11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Breakout Sessions
+ Thermal Bridging Tools to Optimize Large Passive House Buildings
Speaker: Cody Belton
Participants will gain new insight on how to decrease construction costs by eliminating conservative thermal bridge assumptions at high impact thermal bridges for projects using performance-based energy codes or standards. The design team can leverage thermal simulations at optimized high impact thermal bridges, such as window installations, as an effective strategy to reduce wall thickness, reduce embodied carbon emissions, meet low thermal energy demand targets, and potentially provide cost-effective solutions for the developer/owner. We will share a post-construction research study to prove how thermal simulations can be used to improve the overall building enclosure design.
Improving critical thermal bridge locations with high impact to energy demand targets can result in better buildings, lower risk of interior mold/condensation, and enhance energy modelling as an optimization tool. The transition towards performance-based energy codes is coming, and use of 2-D and 3-D thermal simulations will be imperative for resilient building enclosure design.
This session is approved for: 1 CSI LU and 1 AIA/HSW LU
Learning Objectives:
- Define thermal bridge simulation requirements at project conception when issuing request for proposal for architectural and engineering services by enforcing use of appropriate thermal simulation standard.
- Learn how status quo use of inaccurate conservative assumptions for thermal bridges at high-impact locations leads to excessive insulation at external walls, increasing embodied carbon/diminishing marketable floor area.
- Understand benefits of accurate 3-D thermal simulations at high-impact thermal bridges to assess thermal transmission and surface temperature to evaluate mold/condensation risk, leading to better buildings that cost less.
- Learn about innovative window installation design – finding balance for constructability and maximizing performance in a site-built opaque building exterior wall system suitable for high-rise passive house buildings.
+ Unlocking the Metaverse: What It Means to You
Speaker: Paul Doherty
When the physical built environment intersects with the digital world, it is a moment to pay attention. Welcome to a journey of unlocking the mysteries of the metaverse for the built environment and how these technologies, processes, workflows, and experiences will affect you, your business, and your lifestyle. This session explores urgent questions such as: What is the Metaverse? Who uses it? How do you measure success? Where are examples of the Metaverse and the workflows of Web3? When can you expect the Metaverse, Web3, and Blockchain to affect me and my business? Join us for an interactive experience of visiting the industrial metaverse while witnessing how the AECO community can embrace this transformative medium with value.
This session is approved for: 1 CSI LU and 1 AIA LU
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the purpose and advantages of using the metaverse.
- Identify new processes and innovations that focus on metaverse solutions.
- Use the metaverse for your company’s market differentiation.
- Understand the difference between the metaverse and the industrial metaverse.
+ Green Roof Design: A Sustainable Approach to Waterproofing
Speaker: Allison Verley
The U.S. population is forecast to increase by 50% over the next 50 years, yet cities are already struggling to cope with growth and economic development. Open space and undisturbed land have given way to buildings and roads. Sealed with concrete and asphalt, these surfaces no longer allow water to infiltrate to the ground. And, dark rooftops and pavement absorb and store energy from the sun during the day and reflect it at night.
The results are increased stormwater runoff, increased urban temperatures, altered weather patterns, and the loss of pollination and greenery in metropolitan areas. “Green” roofs can provide a solution to all of these problems. This session provides a comprehensive overview of how green roofs improve community spaces in a sustainable approach, designing with the future of our world in mind.
This session is approved for: 1 CSI LU and 1 AIA/HSW LU
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize different technologies and waterproof membrane products that can be utilized under growing vegetation.
- Describe methods for stormwater management and how to remove and/or store excess stormwater water through different drainage and water retention designs.
- Review the different systems of green roof designs and differentiate between extensive, semi-intensive, and intensive systems.
- Review best practices for waterproofing inside and outside corners along with the vertical and horizontal transition detail of a structure.
+ Protective Design Concepts and Standards: Navigating Product Solutions
Speaker: Robert A Miller
This session will review the most current concepts and standards used in the protective design marketplace. We use these standards to best determine product choice in our fast-changing world, where navigating new challenges and staying informed has never been more critical to ensuring a safe and secure environment.
Innovation has led to several new standards and products in the protective design marketplace. By establishing a baseline understanding of those requirements we can better decide on what product to specify to ensure performance and compliance. Climb resistance, vehicular crash resistance, ballistics rating, and other physically defining features of these products are now commonplace in the planning discussions for every facility, from critical infrastructure to educational and public spaces. This presentation will take you through the critical standards we use to navigate the challenging realm of the protective design industry.
This session is approved for: 1 CSI LU and 1 AIA/HSW LU
Learning Objectives:
- Understand current vehicular force protection standards for fences, barriers, and other products.
- Know baseline criteria for ballistic ratings of various protective design products.
- Learn about blast-resistance measures and how they can be applied to various products.
- Understand forced entry resistance standards.