Seattle BEC Monthly Meeting

When
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Meeting Title
Building Monitoring
Location

Mirabella  
116 Fairview Avenue North  
Seattle, WA 98109

Presenters
Jason Teetaert, P.Eng, SMTa
Description

Structural Monitoring Technology facilitates sustainable building practice by informing building consultants and owners of issues that could become long-term areas of concern. Leading-edge building monitoring technology is used in the investigation of building performance and is capable of monitoring:

Moisture Content Condensation Dew Point Hermo Profiling Vapor Pressure Differential Air Pressure Building Component Movement moisture content, condensation, dew point, thermo profiling, vapour pressure, differential air pressure and building component movement.

Structure Monitoring Technology applications will be outlined in the context of installation during various stages of the building life cycle including new construction, existing buildings, and re-commissioning or major renovations.

The initial commissioning and verification of design details is key for design professionals. In addition, building owners and operators are interested in mitigation of risk from facility floods, aging roofing systems, and costs associated with the cleanup of water damage.

Specific to roof monitoring the following shall be outlined:

DigiScan - Comprehensive roof scan using the digital multivector mapping technology, similar to electric field vector mapping for integrity and leak locating in inverted roof membranes. Building Membrane Monitoring – A continuous, permanently installed membrane integrity monitoring system for conventional and inverted roof assemblies. This presentation will demonstrate the various sensors, monitoring systems and scanning methods that can be used for verification and reporting purposes. Real-life practical applications, installation details, site conditions, and monitoring results will also be showcased.

Presented by: Jason Teetaert, P.Eng, SMT - Structure Monitoring Technology - V.P. Business Development

Jason has over 20 years of project management and electrical engineering construction design experience, with current experience and projects in the application of structure monitoring systems. He holds patents in moisture detection and patents pending in roof monitoring and low-powered hybrid wireless/wired networks.

Jason brings construction-related electrical engineering experience from consulting in an national engineering firm to the building science community. He leads the design of moisture detection systems in residential, educational, and institutional projects related to sustainable buildings and investigations. Jason graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering.

He actively volunteers in the building industry as the past president of the British Columbia’s Building Envelope Council and the current President of Canada’s National Building Envelope Council.