Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Monday, 08/Dec/2025 | |
| 7:30am - 5:00pm | Registration Location: Lobby 2 |
| 7:45am - 8:30am | Light Continental Breakfast Location: Lobby 2 |
| 8:00am - 5:00pm | Speakers Lounge Location: Coastal Room (Lobby Level) |
| 8:30am - 10:00am | Welcome/Keynote Location: Beach & Gulf (Lobby Level) |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | AM Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables Location: Lobby 2 |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | CPS 2: Improving and Evaluating Whole Building Airtightness (Practices) Location: Bay (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Carsten Rode, Technical University of Denmark, DTU |
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Comparative Analysis of Emerging Air Infiltration Detection Tools 1GTI Energy, United States of America; 2Hearth Labs, United States of America; 3Priority Energy, United States of America Tangible Benefits of Improved Building Airtightness US Army ERDC-CERL, United States of America Using Aerosols to Seal Occupied Residences From Exterior Spaces 1Center for Energy and Environment, United States of America; 2UC Davis, Western Cooling Efficiency Center; 3Aeroseal LLC; 4Conservation and Renewable Energy Systems |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | CPS 3:Building Envelopes (Residential) Location: Palm (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Michael Lubliner, ORNL - Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Modeling and Economics of Select Envelope and HVAC Improvements in Manufactured Housing FSEC, University of Central Florida An Experimental and CFD Study of Vertically-Mounted Ventilated Wooden Claddings 1Creaform-Ametek; 2Veridis Solutions inc. Scalable Thermal and Resilience Exterior Envelope Strategies for the Manufactured Housing Sector: Results from a year of simulated field testing 1Electric Power Research Institute, United States of America; 2Systems Building Research Alliance, United States of America |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | CPS-1 Moisture and Durability (Principles) Location: Beach & Gulf (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Graham Finch, RDH Building Science |
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Moisture Design Periods for Hygrothermal Simulations: Addressing Durability Challenges in Swedish Building Assemblies Lund University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Division of Building Physics, Lund 221 00, Sweden Moisture Accumulation in a Thick-wall Assembly with an Exterior Air Barrier as a Result of Convective Air Movement in Cold Climates University of Northern British Columbia, Canada Degradation of EIFS Facades Dependent on Moisture Content of Masonry and Its Mitigation Measures Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia |
| 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Lunch Location: Rusty's Bistro |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | CPS 4: Energy and Comfort (Principles) Location: Beach & Gulf (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Chrissi Antonopoulos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
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Design Considerations for Phase Change Material-Incorporated Heat Exchangers in Water Heating 1Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States of America; 2National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, United States of America Integrated Simulation Approach Unifying Urban and Building Physics 1ETH Zurich, Switzerland; 2Université de Sherbrooke, Canada |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | CPS 5: Assessing Moisture Durability Solutions and Strategies (Practices) Location: Bay (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Alejandra Nieto, ROCKWOOL |
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Assess The Water Resistance And Thermal Performance Of Pre-flashing Methods When Adding Continuous Insulation During Re-siding (AIRS) 1Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of America; 2Morrison Digital Media, United States of America; 3Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States of America Mitigating Condensation for an Iconic Structural Glass & Precast Concrete Natatorium Façade using Advanced CFD RDH Building Science, Canada Do Flashing and Sealant Materials Need to be Exposed to Extreme Cycling? 1Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA; 2Department of Energy (DOE), Building Technologies Office (BTO), Windows Technology Manager Benefits Of Automated Construction And Energy Efficiency Measures In Modular Homes 1GTI Energy, United States of America; 2Dvele, United States of America; 3Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of America |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | CPS 6: Building Envelopes II (Residential) Location: Palm (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Robert De Vries, Nu Wool Co. Inc. |
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Hygrothermal Performance of residential Building’s Roofs with Reflective Insulation 1Royal Commission of Jubail and Yanbu, Jubail Industrial City 31961, Saudi Arabia; 2École de Technologie Supérieure_ETS Montreal, Canada Behind The Walls: Unlocking Occupant Mindsets And Hidden Benefits Of Building Envelope Retrofits 1Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States of America; 2Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | PM Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables Location: Lobby 2 |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm | CPS 8: Predicting and Improving Building Envelope Performance and Durability (Practices) Location: Bay (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Benjamin Meyer, Siplast |
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Next generation retrofit wall panels with integrated Vacuum Insulation Panels 1Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of America; 2Home Innovation Research Labs, United States of America Predicting Rooftop Surface Temperature Extremes and Impact on Tie-Ins Saint-Gobain, United States of America Updating the Building Science Advisor (BSA): A Tool to Assist in the Design of Durable Building Envelopes 1Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of America; 2U.S. Department of Energy, United States of America |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm | CPS 9: Building Resilience (Residential) Location: Palm (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Theresa Weston, The Holt Weston Consultancy |
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Assessing Residential Deep Energy Retrofit Performance Based on Resilience to Future Weather Conditions 1Carleton University; 2University of Toronto; 3Hitotsubashi University Water Loads in interstices evaluated by Neutron Imaging and effects on Drying Dynamics of Building Assemblies Post-flooding 1Université de Sherbrooke, Canada; 2Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland Evaluating the Impact of Hydrostatic Pressure on Water Uptake towards Improving Flood Resilience Université de Sherbrooke, Canada |
| 6:00pm - 7:30pm | Networking Reception Location: Poolside Grass |