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Attic Ventilation: Performance Starts from the Top

Attic ventilation is an important component in proper structural design. By encouraging airflow, attic ventilation plays a key role in maintaining structural integrity, ensuring roof component durability, providing a healthy indoor environment, and minimizing energy consumption. Additionally, proper attic ventilation hinders or prevents mold growth, reduces interior pollutants, and acts as a pivotal fire prevention tool. This course looks at how attic ventilation systems work, the benefits they provide, and the associated building codes and regulations....

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O'Hagin, LLC

Green Roofs: A Sustainable Strategy

Designing with green roofs affords design professionals opportunities to plan projects with exciting new elements, added value, and significant, tangible benefits, thereby enhancing the built environment with newly-created landscapes. This course examines green roof systems, including the types, benefits, components, and related standards. As well, it provides a discussion on how green roofs mitigate urban heat island effect and reduce stormwater runoff....

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Sika Roofing & Waterproofing

Detailing 201: Maintaining CI and WBRs at Transitions

From the presenters of “Maintaining Continuous Insulation and AWBs at Transitions” comes the next detailing presentation in the series. This presentation expands on integrating insulation and air barriers using the previously described building science fundamentals but applied to some trickier details. How do you integrate continuous insulation at a foundation where the masonry veneer must rest on concrete foundation walls? How do you attach heavy, but combustible, low mass veneers? Join us to find out....

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Owens Corning

Introduction to Air Barriers in Wall Assembly Design

Wall system applications are becoming more and more common in the building envelope industry today. Explore the science behind wall systems and the tangible benefits of incorporating this technology into building structures. There is an emphasis on the differences between air barriers that are impermeable to vapor drive and air barriers that are vapor permeable and which is the best in each climate and wall assembly....

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SOPREMA, Inc.

Moisture Mitigation in Concrete

Moisture related flooring failures cost the flooring industry and associated stakeholders billions of dollars annually. Understanding the issues provides a path for solutions related to floor covering choices, mitigation products, and industry standards. This course identifies the issues, outcomes, industry standards, and best solutions available for design professionals....

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Keene Inc.

Balcony Waterproofing - The Most Overlooked Component

This presentation will focus on the overview of above-grade waterproofing, specifically covering balcony waterproofing systems, and the most overlooked component when assembling such systems. The course will also highlight the forces that create the need for waterproofing assemblies, and how those forces shape how we waterproof balconies....

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Keene Inc.

PMMA/PMA Liquid-Applied Roofing & Waterproofing Membranes

Waterproofing problem solving using PMMA CFA (Cold Fluid Applied) Roofing and Waterproofing Membrane Systems....

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SOPREMA, Inc.

Green Roofs

This presentation will focus on the overview of various waterproofing, water retention, and drainage methods that meet the standards of today’s green roof applications. Along with an overview of soil options and vegetation that it can support....

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Keene Inc.

Mineral Wool IMPs: Sustainable Fire Resistance Construction

Mineral wool core panels provide an excellent alternative to foam core insulated metal panels and other traditional materials where the wall assembly need to be fire resistive. Ratings of up to three hours can be achieved by this product. These panels also provide all necessary control layers in a single component: air, vapor, water and thermal. Acoustic properties of the product are also evaluated. Product configurations including sizes, profiles and metal facings are studied. Code compliance and generic details are reviewed. Mineral wool core panels and their contribution to LEED credits are also studied....

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Metl-Span, a Nucor company

Resilience in Roof Design

The trend toward greater resilience in roof design has come into sharp focus in recent years. The forces driving this trend include the decline in skilled labor among roofing contractors and allied trades; changes in the building code that have been influenced by severe weather patterns; and the increasing application of sustainable and “green" technologies. The urgency of this trend has challenged both design and construction professionals to find both human and technological solutions in a dynamic work environment. This presentation will explore how the trend toward greater roof resilience has affected the application and performance of roofing systems over time. It will also discuss ways to meet the changing demands....

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Duro-Last

Insulated Metal Panels: The Perfect Envelope Solution

Fundamentally, a building envelope functions as an environmental separator, and has specific hygrothermal control requirements. This course examines how insulated metal panels (IMPs) create the perfect envelope solution, incorporating the same control layers as site built wall systems. Discussions include: building envelope design; perfect/universal walls; and the use of IMPs to provide the building envelope’s exterior finish, and the air, vapor, water, and thermal barriers....

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Metl-Span, a Nucor company

Freedom of Design: How to Integrate Metal Walls & Rainscreens into Your Projects

For many years, preformed metal wall panels have been a top choice for building owners and architects, offering an excellent blend of cost effectiveness, functionality, and aesthetic appeal, particularly in rainscreen and screen walls. This course examines the different materials, profiles, and finish options for these panels and dives into applications and best practices for design and installation....

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Berridge Manufacturing Company

AWIP Plant Tour Vacaville, CA

Participants will learn first-hand through instruction and observing the manufacturing process of how insulated metal roof and wall systems are made. Guests will tour the plant floor, testing areas, and storage yards, getting a preview of insulated metal panel systems to be installed throughout the country. Additionally, because of the highly specialized process and equipment used in the manufacturing process, insulated metal panels are a lightweight, durable, and sustainable building envelope solution....

