Use this site to help you find the resources to understand the concept of air barrier systems. It can also assist you in designing and specifying an appropriate air barrier system for your building envelope requirements.

Dow Building Materials offers a full line of STYROFOAM* brand solutions for a wide range of commercial wall, roofing and geotechnical applications.

BIA is the national trade association involved in a broad range of technical, research, marketing, government relations and communications activities. It is the recognized national authority on brick construction.

This web site is intended to give members of the design and construction community a set of resources and tools to learn more about structures that incorporate air barriers and rigid insulation on the exterior frame of the building. This building science is being adopted by many architects and designers across the country, and in many states it is becoming the building code. Massachusetts is one of the first states to require this building science.

Building Science Corporation specializes in building technology consulting with a focus on preventing and resolving problems related to building design, construction and operation. BSC is internationally recognized for its expertise in moisture dynamics, indoor air quality, and forensic (building failure) investigations.

Find out what’s happening in the Big Apple. CSI is an individual membership society that provides technical information and products, continuing education, professional conferences, and product shows to enhance communication among all disciplines of nonresidential building design and construction and meet the industry’s need for a common system of organizing and presenting construction information.

AIA is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and is the voice of the architecture profession
dedicated to serving its members, advancing their value, and improving the quality of the built environment.

The U.S. Green Building Council is the nation’s foremost coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. Council members work together to develop LEED™ products and resources by sustainable building design.

ASHRAE specializes in the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and related human factors to serve the evolving needs of the public and ASHRAE members.