Finding Design and Construction Efficiencies with Integrated Weather Barrier Systems
Learning Objectives:
- List the different control layers that make up a building envelope and explain how the components, and their installation, affect building performance.
- Describe traditional methods of achieving air and water control and the challenges they pose in achieving a high-performance building envelope.
- Explore the installation and performance benefits of integrated air- and water-resistive barrier sheathing systems over traditional control layers.
- Examine a blower door study that demonstrates how an integrated air- and water-resistive barrier sheathing system results in a more energy-efficient structure
Credits:
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
Innovative integrated weather barrier systems that combine structural oriented strand board (OSB) sheathing with an air- and water-resistive barrier not only result in a high-performance building envelope, but they also allow project teams to find efficiencies in design and construction. This course will discuss the components of integrated weather-resistive barrier (WRBs) sheathings, important design details you must be aware of to meet stringent building codes, and how these products can extend a building’s life cycle and maximize its energy efficiency. We will also examine a new time and labor study that demonstrates how an integrated air- and water-resistive barrier sheathing system can be installed more efficiently than a typical building wrap over OSB sheathing and how this system results in a more energy-efficient structure.
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Drone footage of ForceField Weather Barrier System, an integrated WRB system, being used on 26 buildings, each with multiple units, in this multifamily development project in San Antonio, TX.
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