RESOURCES

INFORMATION SOURCES:

  • Module content drawn from "Air Barriers for Insulators - A Guided Training Program", compiled by Building Knowledge Canada (2019), Toby Smith
  • Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) - What is an Energy Efficient Home?
  • 2020 National Building Code of Canada (NBC) Issued by Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, and National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
  • Illustrated User's Guide - NBC 2020: Part 9 of Division B, Housing and Small Buildings (2025) Issued by Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, and National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
  • Exegesis of Proposed ASHRAE Standard 119: Air Leakage Performance for Detached Single-Family Residential Buildings by Sherman, Max Howard (1986). Retrieved from www.researchgate.net Nov 11, 2019 11:00am,
  • Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Quality in Buildings - ASHRAE Standard 62.2, 2016. Approved by the ASHRAE Standards Committee on June 22, 2019; by the ASHRAE Technology Council on June 26, 2019 and by the American National Standards Institute on June 27, 2019.
  • Select photos and diagrams by Andy Cockburn, NAIMA Canada
  • Select photos from Airtight Home Technologies, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Select photos from Peter Darlington, SOLAR HOMES Inc., Calgary, Alberta.

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