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Innovative Approaches to Air Sealing Multi-family Buildings and Updated Air Sealing Certifications

Wednesday, April 19, 2023
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
Location: 420-422 (Seattle Convention Center Summit)
CEU Type(s): ASHI, BPI, INTERNACHI, NARI
 Getting Smells, Sounds, and Pests under control is a big deal. That said, in multi-family it's critical. The good news is experience, and new innovations are making it much easier to do. From single story, to high-rise units, each come with different challenges, but a good approach can yield great results. 

This discussion dives into every day problems / challenges in multi-family building envelopes and living environments. Starting with creating an air sealing plan, then focusing on the most common areas that gain the most benefit, and finally covering the best tools and methods that help achieve great results. 

Our panel of presenters will also be providing information on the updated Multi-Family Building Analyst and Multi-Family related air sealing certifications though BPI.

Learning Objectives:

By attending this session, attendees will:
  • Understand the magnitude and impacts of the most common problems related to air leakage in multi-family environments, and how to test and demonstrate problems as well as present effective solutions
  • Understand why and how they can develop a great performance and air sealing plan before starting work at the project. They will learn the most common areas where pathways get missed in construction, get created in service, and solid approaches to address them
  • Better understand updated air sealing certifications though BPI as well as proving solutions including crawl space & radon solutions, AeroBarrier & spray foam solutions, creative blower door uses, hot wire anemometers, when can foam will not work, and even more wisdom from the three presenters and experienced attendees