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

LC Tartaglione; DC Macartney

doi:10.1520/STP29432S

SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1983

STP29432S

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

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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.

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Tartaglione, LC

University of Lowell, Lowell, Mass.

Macartney, DC

Massachusetts State Building Code Commission, Boston, Mass.

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Developed by Committee: C16

Pages: 35–51

DOI: 10.1520/STP29432S

ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4856-7

ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0230-9

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

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