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Choices of Air Barriers for Commercial Building Enclosure

FREE AIAOC Lunch and Learn

Choices of Air Barriers for Commercial
Building Enclosure

Presenter/Provider: DuPont Building Innovations

Description: The purpose of this seminar is to briefly review the impact of air leakage on building enclosure performance and to describe different types of air barrier systems for air leakage control. The seminar is organized in two sections:

1.The first section is a brief review of air leakage impact on building enclosure performance and the importance of air leakage control.

2.The second section provides a description of the main types of air barrier membranes for commercial building enclosure: mechanically fastened or building wraps, fluid applied (FA), and self-adhered (SA) or peel-and-stick. Other air barrier types such as Sprayed Polyurethane Foams (SPF) will also be reviewed. A brief description, examples of products and manufacturers, typical properties, application methods, system components and advantages & limitations will be discussed for each air barrier type.

Learning Objectives: After attending this seminar, you will be able to understand
1. The impact of air leakage on building enclosure performance
2. Basic features of Self-Adhered air barrier systems (SA)
3. Basic features of Fluid-Applied air barrier systems (FA)
4. Basic features of Mechanically-Fastened air barrier systems (Building Wraps)
5. Basic features of Spray Polyurethane Foams (SPF) and others (e.g. Board stock) air barrier systems

Date:
January 30, 2013

Learning Units: 1HSW

Check-in/Lunch: 11:40 AM

Presentation: 12:00 - 1:00

Location:
AIAOC Office
4100 Birch Street, Suite 300
Newport Beach, CA 92660

Learning Units: 1 LU

Cost: Free for the first 20 AIAOC AIA Members who register.

Lunch will be provided

48 Hour Cancellation Policy