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Exterior cavity fireblocking: Exceeding fire performance

Construction Specifier

Aiming to enhance the fire safety standards in exterior walls, fireblocking is now mandatory behind ventilated cladding , with few exceptions. Simultaneously, it enables the design of exterior walls which can meet the other stringent performance requirements imposed on today’s buildings. By Antonie Habellion, P.Eng., from the 2000 IBC.

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Air barriers: An essential part of the building envelope

GCP Applied Technologies

How air leakage can impact building durability. Energy savings. Estimating energy savings. Environmental Product Declarations. How air leakage can impact building durability. How air leakage can impact building durability. Energy savings. Net zero building design and air leakage. Indoor air quality.

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Public Law 111-308 – Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act – FBPTA – CORE COMPETENCIES

Building Information Management

The core competencies identified include competencies relating to building operations and maintenance, energy management, sustainability, water efficiency, safety (including electrical safety) and building performance measures. We modified the energy job task analyses to include facilities operations and management activities.