Presentations
2011 International Roofing Symposium
Sept. 7-9, 2011
Washington, D.C.
The following PowerPoint presentations are listed in the order they were presented.
"
The shortcomings of using prescriptive
specifications with emerging roof technologies," Rene M. Dupuis, Structural
Research Inc.; Mark S. Graham, NRCA, United States
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Improving roof reliability: interim
report from CIB/RILEM committee," Keith Roberts, Roberts Consulting, United
Kingdom
"
Polyisicyanurate insulation: The
foundation for 21st century roof systems," John Letts, Firestone Building
Products, United States
"
Effectiveness of cool roof panels
with ceramic particles," Ellen Brehob, University of Louisville; Andre Desjarlais,
Jerald Atchley, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States
"
A new environmental assessment tool
for roof systems," James L. Hoff, Center for Environmental Innovation in
Roofing, United States
"
Zero waste roofing,"
Michael Fenner, Target Corp.; Stanley P. Graveline, Sika Sarnafil, a Division of
Sika Corp., United States
"
Recycling Roofing Materials: Developing
Best Practices for Roofing Contractors," Dan Krivit
"
Balancing waterproofing and
thermal performance for vegetative roof assemblies," Matthew J. Normandeau,
Michael B. Waite, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc., United States
"
Chicago's green and garden roofing
codes and technology," William McHugh, Chicago Roofing Contractors Association;
Rod Petrick, Ridgeworth Roofing, United States
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Utilizing green technology and
research to assess green roofing benefits," Angie Durhman, Tecta America
Corp.; Margaret Collins, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University;
Wade McGillis, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, United States
"
Decision-making process for green
options in reroofing," Steven P. Bentz, Facility Engineering Associates,
P.C., United States
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Deployment of integrated sustainable
roof technologies in a singular project—National Institute of Health case study,"
Ralph P. Velasquez, Tremco Roofing and Building Maintenance, United States
"
Refurbishing roof systems
and roof terraces on a major residential building complex," Tommy Bunch-Nielsen,
Danish Roofing Advisory Board; Erik Brandt, Danish Building Research Institute,
Denmark
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High-performance roof systems:
a standard of care for designers and contractors," Thomas W. Hutchinson,
Hutchinson Design Group, United States
"
Performance evaluation of a sustainable
and energy efficient reroofing technology using field test data," Kaushik
Biswas, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Jan Kosny, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable
Energy; Scott Kriner, Metal Construction Association, United States
"
New generation solar reflective
shingles," Ming L. Shiao, Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, CertainTeed Corp., United
States
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A prototype roof deck designed
to self regulate deck temperature and reduce heat transfer," William Miller,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Stan Atherton, Russell Graves, University of Tennessee;
Billy Ellis, Billy Ellis Roofing, United States
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Solar reflectance testing of steep-slope
roof systems in the field," Wade L. Vorley, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates
Inc., United States
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Hygrothermal simulation of cool
reflective and conventional roofs," Hamed H.Saber, Michael Swinton, Ralph
Paroli, National Research Council, Institute for Research in Construction; Peter
Kalinger, Canadian Roofing Contractors Association, Canada
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New energy-efficiency roofing materials
with phase change material (PCM) treatment," Barbara Pause, Textile Testing
& Innovation LLC, United States
"
Sustainable is nothing new,"
Larry Meyers Sr., Carole Ceja, Wiss Janney, Elstner Associates Inc., United States
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Thermal performance evaluation
of innovative metal building roof assemblies," Daniel J.Walker, Jerry Atchley,
Metal Building Manufacturers Association; Abdi Zaltash, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
United States
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Air intrusion and its effect
on moisture transport in mechanically attached roof systems," Suda Molleti,
Bas Baskaran, Pascal Beaulieu, National Research Council Canada; Peter Kalinger,
Canadian Roofing Contractors Association, Canada
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The effects of roof membrane color
on moisture accumulation in low-slope commercial roof systems," Mike Ennis,
SPRI; Manfred Kehrer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States
"
Nighttime radiative cooling
of low-slope roof systems," Mathew P. Dupuis, Structural Research Inc.,
United States
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Where renewable energy meets
the building envelope—the building science aspects of photovoltaic integration
with roof systems," James D. Katsaros, DuPont Building Innovations, United
States
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Dimensional stability and reflectivity
of field-exposed TPO roof membranes," Ana H; Delgado, NRC-IRC, Canada; Chuck
Chapman, Tecta America Arizona, United States; James D. Carlson, Building Envelope
Technology & Research, United States; Randy Ober, Carlisle SynTec Inc., United States;
Dwayne Wacenske, Firestone Building Products, United States; Steve Moslowitz, The
Dow Chemical Co., United States, Michael Ludwig, Stephen Elliott, Building Envelope
Technology & Research, United States; Ralph Paroli, NRC-IRC, Canada