THERM is the software program developed by Lawrence Berkeley Labs and typically used to determine the heat-loss performance for glazing and window frame profiles.  This program can also be used to help evaluate various other building assemblies and is particularly useful for Passive House thermal bridge analysis.

Join us for an afternoon seminar to learn how to use this program to optimize your building assembly details, reduce thermal bridges and determine how to control moisture in your wall assemblies.  Learn which assemblies will perform better than others and how to locate the likely condensation spots within your foundation, wall and roof assemblies.

In this seminar you will learn:

• How to draw a basic detail in THERM
• How to add materials to your Materials Library
• How to create Boundary Conditions for various climates
• Introductory analysis techniques and how to interpret your outputs accurately and realistically

You will receive a file containing a basic materials and boundary conditions library for California building materials and climate conditions.  You should leave this seminar with enough information to start creating your own THERM files with basic output results to determine best construction practices.

Seminar is hosted and run by Bronwyn Barry, a Certified Passive House Consultant and Building Designer at Quantum Builders.  Bronwyn has been using THERM for the past year to supplement the building details analysis work for both in-house projects and as a consultant to other architects and builders.  She has had her work on THERM reviewed and verified by the program manager at LBNL and by Marc Rosenbaum, a well-respected energy consultant from the East Coast.   

PLEASE NOTE: for directions, go to: http://www.quantumbuilder.com/index.php?id=1042

as the building location access is not the same as the mailing address.