Thursday, April 15th, 2021
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Thursday, April 15th, 2021
11:45 am: Zoom meeting room opens followed by any announcements and tabletop presenters
AIA Presentation Begins at Noon
"New Tools to Help Drive Decisions in Your Air Barrier Specifications"
Presenter: Laverne Dalgleish, Executive Director of the Air Barrier Association of America
The presentation will review some of the new tools available in regards to specifying different levels of building airtightness above code mandated minimums. These tools help assess the energy reduction from base levels of building airtightness and the corresponding financial savings, along with quantification of the impact’s airtightness has on moisture movement transported by air leakage.
A look into research conducted on adhesion values for various air barrier materials will be reviewed to aid the specification writer (if providing a minimum adhesion value for materials that rely on adhesion)
Thirdly, information on the ABAA Quality Assurance Program: How to specify the program properly and exactly what the program entails. Included in this will be a review of the top field related issues that are found during the ABAA site audit process.
Learning Objectives:
• Through a review of the air barrier calculator, determine the energy and financial savings obtained by higher level of airtightness and how it impacts the project specifications
• Analyze the results of adhesion testing of various products on various substrates to assist in identifying potential minimum targets in specifications
• Define requirements for quality assurance and control and typical downfalls of specification language
• Determine key field installation issues for various air barrier products and how specifications can provide further clarity
CE Credit 1.0 AIA HSW/ LU/ GBCI credit
Presenter Bio: Laverne Dalgleish
Mr. Laverne Dalgleish is the Executive Director of the Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA). As such, he works to champion energy conservation in buildings while educating the building owners and designers about the benefits of energy conservation such as durability, comfort, reduced maintenance, reduced HVAC equipment costs and the positive impact on the environment.
Mr. Dalgleish travels North America to educate building owners and designers on the benefits of effective and working air barrier systems in buildings. This education mission includes working with standards development organizations, training and education groups, government policy departments, and quality assurance program developers for the construction industry. Mr. Dalgleish is the Secretariat of two ISO Committees, ISO TC61 SC10 Cellular Plastics and ISO TC163 SC3 Thermal Insulation Products. He is also Chair of the ULC Thermal Performance in the Building Environment Standards Committee.
Mr. Dalgleish was the key developer of the ABAA Quality Assurance Program for the installation of air barrier systems in buildings. This program is based on ISO 9000 and ISO 12576-2 but brings the ISO requirements together with practical applications for the air barrier industry.
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