Specifying and Conducting Building Air Leakage Tests
Aceh Community Room
Mercy Corps, 45 SW Ankeny St
Portland, OR 97204
Terry Brennan
Air tightness testing is becoming more prominent in building codes across the country with an ever increasing focus on energy conservation and indoor air quality control. This presentation focuses on how to select and perform building airtightness tests. During design, properly specifying an air tightness test requires the design team to be able to identify the air, thermal and vapor control layers throughout the building to determine the building enclosure and understand the various air tightness tests available. In construction, the design and construction teams require an understanding of what needs to be included in the tests to avoid pitfalls, how to set up buildings for qualitative and quantitative testing, and how to interpret the results if the team is testing to a standard, pre/post retrofit comparisons, or comparing the results to other buildings.
Terry is a building scientist and educator. He is on the editorial boards of Environmental Building News and Heating Piping and Air Conditioning Magazine. He currently chairs the U.S.A.C.E committee developing new air leakage protocols. Past work includes consulting on a research project to restore three homes in the Seventh Ward of New Orleans after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, teaching healthy housing courses for the National Center for Healthy Housing and working on a research project to study unplanned airflows in commercial buildings in New York State. He is a member of ASHRAE 62.2 Ventilation and Air Quality Committee and served as consultant to the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Dampness and Health in Buildings. He holds a Bachelors degree in Physics and a Masters degree in Environmental Studies.
A Comparison of Liquid Applied WRB Chemistry, Performance, Capabilities and Applications
Aceh Community Room
Mercy Corps, 45 SW Ankeny St
Portland, OR 97204
David Kimball
Fluid applied membranes, whether as a flashing or as a weather resistive barrier, are becoming much more common in the marketplace. This presentation will discuss the history and development of fluid applied membranes and will give attendees an understanding of the various different chemistry types available in the market; why they were developed and the important performance characteristics, including the advantages and disadvantages of each different chemistry type. Finally, attendees will understand how to choose the appropriate material for different applications and how to design with each material.
After 34 years at a major Silicone Sealant company, Dave Kimball has retired and started anew with PROSOCO, Inc., as a Technical Specialist in the Building Envelope Group, covering the North Atlantic Region from his office in Brooklyn, NY.
While Dave spent years living in many different parts of the country, primarily in a Technical Service role, working on Weatherseal, Structural Glazing, and exterior coatings applications, the unique challenge that rough opening preparation and Air and Vapor Barriers brings is inspiring.
Portland Ecoroof Symposium 2016
Smith Memorial Student Union Smith Ballroom, 3rd Floor 1825 SW Broadway Portland, OR 97201
As the vegetated roofing industry continues to grow and mature, the Ecoroof Symposium will showcase the most up-to- date research on the economic and environmental impacts that green roofs provide to buildings and cities. We are honored to host London’s own Dusty Gedge as our keynote speaker, as well as a research medley on topics such as enhanced real estate value, energy impacts, and biodiversity. Panels of experts and breakout sessions offer a wealth of experience on best practices to avoid concerns, and to extend the service life of the roof membrane and vegetation. Green roof tours can provide insight into a variety of systems and approaches.
Evolution and Understanding of Attic Ventilation
Aceh Community Room
Mercy Corps, 45 SW Ankeny St
Portland, OR 97204
Lorne Ricketts
In this course the presenter will discuss current research and understanding of moisture related problems within sloped roof attics in the Pacific Northwest. Case studies will be presented to illustrate the possible wetting sources in wood-frame construction along with practical solutions for mitigating the potential for problems in new construction.
Lorne Ricketts is a building science engineer specializing in research and investigation work. His experience consists of a wide range of projects including: building enclosure condition assessments, forensic investigations, building monitoring, field review, building modeling, and laboratory and field testing services.
Lorne’s Master’s research at the University of Waterloo focused on airflow in high-rise multi-unit residential buildings and included extensive testing and monitoring of a case study building. As a result, his work has developed the industry’s understanding of airflow in and around buildings and how it affects both energy consumption and indoor air quality.
Lorne’s practical experience combined with his theoretical training and proficiency with state-of-the-art thermal and hygrothermal (heat, air, and moisture) software modeling tools has enabled him to evaluate a wide variety of enclosure systems. This analytical work is used as the basis for recommendations regarding air barriers, vapor barriers, insulation levels, thermal bridging, and window selection.
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Building Tour: Overton Apartments
NW 12th and NW Overton Portland, OR
John Duncan
The Portland Building Enclosure group will be organizing a tour of the in-progress Overton apartment building in the Pearl District.
Currently, Unico is constructing NV (www.nvportland.com), a 26-story, 275-unit, Class-A+ apartment development in Portland, Oregon’s Pearl District. Located at NW 12th and NW Overton, NV residents can anticipate 360 degree views of the Portland cityscape, Pearl District, Fremont Bridge, eastern mountains, and West Hills.
The project is located between NW Pettygrove/NW Overton and NW 13th Ave/NW 12th Ave. Touring guests will need to check in, sign in and fill out the waivers - please congregate near the corner of NW Overton and NW 13th Avenue at 4pm on Tuesday, June 14th.
