Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Wednesday, 10/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 19: Decarbonization (Principles) Location: Beach & Gulf (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Mehdi Ghoabdi, National Research Council Canada |
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Embodied Carbon Reduction in Steel-Framed Buildings with Spray Applied Fire-Resistive Materials saint-gobain, United States of America The Circular Home: Energy and Moisture Performance of a Mass Timber, Biogenic, Reusable Residential Building Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| 8:30am - 10:00am | CPS 20: Hygrothermal Analysis of Traditional and Mass Timber Roof Assemblies (Practices) Location: Palm (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Achilles Karagiozis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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Correlating Hygrothermal Modeling to Real-World Roof Design 1GAF | Siplast; 2GAF Materials LLC Optimizing Parameters To Make Accurate Hygrothermal Calculations In Ventilated Roofs 1Polygon Sverige AB, Sweden; 2Lund University; 3Swedish Federation of Wood and Furniture Industry Hygrothermal Performance of CLT External Walls with Wood-Fibre-Based ETICS: Field Measurements and Simulation Validation Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia Understanding the Risk of Entrapped Moisture in Mass Timber Roof and Floor Assemblies and the Use of Calibrated Hygrothermal Models to Assess Drying Remediations from Construction Wetting RDH Building Science, Canada |
| 8:30am - 10:00am | Registration Location: Lobby 2 |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | AM Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables Location: Lobby 2 |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | CPS 21: Hygrothermal Performance (Principles) Location: Beach & Gulf (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Jessica Meylor, Frontier Energy |
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Thermal Performance of Spandrel Assemblies in Glazed Wall Systems 1RDH Building Science; 2Stantec; 3Simpson Gumpertz and Heger Thermal Performance of Spandrel Assemblies in Glazed Wall Systems: Simulation Differences and Results 1Stantec, Canada; 2RDH Building Science; 3Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Experimental Evaluation of the Thermal and Hygrothermal Performance of a Double Wythe Brick Energy Retrofit 1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 2Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 3John H. Daniel’s Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; 4Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | CPS 22: Improving Building Performance with Window Upgrades (Practices) Location: Palm (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Harri Mikael Salonvaara, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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A Second Take on Windows: Advancing Secondary Windows for Commercial Buildings 1GTI Energy, United States of America; 2Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States of America; 3Frontier Energy, United States of America Advancing Building Performance: Field Results of Thin-Glass Triple-Pane Window Demonstrations Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, United States of America Are Deep Energy Retrofits in Commercial Buildings Including Window Upgrades? 1Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States of America; 2Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of America; 3Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States of America Multivariate Analysis of PCM Glazing Effects on Office Building HVAC Energy Performance in Arid Climates 1School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile; 2Center for Sustainble Urban Development (CEDEUS); 3UC Energy Research Center; 4Energy Department (DENERG), Politecnico di Torino |
| 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Lunch Location: Rusty's Bistro |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | CPS 23: Hygrothermal Modelling (Principles) Location: Beach & Gulf (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Simo Ilomets, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) |
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Condensation Potential of R8 Buried Ducts in Vented and Unvented Attics Located in Hot and Humid Climate Zones: Test Facility Study FSEC, United States of America Hygrothermal Behavior of Cross-laminated Timber Walls: A Comparative Study of 1D and 2D Water Leakage Modeling 1Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada; 2Construction Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada; 3FPInnovations, Vancouver, Canada Hygrothermal Simulation - A New Modelling Approach for 3D Air Gaps between Permeable and Solid Materials TU Wien, Austria |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | CPS 24: Window Advancements (Residential) Location: Palm (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Adam Broderick |
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Quantifying Noise Reduction From Envelope Retrofits Using Publicly-Available Data Sources 1Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States of America; 2Argonne National Laboratory, United States of America Understanding The Photo-Optics' Spatial And Temporal Changes Of A Solar Spectrum Light Beam Through Single Glazing, As Detected By A Full Spectrum Camera 1University of Florida; 2Winbuild Inc; 3Sunpine US Performance Study on a Novel Dynamic Complex Window for Ultra-low-energy Buildings 1School of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, China; 2College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, China |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | PM Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables Location: Lobby 2 |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm | CPS 25: Fenestration System (Principles) Location: Beach & Gulf (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Meghan Kathleen Sylvia, Frontier Energy |
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ASHRAE RP1926: Updating Performance Values in the Handbook of Fundamentals to Reflect Fenestration Industry Advancements WSP Canada inc., Canada Importance of Durability Assessment of Emerging Energy Efficient Window 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL); 2WinBuild Inc. Investigating The Service Life Of High-performance Glazing Systems National Research Council of Canada, Canada Transforming Windows from Energy Liabilities to Zero-Energy Assets: Next-Generation Solutions for Buildings Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, United States of America |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm | CPS 26: Embodied Energy of Materials (Residential) Location: Palm (Lobby Level) Session Chair: Tiffany Coppock, Owens Corning |
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Hygrothermal Performance of Bio-Based Materials in Residential Building Wall Envelope Systems Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA Moisture Durability and Thermal Performance of Retrofitted Wall Systems with Biobased Cladding and Insulation Materials: An Environmental Chamber Study Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA How Material and Design Choices Can Affect The Embodied Carbon Of Residential Buildings National Research Council Canada, Canada |