ACI New Jersey Home Performance Conference

LEAR 6 - Attached Housing Technical Issues

Thursday, January 25, 2007  ·  1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Build, assess, and treat side-by-sides just like detached dwellings, right? Not quite. Explore the opportunities, differences, and complications posed by party walls. How do you interpret a blower door reading when much of the air is coming from the neighbor's unit?
 
By attending this session, participants will
 
  1. Understand what is expected and allowed by codes in attached dwellings and how that differs from single family detached homes
  2. Learn techniques for air sealing appro­priate to attached dwellings
  3. Discuss IAQ and combustion safety issues and clarify how to address these issues

Keyword(s): air sealing, auditing, combustion testing, diagnostics, fire codes, IAQ, party walls, soundproofing, priorities, row houses, thermal defects, townhouses, worse-case depressurization
Type: 90-Minute Breakout
Track: Lessons Learned
CEU: Energy and Environmental Building Association (EEBA)   Building Performance Institute, Inc. (BPI)   Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET)   National Association of Certified Home Inspectors (NACHI)   National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI)   ASHI  

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