Please RSVP to John Duncan for headcount purposes. jduncan@morrisonhershfield.com
ZGF and Andersen are working on the new Overton Apartment building being built in the Pearl District. Andersen asks that guests bring their own PPE, including: 1. Hard hats 2. Vests 3. Pants 4. Shoes w/ankle support 5. Safety glassesThe following systems can be observed at the tour:
The window wall is mostly finished, but can be observed from interior & exterior. Storefront is in progress. Curtain wall may be in progress as well. Brick is in progress at the podium, and metal panel is in progress at the tower. Some in-progress foundation waterproofing assemblies will also be visible.
Preservation of Mid-Century Modern Building Materials Workshop
1820 NE 21st Avenue Portland, OR 97212
DoCoMoMo_Oregon and the Association for Preservation Technology, Northwest, are pleased to co-host a work- shop on Mid-Century Modern materials. The workshop will focus on materials used in the northwest through their history and case studies. The sessions will conclude with a lively discussion as to whether preserving Mid-Century Materials is less important than preserving the plan and layout of Mid-Century structures. A sack lunch will be provided to all attendees.
MORNING SESSION
AFTERNOON SESSION / PANEL DISCUSSION
2016 Symposium
The Portland Building Enclosure Council will be holding our bi-annual symposium on May 11, 2016 at the Portland Art Museum. The event will be held in conjunction with CSI-Portland’s Industry Forum (IF) event taking place on the same day. This combined event promises to provide a full day of educational and networking opportunities related to practice and theory in architecture and technical aspects of building enclosures in energy retrofit applications. The proposed schedule of events and speakers are is as follows:
Cost to attend: $75 Full Day, $25 CSI-Industry Forum
Details on hotel packages will be made public once finalized
Sponsorship opportunities available. Please contact Mark DiLoreto (mark at planningsolutionsinc dot com)
A total of nine (9) learning units are anticipated for the full day event.
We hope you can join us for the entire day- this event represents a unique collaboration between the Portland BEC and CSI, bringing to you a full day of educational presentations and networking opportunities.
Register at CSI Portland
NFPA 285 - Assembly Test of Exterior Walls with Combustible Components
Aceh Community Room
Mercy Corps, 45 SW Ankeny St
Portland, OR 97204
Herman Lopez
This seminar will discuss the impact of the NFPA 285 Test on buildings using IBC and ASHRAE 90.1 energy code requirements, the parameters and history of NFPA 285, and the definition of what building envelope components are combustible and require NFPA 285 testing by IBC. All of these elements combine to integrate NFPA 285 compliant assemblies into building envelope systems.
Herman Lopez is a Commercial Business Development Manager with DuPont Building Innovations. He is based in Fort Collins, CO and responsible for commercial business development throughout Western US representing DuPont Weatherization Systems. He has over 20 years sales and business development experience in the commercial and residential construction markets having worked for Simpson Strong-Tie, Azek Trimboards and DuPont™ Building Innovations. He is also active with CSI, (Construction Specifications Institute) and BEC (Building Enclosure Council). He speaks at many AIA-BEC Chapter meetings throughout the US as a representative of DuPont.
Wall Assemblies: Control Layers
Aceh Community Room
Mercy Corps, 45 SW Ankeny St
Portland, OR 97204
Stevan Vinci
Effective building enclosures provide physical protection from weather and climate (comfort), indoor air quality (health), durability, and energy efficiency. This presentation will focus on the fundamentals of wall assembly design with emphasis on the control layers that separate exterior and interior environment.
As part of the discussion, we will examine the physical phenomena that affect buildings and strategies that can be employed through Control Layers to respond to the environment.
Stevan serves as the Sustainability Practice Lead for Morrison Hershfield's Pacific Northwest offices and has provided green building consulting, building envelope/durability and commissioning duties on sustainability projects in Canada and in the US. Further to sustainability, Stevan has over 16 years of building science experience completing several building envelope assessments for building envelope failures as well as design assist services to architects on new construction projects. His experience also includes 3rd party building envelope drawing review, specification writing and construction drawing preparation of envelope systems. His experience in building envelope contributes to a better understanding of whole-building systems in his work in green buildings
Building Enclosures and Their Failures, A Love Story
Aceh Community Room
Mercy Corps, 45 SW Ankeny St
Portland, OR 97204
Jasha Kistler
With the ever-evolving technology of materials and construction trade practices combined with the desire to push project schedules to year-round construction, the risk of failure of building enclosure components is high. During this course, the discussion will revolve around case-studies of real-world building enclosure system failures resulting from discontinuities in the control layers (air, water, vapor, thermal), lack of understanding of the interaction between the interior and exterior environments, and construction related mistakes. Conditions include roof-to-wall transitions, SIPS panel detailing, precast concrete panels, lightweight concrete construction and other conditions.
As a Building Enclosure Consultant with The Facade Group, Jasha has worked locally and internationally in a variety of building sectors. He has extensive experience with all aspects of the building enclosure from below-grade waterproofing to vertical enclosure systems, curtain walls and roofing. Jasha has a passion for investigations, performance modeling, and testing of building enclosure systems. He is a certified WUFI trainer, Level 1 Thermographer, and has expertise in static and dynamic water pressure testing, whole-building air testing, and building enclosure assessments.