Residential Building Design and Construction Conference

DRAFT Agenda - Will be updated periodically

RDBCC, February 20-21

	Day 1 — February 20			Day 2 — February 21
Early Morning 8:30 – 9:30	Welcome and Keynote Speaker Northampton Room Sam Rashkin, Chief Architect, Building Technology Program, U.S. Department of Energy Title: Money-Housing		Early Morning 8:30 – 9:30	Welcome and Keynote Speaker Northampton Room Richard Seifert, Professor Emeritus, University of Alaska Fairbanks Title: 30 Years in Dogged Pursuit of the Ultimate Super-insulated Passive Solar Home
9:30 — 10:30 am	Session 1 — Lehigh Room	Session 2 — Northampton Room	9:30 — 10:30 am	Session 9 — Lehigh Room	Session 10 — Northampton Room
9:30 — 10:30 am	The Need for Building Science Education — Joseph Laquatra (Cornell University) Whole Building Design Approach to Achieve High Performance Buildings — Monjia Belizaire (George Mason University)	Concrete Building Systems: Disaster Resilient Solutions for Safer Communities — T. Peng (NRMCA), L. Lemay (NRMCA), and B. Cody (PACA) A New Paradigm for Residential Construction in Regions of High Seismicity — M. Sarkisian, E. Long, D. Shook, and A. Diaz (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP)	9:30 — 10:30 am	Information Barriers in Home Energy Retrofit Adoption: Research in Progress — D. Duah and M. Syal (Michigan State University) Prefabricating Charles Moore: Reinterpreted Saddlebags and Aedicules — C.A. Debelius, R.C. Everhart and J.A. Russell (Appalachian State University)	An Introduction to Steel and Concrete Modular Construction — S. English (Larson Design Group, Inc.) and B. Brown (NRB) Concrete in Residential Construction — Pragati Singh and Andrew Scanlon (PSU)
	Break			Break
10:45 — Noon	Session 3 — Lehigh Room	Session 4 — Northampton Room	10:45 — Noon	Session 11 — Lehigh Room	Session 12 — Northampton Room
10:45 — Noon	Critical Look into ISOMAX (Zero Energy use structures) Construction — M.T. Sebright (Energy Reconsidered, LLC) and D. Berg (DSB Energy Services, LLC) A Framework for the Process to Identify Dominant Housing Archetypes in a Cold Climate Region: Matching Energy Retrofit Research to Important Archetypes — T. Mrozowski, S.–K. Kim, and A. Harrell-Seyburn (Michigan State University) Adoption of Innovative Products in the US Housing Industry: Builders' Practices 2000-2010 — Parisa Nikkhoo, Andrew Sanderford, Andrew McCoy, Theodore Koebbel, Chris Franch, and Hazir Rahmandad (Virginia Tech)	Deep energy retrofits with retrofit insulated panels — Ted Clifton (Zero-energy Plans, LLC) State of the Art Review of Window Retrofit Options for Energy Saving in Single-family Dwellings — Tim Ariosto, and Ali Memari (PSU) Zero Net-Energy Ready — Sam Rashkin (DOE)	10:45 — Noon	Reducing Exposure to Thermal Stress in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Through Residential Weatherization — Nicholas Rajkovich and Larissa Larsen (University of Michigan) Overheating in Multifamily Residential Buildings — Jordan Dentz (The Levy Partnership, Inc.), Kapil Varshney (The Levy Partnership, Inc.) and Hugh Henderson (CDH Energy Corp.) Air Districution Retrofit Strategies for Affordable Housing — Jordan Dentz (The Levy Partnership, Inc.), Francis Conlin (High Performance Building Solutions), Parker Holloway (High Performance Building Solutions), and David Podorson (The Levy Partnership, Inc.)	Innovation in Residential Construction Systems in Sweden — Gregory La Vardera (Gregory La Vardera Architect) and Scott Hedges (Australia) Chicago Flat Type Planning: Sustainability and the 1902 Tenement House Ordinance — Richard Gnat (University of Nevada) Introduction to Insulating Concrete Forms — Dennis Gerdel (New Holland Concrete)
	12:00 — 1:00 pm — LUNCH — Emeril's Chop House			12:00 — 1:00 pm — LUNCH — Emeril's Chop House
1:00 — 3:30 pm	Session 5 — Lehigh Room	Session 6 — Northampton Room	1:00 — 3:30 pm	Session 13 — Lehigh Room	Session 14 — Northampton Room
1:00 — 3:30 pm	Prescriptive Details for Wind Resistant Envelope Based on Observations of Newly Built Homes Damaged in 2011 Tornados — Bryan Readling and Edward Keith (APA) Residential Damage Patterns Following the 2011 Tuscaloosa, AL and Joplin, MO Tornadoes — David B. Roueche and David O Prevatt (University of Florida) Wind Uplift Capacity of Foam-retrofitted Roof Sheathing Subjected to Water Leaks — David Roueche, Elexenberger, Kenton McBride, D.O. Prevatt, F.J. Masters (University of Florida)	Housing Reconstruction and Community Recovery Following Disasters — No Easy Choices — Dana Bres (HUD) and Carlos Martin (Abt Assoc.) Residential Reconstruction in Haiti — Mark Taylor (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Haiti Wood-frame Housing Initiative — Glyn R. Boone (Weyerhaeuser) and J.D. Kiehl (Entech Engineering, Inc.)	1:00 — 3:30 pm	Resisting the Myth of the Monolithic: The influence of Construction Innovation on Single-family House Spatialities in the Work of Gomes and Straub — Francisco Gomes (University of Texas at Austin) Responsive Housijng: Potential and Projected Impact — A.J. Mills and K.J Tiss (State University of New York) Investigation for the Removal of Steel Tie Rods in a Historic Segmental Arch Floor — Jennifer Lan, Michael Lo, David Sharp, and Ramon Gilsanz (Gilsanz-Murray-Steficek, LLP)	The State of the Art Application of Modular Construction to Multi-story Residential Buildings — Anthony Jellen and Ali Memari (PSU) Identification of Structural Issues in Design and Construction of Multi-story Modular Buildings — Issa Jafar Ramaji and Ali Memari (PSU) Innovative use of Long Span Metal Deck Slabs and Shored Construction — Joseph Mugford, Karl Rubenacker, John Lantry, Ramon Gilsanz (Gilsanz-Murray-Steficek, LLP) Lessons Learned from the Process of Retrofitting Existing Housing for Energy Efficiency — Lisa Iulo (PSU) and Bruce Quigley (Union County Housing Authority)
	Break			Break
3:45 — 4:30 pm	Session 7 — Lehigh Room	Session 8 — Northampton Room	3:45 — 4:30 pm
3:45 — 4:30 pm	Presentation by the authors of the book: Design and Construction of High- performance Homes: Building Envelopes, Renewable Energies and Integrated Practice High Performance Architectural Technologies - Franca Trubiano (University of Pennsylvania) System Integrated Photovoltaic (SIPV) - Jeffrey R.S. Brownson (PSU) Energy and the Integrative Design Process -Defining the Team of Experts - Lisa D. Iulo (PSU)	Effects of Sheathing and Nail Type on Nail Withdrawal Capacities — Ashlie Kerr and David Prevatt (University of Florida) Modular Green Roof System in Mid-rise Multifamily Residential Units — Tuan Vo, David Prevatt and Glenn Acomb (University of Florida) The Unseating of Naturally Aged Asphalt Shingles: An In-situ Survey — Craig Dixon, David Prevatt, Forrest Masters and Kurt Gurley (University of Florida)	3:45 — 4:30 pm
	Adjourn			Adjourn

