'Plugging the Gaps': Thermal envelopes
'Plugging the Gaps': Thermal envelopes

'Plugging the Gaps’ Understanding comfort & condensation | Thermal Envelopes

Wednesday 15 May 2024 | 5 pm - 7 pm | Live Webinar Event

 

Overview

The aim of the thermal control layer is to control the flow of heat into or out of the building. Typically in a cool climate the aim is to retain heat within the building for as long as possible. The session will cover issues of: continuity of the thermal control layer; windows, walls, roofs and floors as elements of the thermal control layer; and strategies to avoid bridging of the thermal control layer.

Please note: The information provided throughout the series is based on current research and understanding at time of series delivery. It is expected that participants will research and identify their own solutions based on individual circumstances.

CPD

This seminar which forms part of the 4 session Plugging the Gaps|Understanding comfort & condensation in the Tasmanian context series provides 2 formal CPD points and can purchased as a stand alone webinar. 
In person attendance is only available to registrants for the entire series to ensure cohesive engagement in the group setting.
Please refer to Plugging the Gaps Series registration page for Series registration.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course participants should be able to:

  • Build on existing understanding of thermal, air, and vapour control layers
  • Understand the implications of, and ways to minimise, thermal bridging through the building envelope.
  • Identify key condensation risks during design and documentation.
  • Apply design and detailing strategies to minimise condensation risk and improve building performance
  • Educate clients on how to actively contribute to reducing the risk of condensation
  • Identify key information to include on detailed documentation drawings


NSCA 2015 Performance Criteria

This course will deliver outcomes related to the following Competencies from the 2015 National Standard of Competency for Architects:

Design: Schematic Design
4.4 Inclusion of expertise of relevant specialists and consultants in developing the project design.
4.5 Investigation and integration of appropriate structural, construction, service and transport systems in the project design. 
4.7 Coordination and integration of appropriate environmental systems, including for thermal comfort, lighting and acoustics.

Documentation: Detailed Design
5.6 Integration of relevant technical services, environmental and transportation systems. 

Documentation: Documentation
6.5 Nomination of quality and performance standards with regard to selected materials, finishes, fittings components and systems

NSCA 2021 Performance Criteria

This course will deliver outcomes related to the following Competencies from the 2021 National Standard of Competency for Architects:

PROJECT INITIATION AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
PC 24 Be able to prepare and analyse project development options in response to a project brief – its objectives, budget, user intent and built purpose, risk and timeframes, including environmental sustainability considerations.
PC 28 Be able to draw on knowledge from building sciences and technology, environmental sciences and behavioural and social sciences as part of preliminary design research and when developing the conceptual design to optimise the performance of the project.
PC 31 Be able to identify, analyse and integrate information relevant to environmental sustainability – such as energy and water consumption, resources depletion, waste, embodied carbon and carbon emissions – over the lifecycle of a project
PC 33 Be able to investigate, coordinate and integrate sustainable environmental systems – including water, thermal, lighting and acoustics – in response to consultants’ advice.

DETAILED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION
PC 37 Be able to produce timely, accurate, complete and comprehensible documentation of the design so that it can be constructed.
PC 39 Be able to integrate the material selection, structural and construction systems established in the conceptual design into the detailed design and documentation.
PC 41 Be able to coordinate and integrate input from specialists and consultants into the detailed design and documentation.
PC 46 Be able to produce project documentation that meets the requirements of the contract and procurement process and complies with regulatory controls, building standards and codes, and conditions.
PC 47 Be able to complete and communicate on-time, accurate documents for relevant stakeholders, including drawings, models, specifications, schedules and construction documentation.

DESIGN DELIVERY AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES
PC 58 Complete documentation – including specifications, drawings, schedules, reports, certification and approvals – and other project information for issue to the client and relevant authorities, as required under the construction contract and relevant building and planning codes.
PC 59 Understand and mitigate risks associated with preparing and recording documentation.




Speaker

DR. MARK DEWSBURY
UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA

Since Dr Dewsbury’s first meeting with representatives from the Tasmanian Government, ABCB and BRANZ in 2008, he has been actively pursuing concerns about moisture and mould in Australian buildings that have resulted from design decisions and building regulations, that have often not kept pace with expectations of building occupants, construction systems, energy efficiency requirements and construction stage water control. Whereas Australia has a long-standing nationwide mould problem in buildings, since 2009 the World Health Organisation has stressed that any visible presence of mould within the built environment will affect occupant health. Other nations have adopted transient hygrothermal and bio-hygrothermal simulation tools with Mould Growth Indices (MI) as a key indicator for the suitability of building envelope systems. These tools have also been designed recognising relative humidity control, via structured ventilation, as a key component of surface and interstitial mould mitigation in new energy efficient buildings. Recognising these trends Dr Dewsbury was one of the first researchers in Australia to use non-transient envelope simulation tools, from 2014 and transient simulation tools since 2017. This has included collaboration with the developers of the UK JPA software until 2017 and the developers of the WUFI suite of tools, the Fraunhofer Institute of Building Physics since 2016..
  

Speaker

DR. STEVE WATSON
MANAGING DIRECTOR, RED SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANTS

Steve is the founder and Managing Director of RED Sustainability Consultants. He has been active in sustainable design, research, education and consulting for the past 24 years since graduating from Architecture, at the University of Queensland.  In the area of sustainable design and energy efficiency Steve’s expertise in the residential and commercial building sector is extensive.  He has consulted on projects ranging in scale from small single dwellings through to large, multi-million-dollar government and institutional projects. Steve’s work has had a focus on the front-loading of the building design process for better implementation of ESD strategies, as well as a focus on the environmental upgrading of existing residential and commercial building stock.
  

Price 

FORMAL CPD:
Non Members $45
Members $20
Student Members $20
  

Refunds and Cancellations 

Please refer to our terms and conditions for information about refunds and cancellations. By registering for this event you are agreeing to these terms. 
  
 

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