Westford Symposium

The Twenty-Sixth Annual Westford Symposium on Building Science, 2024

Lessons From 70 Years Of Building Science Field Investigations (Hartwig Kunzel 2024)

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… Learn More

Forensic Engineering Of Building Enclosures and Facades (Brian Hubbs 2024)

Brian Hubbs, P.Eng. is a pioneer in investigating and explaining the causes of failures and how to fix them. Brian points out that it is both an art and a science...that it involves multivariable… Learn More

Is AI BS? (John Straube and Robert Bowerman 2024)

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… Learn More

Adhesion (Foster Lyons 2024)

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… Learn More

Not Being Passive About Passive House (Tessa Bradley 2024)

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-… Learn More

MgO - Magnesium Oxide Sheathing Panels - no sweat..sweet (Adam Broderick and Aaron Grin (2024)

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… Learn More

Thermal Energy Storage In High Performance Buildings (Marc Rosenbaum 2024)

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… Learn More

Conservation Of Mass and Other Crazy Ideas (Kent Browning 2024)

Kent Browning, PE is a principal of KWR Engineering Services, Austin, TX and has been commissioning buildings before commissioning buildings was called commissioning buildings. Kent keeps seeing the… Learn More

Load-Based Testing Of Heat Pumps (Bruce Harley 2024)

  Bruce Harley has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and was the technical director of the Conservation Services Group for many years. Most of… Learn More

The Graphic Language of Drawings (Steve Baczek 2024)

Steve Baczek is an architect who understands communication, communication, and communication. Did I mention communication? The communication is verbal, graphical, artistic and sometimes "telepathic… Learn More

Passive House and The Shifting Energy Landscape (Andrew Steingiser 2024)

Andrew is an architect with RDH in Boston and a graduate of the School of Architecture at Syracuse University. As Passive House is applied to multi-family buildings things get interesting...that is… Learn More

Saving Affordable Homes (Julie Klump 2024)

Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) is a nonprofit developer, owner and operator of 20,000 affordable homes in multifamily buildings in twelve states and the District of Columbia. Julie is an… Learn More