Bi-directional Thermo-hygroscopic Facades: Feasibility for Liquid Desiccant Thermal Walls to Provide Cooling in a Small Office Building |
Apr 06, 2015 |
Marionyt Tyrone Marshall (Perkins+Will) |
A Decision-making Framework to Optimize Roof Functionality in the Design of Sustainable Buildings |
Apr 06, 2015 |
Nooshafarin Mohammadzadeh (NC State University), Soolyeon Cho (NC State University), Nikita Jathan (Virginia Commonwealth University) |
Natural Building: The Viability of Straw Bale as a Sustainable Construction Material for the Future |
Apr 06, 2015 |
Arsenio Rodrigues (Prairie View A&M University) |
An Architecturally Optimized Mono-nitrogen Oxide Reducing Modular Photo-catalytic Concrete Skin |
Apr 06, 2015 |
Meredith Sattler (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo), Matthew McKeever (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo), Katie Pitre (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo), Robert Ketner (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) |
Climate-responsive Evidence-based Green-Roof Design Decision Support Protocol for the U.S. Climate |
Apr 06, 2015 |
Spurthy Yogananda (University of Southern California), Joon Ho Choi (University of Southern California), Douglas Noble (University of Southern California) |
Net-zero Energy Retrofits for Commercial Buildings |
Apr 06, 2015 |
Yi Wang (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Ajla Aksamija (University of Massachusetts Amherst) |
Urban Climate Change Impacts on Building Heating and Cooling Energy Demand |
Apr 06, 2015 |
Pravin Bhiwapurkar (Kent State) |
A Tale of Three Zones |
Apr 06, 2015 |
Andrea Calhoun (University of Oregon), Courtney Goertz (University of Oregon), Garrett Watkins (University of Oregon), Alison Kwok (University of Oregon) |
Designed for Performance: A Collaborative Research Studio Rethinks Glass Curtain Wall Systems |
Apr 06, 2015 |
Michael D. Gibson (Kansas State University) |
Good-Natured Design |
Apr 09, 2015 |
Anne DiNardo |
Pressure Differences and Airtightness in Tall Buildings – Theory & Reality |
Apr 13, 2015 |
Lorne Ricketts, MASc, EIT., RDH Building Engineering Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Graham Finch, MASc, P.Eng., RDH Building Engineering Ltd., Vancouver, BC, John Straube, PhD, P.Eng., University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON |
Detailed Monitoring and Energy Model Development of an Existing Multi-Unit Residential Building in Toronto, Canada |
Apr 13, 2015 |
Marianne F. Touchie, Toronto Atmospheric Fund and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Kim D. Pressnail, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON |
Field Test Data from Retrofit of a Small Residential House Using EISF Technology |
Apr 13, 2015 |
John Edgar, STO Corporation, Ali Fallahi, Fraunhofer CSE, Alliston Watts, Fraunhofer CSE, Jan Kosny, Fraunhofer CSE, Linda Jeng, Dow Chemical |
Keeping Energy Confined and Making Information Flow: The Smart Building of Tomorrow |
Apr 13, 2015 |
Christian Hoepfner, PhD, Director, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems |
Use of Thermal Inertia for Reduction of HVAC Energy Consumption in Cooling Dominated and Mixed Climates |
Apr 13, 2015 |
Jan Kośny, Fraunhofer CSE, Boston, MA, USA, Elizabeth Kossecka, Polish Academy Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, Ali Fallahi, Fraunhofer CSE, Boston, MA, USA, David Yarbrough, R&D Services, Inc., Cookeville, TN, USA |
Energy Efficient Retrofit of a High-Rise Multifamily Building |
Apr 13, 2015 |
Brittany Hanam, MASc, P.Eng., RDH Building Engineering Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Lorne Ricketts, MASc, EIT, RDH Building Engineering Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Andrew Pape-Salmon, P.Eng., MRM, RDH Building Engineering Ltd., Victoria, BC |
Inward Vapor Drives in Adhered Veneer Wall Assemblies with Continuous Exterior Insulation |
Apr 13, 2015 |
Jonathan Smegal, Building Science Laboratories, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada., Aaron Grin, Building Science Laboratories, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
Design Considerations for Climate Change |
Apr 13, 2015 |
Paul Totten, Vice President, WSP, Alexandra Connor, Project Associate, WSP |
Restoring Airtightness and Weather-Resistance to Window and Curtain Wall Systems |
Apr 13, 2015 |
Ed Retzbach, CSI, CDT, LEED AP BD+C |
State of the Art in Evaluation Durability of Exterior Plasters |
Apr 13, 2015 |
Dariusz Gawin,Department of Building Physics & Building Materials, Lodz University of Technology, Po, Marcin Koniorczyk, Department of Building Physics & Building Materials, Lodz University of Technolog, Piotr Konca, Department of Building Physics & Building Materials, Lodz University of Technology, Pol |
Performance of Sealed Curtain Wall Spandrel Panels that Direct Deep Sunlight into Multi-Story Buildings |
Apr 13, 2015 |
Radu Postole, Building Science Consultant, Morrison Hershfield, Burnaby, BC, Patrick J, Roppel, Building Science Specialist, Morrison Hershfield, Burnaby, BC, Neil Norris, Building Science Consultant, Morrison Hershfield, Burnaby, BC, Kasra Bigdeli, Mechanical Engineer, SunCentral Inc, Richmond, BC |
A Critical Analysis of the Passive House Standard for the Climates of the United States |
Apr 13, 2015 |
Ryan M. Abendroth, Passive Energy Designs LLC, Saint Louis, MO |
Low-Cost Bio-Based Phase Change Materials as an Energy Storage Medium in Building Envelopes |
Apr 13, 2015 |
Kaushik Biswas, Energy and Transportation Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridg, Nitin Shukla, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, USA, Jan Kosny, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, USA, Ramin Abhari, Renewable Energy Group Synthetic Fuels, LLC (formerly Syntroleum), Tulsa, OK, USA |
Performance Testing for QA and Commissioning |
Apr 13, 2015 |
John Straube, PE, faculty of engineering, University of Waterloo; principal, BSC Inc. |
History and Future of Fenestration: Where Have We Been? Where are We Heading? |
Apr 13, 2015 |
Stephen Selkowitz, Group Leader, Windows and Envelope Materials, LBNL |