| Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011 |
| Time |
Speaker |
Paper title |
| 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. |
Graham
(for R. Dupuis) |
The shortcomings of using prescriptive specifications with emerging roof technologies |
| 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. |
Roberts |
Improving roof reliability: interim report from CIB/RILEM committee |
| 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. |
Letts |
Polyisocyanurate insulation: the foundation for 21st century roof systems |
| 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. |
Brehob |
Effectiveness of cool roof panels with ceramic particles |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. |
Hoff |
A new environmental assessment tool for roof systems |
| 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. |
Fenner |
Zero waste roofing |
| 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. |
Krivit |
Recycling roofing materials: best practices for roofing contractors |
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| Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011 |
| Time |
Speaker |
Paper title |
| 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. |
Normandeau |
Balancing waterproofing and thermal performance for vegetative roof assemblies |
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. |
McHugh |
Chicago's green and garden roofing codes and technology |
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. |
Durhman |
Utilizing green technology and research to assess green roofing benefits |
| 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. |
Bentz |
Decision-making process for green options in reroofing |
| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. |
Velasquez |
Deployment of integrated sustainable roof technologies in a singular project—National Institute of Health case study |
| 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. |
Bunch-Nielson |
Refurbishing roof systems and roof terraces on a major residential building complex |
| 11:30 a.m.– noon |
Hutchinson |
High-performance roof systems: A standard of care for designers and contractors |
| Noon – 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch (provided) |
| 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. |
Biswas |
Performance evaluation of a sustainable and energy-efficient reroofing technology using field test data |
| 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. |
Shiao |
New generation solar reflective shingles |
| 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. |
Miller |
A prototype roof deck designed to self regulate deck temperature and reduce heat transfer |
| 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. |
Vorley |
Solar reflectance testing of steep-slope roof systems in the field |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. |
Baskaran |
Lessons learned from hurricane wind investigations of low-slope roof assemblies—a researcher prospective |
| 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. |
Saber |
Hygrothermal simulation of cool reflective and conventional roofs |
| 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. |
Pause |
New energy-efficiency roofing materials with phase change material (PCM) treatment |
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Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 |
| Time |
Speaker |
Paper title |
| 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. |
Meyers |
Sustainable is nothing new |
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. |
Walker |
Thermal performance evaluation of innovative metal building roof assemblies |
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. |
Molletti |
Air intrusion and its effect on moisture transport in mechanically attached roof systems |
| 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. |
Ennis |
The effects of roof membrane color on moisture accumulation in low-slope commercial roof systems |
| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. |
Dupuis, M. |
Nighttime radiative cooling of low-slope roof systems |
| 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. |
Katsaros |
Where renewable energy meets the building envelope—the building science aspects of photovoltaic integration with roof systems |
| 11:30 a.m.– noon |
Paroli |
Dimensional stability and reflectivity of field-exposed TPO roof membranes |