Corporate Training By Zack Academy - Building An Airtight House

Why Should You Take This Building An Airtight House Course?

Building codes are requiring new homes to meet tighter standards, and the requirements are only going to get tougher. If you prevent air leaks while building rather than trying to fix them later, you can save time and money and build better houses.

This 1-day Building An Airtight House workshop will teach you how to identify potential air leakage problem areas and manage the construction process to assure your building meets code or program requirements for air tightness.

Topics To Be Covered Include:

• An overview of the latest (and pending) requirements for building air tightness
• How to define your building's air barriers and thermal barriers
• Typical structural elements and transition points that are likely to leak air and best practices for avoiding leakage
• The measures and levels of air sealing that are reasonable and cost-effective for health, comfort, durability, and energy efficiency
• Common penetrations through the building envelope and how to minimize and seal them
• Common seams in a building shell and how to minimize and seal them
• How to address building air tightness throughout each stage of the construction process
• Mechanical ventilation requirements
• Combustion safety concerns