Recent Presentations

Below are links to PDFs of recent presentations by Building Science Corporation:

• Low Energy Buildings Retrofits: Stories from the Trenches
  May 19, 2009 - International Energy Agency Task 37: Advanced Housing Renovation with Solar & Conservation
  John Straube
• ACI Home Performance Conference 2009
  May 1-4, 2009
  • Greening Affordable Housing
    Betsy Pettit, FAIA
  • High R Wall Systems for Deep Energy Reductions
    Betsy Pettit, FAIA
• Builder's Guide to Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs)
  April 21, 2009 - SIPA Annual Meeting 2009
  Alex Lukachko
• 2009 Residential Design and Construction Conference
  April 2-3, 2009
  Betsy Pettit, FAIA
• Residential Energy Efficiency Design in New Orleans
  March 17, 2009 - MIT Presentation: Course 4.237
  Phil Kerrigan Jr., PE
• NESEA BuildingEnergy09
  March 11-12, 2009
  • What Would John Straube Do? John Straube Speaks His Mind
    John Straube
  • The Answer My Friend Is Blowing In The Wind: Air Barriers and Energy Use
    John Straube
  • Big Air Barrier Failures
    John Straube
  • Building America for Cold Climates: 5 * 10 * 20 * 40 * 60 @ 2
    Betsy Pettit, FAIA
• Woodstock Presentations
  February 25, 2009
  John Straube
  • Air and Vapor Barriers
  • Building Enclosures
• Better Buildings By Design Conference
  February 12, 2009
  • Building Smaller, Building Better: Getting to Net Zero Ready by Design - Part I
    Betsy Pettit, FAIA
  • Building Smaller, Building Better: Getting to Net Zero Ready by Design - Part II
    Betsy Pettit, FAIA
  • Roofs
    John Straube
  • Retrofits
    John Straube
  • Looking to the Future
    John Straube
• Capillary Moisture Transport and Foundation Implications
  January 24, 2009 - Foundation Experts Meeting, Chicago, IL
  Kohta Ueno
• System Coefficients: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?
  January 23, 2009 - Ventilation Experts Meeting, Chicago, IL
  Aaron Townsend
• The ENERGY STAR® Summit 2008
  December 1-2, 2008
  • Intro to Advance Building Science: Enclosure Design Principles of Energy Efficient Buildings
    John Straube
  • Building Enclosures
    John Straube
  • Understanding the Green Architect as Master Builder: Savior or Sinner
    John Straube
• High Performance Renovations
  November 20, 2008 - USGBC, Boston MA
  Betsy Pettit, FAIA
• Build Boston 2008, Boston, MA
  November 19-20, 2008
  • Building Science and Structural Insulated Panels (SIPS)
    November 19, 2008 - Alex Lukachko
  • Detailing Toward Zero-Energy Buildings - Part I
    November 19, 2008 - Betsy Pettit, FAIA
  • Detailing Toward Zero-Energy Buildings - Part II
    November 19, 2008 - Betsy Pettit, FAIA
• Green?
