Air Sealing Tips, Tricks, & Details

Course Overview

Air sealing continues to be a great area to increase energy efficiency and, in some cases, a trouble spot to meet code compliance. In this course, you will learn abou t a few specific areas that are sometimes hard to seal and review a couple techniques for each to achieve compliance.

Learning Goals

What will you learn?

• Review the 2015 IRC and IECC requirements on air leakage.
• Understand the physical transition of a home with a higher leakage rate to a home with a lower leakage rate and how that change can affect the sustainability of building components.
• Learn why air sealing is important to the occupant comfort and health by not allowing air infiltration from potentially contaminated areas.
• Review air sealing techniques that can help achieve this lower prescriptive standard.

Available Continuing Education Credits

After watching the videos, completing knowledge checks, and passing a final assessment, you will be eligible for the following continuing education credits:

• 1.0 PA L&I Contact Hour
• 1.0 PDH for licensed professional engineers in Pennsylvania
• 1.0 AIA LU|HSW
• 1.0 ICC Contact Hour (0.1 CEU)
• 1.0 NARI hour/CEU

Instructor

Christopher Hine
Associate Director of PHRC
Penn State College of Engineering

Who is this for?

• Architects, builders, engineers, remodelers, and other design professionals
• Code officials and government representatives
• Product manufacturers with a residential focus
• Educators focused on building trades and residential construction