Building for Performance
To perform well, a home must be designed, constructed, and operated as a system. Building for Performance teaches construction personnel about customer expectations for home performance, and the ways the home must be designed, constructed, and operated as a system to meet these expectations.
Audience:
Construction, Customer Service, Purchasing, Sales
Duration:
2 hours
Learning objectives:
- Understand homeowner expectations of a home’s performance, acknowledge the impact building performance issues have on homebuilders, and explain why building performance issues are on the rise.
- Describe the impact gravity, wind, and earth each have on a home, explain the building performance issues each can cause, and recount solutions for preventing problems.
- Explain air movement through the building envelope, describe the building performance issues it can cause, and explain solutions for preventing problems.
- Explain water movement across and through the building envelope, describe the performance issues it can cause, and explain solutions for preventing problems.
- Describe heat transfer through the building envelope, explain the building performance issues it can cause, and recount solutions for preventing problems.
- Explain the home as a system that has relationships among building components and that's impacted by the occupants as well as environmental conditions.
Price:
$49.00