  October 22-24, 2008 - EEBA Excellence in Building Conference
  Joseph Lstiburek
• Toward Zero Energy Homes
  October 16, 2008 - Sustainability & the Built World: Lunchtime Lecture Series, UMass, Amherst, MA
  Betsy Pettit, FAIA
• ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
  August 19-20, 2008
  • Effects of Air Conditioner Sizing on Energy Consumption and Peak Demand in a Hot-Dry Climate
    August 19, 2008 - Aaron Townsend and Kohta Ueno
  • Systems Research on Residential Ventilation
    August 19, 2008 - Armin Rudd and Joseph Lstiburek
  • Field Monitoring of Wall Vapor Control Strategies in the Pacific Northwest
    August 20, 2008 - Kohta Ueno, Aaron Townsend and Michael Lubliner (Washington State University)
• Don't Do Stupid Things: A Green Rant
  June 25, 2008 - PCBC 2008
  Joseph Lstiburek
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
• Building Science Fundamentals 2008 - Dallas
  June 18-19, 2008
  Joseph Lstiburek
  • Part 1: The Perfect Wall
  • Part 2: Advanced Framing
  • Part 3: Green
• BEST Conference 2008
  June 12, 2008
  • Distribution Coefficients
    BEST 1: Building for Energy Efficiency and Durability at the Crossroads
    Joseph Lstiburek
  • Energy, Climate & Buildings
    Minneapolis BEST Conference Plenary
    John Straube
  • Laboratory Calibration and Field Results of Wood Resistance Humidity Sensors
    BEST 1: Building for Energy Efficiency and Durability at the Crossroads
    Kohta Ueno
• Building Science with SIPs
  May 12, 2008 - NAHB National Green Building Conference
  Alex Lukachko and Al Cobb
• Case Studies
  April 2-3, 2008 - 4th Annual Residential Design and Construction
  Betsy Pettit, FAIA and Alex Lukachko
  • Toward Zero Energy Homes
  • Single-Family House, Bedford, MA
  • Renovation, Concord, MA
  • Renovation, Bedford, MA
  • Multi-family, Cleveland, OH
  • Multi-family, Uxbridge, MA
  • Conclusions
• Cathedrals and Conditioned Attics
  March 27, 2008 - CUFCA Foam Days 2008
  John Straube
• Fundamental Changes and the Need for Systems Thinking
  March 26, 2008 - Building Envelope Solutions 2008
  John Straube
• Slab on Grade Flooring
  March 26, 2008 - Building Envelope Solutions 2008
  John Straube
• Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs)
  March 18, 2008 - 2008 SIPA Annual Meeting and Conference
  Joseph Lstiburek
• Wood is Good
  March 10, 2008 - Western Wood Products Association Annual Meeting
  Joseph Lstiburek
• Four Square Revisited - Towards Zero Energy Renovation
  March 6-7, 2008 - Better Buildings: Better Business Conference
  Betsy Petit, FAIA
• Ventilate Right
  March 6-7, 2008 - Better Buildings: Better Business Conference
  Joseph Lstiburek
• ASHRAE Standard 62.2 Today and Tomorrow
  February 19, 2008 - RESNET Building Performance Conference
  Aaron Townsend
• Whole-Wall Thermal Performance - Technology Update
  February 19, 2008 - RESNET Building Performance Conference
  Aaron Townsend
• Managing Moisture in Residential Building Envelopes
  February 15, 2008 - 2008 International Builders' Show
  Joseph Lstiburek
• Affordable Housing - Toward Zero Energy Case Studies in Cold Climates
  February 14, 2008 - Better Building by Design 2008 Conference
  Betsy Pettit, FAIA
• Basements: New & Retrofit - Energy Efficient, Durable, Healthy
  February 14, 2008 - Better Building by Design 2008 Conference
  John Straube
• Energy, Buildings and the Future
  February 14, 2008 - Better Building by Design 2008 Conference
  John Straube
• Rain Control Principles
  John Straube
• Green Buildings, Sustainability and EIFS
  John Straube
• Advanced Concepts for High Performance Buildings: Maximizing Sustainability, Minimizing Energy
  May 2, 2007 - AIA
  John Straube
• Climate Change Basics
  April 23-25, 2007 - Affordable Comfort
  John Straube
• Poly in Walls: Evil or Necessity Field from a Cold Climate
  April 23-25, 2007 - Affordable Comfort
  John Straube
• Insulation
  April 28, 2008 - NEXUS
  Peter Baker
• Building Science for Green Buildings
  March 15, 2007 - NESEA
  John Straube
• Enclosures and Energy: What's Working
  February 19, 2007 - NYC BEC Presentation
  John Straube
• Monitored Indoor Moisture and Temperature Conditions in Humid Climate U.S. Residences
  January 31, 2007 - 2007 ASHRAE Winter Meeting
  Armin Rudd and Hugh Henderson, Jr. P.E.