RedVector
RV-W040623
04/06/2023: LIVE INTERACTIVE WEBINAR, Three Must Know Differences in Roofing Codes, Thursday, April 6, 2023, 12pm-1pm Eastern
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Review the basic structure of energy codes in the United States and how specific codes are established by state and local jurisdictions to keep building occupants safe.
- Locate available online tools that can be used to determine the applicable energy code for specific states and cities in the U.S.
- Review and identify the key energy code requirements for commercial roofs that will ensure public health, safety, and welfare, including thermal insulation levels, use of air and vapor barriers, and use of "cool" roofing systems and surfaces.
- Review how roof energy code requirements are applied both for roofs on new buildings as well as existing buildings.
- Determine whether the application of a roof on an existing building is considered by the code to be "re-roofing" or "recovery," and identify the specific safety requirements for these different applications.
- Review some current online resources and guides available to calculate the level of roof insulation required, to examine the need for air and vapor barriers, and to identify the "cool" roof options for different roofs in different code jurisdictions.
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: James Hoff
Jim Hoff is an experienced executive and consultant in the building materials industry. Jim currently serves as President of TEGNOS Research, Inc. a consulting organization dedicated to expanding understanding of the building envelope. Since the founding of TEGNOS, Dr. Hoff has provided a wide variety of strategic and technical consulting services to dozens of governmental, non-profit and corporate organizations, and recent clients have included the U.S. Department of Energy, the U. S. EPA, building material trade associations, building materials manufacturers, building envelope designers and private equity firms.
In addition to his industry research and consulting activity, Dr. Hoff also serves as the instructor for the successful "Commercial Roofing Boot Camp" course co-sponsored by Building Envelope Magazine. Jim has published numerous papers addressing a variety of technical and business topics germane to the building envelope industry and is a frequent speaker at building envelope, sustainability, and energy efficiency conferences.