Description
2024 BES Session: Windows Installation Designs for Meeting Demanding Thermal Code Requirements
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
The building enclosure industry has been moving to the use of exterior continuous insulation for decades, and the thickness of the insulation required has steadily been increasing. Thicker exterior insulation requires new design solutions for cladding attachment and penetrations, such as window openings. Modern emerging building codes, such as the National Energy Code for Buildings 2020 in Canada and ASHRAE 90.1-2022 Energy Standard for Sites and Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, require the not-inconsiderable thermal bridging impact of window installation details to be considered. Finally, the need to focus on the water and airtightness of window installations is now widespread. New standards, such as CSA A440.6, High Exposure Fenestration Installation, provide requirements for demanding applications. This session will review design and construction challenges of window installation in walls with more than 50 mm (2”) of continuous insulation. New products have become available that may help solve some of the challenges. The design process, technology, and techniques for ensuring an air- and water-tight installation while mitigating thermal bridging will be presented, along with a range of thermal calculations and construction details to bring these solutions to life.
Speaker(s)/Author(s)
John Straube, PhD, PEng
RDH Building Science
University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering
Daniel Haaland, MASc, PEng
Principal, Building Science Engineer
RDH Building Science
Course Access
Courses are accessible in LearnUpon for one year from the date of purchase.
Credit Start Date August 12, 2024 Credit Expiration Date August 12, 2027
Knowledge Level: Intermediate
IIBEC Core Competencies: Exterior Walls
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_10_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.
Objectives
At the end of this session, the attendee will be able to:
- Explain how building codes are changing to require improved thermal performance by reducing thermal bridges.
- Identify how the fundamental control layers maintain their continuity at the head and sill of typical windows.
- Describe the limitations of common window buck solutions for window installation
- Identify how some newly available thermally improved materials and products can be used to make window installation thermally efficient as well as air- and water-tight.
Certificate
By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate Live_AIA Elective and IIBEC CEH
Learning Credits
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