A written paper will be required for all presentations and the conference will present two tracks. The two tracks will focus on Principles (Devoted to Research and Development) and Practices (Focus on Practical Applications and Case Studies).
Papers should focus on the development of high impact technologies and processes to be life cycle cost effective, and reduce energy use and environmental consequences. Papers should demonstrate how their topics, on the thermal and moisture performance of the exterior envelope of whole buildings, will lead to high performance buildings. Papers on case studies need to be unique and new. Papers in the Practices Track should provide technologies ready for implementation; those in the Principles Track shall show the promise of short to mid-term adoption.
Suggested Paper and Presentation Topics
- Advanced Construction Practices
- Air barriers and Air Leakage
- Basements/Below-Grade Construction
- Building Envelope Commissioning
- Building Envelope Integrated Technologies
- Building Retrofit
- Building Sustainability and Resilience
- Cost Optimization
- Daylighting
- Design Tools
- Dynamic and High-R windows
- Envelope Related Indoor Environment
- Fenestration and Window Attachments
- Heritage/Historic Buildings
- HVAC-Envelope Integration
- Innovative Materials and Systems
- Insulation
- Low Energy Buildings
- Moisture Management, Durability and Service Life
- Monitoring, Modeling, and Simulation
- Offsite manufacturing
- Residential Single and Multi-Family Applications
- Roofs, Attics, and Walls
- Standards, Codes, Guidelines & Test Procedure Development
- Weatherization
Abstracts are due October 26, 2018. Upon acceptance, papers will be due February 22, 2019.
To submit an abstract to the Buildings XIV Conference:
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