What happens to the heating and cooling loads when you encapsulate an attic? With the insulation and air barrierBuilding assembly components that work as a system to restrict air flow through the building envelope. Air barriers may or may not act as a vapor barrier. The air barrier can be on the exterior, the interior of the assembly, or both. at the ceiling below the attic, you’re excluding the attic space. That volume of air up there isn’t involved in the conditioning of the home. But when you move the enclosure to the roofline (usually by installing spray foam insulation beneath the roof deck), now the attic’s volume is included in the conditioned spaceInsulated, air-sealed part of a building that is actively heated and/or cooled for occupant comfort.
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Occasionally I hear people say the loads will be higher because of the extra volume. Does having more air inside really increase the loads?
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