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APST 405: Building Envelope and Assemblies Report a Broken Link

Course Orientation

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. (n.d.). RAIC Syllabus. https://raic-syllabus.ca/

Unit 1: Building Envelope Design Basics

Quirouette, R. (2004). Air pressure and the building envelope. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. 
Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes. (2015). National building code of Canada 2015 (14th ed.). National Research Council of Canada. https://doi.org/10.4224/40002005

Building Science Corporation. (n.d.). Home page. https://buildingscience.com/
Straube, J. (2006). The building enclosure. Building Science Digest, 018. https://buildingscience.com/documents/digests/bsd-018-the-building-enclosure_revised
Straube, J. (2010). Historical development of the building enclosure. Building Science Digest, 042. https://buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-042-historical-development-building-enclosure
Straube, J. (2012). The function of form—Building shape and energy. Building Science Digest, 061. https://buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-061-function-form-building-shape-and-energy

Unit 2: Management of Heat, Air, and Water Vapour

Energy Technologies Area, Berkeley Lab. (n.d.). THERM software downloads. Windows & Daylighting. https://windows.lbl.gov/therm-software-downloads
Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (2016, June 4). ORNL online simple whole wall r-value calculator. Retrieved May 28, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20160604185243/http:/web.ornl.gov/sci/roofs+walls/AWT/InteractiveCalculators/NS/SimCalc.htm
Fraunhofer. (n.d.). Products. WUFI. https://wufi.de/en/products/
Holladay, M. (2010). Are dew-point calculations really necessary? Green Building Advisor. https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/article/are-dew-point-calculations-really-necessary
Straube, J. (2007). Air flow control in buildings. Building Science Digest, 014. https://buildingscience.com/documents/digests/bsd-014-air-flow-control-in-buildings
Lstiburek, J. (2013). Macbeth does vapor barriers (Double, double toil and trouble). Building Science Insight, 073. https://buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-073-macbeth-does-vapor-barriers
Lstiburek, J. (2011). Understanding vapor barriers. Building Science Digest, 106. https://buildingscience.com/documents/digests/bsd-106-understanding-vapor-barriers
Lstiburek, J. (2000). Air barriers vs. vapor barriers. Research Report, 0004. https://buildingscience.com/documents/reports/rr-0004-air-barriers-vs-vapor-barriers/view
Lstiburek, J. (2006). Understanding air barriers. Building Science Digest, 104. https://buildingscience.com/documents/digests/bsd-104-understanding-air-barriers
Building Science Corporation. (2013). Vapor permeance of some building materials. Information Sheet, 312. http://buildingscience.com/documents/information-sheets/info-312-vapor-permeance-some-materials

Unit 3: Management of Water Movement

Straube, J. (2006). The building enclosure. Building Science Digest, 018. https://buildingscience.com/documents/digests/bsd-018-the-building-enclosure_revised
Building Science Corporation. (2009). Groundwater control. Information Sheet, 101. https://buildingscience.com/documents/information-sheets/groundwater-control
Building Science Corporation. (2009). Drainage plane/Water resistive barrier. Information Sheet 301. https://buildingscience.com/documents/information-sheets/drainage-plane-water-resistive-barrier
Pettit, B. (2005). Building science for architects: Moisture control. PR-0510c: BuildBoston 2005. https://www.buildingscience.com/sites/default/files/PR-0510c_BB05_Moisture_Control.pdf
Straube, J. (2011). Rain control in buildings. Building Science Digest, 013. https://buildingscience.com/documents/digests/bsd-013-rain-control-in-buildings
US Environmental Protection Agency. (2013). Moisture control guidance for building design, construction and maintenance. https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-08/documents/moisture-control.pdf
Straube, J., & Burnett, E. (2005). Enclosure design: Guiding principles. Building science for building enclosures. Building Science Press. http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/beg/Arch264/Arch%20enclosure%20principles.pdf

Unit 4: Rainscreen Wall Assemblies with Heavyweight Cladding

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Unit 5: Rainscreen Wall Assemblies with Lightweight Cladding

There are no additional readings for this unit.

Unit 6: Glazed Curtain Wall Assemblies

Energy Technologies Area, Berkeley Lab. (n.d.). Software. Windows & Daylighting. https://windows.lbl.gov/software-tools
National Research Council Canada. (n.d.). Home. https://nrc.canada.ca/en
Brown, W. C., Chown, G. A., Poirier, G. F., & Rousseau, M. Z. (1999). Designing exterior walls according to the rainscreen principle. National Research Council of Canada. https://doi.org/10.4224/40002833
Manitoba Hydro. (n.d.). Manitoba Hydro Place design & construction. https://www.hydro.mb.ca/corporate/history/mh-place-design-and-construction/

Unit 7: Wall Assemblies: Other Wall Systems and Elements

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Unit 8: Windows and Doors

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Unit 9: Roof Assemblies

There are no additional readings for this unit.

Unit 10: Managing Building Movement and Connections I

Straube, J. (2013). High performing precast concrete building enclosures: Rain control. Building Science Corporation. https://buildingscience.com/sites/default/files/migrate/pdf/2013-05-23_CPCI%20White%20Paper%20Final.pdf

Unit 11: Managing Building Movement and Connections II

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. (n.d.). Construction tolerances. Retrieved February 20, 2015, from https://web.archive.org/web/20150220084246/http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/inpr/bude/himu/coedar/upload/Construction-Tolerances.pdf
Pope, S. (2014). Bluffer's guide to wall sections. Athabasca University. 

Unit 12: Construction Documents and Specifications

There are no additional readings for this unit.

Assignments

Assignment 1
Milne. (2021, January 16). Climate consultant. Society of Building Science Educators. https://www.sbse.org/resources/climate-consultant
Assignment 3
Matchbox. (n.d.). Retrived May 29, 2025, from https://matchboxenergy.com/code
Matchbox. (n.d.). About us. https://matchboxenergy.com/about