Conference Overview

The first annual Residential Building Design and Construction Conference, organized by the Pennsylvania Housing Research Center (PHRC) at Penn State, will be held in conjunction with the 21st Annual Pennsylvania Housing & Land Development Conference in Bethlehem, PA. The latter event has been a successful PHRC program over the years with emphasis on topics of interest to developers, builders, remodelers, design professionals, planners, regulatory and code officials, modular and HUD code builders, and housing product manufacturers. The first Residential Building Design and Construction conference is a new PHRC program intended to provide a unique forum for researchers, design professionals, manufacturers, builders, and code officials to keep up-to-date on the latest advancements and discuss their own findings, innovations, and projects related to residential buildings. The two conferences will be held simultaneously at the same location and will provide an opportunity for participants to attend sessions at either event. The Residential Building Design and Construction Conference will have parallel tracks consisting of several technical paper sessions with presentations on recent research and innovations related to residential buildings. Full papers will appear in the conference proceedings.

Conference Topics

The Residential Building Design and Construction Conference is focused on various types of residential buildings including single- and multi-family dwellings, mid-rise and high-rise structures, factory-built housing, dormitories, and hotels/motels. Experts from academia, A/E design firms, builders, developers, manufacturers, and government and code officials are invited to submit abstracts on all aspects of residential buildings including the following topics:

Housing Construction Materials
Innovative Wall, Floor, and Roof Systems
Panelized Building Components
Innovations in Modular and Manufactured Housing
Energy Efficient Building Components
Design and Installation of Alternative Energy Generating Systems
Building Integrated Photovoltaic Systems
High Performance Residential Buildings
Net-Zero Energy Homes
Whole Building Design Approach
Indoor Air Quality
Innovative Housing Construction Methods and Systems
Waterproofing
Building Science
Retrofit of Existing Buildings for Energy Efficiency
Serviceability Damage Aspects of Residential Buildings
Performance of Residential Buildings under Natural Disasters
Protection and Retrofit Methods against Natural Disasters
Fire Damage and Protection
Temporary Housing for Disaster Situations
Smart Home Technologies
Low-income Housing
Assisted Living and Elderly Housing
Rural Housing
American Indian Housing

Keynote Speakers

Day 1, Feb. 20, 2013, 8:30 — 9:30 am

Keynote Speaker:	Sam Rashkin, Chief Architect, Building Technology Program, U.S. Department of Energy
Title:	Money-Housing

Day 2, Feb. 21, 2013, 8:30 — 9:30 am

Keynote Speaker:	Richard Seifert, Professor Emeritus, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Title:	30 Years in Dogged Pursuit of the Ultimate Superinsulated Passive Solar Home

Conference Program

As of October 1, 40 abstracts have been received. After the full papers are submitted the details of the conference program will be made available. The presentations will be scheduled over two days, Feb. 20-21, 2013.