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Video: Moisture Flow Drives Water Induced Problems

August 15, 2018

The hardest part of building a resilient wall is managing moisture. If water gets inside the wall, all sorts of problems arise, including mold, rust, and structural degradation, depending on the materials used.

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Fear Building Envelopes No More with This Website & Videos

July 18, 2018

Many owners, architects, engineers and builders can be confused by the complicated and interrelated science involved in the important layers protecting the building from temperature changes, not to mention the complex factors that affect insulation performance.

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Continuous Insulation Solves Energy Code Math Problem

April 10, 2018

Continuous insulation (ci) and cavity insulation products are both sold with R-value ratings, but the way these two products are used in wall construction means they do not have the same effectiveness.

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Four States Take Action Affecting Energy Code Adoption

March 13, 2018

Four state legislatures recently took action on measures that would have a significantly negative impact on the adoption of progressive energy code provisions.

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Summaries of 2018 Foam Plastics Code Change Proposals

March 13, 2018

The following is a summary of code change proposals to the 2018 International Building Code (IBC) which have been submitted by various foam plastic insulation associations, including the FSC, XPSA, PIMA, and CPI. 

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Presentation Busts Myths Surrounding Energy Code

March 12, 2018

At the recent 2018 RESNET Building Performance Conference, Jay Crandell (ARES Consulting) and Amy Schmidt (Dow Building and Construction) gave a presentation titled “Stranger Things – The Energy Code Myths that Haunt Us”. 

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New Wall Design Calculator for Commercial Energy Code Compliance

February 13, 2018

The Applied Building Technology Group has developed a new tool to aid and simplify the design of code compliant steel stud walls. 

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Video: A Perfect Example of Drying Potential Gone Awry

January 8, 2018

Moisture vapor transmission and water resistive barriers are complicated topics. Below is a classic sketch of what can happen when sound science is not applied with respect to building construction and code compliance.

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A Wall's Drying Potential Won’t Always Bail You Out

January 8, 2018

A misguided reliance on “breathing” or drying potential as the primary means to make a building’s wall work, without proper consideration of variations in conditions of use, can lead to the problem of wetting potential being too high when conditions of use change.

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Perfect Walls are Perfect, and Hybrid Walls Perfectly Good

November 13, 2017

Despite  being the perfect application of cladding, weather-resistant barrier (WRB), foam sheathing, air barriers, studs and so forth, the perfect wall is not necessarily the most practical or preferred solution for every building project.

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