BPI CEU’s: 6.5
Prerequisites: None
Training Type: Comprehensive, (JTA = Retrofit Installer, Crew Leader)
Description:
This one-day course will cover principles and theories of building science, as well as basic techniques and strategies used in weatherization. Training will focus on the house as a system concept and discuss how the measures we install affect the home’s pressure, moisture, and temperature, and the overall big picture as it relates to building science. Further, we will cover the importance of performing diagnostic testing and understanding baseload, ventilation, weatherproofing, and mechanical measures.
Learning Objectives:
By attending this session, participants will be able to:
- Understand possible interactions of different home elements
- Recognize possible effects of changes made during weatherization
- Locate and recognize the thermal and pressure boundaries
- Describe how driving forces affect home performance
- Illustrate the link between air leakage, energy waste, and moisture problems
- Explain the principle behind the blower door and other diagnostic tools
- Convey the need for ventilation and the related options and guidelines
- Define the need for weatherproofing any created building penetrations
- Identify the importance of combustion safety throughout the work scope
- Outline the impact of baseloads with regard to energy-saving potential
Identify program fenestration repair and replacement perspective.