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One liner: presentation describing criteria for different insulation installation grades.

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

Video describing various insulation materials used 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.

Video describing how various insulation materials can be applied in buildings.

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

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

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

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.

Presentation describing basement insulation and potential problems.

Presentation describing the Georgia State Minimum Standard Energy Code air barrier requirements, envelope concepts including air flow and thermal properties, and common missed insulation and air-sealing opportunities.

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 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.

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

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

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

Webinar explaining advances in energy efficient design for manufactured homes.

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

Webinar that will explain mandatory and prescriptive requirements related to duct installation, insulation, sealing, and testing, as well as requirements for heating, cooling, and hot water systems and controls.

Webinar answering code-related questions on insulating historic masonry buildings, mechanical ventilation, combustion equipment, excessive humidity build-up, skylights, and vapor retarders on interior walls.