Presentations

Webinar from Terrence Mosley, Rick Wertheim, and Theresa Gilbride on providing high performance, high indoor air quality, and net zero energy usage to affordable housing projects in accordance with U.S. DOE's Zero Energy Ready Home program, focusing on affordable projects from the United Way of Long...

Webinar from Katie Cort and Shannon Christie on automated window shading and its applications for energy efficiency and demand response, leading to a discussion on integration for complete smart homes.

Webinar from Katie Cort and Shannon Christie on automated window shading and its applications for energy efficiency and demand response, leading to a discussion on integration for complete smart homes. Free EEBA login required.

Webinar explaining advances in energy efficient design for manufactured homes.

Webinar from a group of green residential home building experts on how the Ultimate Z.E.N. Home, a production-built home is able to operate comfortably and successfully without the use of fossil fuels, including insulation, heating and cooling strategies, and other energy efficient design measures.

Webinar describing research on moisture performance in high-R walls.

Webinar describing high-performance enclosure strategies for unvented roof systems and wall assemblies.

Webinar answering code-related questions on duct leakage tests, moisture levels in attics and crawlspaces, combustion equipment in conditioned attics, ventilation in multifamily buildings, and continuous insulation in residential construction.

Video that introduces the First Law of Thermodynamics and how it can be used to analyze how energy moves in and around buildings.

Video that covers how various insulation materials can be applied into buildings.

Video demonstrating how to calculate R-values for a simple wall construction.

Video that introduces Fourier's Law (the law of heat transfer), and discusses how heat flows.

Video that defines building envelope, and explains how the 3 modes of heat transfer can be applied to building science.

Video that explains how to calculate the cross sectional area and net area of a building's walls, which are concepts that are necessary for analyzing the heat transfer.

Video demonstrating how to calculate R-values for a simple wall construction.

Video demonstrating how to calculate R-values for a simple wall construction.

Video where viewers will learn about the various materials used for insulation in the building industry.

This presentation will help you define insulated siding, understand R-value testing of insulated siding, describe proper installation of insulated siding, comply with energy codes and understand building energy performance program and software recognition.

Presentation with technical training covering several possible approaches to locating ducts within the home’s air and thermal barriers, and then dig into design considerations and details for the spray foam encapsulation approach.

Webinar that discusses code requirements found in the prescriptive window and insulation requirements for climate zones 1 and 2.

Webinar that discusses code requirements found in the prescriptive window and insulation requirements for climate zones 3, 4 and 5.

Webinar that discusses code requirements found in the prescriptive window and insulation requirements for climate zones 6, 7 and 8.

Webinar that explores important changes in the 2021 IECC, focusing on Insulation.

Webinar from Tom Patton of Fox Blocks on how changes to building codes are driving changes to framing assemblies and insulation, highlighting how ICFs can take over for traditional wood frame wall assemblies. Free EEBA login required.

Webinar from Zero Carbon LLC explaining how to conserve energy and reduce a home's carbon footprint through use of the 'fab four' residential energy efficiency upgrades: heat pumps, insulation, triple-glazed windows, and solar panels.

Webinar from David Green and EEBA explaning how to conserve energy and reduce a home's carbon footprint through use of the 'fab four' of heat pumps, insulation, triple-glazed windows, and solar panels. Free EEBA login required.

Webinar from a group of indoor air quality experts on compliance with EPA's Indoor airPLUS program as multifamily buildings reach past five stories high, with special consideration taken for ventilation, air sealing, moisture control, and indoor air quality needs in larger residences.

Webinar explaining new code options for insulating, sealing, and controlling moisture in unvented attics in residential buildings.

Webinar from Rebecca Stamm of Healthy Building Network and Roberto Valle of HomeFree on policies surrounding environmental and human health impacts of insulation and air sealing materials. Free EEBA login required.

Presentation describing basement insulation and potential problems.

Presentation describing issues with condensation in unvented attics insulated with open-cell spray foam.