INFORMATION SOURCES:

• Module content drawn from "Air Barriers for Insulators - A Guided Training Program", compiled by Building Knowledge Canada (2019), Toby Smith
• Thermal bridge diagrams "Thermal Bridging", Article from Passive House Plus - Sustainable Building by Joseph Little and Beñat Arregi (July 27, 2011), retrieved Nov 2019.
• BSI Insight - Punched Openings (April 2018) By Joseph W. Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng., Fellow ASHRAE, retrieved from www.buildingscience.com Nov 2019
• Thermal Conductivities of Metals, Metallic Elements and Alloys - The Engineering Toolbox.com. Information retrieved January 2025.
• Retrofit Canada - Case Studies. Information and examples from Peter Darlington - Solar Homes Inc. - Calgary, Alberta, and Fellipe Falluh, Retrofit Construction - Montreal, PQ.
• Select photos and diagrams by Andy Cockburn, NAIMA Canada
• Select photos by Airtight Home Technologies, Ottawa, Ontario

FURTHER TRAINING SUGGESTIONS:

• Building Knowledge Canada - Excellent resources and many training opportunities.

• Net Zero Builder Training - Canadian Home Builders' Association
• Passive House Training - Passive House Canada
• PHIUS Builder Training - PHIUS (Passive House United States)

INDIGENOUS TRAINING & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

• Ontario Aboriginal Human Resource Development Agreement (AHRDA) holders-Government website which contains information specific to Aboriginal people seeking employment in the skilled trades. Gives specific information for youth, people with disabilities, and child care options. Also gives list of success stories.
• Buildforce Indigenous Trades Opportunities - Learn more about the great organizations and programs that focusspecifically on helping Indigenous people to get into an apprenticeship and succeed in the trades.
• AABO / Indigenous Skills, Employment, Apprenticeship and Development (ISEAD)The Aboriginal Apprenticeship Board of Ontario (AABO) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing the number of Aboriginal people in the trades in Ontario.
• Canadian Union of Skilled Workers (CUSW) - CUSW is a proudly independent, democratic union based on membership engagement, fairness and participation from the ground up.

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