About the Presenters: Jeff Harris & Andy Lianto, Jensen Hughes Jeff Harris is a licensed architect in the states of Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Hawaii who provides forensic analysis of design and construction defects related to property damage and personal injury on behalf of attorneys, insurers and property managers.  He has particular expertise in building enclosures, exterior wall coverings, windows, roofs, structures, mechanical systems; water damage resulting from construction defects; and injuries resulting from design, construction and maintenance defects on floors, sidewalks,…

About the Presenter: Einar Halbig, B.A.Sc., Energy Advisor (EA), E3 Eco Group Inc.   Einar Halbig has over 20 years of education and experience in residential construction. He specializes in practical solutions that make a house more efficient, safe and comfortable. Trained as a civil engineer, he has evaluated over 2000 existing homes across the Lower Mainland. As one of the principals of E3 Eco Group, Einar now works with dozens of Builders and Developers on their new homes. Practicing what…

About the Presenters: Hamish Matheson, RRO, TQ, IP Josh Jensen, AScT, CHI, RRO, RRC and Leonard M. Coughlin Hamish Matheson is Trade Qualified from ITA (TQ) and a Red Seal Ticketed Roofer, an RCI Registered Roof Observer (RRO), and brings roofing and project management experience from New Zealand, Scotland, North West Territories, Yukon, Alberta and British Columbia. Hamish provides technical support to the design community through reviewing roof details, assemblies, specifications, inspection reports. His role is to help design authorities…

Time: 11:00 AM–11:20 AM: Registration 11:20 AM–11:50 AM: Combustible Cladding Supports 11:50 AM–12:30 PM: Lunch 12:30 PM–   2:00 PM: Combustible Window Frames ABOUT THE PRESENTERS: David Steer, M.Eng P.Eng, CP, Principal, LMDG Building Code Consultants AND Michael Bousfield, Technical Director of Cascadia Windows & Doors David Steer is a Professional Engineer with over 13 years of experience in fire protection and life safety building code consulting services. He has provided building code and fire protection consulting services on hundreds of projects…

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Anton Van Dyk, Centra Windows Anton Van Dyk has 20 years of building envelope related consulting and construction experience.  Anton is currently the Vice President of Sales and Business Development for Centra windows as well as being involved its Research and Development department.  Anton has been actively involved in overseeing the implementation of new windows standards into its manufacturing and sales departments. Prior to his involvement with Centra Windows, Anton was actively involved in the building science…

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Phalguni Mukhopadhyaya, University of Victoria, BC Phalguni Mukhopadhyaya, PhD, PEng, Associate Professor, University of Victoria, BC is an applied engineering researcher and started his research career in 1997, immediately after finishing his doctoral studies from the University of Sheffield, UK. Initially, his research focused on new construction materials and structural strengthening techniques. Soon thereafter, he expanded his research horizon towards the heat-air-moisture responses of exterior building envelope materials and systems. Hence, in a true sense, he is…

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS: Karen Savage, P.Eng., FEC, Horizon Engineering Inc. Diane Meehan, EIT, Horizon Engineering Inc. James Higgins, AScT, RDH Building Science Inc. Karen Savage, P.Eng., FEC Karen is the founding principal of Horizon Engineering, is the BC/Yukon delegate to the Engineers Canada Qualification Board, Chair of EGBC Professional Practice Committee (2016-present), and has served as an EGBC Councillor and ACEC Board Member. She has 30+ years of experience practising in geotechnical engineering and thinking about how water moves through…

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Lorne Ricketts, MASc, P.Eng., RDH Building Science Inc. Lorne Ricketts, MASc, P.Eng. is a Principal and Building Science Specialist with RDH Building Science Inc. and specializes in new construction, investigation, research, and education projects. Recently, Lorne led the development of the Illustrated Guide to R30+ Effective Vaulted & Flat Roofs in Residential Construction.   ABOUT THE TOPIC:  An increased level of thermal performance is becoming necessary as part of energy performance improvements required by the BC Energy…

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Tony Gioventu, Executive Director Condominium Home Owners' Association of B.C. (CHOA) Tony Gioventu is the Executive Director of the Condominium Home Owners' Association of B.C. (CHOA), a consumer association in British Columbia with over 200,000 members comprising strata corporations, owners, and business members who serve the strata industry. In addition to serving on numerous boards and committees for government agencies and industry associations, Tony is the weekly columnist for The Province, The Times Colonist, and syndicated media…

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS: Scott Kennedy, P.Eng., B.ArchCornerstone Architecture Scott is a professional engineer as well as a graduate of the UBC School of Architecture. He also has LEED accreditation. He has been a principal of Cornerstone Architecture since 1988. In 2013 he attended a Passive House course at UBC to understand what it takes to create a low energy building that actually performs as predicted. It has inspired him to attend International Passive House Conferences in Europe and become a…

Time:    7:30 AM –   8:30 AM  Registration and Breakfast    8:30 AM –   8:45 AM  Introduction from BCBEC and Engineers and Geoscientists BC    8:45 AM –   9:45 AM  Pursuing Passive: NYC Large Scale Retrofit Study by Yetush Frank, Building Energy Exchange    9:45 AM –10:00 AM  Coffee Break 10:00 AM –10:30 AM  Zero Emissions Building Retrofit Action Plan by Micah Lang, City of Vancouver 10:30 AM –11:30 AM  Higher Performance Buildings by David Taguchi and Ryan McNamara, RDH Building Science Inc. 11:30 AM –12:00 PM …