Travis Brungardt sits down with Sam Myers, Building Science Director - Retrotec, and Dan Maksymiw, Director Strategic Intiatives - Impact Works, at Build Show Live 2026 to talk about a building science training center outside Chicago. Dan describes a facility with a working test home, an HVAC lab, and a hands-on space for building wall assemblies. Sam explains the education gap for home builders that the partnership aims to close, with a two-day course covering envelope and mechanical systems for both new construction and existing homes. The conversation also walks through a side-by-side wall display comparing older, code-compliant, and high-performance assemblies, showing how air leakage and airtightness differ from one to the next.

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