Dave Bohac is the research director at the Minnesota Center for Energy and Environment. Mike Lubliner is a senior energy advisor at Oak Ridge Energy Laboratory. Dave and Mike will share their work using AeroBarrier on existing single and multifamily dwellings. Their research is focused on low-income weatherization. Dave is a pickle ball player and Mike is a pickle ball wannabe.
Mark Modera is a professor at UC Davis and is the inventor of AeroBarrier. Mark will talk about technology developments for duct and enclosure sealing. Mark is better known as a beach volleyball player and getting speeding tickets riding motorcycles.
William Bahnfleth is the past president of ASHRAE. Even more impressive he is a Professor of Architectural Engineering at Penn State. He chaired the ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force. Ventilation rates are going up, epidemiology is raising questions, source control is happening, and folks are still wearing masks. What is coming? Bill is known for his 100-mile bike rides and his love of cats.
John Straube is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. John will present on carbon in buildings: embodied and operational carbon, the life-cycle, and how energy production, consumption and distribution influences these… with the important complexities of resilience and sustainability thrown in. John collects tractors and loves sheep dogs….legends can do this.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kunzel is the Head of Department, Hygrothermics, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, Germany. To say he is a legend is an understatement. He is the "godfather" of WUFI "Warme Und Feuchte Instationar"...Hartwig will present on face seal stucco and coating systems, IR-reflective facades, impact of vapor diffusion in fibrous and foam insulation, the hygrothermal behavior of assemblies...and anything else he feels like talking about.
This cameo presentation announces an AI chatbot tool on buildingscience.com and available to all for BS knowledge. Dr. Straube is a professor of building science at the University of Waterloo, and Dr. Bowerman is a professor of Computer science at the University of Waterloo
Foster Lyons is a chemical engineer, builder and building science consultant to architects. Foster points out that there is not a single structure, in the history of structures, that does not have something adhered to something else. Yet, adhesion is a topic fraught with misunderstanding and misconception. Why is it so hard to break concrete but so easy for stones to fall off walls?
Tessa Bradley is a principal of the Artisans Group, Olympia, WA. The Artisans Group combines building science and elegant design. Tessa will present on low-carbon solutions, energy efficiency, net-zero Passive House designs and retrofits.
Marc Rosenbaum, P.E., received a BS and MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the Founder and Principal of Energysmiths and built his first superinsulated house in 1978. Marc will discuss how energy storage both thermal and electrical aids grid penetration of renewables and builds resilience on-site. Mass...not the state...time constants and hydronic storage will be discussed.
Adam Broderick is a Research Scientist and Aaron Grin is a Global Residential Applications Technology Leader - both are with DuPont Building Solutions. Is MgO a game-changer? It had issues in the past. Not any more. They will cover test huts, environmental chambers and “sweating” boards in Denmark.