Webinar- Sustainable Building Enclosure Design for LEED v4 – 12/6/17

CSI Learning Level: Intermediate

Audience:

• Specifiers
• Owners
• Contractors
• Engineers
• Facility Managers
• Developers
• Architects
• Project Managers
• Students

Speaker:
Benjamin Meyer

Buildings use a significant percentage of energy and resources and are responsible for 40% of the world waste hence sustainable buildings have become an imperative. A sustainable building requires optimization of whole building performance through proper integration of its parts. This seminar will focus on building enclosure contribution to sustainable buildings. The building enclosure is typically designed for the life of the building, making it critical to address its sustainability at the design phase. Building enclosure sustainability attributes include energy efficiency, durability, IAQ and sustainable materials. Air leakage can transport heat, moisture and contaminants across the building enclosure and can affect all sustainability attributes. However air leakage impact has only recently been understood and continuous air barriers for air leakage control have become mandatory code requirements for the first time in ASHRAE 90.1-2010. The seminar is organized in 4 sections. − Section 1 will briefly review the information to date on climate change and why sustainable buildings must be an essential part of mitigation measures. − Section 2 will review an overview of LEED v4 and changes to the rating system. − Section 3 will discuss the Importance of building enclosure design of air barriers on sustainability in the context of LEED v4. − Section 4 will summarize building envelope material sustainability and health in the context of LEED v4, specifically through HPDs and EPDs.

1. The impact of buildings on the environment and why sustainable buildings are an imperative of our times
2. The importance of building enclosure design on building’s sustainability
3. The impact of air leakage on the sustainability of the building
4. How air barriers may contribute to USGBC (US Green Building Council) LEED-2013 v4 pre-requisites and/or credits

Credit: 1.0 AIA HSW/LU credit

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