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    High-Performance Building Assemblies Course, July 18, Boston, MA

  • 18 July 2019
  • Start time : 09:00 AM
  • End time : 04:00 PM
  • Event Host : USGBC Massachusetts Chapter
  • Event Location : Edison Conference Room, 16th Floor, 50 Milk Street, Boston, MA, 02109, United States
USGBC, High Performance Buildings
Event Description

This course will cover:

  1. High Performance Building Assemblies – An introduction and an approach
  2. HPBA Control Layers – It’s in the details
  3. High Performance Glazing – Making it less opaque
  4. Thermal Comfort – Connecting physics, people, and performance

As part and result of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

  1. Explain and analyze how both energy and moisture move on, off, and through building envelopes
  2. Apply the principles of control layer continuity in both the design and the specification of building assemblies.
  3. Integrate high-performance glazing into building performance in both design and specification of windows and glazing
  4. Apply the principles of thermal comfort in the design and specification of high-performance building assemblies.

 

  • Host Company/Organization Name
    • USGBC Massachusetts Chapter
  • Event type
    • Training

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