Water, Air, and Thermal Continuous Control Layers

80 Atwood St.,Brattleboro VT 05301

09 November, 2022

Description

Two-Part Training:November 9, 2022: 3:45 - 7:45 PM November 16, 2022: 3:45 - 7:45 PMLocation: Windham Regional Career Center. 80 Atwood St. Brattleboro VT 05301Cost: SEON Members: Full cost - $475. (Apply $225 subsidy from Windham Community Foundation grant plus $50 member discount) Final cost: $200 Nonmembers: Full cost - $475 (Apply $225 subsidy from Windham Community Foundation grant) Final cost: $250  (Become a member.) The Basics of High Performance Building is designed to advance the knowledge and skills of current builders in new and retrofit construction, all with a special focus on high performance construction and building science principles. This course is the foundation course for SEON’s Certified Level I High Performance Builder program, which is a program to educate and mentor the next generation of high performance building professionals. This program offers trainings, mentorship, on-site assistance, and more. COURSE DESCRIPTON:This is a classroom and hands-on course that will cover the theory of the 3 continuous control layers as well as the materials and installation practices involved for vertical walls. It will also cover the installation drainage plane, air barrier, and continuous exterior insulations as they as they are integrated into both the plane of the exterior wall and the major penetration at windows (two 4 and ½ sessions). Objectives Participants will be able to: Indentify the materials used to form continuous water, air, and thermal control layers. Trace a continuous air barrier from foundation to roof system on a cross section from a set of construction documents. Trace a continuous air barrier from foundation to roof systems on a model of a building cross section. Identify critical sealing requirements at air barrier transition points on a model of a building cross section. Identify the types of insulation used in high performance construction. Trace a continuous insulation from foundation to roof system on a cross section from a set of construction documents. Trace continuous insulation from foundation to roof systems on a model of a building cross section. Conductive a vapor profile on each of the 4 representative wall systems. Identify all materials specified and what category of vapor retarder they represent and if the assembly will have a drying pathway to the interior or exterior of the assembly, or both, or neither. Describe the function of a drainage plain on a vertical wall. Identify materials used in a drainage plain system. List the advantages and disadvantages of different types of drainage plain materials. Demonstrate the correct installation of a drainage plain system on a vertical wall. Describe the function of a window pan drainage system. Identify materials used in a window pan system. Install a window pan system using the appropriate materials and methods. Demonstrate how to integrate a window pan system into a wall drainage plain system. Demonstrate how to install a window into a window pan system. Demonstrate how to install a drip cap Teaching Aids: Teaching aids used for participants to identify building system parts, materials and transitions from one material or system to another. Full size cross sections showing common building systems used by area contractors. The cross section will start at the foundation and end at the roof rafters. Each cross section will show all materials and sealants used to achieve a continuous drainage plain, continuous insulation, continuous air control, vapor control and show structural components. The cross section can be made of 6’-0’ high and 2’-0’ wide and put on wheels for ease of movement. Cross section taken from a set of construction documents. (the cross section must match the full-size cross section) Units for Participants to demonstrate installation methods 4’-0’ wall units with a window RO ( one wall unit required for each 3 participants) One window for each wall unit Supply of the most commonly used materials used to fabricate an air barrier, drainage plain, window pan, and continuous insulation. Instructor: John DiMatteo-----------------------------------------------------------------Questions about registration? Please contact SEON at 802-376-9262 or [email protected].