Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Tuesday, 09/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 | CPS 10: Future Weather Data and Simulation (Principles) Location: Beach & Gulf (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Simo Ilomets, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) |
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Exploring Buildings Retrofit Strategies Using AutoBEM Under Future Climate Scenarios Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of America Sensitivity Analysis as a Tool in Hygrothermal Building Envelope Assessment TU Wien, Austria Thermal Properties in Hygrothermal Modelling Masonry Interior Insulation Retrofits 1Building Enclosure Labs Inc.; 2York University |
| 8:30am - 10:00am | CPS 11: Case Studies and Best Practices to Investigate Energy Consumption and Performance of Commercial and Mass Timber Buildings (Practices) Location: Bay (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Paulo Cesar Tabares Velasco, Colorado School of Mines |
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A Case Study on the Effects of Occupant Behavior on Operational Energy Consumption of a High-Performance CLT School Building Insulated with Wood Fiber Insulation 1Graduate School, University of Maine, USA; 2Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, USA; 3School of Forest Resources, University of Maine, USA; 4Advanced Structures and Composites Center, University of Maine, USA Reducing Risk for Mass Timber Roof Design and Construction: A Literature Review 1RDH Building Science, Canada; 2RDH Building Science, United States Urban Building Energy Modeling for District-Level Energy Optimization: A Case Study in Fornebu, Norway Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Methodology and Results from the Pacific Northwest Commercial HVAC Market Model 1Resource Innovations, United States of America; 2Bonnevile Power Administration |
| 8:30am - 10:00am | CPS 12: Installation Challenges (Residential) Location: Palm (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Keith P. Nelson, DuPont |
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A Simple Panel System to Overcome Interface Challenges for Retrofits 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory; 2IBACOS; 3University of California Berkeley Analyzing Contractor Data To Improve Installation And Maintenance Standards In The HVAC Industry Frontier Energy, United States of America Innovative Structural Insulation Sheathing: Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Buildability in Residential Construction Owens Corning, United States of America |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Break (Pre-function) Location: Lobby 2 |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | CPS 13: Advances in Field Testing (Principles) Location: Beach & Gulf (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Chrissi Antonopoulos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
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Machine Learning-Driven Optimization of Building Enclosures for Moisture Durability and Thermal Performance 1Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of America; 2Saint Gobain North America ThermoPI—an Online Tool to Calculate Heat Transfer Through Foam Insulation 1Oak Ridge National Laboratory; 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah High Contrast Pattern Projection To Enable Background Oriented Schlieren Based Air Leak Detection Through Any Interior Or Exterior Building Surface Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of America Smartphone Application For Visualizing Building Air Leakage ORNL, United States of America Title: The Assessment of a Dielectric Elastomer Automatic Window Technology to Improve Indoor Air Quality and Thermal Comfort Utilizing Outdoor Air Condition 1University of Oklahoma; 2Texas Tech University |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | CPS 14: Case studies (Residential) Location: Palm (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Rui Zhang, GTI Energy |
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Comparison of Weatherization Approaches at Community-Scale: Weatherization vs Optimal Retrofit in Manufactured Home Parks Colorado School of Mines, United States of America Energy retrofit of modern heritage architecture: The case study of Villa Rossi in Ivrea 1Politecnico di Torino - Department of Energy, Italy; 2G Studio Architects Evaluation Of An Off-Grid Passive House In Northern Ontario With Solar PV And Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage Carleton University (CABER), Canada |
| 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Lunch Location: Rusty's Bistro |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | CPS 15: Emerging Materials (Principles) Location: Beach & Gulf (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Laverne Dalgleish |
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Aerogel-based Coating Systems in Swedish Climate: Early-Stage Drying and In-Situ Thermal Conductivity Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Impact of Solid-Solid Phase Change Materials on Thermal Dynamics of Fenestration Systems 1Department of Construction Engineering, École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), University of Quebec, Montreal, QC H3C 1K3, Canada; 2Deanship of Research and Industrial Development, and Mechanical Engineering Department at Jubail Industrial College, Royal Commission of Jubail and Yanbu, Jubail Industrial City 31961, Saudi Arabia The Influence of Moisture Hysteresis on the Thermal Performance of Bio-Based Insulation 1Lund University, Sweden; 2The Swedish Federation of Wood and Furniture Industry |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | CPS 16: Weather and Site Effects (Residential) Location: Palm (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Chrissi Antonopoulos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
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Effects Of Trees On The Cooling Of Residential Neighborhoods In Various Climates 1Université de Sherbrooke, Canada; 2ETH Zürich, Switzerland Impact of High-Rise Buildings on Wind Driven Rain, Wind and Thermal Comfort 1ETH Zurich, Switzerland; 2Université de Sherbrooke, Canada |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | PM Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables Location: Lobby 2 |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm | CPS 17: Bio-based Materials (Principles) Location: Beach & Gulf (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Rebecca Evans, Frontier Energy |
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Accelerated Aging of Hempcrete Insulation for Durability Assessment 1National Research Council, Canada; 2Carleton University, Canada Biobased Flame Retardants Towards Sustainable Building Materials with Low Embodied Carbon Oak Ridge National Lab, United States of America Force-triggered, Bio-based, Sealants for Prefabricated Building Components: Towards Improved Efficiency, Performance and Sustainability Oakridge National Laboratories, United States of America |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm | CPS 18: Advancements in modeling and measurements (Residential) Location: Palm (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Adam Broderick |
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New Tool for Evaluation of Roof Assemblies using Reflective Technology 1Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, Saudi Arabia; 2R&D Services, Inc., Watertown, TN, USA Methodology For Estimating Building Resistance And Capacitance Values In-Situ Using Exterior Measurements and Meteorological Data Concordia University, Canada Zero-Shot Building Façade Feature Extraction Using the Segment Anything Model (SAM) to Support Simplified Urban Energy Modeling 1Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada; 2Construction Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Rd, Ottawa, ON K1K 2E1, Canada |
| 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Poster Session Reception Location: Lobby 2 Session Chair: Stacey Rothgeb, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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Cooling Potential of Urban Green Infrastructure Vegetation for Resilient Buildings and Cities to Extreme Heat 1Department of Construction Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; 2Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CEDEUS), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; 3Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Agronomy and Natural Systems, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; 4School of Architecture, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; 5Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Your submission is awaiting review.
Development of High-performance Polyiso-based Thermal Insulation Materials 1Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of America; 2The University of Utah, United States of America Your submission is awaiting review.
Distribution of G-PCMs Within Foam Insulation For Mediterranean Residential Applications Loyola Marymount University, United States of America Your submission is awaiting review.
Energy and Demand Savings from Innovative Multi-Layer Windows and Thermally-Broken Opaque Wall System 1Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, United States of America; 2WonderWindow Your submission is awaiting review.
Framing Factors for Ultra-Efficient Affordable Multifamily Housing in the Pacific Northwest 4EA Building Science Your submission is awaiting review.
Thermochromic Materials in Buildings: Thermal Simulations and Aging Analysis 1Institute of Architecture and Urbanism, University of São Paulo, USP, Brazil; 2São Carlos School of Engineering, Materials Engineering Department, USP, Brazil; 3Architectural Science, Toronto Metropolitan University, TMU, Toronto, Canada; 4Department of Civil Engineering and Architectural Sciences, Politecnico di Bari, Italy Your submission is awaiting review.
Optimizing Kitchen Ventilation Design Through CFD Analysis: A Case Study of Commercial Kitchen HVAC Systems Qatar University, Qatar |