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UPCOMING EVENT
Building Envelope Solutions Vancouver
September 23, 2010
Vancouver, BC
Fairmont Hotel, Saturna Island Room, 900 West Georgia Street
Past Event
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Hyatt Regency Hotel
655 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC |
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Special Thanks to Our Sponsors
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Agenda
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 8:00 a.m.
Registration &
Continental Breakfast
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8:45 a.m.
Introduction & Opening Remarks
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9:00 a.m. – 10:30
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The Building
Envelope: How Passive Design and Envelope Affect Comfort and
Energy |
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The envelope
of a building plays a big role in maintaining comfort and
reducing energy consumption. This session explores how the
basics of passive design and optimum envelope performance
affect the energy and comfort performance of a building.
Project
examples highlighting envelope and passive design of
sustainable buildings will be shared along with the findings
of the City of Vancouver’s Passive Design Best Practice
Guide. The City of Vancouver has a goal to meet for 2010 and
this Passive Design Best Practice Guide will play a role in
meeting these goals.
Albert Bicol, Partner, Cobalt Engineering
David Ramslie, Sustainable Development Program
Manager, City of Vancouver
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 10:30 a.m. – 10:45
a.m.
Refreshment
Break
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10:45 a.m. – 12:00
p.m.
What Are Your Envelope Retrofit Options, and What Will They
Cost?
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A building
envelope retrofit can achieve the perfect balance between the
economy and ecology. The financial rewards gained by using
qualified professionals and trades people are long lasting,
and a long-term investment approach can yield better returns
than the financial markets.
Reduced energy use not only saves money, but it significantly
reduces greenhouse gas emissions. What are your envelope
retrofit options? What do they cost? This presentation will
provide an overview, and correlate how building specifiers,
designers, and owners can evaluate their options to pursue a
green rating certification, and/or get involved in Tower
Renewal; and the benefits and challenges of building
overcladding will be featured
Pierre Gallant, Principal, Morrison
Hershfield Ltd
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12:00 p.m. – 1:00
p.m.
Networking
Luncheon
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1:00 p.m. – 2:00
p.m.
An
Overview of Rating Systems and Net Zero Buildings, and the
Effect the Building Envelope has on a Green Building |
This
presentation will cover the range of building assessment
systems, from LEED and BOMA BESt (formerly Go Green), through
to Net Zero buildings.
What is
“green” or “sustainable” and what does that mean in the
context of building design decisions and material choices?
Understand how to design with, specify, and integrate green
materials, and the environmental impact of envelope material
and installation choices.
David Fookes,
Principal, Morrison Hershfield Ltd |
2:00
p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Refreshment
Break
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2:15 p.m. – 3:15
p.m.
Mould, Moisture and Related Problems |
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Perhaps the most significant statement ever made about
building science was that “Except for structural failure,
about 90% of all building problems are related to moisture in
some way”. This presentation will discuss how these moisture
issues can develop into mould issues that affect the indoor
environment. When building envelope
fails, mitigation of
issues related to the indoor environment are often
overlooked. The speaker will detail guidelines related to
mould affecting the indoor environment in addition to
assessment and investigation techniques.
Michael
Glassco,
Operations Manager, Theodor Sterling Associates
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3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Litigation and the Building Envelope: An Assessment of the
Critical Issues |
This
session will identify the legal issues that may arise when a
building envelope is found to be defective and requires
remediation. Who is exposed to building envelope litigation,
and what is the underlying rationale for their liability and
the insurance issues relating to their defense and
indemnification? Amongst the topics covered will be the
professional’s responsibility, builder’s responsibility for
faulty work product and materials, liability of local
authorities and the impact of various exclusion clauses in the
insurance contracts.
John
Singleton,
Q.C., Partner, Singleton Urquhart
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4:15 p.m.
Conference
Adjourns |
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