Program

Presentations

Practices

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Session 1: Attics

Presenter

45

Field measurements of moisture in cold ventilated attics with different types of insulation & vapor barriers

Thor Hansen

99

Monitoring of two unvented roofs with air-permeable insulation in Climate Zone 2A

Kohta Ueno

103

Cost-effective, high-performance unvented attics

Francis Babineau

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Session 2: Heritage & Retrofit Considerations

Presenter

4

Refurbishing heritage & historic buildings: Key motivations, benefits & challenges Torben Valdbjørn Rasmussen

Torben Valdbjørn Rasmussen

34

Monitoring of two unvented roofs with air-permeable insulation in Climate Zone 2A

Vasco Peixoto de Freitas

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Session 3: Taking Stock

Presenter

26

Field demonstration of an attic retrofit strategy using cellulose insulation & phase change material

Kaushik Biswas

19

Evaluating summertime overheating in multi-unit residential buildings using surveys & in-suite monitoring

Ekaterina Tzekova

39

Online airtightness savings calculator for commercial buildings in the US, Canada & China

Diana Hun

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Session 4: Air Tightness in Buildings

Presenter

24

Commercial building airtightness testing: Lessons learned from the Red River College airtightness testing program

Gary Proskiw

16

Impact of large building airtightness requirements

Lorne Ricketts

129

Air sealing tight commercial & institutional buildings

Dave Bohac

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Session 5: Ventilation & Air Movement

Presenter

82

Practical applications & case study of temperature smart ventilation controls

Michael Lubliner

87

Smart ventilation control of indoor humidity in high performance homes in humid U.S. climates

Brennan Less

130

Measured commercial & institutional building pressures

Dave Bohac

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Session 6: Horizontal Envelope Assemblies

Presenter

5

Innovative roof design for passive low-income housing in western India

Leon Glicksman

35

Vegetative roof performance during summer: Critical analysis of the irrigation effect

S. de Freitas

70

Effective floor cavity & knee wall construction techniques in two- story homes in hot climates

Chuck Withers

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Session 7: High-Performance Insulation Systems

Presenter

52

Method to evaluate & develop next generation vacuum insulation panels for implementation in the retrofit of existing building envelopes

Kyle Vansice

64

Development of high performance composite foam insulation with vacuum insulation cores

Kaushik Biswas

153

Field demonstration of superior performance of advanced building technologies

Nitin Shukla

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Session 8: Insulated Assemblies

Presenter

136

Thermal & moisture performance of buried ducts

Achilles Karagiozis

60

Field test on two interior insulation systems with large thickness: Influence of orientation & airtightness

Mario Stelzmann

145

Determining the performance of an exterior continuous insulation wall assembly

Jonathan Smegal

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Session 9: Hygrothermal Performance & Durability

Presenter

23

Comparison of measured hygrothermal performance of wood frame walls built with continuous exterior insulation

Gary Parsons

84

Measured & predicted moisture durability performance of high-R wall assemblies in cold climates

Trevor Trainor

96

Field evaluation of thermal & moisture response of highly insulated wood-frame walls

Michael Lacasse

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Session 10: Performance of Wall & Glazing Systems

Presenter

8

Window condensation: Theory into practice

Alex McGowan

92

Thermal performance evaluation of walls with gas-filled panel insulation

André Desjarlais

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Session 11: Assessment of Heat & Moisture Flow

Presenter

57

Evaluation of a modified co-heating test for in-situ measurements of thermal transmittance of single family houses

Angela Sasic Kalagasidis

132

Moisture-related durability of in- service high-R wall assemblies in Pacific Northwest climates

Jonathan Smegal

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Session 12: Low-Energy Buildings

Presenter

93

Evaluation of energy efficiency of U.S. Army hard shelters: B-huts & SIP-hut

Som Shrestha

157

Building energy & envelope performance of a near net-zero energy building

Stanley Gatland

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Session 13: Building Envelope Performance Studies

Presenter

7

High-Rise Wood Building Enclosures

Graham Finch

88

Guiding design teams by hygrothermal, energy & thermal comfort analysis while managing uncertainty

Ivan Lee

128

Case study: Over-cladding for thermal performance & building resiliency

Dan McKelvey