Portland, ME – Designers and builders “must be on their game in Maine more than anywhere else,” says Joseph Lstiburek, Ph.D., P. Eng., ASHRAE Fellow. The founding principal of Building Science Corporation will be one of five speakers presenting talks at CSI Maine’s Building Envelope Conference on May 15, 2014.
Held at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Portland, the day-long event will feature four sessions, each with a distinct perspective on design and construction of building envelopes for the northeast climate.
Lstiburek will present the talk: “Don’t Do Stupid Things: Rethinking Design for a Wet Environment.” The Canadian educator and author will address common errors that designers, facility owners, and builders in Northern New England will want to avoid. .
In addition, the conference will feature sessions by Roy Schauffele, FCSI, CCPR, LEED Green Associate, chairman of Air Barrier Association of America, a leading authority in the field of energy conservation and sustainable building envelopes.
Joshua Kivela, P.E., and Derek McCowan, P.E., of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger will present recent examples of challenging curtain wall projects and present innovative solutions.
Thomas Gay, assistant vice president and manager engineering plan services of FM Global will comment on Building Information Modeling (BIM) and its impact on property insurance, and the role of the buildingSMART organization in driving the A/E/C ecosystem to more effective outcomes.