by John Krigger | Jan 21, 2022
(1.5 CEUs) Older mobile homes have minimal amounts of roof insulation. There is usually room in the roof cavity to roughly double the insulation’s R-value. This course shows you a variety of ways to insulate the roofs of mobile homes. How to insulate through the top...
by John Krigger | Jan 21, 2022
(1.5 CEUs) Air leaks into and out of mobile homes through predictable locations. Blower door testing helps energy specialists to evaluate the existing air leakage and to plan the air sealing work. Air sealing mobile homes is no more difficult than air sealing...
by John Krigger | Jan 21, 2022
(1.5 CEU) Air barriers are an essential part of the building envelope of an energy-efficient building, but the need for air barriers in buildings isn’t well known. This Air Barrier Basics lesson covers air-barrier principles and typical air-barrier installation...
by John Krigger | Jan 21, 2022
(1.0 CEU) This lesson focuses on the characteristics of windows and how these characteristics relate to a windows energy efficiency. Windows have changed significantly over the past 30 years, and there are a lot of recent developments that we discuss in this lesson...
by John Krigger | Jan 21, 2022
(2.0 CEUs) Many builders choose spray-foam insulation for their energy-efficient building projects. Spray foam has advantages over fibrous insulation materials, but it also has disadvantages. This mini course explains the main spray-foam types and their installation...
