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wall r-value

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    Interior Wall Insulation

    R-2 occupancy, interior wood framed wall separating conditioned attic from un-conditioned attic. I assume that this interior wall is part of the building thermal envelope and needs to be insulated (prescriptively) with cavity and continuous insulation?
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    New York - Required Wall R-Value

    I'm renovating a building and took down some of the plaster walls. There is no insulation so I am required by code to add it. I am going by Chapter 4 of the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code. (Please let me know if this is the wrong one for New York State - not City). I see that for...
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