Exploring Buildings Retrofit Strategies Using AutoBEM Under Future Climate Scenarios

Shovan Chowdhury, Hang Li, Fengqi Li, Avery Stubbings, Joshua New

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of America

Future Weather Data for Hygrothermal Building Envelope Simulations: Implications of Bias Adjustment

Yina Shang¹, Fitsum Tariku²

¹British Columbia Institute of Technology; ²Simon Fraser University

Sensitivity Analysis as a Tool in Hygrothermal Building Envelope Assessment

Florian Schnabel, Andreas Sarkany, Thomas Bednar

TU Wien, Austria

Thermal Properties in Hygrothermal Modelling Masonry Interior Insulation Retrofits

Randy Anthony Van Straaten¹, Kevin Yuan Zhang², Peter James McLachlan¹, Stephen James Walker¹

¹Building Enclosure Labs Inc.; ²York University

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

Liam O'Brien¹, Wilhelm Friess², Ling Li³, Benjamin Herzog⁴, Jacob Snow⁴

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

Graham Finch¹, Gillette Savannah²

¹RDH Building Science, Canada; ²RDH Building Science, United States

Urban Building Energy Modeling for District-Level Energy Optimization: A Case Study in Fornebu, Norway

Alexandra Monika Bulla, Niki Gaitani, Arild Gustavsen

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Methodology and Results from the Pacific Northwest Commercial HVAC Market Model

Marcus Anthony Dimeo¹, Rick Bame Huddle¹, Joan Wang²

¹Resource Innovations, United States of America; ²Bonnevile Power Administration

A Simple Panel System to Overcome Interface Challenges for Retrofits

Zoe Kaufman¹, David Goldwasser¹, Andrew Poerschke², Marcus Bianchi¹, J.D. Laurence-Chasen¹, Hilary Egan¹, Joy-Marie Parker³, Chioke Harris¹, Brian Wolfgang²

¹National Renewable Energy Laboratory; ²IBACOS; ³University of California Berkeley

Analyzing Contractor Data To Improve Installation And Maintenance Standards In The HVAC Industry

Meghan Kathleen Sylvia

Frontier Energy, United States of America

Innovative Structural Insulation Sheathing: Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Buildability in Residential Construction

Hai Fu, Xiaomin Guo, Brandon Robinson, Craig Marden, Sandeep Tamrakar

Owens Corning, United States of America

Machine Learning-Driven Optimization of Building Enclosures for Moisture Durability and Thermal Performance

Harri Mikael Salonvaara¹, Boming Liu¹, Antonio Aldykiewicz², Emishaw Iffa¹, Jin Dong¹

¹Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of America; ²Saint Gobain North America

ThermoPI—an Online Tool to Calculate Heat Transfer Through Foam Insulation

Som S Shrestha¹, Tianli Feng², Zhenglai Shen¹, Achutha Tamraparni¹

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

Gurneesh Jatana, Philip Boudreaux, Rui Zhang

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of America

Smartphone Application For Visualizing Building Air Leakage

Philip Boudreaux, Mark Root, Gurneesh Jatana, Gina Accawi

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

Shakil Shimul¹, Wei Li², Yousef Haghighi¹

¹University of Oklahoma; ²Texas Tech University

Comparison of Weatherization Approaches at Community-Scale: Weatherization vs Optimal Retrofit in Manufactured Home Parks

Karlyle Dais Munz, Paulo Cesar Tabares-Velasco

Colorado School of Mines, United States of America

Energy retrofit of modern heritage architecture: The case study of Villa Rossi in Ivrea

Stefano Fantucci¹, Enrico Giacopelli²

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

Matthew Domsy, Cynthia A. Cruickshank, Roger J. Martin

Carleton University (CABER), Canada

Aerogel-based Coating Systems in Swedish Climate: Early-Stage Drying and In-Situ Thermal Conductivity

Ali Naman Karim, Angela Sasic Kalagasidis, Pär Johansson

Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Impact of Solid-Solid Phase Change Materials on Thermal Dynamics of Fenestration Systems

Hossein Arasteh¹, Wahid Maref¹, Hamed Saber²

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

Oskar Ranefjärd¹, Jonas Niklewski¹, Anders Rosenkilde^1,2

¹Lund University, Sweden; ²The Swedish Federation of Wood and Furniture Industry

Effects Of Trees On The Cooling Of Residential Neighborhoods In Various Climates

Clément Nevers¹, Jan Carmeliet², Aytaç Kubilay², Dominique Derome¹

¹Université de Sherbrooke, Canada; ²ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Impact of High-Rise Buildings on Wind Driven Rain, Wind and Thermal Comfort

Aytac Kubilay¹, Andreas Rubin¹, Dominique Derome², Jan Carmeliet¹

¹ETH Zurich, Switzerland; ²Université de Sherbrooke, Canada

Accelerated Aging of Hempcrete Insulation for Durability Assessment

Itzel Lopez-Carreon^1,2, Marzieh Riahinezhad¹, Elnaz Esmizadeh¹, Michal Bartko¹, Cynthia A. Cruickshank²

¹National Research Council, Canada; ²Carleton University, Canada

Biobased Flame Retardants Towards Sustainable Building Materials with Low Embodied Carbon

Zoriana Demchuk, Karen Cortes Guzman, Mengjia Tang, Antonio Aldykiewicz Jr, Kuma Sumathipala, Diana Hun

Oak Ridge National Lab, United States of America

Force-triggered, Bio-based, Sealants for Prefabricated Building Components: Towards Improved Efficiency, Performance and Sustainability

Karen Paola Cortes-Guzman, Zoriana Demchuk, Diana Hun, Tomonori Saito

Oakridge National Laboratories, United States of America

Bamboo Biochar as an Eco-Insulation Material: Reducing Energy Demand and Carbon Emissions in Buildings

Milind Deshmukh, Madhura Yadav, Saurabh Sharma

Manipal University Jaipur., India

New Tool for Evaluation of Roof Assemblies using Reflective Technology

Hamed Saber¹, David W. Yarbrough²

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

Francois Tardy

Concordia University, Canada

Zero-Shot Building Façade Feature Extraction Using the Segment Anything Model (SAM) to Support Simplified Urban Energy Modeling

Farzad Mostafazadeh^1,2, Yasaman Dadras^1,2, Miroslava Kavgic¹, Mehdi Ghobadi²

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