SEDL / STP / STP789-EB / STP29432S

Innovative Building Insulation Systems: Code Acceptance, Standards, and Laboratory Accreditation Practices in Massachusetts

Tartaglione, LC
Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Lowell, Lowell, Mass.

Macartney, DC
Staff Engineer, Massachusetts State Building Code Commission, Boston, Mass.

Pages: 17    Published: Jan 1983

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Abstract

An overview is offered of the pertinent provisions of the Massachusetts State Building Code as it relates to construction requirements for innovative building insulation systems. The process for review and acceptance of new systems and products is described, and the process for accreditation of testing laboratories is compared with similar national and international programs. Pertinent excerpts from the State Building Code are included in an appendix.