Weather the Storm: Sustainable Resilient Fiber Cement Building Envelopes
James Hardie has operations in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and Europe. No matter where they operate, their goal is to remain at the forefront of the fiber-cement industry, capitalizing on our global leadership in building products and manufacturing and technology for both new home construction and remodeling.
Constructing building envelopes designed to withstand extreme weather events and the impact of drastic temperature swings, join us for this one-hour course on building with fiber cement cladding. Participants will examine the importance of building sustainably with fiber cement cladding designed for resiliency to ensure structural stability and life safety. Catastrophic weather events require that the materials that comprise the building envelope are high-performance enough to endure fire, hurricanes, flooding, extreme cold, and heat.
Throughout this course, participants will discover the design and engineering behind fiber cement products that offer flexibility and function in a broad range of climate zones with weather, fire and pest resistance. Customizable to meet the demands of project design, fiber cement cladding responds to an array of challenges related to climate, design, performance and end user safety. After this course, participants will have a command of the evolutionary progress made in fiber cement products for the built environment and architectural specification.
- Evaluate determining factors like consumer input, community engagement, environmental concerns, and safety that drive innovation for fiber cement manufacturers.
- Examine fiber cement's attributes, such as its product features, advantages, and optimal usage techniques, alongside its materials, to evaluate its influence on moisture regulation within the building envelope, and its implications for occupant health.
- Classify code criteria, standards, sustainability and testing that inform fiber cement product design and architectural specification.
- Analyze relevant case studies related to fiber cement cladding that highlight sustainability, durability, moisture management and design.
