Exterior Wall Insulation: Don’t Eat Your Sweater!

Modern energy codes and requirements for high performance result in implementation of continuous exterior wall insulation. The speakers will explain the fundamental benefits of exterior insulation, walk through decade-old research on cladding attachment mechanics, and highlight assemblies they are currently seeing out in the field in their work as building enclosure consultants. They will discuss problem conditions and friction points that they have encountered in practice.

Session Speaker(s): 

Peter Baker
Kohta Ueno

Session Chair(s): 

Mark Schow

Event Time: 

Thursday, March 20, 2025 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Room / Location:
Harbor 2

CEU Information: 

Credit pending for AIA, BOC, BPI, GBCI, MA CSL, NAHB, NARI, PHI, Phius, and RESNET certification.

Learning Objectives:

  • Justify the value of continuous exterior insulation in terms of wall thermal performance
  • Illustrate the durability benefits of continuous exterior insulation
  • Analyze requirements for cladding attachment of various weights through continuous exterior insulation
  • Appraise the sequencing of penetrations with various wall assemblies

Session ID: 

BOS25-146