Installing Windows with Foam Sheathing on a Wood-Frame Wall

Technical Report · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/15016220· OSTI ID:15016220

Residential housing design continues to move toward the development of high-performance sustainable building systems. To be sustainable, a building must not only be efficient and durable but also economically viable. For these reasons, new methods of enclosure design have been examined that provide high thermal performance and long-term durability and also reduce material use (including waste), simplify or integrate systems and details, and potentially reduce overall initial costs of construction. One new idea relating to enclosure design is to use exterior foam insulating sheathing as the primary sheathing and drainage plane for the wall assembly. However, as with any building enclosure system, proper details for the management of water, vapor, and energy transfer is critical. Window systems need to be installed in such a way as to be consistent with principles of building science. Window installations also require an understanding of how to maintain the continuity of the drainage plane of the wall.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15016220
• Report Number(s): NREL/SR-550-37583; KAAX-3-32443-05; TRN: US200511%%104
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1 May 2005; Related Information: Work performed by Building Science Corporation, Westford, Massachusetts
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN
DRAINAGE
ENERGY TRANSFER
MANAGEMENT
PERFORMANCE
WATER
WINDOWS
BUILDING AMERICA
BUILDING SCIENCE CONSORTIUM
BSC
ENERGY-EFFICIENT HOMES
RESIDENTIAL HOUSING
SUSTAINABLE HOUSES
ENCLOSURE DESIGN
EXTERIOR FOAM INSULATING SHEATHING
WINDOW SYSTEMS
ENVELOPE AND WINDOW SYSTEMS