2024 IIBEC OBEC BES Session- Airtightness: Ultimate Benefits and Decisive Stakeholders’ Interests (Naim Ibrahim, E., Hamati, M.)

2024 BES Session: Airtightness: Ultimate Benefits and Decisive Stakeholders' Interests

Course Overview
This session was originally presented at the 2024 IIBEC/OBEC Building Enclosure Symposium in Toronto, Canada.  This course includes the following components:

• recording of the live session
• a summative assessment consisting of 10 questions
• two surveys required to claim continuing education credit

Description
Airtightness is an impactful dynamic toward reduced energy consumption, occupant comfort, and building resilience at large. Disclosed building energy use intensity (EUI) operational data is alarming. In times where our expertise should unite to conquer this air and energy leakage beast, air permeability expectations from distinct components and buildings are ultimately blurred and are often deranged. Although anticipated conservation targets appear mostly clear while initiating projects, whole-building airtightness performance and resulting energy exhaustion declare major misperceptions in applied methodologies. Many construction stakeholders aren’t necessarily proceeding in harmony. Designers, developers, and legislative entities confuse requirements and standards. To build a truly airtight building, it's important to plan carefully and use tools to find and seal up any gaps during construction. This can help us cut down on wasted energy. The research presented intends to clarify construction’s most employed airtightness approaches, those in light of stockholders’ diverse interests and contributions toward achieving a certain enclosure performance. The analyses will include commonalities and differences between predominant standards and testing parameters, as well as subsequent energy consumptions/savings. The aimed airtightness study will help minimize confusion and propose practical paths forward with relevant stakeholders’ interests, arriving at sustainability.

Speaker(s)/Author(s)
Ehab Naim Ibrahim, B.Arch, Dipl. Ing Architekt, MRAIC, BSS, LEED AP, CPHD
Building Physics Consultant

Meena Hamati, Ing (Eng), MEng, PQS

Course Access
Courses are accessible in LearnUpon for one year from the date of purchase.

Credit Start Date 8/12/24  Credit Expiration Date  8/12/27

Knowledge Level: Intermediate

IIBEC Core Competencies: Building Enclosure Commissioning

Continuing Education Credit Statement
This course is approved for 1.0 IIBEC CEH
This course is approved for 1.0 AIA LU/Elective
AIA Course Number: BES24_07_OD
AIA Provider Number: G024

Continuing Education Credit Claim Information

To claim IIBEC CEHs, learners are required to:

• Complete the summative assessment
• Complete the course Evaluation & Attestation Survey

After completing the Evaluation & Attestation Survey, learners will be able to download a Certificate of Completion.  Learners are responsible for self-reporting IIBEC CEH credit by uploading their Certificate of Completion to their IIBEC Portal. For assistance in self-reporting CEHs, please reach out to: cehs@iibec.org

To claim AIA LU, learners are required to complete the above requirements, as well as:

• Complete the AIA Survey (AIA member number is required)

AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members.

AIA CES Provider statement

IIBEC is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider G024. All registered AIA CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs.  Any questions or concerns about this provider or this learning program may be sent to AIA CES (cessupport@aia.org or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3).

This learning program is registered with AIA CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product. AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.