• Exit Guide
Module 1 - Renovation & Retrofit

Module 1 - Renovation & Retrofit
by NAIMA Canada

  • Introduction

  • Update 2025

  • Module 1 - Renovation & Retrofit: Goals & Outcomes

  • Can YOU make it Air Tight?

  • SAFETY WARNING!

  • 1.1. Contracts & Scope of Work

  • Knowledge Check: Rules & Reminders

  • Energy Retrofit "Order of Operations"

  • 1.2 Levels of Intervention

  • Levels of Intervention

  • A Case for Keeping it Simple

  • A Case for Going Deep

  • Updating and Maintenance

  • 1.3 Disrupting "House as a System"

  • Knowledge Check: House as a System

  • Weak Points in the Air Barrier

  • Drying Potential

  • Problems Checklist

  • 1.4 Openings

  • Basic Rules of Openings from Building Science.com

  • Air Sealing Existing Openings

  • High Performance Windows

  • High Performance Doors

  • Thermal conductivity of metal

  • Wood Windows & Doors

  • 1.5 Exterior Air Barrier & Insulation

  • Knowledge Check: Airtightness, Insulation and Drying

  • Dew Point

  • Dealing with Dew Point

  • Ext. Insulation and Openings - Thermal Bridging

  • RESOURCES

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