illustrate key application requirements for a variety of air barrier materials and exactly what to look for when performing quality control and site-testing.
Learning Objectives:

Identify and demonstrate the essential techniques for proper air barrier installation, ensuring continuity and effectiveness in various building applications.
Identify common pitfalls and obstacles in air barrier application, and learn strategies to overcome these challenges to maintain optimal performance.
Articulate the importance of quality control processes during installation, and learn specific inspection methods and testing protocols to ensure air barrier integrity.
Analyze real-world case studies to distinguish between effective and ineffective air barrier installations, understanding the long-term consequences of proper application and maintenance.

ABAA Contractors Committee Meeting
2026-04-10 10:00 - 11:00
