Alaska Log Building Construction Guide

IMPORTANT NOTE: This manual is not written to the current Alaska Building
Energy Efficiency Standard of April 1, 2007 (BEES 2007).

The Alaska Log Building Construction Guide is written to help log builders,
owner-builders, contractors, architects, engineers, and building manufacturers
build log homes that meet the original State of Alaska Building Energy
Efficiency Standards (BEES 1991) (see Appendix A). This book contains useful
information for anyone interested in building or renovating energy efficient,
quality log structures in Alaska. A number of basic procedures and techniques
are described in detail to help even the novice log builder get started building
his or her first log project. Building an energy-efficient log home requires the
highest level of craftsmanship to meet modern standards of air-tightness, indoor
air quality, safety, comfort, and durability.

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  Chapter 1: Introduction
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  Chapter 2: Problems and Solutions
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  Chapter 3: Meeting the State of Alaska’s Building Energy Efficiency Standards
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  Chapter 4: Building the Log House
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  Chapter 5: Mechanical Systems
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  Chapter 6: Retrofit
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  Chapter 7: Maintenance and Conclusion
• Appendix A:
  Alaska Building Energy Efficiency Standard
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  Appendix B: Log Building Standards
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  Appendix C: Sample Energy Rating for Log Homes