Building insulation doesn’t get much respect. Out of sight and out of mind describes the approach of many commercial building owners and facility managers. Unless obvious problems are observed, all is assumed good. But building insulation that is inadequately designed, installed, and maintained will have a critical adverse effect affects building performance and operation and the comfort, health, and safety of its occupants.
This webinar will provide the background and tools to help building professionals select the best building insulation systems for any situation – starting with preliminary design and field installation and through to ongoing roof asset management. The webinar will cover insulation materials and practices for building roofs and walls, as well as insulated glass and glazing.
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Analyze the components of building insulation systems for roofs, walls, and glazing, and describe how each impacts thermal efficiency, resilience, and occupant health.
Identify the three ways heat moves through building insulation, and employ practical strategies to manage this heat transfer to improve occupant comfort, health, and safety.
Employ best practice design strategies to optimize the energy efficiency of building insulation systems.
Implement strategies to minimize long-term damage to building insulation systems during and after construction, while promoting sustainability and community welfare.
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.
1 hr. Webinar