Designing and installing high-performance building envelope projects to meet challenging new energy codes benefits from a bit of ‘systems thinking.’
June 1, 2013
Employing a variety of new and improved enclosure designs on the market today, it’s possible (and often relatively straightforward) to meet new energy codes, sustainability standards and even increasingly strict building codes.
One of the biggest challenges architects face today in dealing with continuous insulation (CI) — and thick insulation in particular — is to attach the cladding without creating a thermal bridge in the assembly.