INFORMATION SOURCES:

• Module content drawn from "Air Barriers for Insulators - A Guided Training Program", compiled by Building Knowledge Canada (2019), Toby Smith
• Thermal bridge diagrams "Thermal Bridging", Article from Passive House Plus - Sustainable Building by Joseph Little and Beñat Arregi (July 27, 2011), retrieved Nov 2019.
• BSI Insight - Punched Openings (April 2018) By Joseph W. Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng., Fellow ASHRAE, retrieved from www.buildingscience.com Nov 2019
• Thermal Conductivities of Metals, Metallic Elements and Alloys - The Engineering Toolbox.com. Information retrieved January 2025.
• Retrofit Canada - Case Studies. Information and examples from Peter Darlington - Solar Homes Inc. - Calgary, Alberta, and Fellipe Falluh, Retrofit Construction - Montreal, PQ.
• Select photos and diagrams by Andy Cockburn, NAIMA Canada
• Select photos by Airtight Home Technologies, Ottawa, Ontario

FURTHER TRAINING and INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS:

• Building Knowledge Canada - Excellent resources and many training opportunities.

• Net Zero Builder Training - Canadian Home Builders' Association
• Passive House Training - Passive House Canada
• PHIUS Builder Training - PHIUS (Passive House United States)
• Canadian Association of Home and Property Inspectors (CAHPI) - The Canadian Association of Home & Property Inspectors^® (CAHPI^®) is a national non-profit association, whose mission is to promote and develop the home inspection profession. CAHPI is considered the voice of Canada's "home inspection industry".

INDIGENOUS TRAINING & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

• Indigenous Skills Employment Training Strategy (ISETS) The ISET Program provides funding to Indigenous service delivery organizations that design and deliver job training services to First Nations, Inuit, Métis and urban/non affiliated Indigenous people in their communities.
• Buildforce Indigenous Trades Opportunities - Learn more about the great organizations and programs that focus specifically on helping Indigenous people to get into an apprenticeship and succeed in the trades.
• Indigenous Skills, Employment, Apprenticeship and Development (ISEAD) ISEAD is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing the number of Indigenous people in the trades in Ontario.
• Canadian Union of Skilled Workers (CUSW) - CUSW is a proudly independent, democratic union based on membership engagement, fairness and participation from the ground up.
• Keepers of the Circle - Urban Indigenous Hub operated by the Temiskaming Native Women's Support Group, a non-profit organization established in 1997 to support the cultural, social, and economic equity of Indigenous women and the wellness of their families and communities.

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