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All Weather Insulated Panels

Warm + Welcoming Hospitality Spaces

Invite costumers and guests into brightly lit spaces that encourage them to stay. Whether introducing a skylight to a hotel atrium or providing a whole new dining experience with a Kalwall façade, skyroof®, or canopy, we can help you discover a daylighting solution that keeps customers coming back....

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Kalwall Corporation

Wood Acoustics: Natural Solutions for Noise Control

Wood is not only visually appealing; it plays a vital role in shaping acoustics. This course examines the acoustic properties of wood and its applications in wood-based architectural solutions, focusing on how acoustic wood products can help control noise in commercial and residential environments. Also reviewed is how these products support sustainable design objectives, including their role in meeting the criteria of the LEED® v5 Building Design and Construction and Interior Design and Construction rating systems, as well as the WELL Building Standard™ v2. The presentation features design strategies and case studies that illustrate the effectiveness of acoustic wood products in achieving superior performance....

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Catalyst Acoustics Group

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Roof Top Paver Systems

Roof top paver systems have become an integral part of commercial roofing that not only improves the energy efficiency but also increases the life expectancy. Roof top pavers provide a durable surface protecting the roofing system from thermal shock, UV degradation and impact. In addition to these benefits, roof top pavers also add the ability to increase the useable square footage of a structure by providing a durable pedestrian surface on roof decks....

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Oldcastle APG

Synthetic Trim Materials - Emphasis on Cellular PVC Trim Products

A discussion about cellular PVC trim products, applications, and manufacturing while looking deeper into synthetic trim materials and specific product examples....

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Westlake Royal Building Products

Spray Polyurethane Foam Roofing Systems for New and Retrofit Construction

Spray polyurethane roofing is a commercial low-slope roofing system in use since the 1970’s with millions of square feet applied across North America. Attributes of this system are comprehensive, from substantial energy efficiency to durability features, as well as a superior sustainability profile compared to other conventional roofing systems. Exploring the challenges with traditional membrane and built-up roofing systems will bring to light the performance improvements that a spray foam roofing system provides. Attendees will learn about the history and developments of coated spray foam roofing systems. They will also learn of the construction detailing and monolithic performance benefits of spray foam roofing, while gaining knowledge of the environmental and sustainability contributions of this advanced roof system....

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BASF Corporation

Quiet by Design: Acoustic Strategies for Pickleball & Other Sport Courts

Architectural acoustic design focuses on managing airborne and impact sound within indoor and outdoor spaces. This course addresses the acoustic challenges associated with outdoor recreational spaces, focusing on the surge in pickleball popularity. Participants will learn the fundamentals of sound propagation in open-air environments and explore how modern acoustic products can reduce unwanted noise while maintaining functionality and the design intent. Acoustic solutions for indoor spaces requiring noise reduction are also covered, as well as the role of acoustic barriers in meeting the requirements of the LEED® v5 Building Design and Construction and Interior Design and Construction rating systems and the WELL Building Standard™ v2....

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Catalyst Acoustics Group

Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene (SBS) Modified Bitumen Membranes: Reinforcement, Testing, and Standards

This course examines the material composition, reinforcement types, and testing standards associated with styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) modified bitumen membranes. It explains how fiberglass, polyester, and combination reinforcements affect membrane strength, flexibility, and dimensional stability. The standards that establish testing methods for tensile strength, elongation, and long-term performance are covered in detail. The course also outlines how material selection and installation practices influence roof durability, moisture resistance, and occupant safety....

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Johns Manville

Intro to Sustainability with Spray Polyurethane Foam

Changes made to spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation formulations in recent years address the impacts of embodied carbon and other attributes of sustainable construction design. This course explores the evolution and environmental impacts of SPF chemistries, and how the sustainability benefits of spray polyurethane foam (also known as SPF), contributes to high performance construction design...

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BASF Corporation

Acoustics and Educational Pedagogy – The Synergy Between

Undesirable acoustics in educational spaces have long been considered averse to our goals to effectively teach, create, collaborate, listen, and learn. The impact on students’ academic achievement, social adaptation and mental health can be vast and long lasting. In this class we will examine impact of different sound problems and how introduce solutions to mitigate them. Learn about solutions that create synergy between the architecture and the classroom environment to optimize student learning, student recruitment, and teacher retention....

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Catalyst Acoustics Group

Concrete-Faced Continuous Insulation Systems

Concrete-faced insulated products are composite prefinished panels that are used to construct walls and roofing assemblies to maximize the energy efficiency, durability, and performance of a building envelope. This course discusses the design criteria used in designing energy-efficient buildings using concrete-faced continuous insulation systems for low-slope roofing, walls, and foundations. The functional and physical features of protective membrane roof (PMR) systems, concrete-faced insulated panels for walls and foundations, and concrete structural insulated panels (CSIPs) are evaluated....

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FinPan, Inc. - T. Clear Corporation

Custom Curved - Natural Metal Roof/Wall Systems

The course details the benefits of designing with natural metals such as zinc, stainless and copper in order to achieve a uniquely aesthetic style with complex curves and tapers of the metal panels for a roof or a wall application....

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Morin Corporation

Achieve Sustainable Performance for Decades with Coil and Extrusion Metal Coatings

This course explores how to use coil and extrusion coatings in the built environment, and how innovative coatings contribute to sustainability initiatives....

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Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings

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