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This course will cover changes to the building thermal envelope requirements of the soon to be published 2024 IECC and the 2021 IECC. We will compare the differences and the pathways for compliance, digging into modeling and U-factor and UA approaches to the building thermal envelope. Then we will shift focus to high performance walls, […]

When windows aren’t specified correctly, people are uncomfortable. Learn the different variables that make windows comfortable, energy efficient, and durable.

In this session, Josh will describe the 4 control layers of any building assembly and the order of their importance. He will explain how a control layer works, how it needs to be comprehensive and continuous around a building and how these layers when designed and installed correctly will create buildings that last longer, are […]

This Session will provide attendees an overview of substantive changes made in the 2023 Oregon Residential Speialty Code (ORSC), review draft provisions of the upcoming Oregon Residential Reach Code (ORRC), provide informatio on incentives related to these codes, and review training resources developed to support these codes. The use of 90.1-2022 in low rise housing […]

In this keynote session, participants will hear about how home performance elements exist as a system and how to get the building enclosure and high-performance mechanicals go hand in hand. The session will mention the key changes of the 2021 IECC and discuss methods, strategies, and opportunities to meet these requirements. The session will discuss […]