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Free Webinar: Demystifying Airtight Buildings, December 3, 9 - 10:30 am PT
Event Description
As architects, homeowners and builders embrace the importance of airtight houses and buildings to make attaining zero carbon less costly and easier, concerns may exist that an airtight building creates a new set of insurmountable problems and liability issues. As a result of these fears, the industry continues designing and building leaky houses. This introductory session will give you the science, the logic, and the courage to begin to achieve tighter and healthier assemblies than what we are used to building. You will learn that by relying on building science for test proven results, you will achieve the economic and health benefits of an airtight assembly.
Learning Objectives:
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- Review of mold and dry rot in a leaky or tight house
- Discussion of toxins and removal of "bad air"
- Overview of air leakage – pathways and frequency
- Presentation of optimized ventilation systems for airtight assemblies
- Conclusion
Terry Nordbye, Air Sealing Solutions, has been a general building contractor for 40 years. In 2010, he built California’s first new construction Passive House for CLAM: an affordable housing association. He now consults with architects, designers, and contractors and builders, on how to achieve high performance buildings with Zero Net Energy targets. He specializes in retrofit, extreme air sealing, using no to low VOC materials.He has been a writer for Home Energy Magazine and Journal of Light Construction and presented at ACI, HPC, Passive House, and JLC conferences in the North West and currently on the Marin County Architectural Commission.
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