Crushing the Code NYS: Commercial Envelope [FULL]

In this 2-hour, online training, students will examine what makes a building envelope code compliant under the 2020 ECCCNYS commercial provisions

November 14, 2023
12:00 – 2:00 pm

Online/Webinar

Event Cost

Non Member & Member: Free Admission

Continuing Education Credits

2 GBCI, 2 AIA LU-HSW, 2 PDH, 0.2 ICC

This class is now FULL. Please look at our event page for all other course offerings, this class will be offered again on a monthly basis.

Course Overview

The building envelope will outlive all other building systems, so it’s critical that it is designed and built to code. Crushing the Code NYS: Commercial Envelope prepares building and design professionals in New York State to comply with the commercial envelope requirements in the 2020 Energy Conservation Construction Code of New York State (ECCCNYS).

In this session, students will examine what makes a building envelope code compliant under the 2020 ECCCNYS commercial provisions.

What you’ll learn

By the end of this 2-hour course, participants will be able to:

Understand how to identify the building thermal envelope and the different components that impact code compliance.
Recognize the importance of the air barrier and the latest industry strategies to create a tight building envelope for improved efficiency and occupant comfort.
Describe the ways that heat flows through the building envelope and learn how to find or calculate the needed thermal resistance for code compliance.
Explain code criteria that limits energy losses from windows.

FAQs

Who is this for?

This training is recommended for architects, engineers, code enforcement officials, contractors, building owners and operators and students working towards a career in the building industry. Learn more about the Energy Code and if this training is right for you.

How it works

Each Crushing the Code training is live, taught remotely on Zoom, and led by a certified instructor with more than seven years of professional experience. Register for an upcoming class and put your energy code confusion to rest!

If you have previously taken an 8-hour Crushing the Code NYS training, this 2-hour training contains similar content, reformatted into a shorter module.

Not sure where to start? Here’s how our newly restructured 2-hour trainings fit together. Take one standalone training, or take an entire series at your convenience.

Instructor

Jodi Smits Anderson

Jodi Smits Anderson is a Fellow of the AIA, Well-AP, LEED AP BD+C, and Regenerative Practitioner who seeks to discover and work toward potential in all things. She is a speaker focused on learning from Nature and identifying full-spectrum sustainability, which includes health, DEI, community, economic resilience, energy, water, waste, food systems, personal fulfillment, joy, beauty, and systems thinking. Her goal is to learn and share what she is learning with people interested in the conversations and interested in teaching her in the process.

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Upcoming events

Crushing the Code NYS: Energy Code 101 [FULL]

May 2, 2024

In this 2-hour, online training, students learn what the 2020 ECCCNYS is, why it was developed, where it’s headed and the different ways to comply.

Crushing the Code NYS: Residential Building Systems [FULL]

May 7, 2024

This 2-hour, online training prepares building and design professionals in NYS to comply with the residential mechanical, hot water, and lighting requirements in the 2020 ECCCNYS.

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