High-Performance Gypsum Panels: Benefits for Moisture Management and Project Scheduling
Moisture management is essential to resilient, sustainable, healthy buildings.
Sponsored by Georgia-Pacific Building Products
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This course considers the design of energy-efficient buildings, which must include an effective, lasting moisture management strategy. Moisture management is essential to resilient, sustainable, healthy buildings.
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Georgia-Pacific Building Products has a legacy of creating strong, durable, sustainable building materials from exterior sheathing products to drywall in walls and ceilings to industry leading roof products and supporting products from lumber to subfloors to fire doors. We help members of the building community build quality commercial and residential construction projects all over the world. GP Building Products is the largest producer of structural wood panels (plywood and OSB) in North America and is a leading producer of gypsum building products, lumber and composite panels.
We support commercial and residential architects, designers, building material dealers, contractors and builders with tools, education and supporting resources that help the building community advance their knowledge, hone their craft, and make the best product decisions for their projects.
Originally published in Architectural Record
Originally published in March 2019
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Assess moisture management needs for energy-efficient, high-performance buildings.
- Describe construction detailing and scheduling of high-performance envelopes.
- Discuss how fiberglass mat gypsum panels are used as a rigid substrate behind air-resistant barriers.
- List benefits of water-resistant fiberglass mat gypsum panels in interiors, fighting mold and moistures, and controlling envelope moisture issues.
