In this one-hour webinar, APA Engineered Wood Specialist Matt Brown walks you through the performance path to energy code compliance — and why it may be the smartest choice for builders, designers, and code officials alike. The presentation explores the advantages of performance-based compliance, available pathways to meet energy codes, and how different materials and systems impact energy efficiency. You'll also discover cost-effective strategies to satisfy code requirements without breaking the budget.
What you’ll learn:
The key advantages of using the performance path for energy code compliance
Available pathways to comply with current energy codes
How different materials and building systems affect energy efficiency
Cost-effective strategies for meeting energy code requirements
What you’ll earn
A downloadable certificate of completion is available after completing a brief quiz
Participants who complete the quiz qualify for 1 AIA HSW/LU and 0.1 ICC CEU
CEUs and certificate(s) received upon course completion are transferrable and may be applied towards PDHs or other general CEUs/certifications, such as PE
Selected questions and answers from the webinar
If the performance path requires testing after the building is constructed, what happens if the test fails?
Most testing companies are going to conduct a pre-drywall inspection to ensure good test results. The code currently doesn’t have any flexibility with regards to the Air Change per Hour (ACH) requirements. Code proposals, both at national and state hearings, have been submitted to give flexibility in the Performance and ERI paths by allowing higher air leakage rates provided the energy loss is accounted for in the energy modeling.
Does the energy code require an energy rater?
The performance paths do not specifically require an “Energy Rater”. In this presentation the term is used generically to reference HERS, BPI Raters or other energy professionals and testers.
Can you use a high-performance fiberglass batt to meet R20?
Yes. For the prescriptive compliance path, high density fiberglass, cellulous and spray foam can achieve an R-20 in a 2x6 wall cavity. Also keep in mind that by using the performance and UA – tradeoff compliance paths there is also a means to comply that may not require an R-20.
Offered by APA — The Engineered Wood Association.
