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Choosing a Path: Chaplain Israel Yost -
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Choosing a Path: Chaplain Israel Yost When someone makes your skin crawl they are either full of it or you are about to learn something
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Understanding Energy Codes: Compliance Paths
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Follow a menu of requirements.
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Mandatory: Key Elements AIR SEALING REQUIREMENTS (Mandatory) N1102.4 (R402.4) Air Leakage (Mandatory). The building thermal envelope shall be constructed to limit air leakage in accordance with the requirements of Sections N1102.4.1 through N1102.4.5.
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AIR SEALING REQUIREMENTS (Mandatory) N1102.4 (R402.4) Air Leakage (Mandatory)
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N1103.3.2 (R403.3.2) Sealing (Mandatory) Ducts, air handlers and filter boxes shall be sealed.
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Mandatory: Key Elements MECHANICAL VENTILATION
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Understanding Energy Codes INSULATION REQUIREMENTS: Above Grade
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Key Take-Aways
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Up Next: My buddy Steve – Defining High Performance
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High Performance Labels “While Labels present a relative comparison of position – for me, HP is the balance of budget / performance and the Opportunity to set oneself apart from the rest”
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O HIGH PERFORMANCE W D E Indoor Air Quality R Energy Efficiency E E N Durability Resource Efficiency I G N Water Efficiency Value / Quality E R E Comfort Health B U for
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Final Choices Modest Advances Low Hanging Fruit
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As the level of Advancement and Opportunity in Performance increases – inversely proportional – the Cost increases
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CURRENT CHALLENGES
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- Code - Materials - Assemblies - Workmanship - CLIENT DESIRE - Performance - CLIENT SATISFACTION
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The Education
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One of the PROBLEMS with our industry is that we tend to believe and receive our education “Old School”…….
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Considered EQUAL at Conception, As IMPROVEMENT to any Component increases, the Contribution of the Other Components – REGRESSES……..High Performance Decision making requires PROPORTIONATE Advancement HomeBuilding Crossroads SPRING 2017
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The Four Barriers of Control in Order of Priority // Control provides increased Durability, Comfort, Health, and Energy Efficiency
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INNOVATION is a PROCESS not a PRODUCT
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“INTEGRATION” not “Application” Many of the SERVICES required need to be PLANNED FOR (especially SOG Foundations)
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Details were Drawn as Twins – Airsealing / Framing and Finish Details
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Durability is about the Right and Wrong Decisions in DESIGN
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Airtightness Air Tightness Pressures VARY Along the Building Envelope
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My SECRET Is OUT!!
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VAPOR – It challenges everything……Durability, Health, Comfort,
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MECHANICAL VENTILATION - CONTROL
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WHOLE WALL R‐VALUE “Proportionate AND Continuous – the MATH” WHOLE WALL
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2x6 16”oc (20%) // R‐5 win (15%) // R‐21 + 13 CONT (65%)
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It’s not that High Performance Houses cost too much; it’s that our idea of a fairly priced new home is based on a history of building houses to meet embarrassingly Low Performance benchmarks.”
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Homebuilding Crossroads: 2015 Energy Code and High Performance Building Science Foundation – Keeping Our Homes Safe and Sound
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D E • Study of how heat, air, and moisture move in, around, and through R buildings E E • How stuff gets wet and dries (or not…) N I G • Moisture and heat flows are linked; this is not an option, it’s the LAW N • High performance builders: E manage heat & moisture with equal intensity R E B U H
Proof Positive
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How many ways can a building get wet?
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• Bulk water
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How many ways can a building assembly get wet?
• capillarity of porous materials
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Prioritizing moisture movement • #1 – bulk water • #2 – capillary water • #3 – air-transported moisture • #4 – diffusive moisture movement
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How many ways can a building assembly dry? • Free drainage • Convection • Diffusion
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1. Determine vapor permeability of each component of assembly 2. Identify least vapor permeable component(s) 3. Assess direction and extent of vapor drive: interior/exterior temperature difference, interior/exterior relative humidities (remember always high to low) 4. Identify/assess drying direction & potential
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Connecting High Performance, the new Code, and Building Science
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• Keeping homes safe and sound means protecting the structure (durability) and occupants (IAQ) while you improve energy efficiency • To do that, you need to manage energy and moisture with equal intensity—it’s the Law • You achieve this with continuous control layers for water, air, and heat flows • And your backup plan is to design in drying potential “just in case” stuff gets wet
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Hygrothermal Balance WETTING:
DRYING:
‐ Bulk water ‐ Capillary water ‐ Air‐transported ‐ Diffusion
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Homebuilding Crossroads: 2015 Energy Code and High Performance
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Sources ‐ Household Moisture Source Showering Clothes drying Cooking (dinner) 5 house plants 1 cord “green” wood 4 people Building materials Ground moisture
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Puzzle 4: mold in closets in “certain” locations • Hudson Valley NY • About 10 years old • Full walk‐out basement • Vented attic
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HW HBC Portsmouth and Bethesda: May 22 and 24 2018 References/Resources: 1. Vapor Profile – GBA: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/buildingscience/vapor-profiles-help-predict-whether-wall-can-dry 2. Dewpoint calculations – GBA: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/musings/calculating-minimumthickness-rigid-foam-sheathing 3. Spray foam 7 tips – BuildingGreen: https://www.buildinggreen.com/blog/foamplace-insulation-7-tips-getting-injection-and-spray-foam-right 4. Sticky Business – BuildingGreen: https://www.buildinggreen.com/search/site/sticky%20business 5. Designs That Work – BuildingScience Corp: https://buildingscience.com/document-search
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6. Enclosures That Work – BuildingScience Corp: https://buildingscience.com/document-search
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7. Architecture/Building Science/Enclosures: “Designing the Exterior Wall” – Linda Brock: https://www.wiley.com/enus/Designing+the+Exterior+Wall%3A+An+Architectural+Guide+to+the+Vertical+ Envelope-p-9780471451914
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8. Commercial high performance buildings - Whole Building Design Guide: https://www.wbdg.org
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9. Building Science for Building Enclosures – John Straube: https://buildingscience.com/bookstore/books/high-performance-enclosures or https://www.amazon.com/Building-Science-for-Enclosures/dp/0975512749 10. Yost blogs on building science puzzles et al – GBA: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/building-science