1st Annual Residential Building Design & Construction Conference
February 20-21, 2013
The Sands Casino Resort - Bethlehem, PA
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| Early Morning 8:30 – 9:30 |
Welcome and Keynote Speaker 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 Richard Seifert, Professor Emeritus, University of Alaska Fairbanks Title: 30 Years in Dogged Pursuit of the Ultimate Super-insulated Passive Solar Home |
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| 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 |
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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) |
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) |
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| 10:45 — Noon | Session 3 — Lehigh Room | Session 4 — Northampton Room | 10:45 — Noon | Session 11 — Lehigh Room | Session 12 — Northampton Room |
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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) |
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) |
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| 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 |
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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.) |
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) |
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| 3:45 — 4:30 pm | Session 7 — Lehigh Room | Session 8 — Northampton Room | 3:45 — 4:30 pm | ||
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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) |
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| Adjourn | Adjourn | ||||