Interior Fiberglass Mat Gypsum Panels: Benefits for Sustainable Construction

Sponsored by Georgia-Pacific Building Products

Learning Objectives:

  1. Define interior fiberglass mat gypsum panels and their application.
  2. Explain how interior fiberglass mat gypsum panels fit into the categories of LEED v4 for ID+C and high-performance building design as well as various green building programs, codes, and standards.
  3. Discuss the impact of fiberglass mat interior gypsum panels on indoor air quality (IAQ) considerations, particularly moisture and mold, as well as volatile organic content (VOC) emissions.
  4. Describe how the use of fiberglass mat gypsum panels can improve construction scheduling and project costs.

Credits:

HSW
1 AIA LU/HSW
IDCEC
1 IDCEC CEU/HSW
GBCI
1 GBCI CE Hour
ICC
Approval Pending
IACET
0.1 IACET CEU*
AIBD
1 AIBD P-CE
LEED_AP_ID
1 LEED AP ID+C
AAA
AAA 1 Structured Learning Hour
AANB
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
AAPEI
AAPEI 1 Structured Learning Hour
MAA
MAA 1 Structured Learning Hour
NLAA
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA.
NSAA
This course can be self-reported to the NSAA
NWTAA
NWTAA 1 Structured Learning Hour
OAA
OAA 1 Learning Hour
SAA
SAA 1 Hour of Core Learning
 
This course can be self-reported to the AIBC, as per their CE Guidelines.
As an IACET Accredited Provider, BNP Media offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard.
This course is approved as a Structured Course
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
Approved for structured learning
Approved for Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA
Course may qualify for Learning Hours with NWTAA
Course eligible for OAA Learning Hours
This course is approved as a core course
This course can be self-reported for Learning Units to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia

The use of high-performance, fiberglass mat gypsum offers advantages in the design and construction process. This course examines fiberglass mat gypsum panels, explains their potential contribution to LEED certification and other sustainable building codes and standards, and addresses issues of indoor air quality and construction scheduling.

Interior Fiber

 

Georgia-Pacific Gypsum Dens® Solutions are industry trusted, high-performing fiberglass mat gypsum panels suitable for your wall, roof, ceiling and floor projects. Dens®Solutions carry the mark of our valued heritage in Gold®, our patented color, as a visible standard-bearer of our position as the first manufacturer to create a fiberglass mat board and as a relentless innovator of strength and moisture resistant products for over 30 years. Dens® Solutions answer building challenges with ingenuity.
Originally published in January 2019

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