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Matt Dupuis received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and is a licensed PE in multiple states. He has worked all over the world and is the “go to” person when things are not going “well”. Low slope roofing is a cornerstone of building science. However, when things go hygrothermally wrong on a roof, things fail in spectacular fashion. Matt will cover some of the most expensive failures currently plaguing the roofing side and ways to avoid them.

Betsy Pettit, is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and received her undergraduate degree in Architecture from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio and her master’s degree in Architecture from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. She is a pioneer in net zero construction and will share her experiences and insights in net zero new construction projects and retrofit projects. Things are both easy and obvious and then they are not.

Joe Smallwood founded BCB Homes of Naples, FL in 1993. He has an engineering degree from the University of Florida and runs one of the premier custom home builders in Florida. Naples has been in the crosshairs of Florida hurricanes for several decades. The most recent hurricane was Ian – the damage was so intense that the west coast of Florida was nicknamed “Beirut”. BCB has learned a thing or two.

Michael Patrick is an architect with BarnesVanze Architects in Washington, DC. Michael attended the College of William and Mary (B.A. Linguistics) and later studied architecture at the University of Texas, Arlington (M. Arch). Sydney Katz is an architect with BarnesVanze Architects. She received her Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Southern California. Yes, the building they will be talking about was constructed in 1806 the same year Lewis and Clark made it to the Pacific and Andrew Jackson killed an attorney (in a duel).

Chris Van Rite is the Executive Director of M&M Manufacturing Company. Research shows that flex ducts are just fine when properly installed…the problem is they are hardly ever installed properly…the biggest mistake is using too much material…can’t resist the coming pun….”yes, there can be too much of a good thing."

16 years ago Jim Larsen taught us the basics of window and glass performance. After 40 years in the glass business – you might have heard about his company…Cardinal Glass Industries… he will present “the rest of the story”….”how windows actually affect building performance”. Jim will present the results of a huge research project with Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It only took 500,000 computer runs and judgement from a few legends to refine our understanding. I view this body of work as “unprecedented” and I mean that in a good way.

Katrin Klingenberg is an architect with “heavy building science leanings” who has driven adoption of the Phius Standard over the past 20 years. She built the first passive house in the United States in 2003 in Champaign-Urbana and has helped develop and adopt passive building methodology since. This presentation will explore the history and impact of passive building design theory, technology and standards and their impact on building design and speculate what will drive the design and construction of the built environment over the next few decades.

Andre Desjarlais is the Program Manager for the Building Envelope and Materials Research Program at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and has been involved in building envelope and materials research for 50 years….yes…a half century…Michael Lubliner is a Senior Energy Advisor at ORNL and has been involved in building envelope research for a much shorter period of time…40 years. BSA is not a British motorcycle…it is a hands on simple...publicly available hygrothermal design tool. Andre and Michael will talk about how BSA can help us avoid “Wasted Away in Moisture Damage Ville”.

Marc Rosenbaum, P.E., received a BS and MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an engineer who has pushed the frontiers of high performance buildings. He is the Founder and Principal of Energysmiths and built his first superinsulated house in 1978. To say he is a legend is an understatement. His presentation points out that much of what we know about how buildings perform comes from measuring and monitoring….and the results are not always obvious.