Continuity is performance.

Building Science & Enclosure Consulting

A proper building enclosure that controls how water, air, heat energy (thermal), and vapor interacts with the building is the foundation to having a resilient, comfortable, and high-performing structure.

Building science and enclosure consulting is the core focus and start in every engagement at Velum. Whether you need help diagnosing existing issues or are building new and want to ensure all aspects are integrated properly on the front end, we partner with homeowners, architects, builders, and property managers to help them understand how the control layers and systems of a building interact before making any decisions.

Building Forensics & Healthy Home Assessments

Our Building Forensics & Health Home Assessment services help homeowners struggling with comfort issues, moisture or mold growth, and indoor air quality concerns find a path forward.

When diagnosing a building concern, we don’t just focus on a single area or problem. We bring a building science driven understanding of the building enclosure’s materials, systems, and interactions, allowing us to identify root causes and create integrated and long-lasting solutions.

Below are some of the home forensics and assessment tools we use:

  • 3D Computer Modeling of Energy Dynamics

  • Blower Door and Air Tightness Testing

  • Infrared Thermography

  • Zonal Pressure Testing & Pressure Panning

  • Advanced Leakage Quantification

  • HVAC System Airflow, External Static Pressure Testing, Delivered Conditioning Capacity, Pressure/Flow Balancing

Enclosure Design & Consulting

If you’re embarking on a new construction development, gut remodel, or addition, we can join the design and construction team to ensure continuity in your enclosures control layers from project conception to completion. Enclosure consulting and design services include:

  • Hygrothermal and thermal bridging models for assemblies and materials as needed

  • Construction drawings and wall assembly details that include details on maintaining continuity of water, air, thermal, and vapor layers.

  • Construction Material selection

  • Glazing and Fenestration selection

Site Verify & Quality Assurance

As part of your project team, we don’t just provide designs and recommendations, quality assurance and ensuring those recommendations are implemented correctly is key to a healthy, high-performance home.

We understand these details or concepts may be unfamiliar to subcontractors or trades, so we produce detailed, isometric construction drawings so everyone in the field understands.

We then like to spend just as much time on the project site as we do behind a computer - testing, verifying, and documenting for our clients along way.