Elevating Enclosure Performance: Optimizing Continuous Insulation for Thermal Efficiency, Durability and Safety
This webinar explores how strategic continuous insulation (CI) choices can alleviate pressures on building enclosures and elevate building envelope performance, sustainability, durability and life safety. Attendees will gain insights into NFPA 285 compliance, the role of CI in rainscreen systems and key considerations behind insulation material selection. The course highlights key attributes for comparing insulation types—such as R-value, thickness, installation requirements and environmental impact—and suggests design opportunities using higher-performance insulation products. Through real-world assemblies and best practices, participants will learn how to simplify insulation choices across multiple applications to meet evolving codes, optimize wall assemblies, reduce thermal bridging and even reclaim interior square footage. Discover how doing more with less supports design efficiency and construction practicality.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify how insulation selection impacts NFPA 285 compliance and understand how different assemblies perform with various continuous insulation materials under varying environmental pressures.
2. Evaluate sustainability attributes, installation efficiencies, and design flexibility of continuous insulation types to maximize thermal performance and minimize installation complexity.
3. Explore rainscreen applications and determine critical design and installation considerations for effectively integrating continuous insulation across varied enclosure types.
4. Examine how high R-value insulation can reduce wall thickness, simplify attachment systems and reclaim usable space within building envelopes.
Presenter: Lance Williams, Architectural Sales Manager, Atlas Roofing
