Our next High Performance Design Meets Boots on the Ground: March 3, 2016!
Our 5th spring session is in the works and we’re taking in presenter suggestions! In the mean time, mark your calendar for the evening of March 3rd 2016. NB: a radical departure form the Tuesday slot; we’re moving to a Thursday to accommodate a whole new shift of people who’ve been left out!
Past Events…
Our last High Performance Design Meets Boots on the Ground: October 6th, 2015!
The speaker line-up for our 4th ‘High [Performance] Design meets Boots on the Ground’ networking event was jam-packed with technically relevant and sustainable business insights! Click below to hear what they had to say:
Andrew Hellebust and Maria Riedstra share the ‘homeowner experience’ in the design and construction process for their national prize-winning DER in East York.
Ryerson University, Prof. Russell Richman gives us a sneak-peak at the new research data collected on historic double brick walls and the potential impact insulation has on their durability.
Aerecura Rammed Earth builder Sylvia Cook shared some trade secrets on how to produce a stunning, high performance wall assembly for a building that needs no finishing on inside or out.
Missed the North American Passive House Conference in Chicago? We didn’t and Shervin Akhavi collects, polishes and shares the highlights with you!
And a BIG Thank You to our fall 2015 event sponsors!
November 5th, 2015: NAFS Workshop for Architects and Engineers
This presentation was given by RDH’s Al Jaugelis and focused on how the NAFS standards referenced in Part 5 and Part 9 of the building codes. Thank you Al, the feedback from the participants was very positive.
December 2nd, 2015: Tech Talk at Construct Canada
For the 5thyear in a row, we were at Construct Canada December 2nd, giving a talk on what we love best: optimising enclosure details for high performance buildings. Together with veteran Passive House designer and builder Ed Marion, we delivered an evolving presentation that covers the latest building science gamut for both renovations and new construction projects.
Thank you to all the participants who came out to hear what we had to say!
December 3rd, 2015: Resilient Design at IIDEXCanada
December 3rd, we gave a seminar on what kinds of design priorities architects and designers should be focusing on to help buildingowners ride through the rough patches in our changing climate.
Thanks to all who came!
A Fortnight of Presentations for TSA at Daniel’s School of Architecture
BGG was invited by the Toronto Society of Architects to give two Technical Series Lectures June 9 and 16th which were held at Daniels Faculty of Architecture. We’re pleased to report that both lectures were very well received – thank you to the wonderful audience of architects who welcomed us and to TSA for inviting us!
If you missed it, both lectures were recorded and at the very least the slide deck will be made available to those attending.
High Performance meets Boots on the Ground Events
Our last, 3rd ‘High [Performance] Design meets Boots on the Ground’ networking session held in March was a hit! Don’t feel bad if you missed it, you can click on the respective head shots below to watch the videos of each presenter. Ditto for the fall presentations further down.
On March 10 we had the honour of presenting the following speakers:
NetZero Energy home builder and engineer Steven Dennison will talk about building one of only a few off-grid yet spacious homes in this province.
High Performance Building Consultant Patrick Andres will talk about the challenges in making a vintage-shaped-looking building perform to near Passive House levels.
Engineering Technologist David Shephard from Monica E. Kuhn, Architect Inc. will walk us through a Deep Energy Retrofit of a 1890 heritage Toronto home.
German engineer Shervin Akhavi on how a simple pre-drywall air tightness test just might save your reputation or at the very least ensure comfort and energy savings.
And a BIG Thank You to our event sponsors!
If you missed our 2014 Fall Event – Click on photos below to view the presentation videos:
Architect Tom Knezic will talk about the features of a Deep Energy Renovation of a 100-year-old Toronto home that achieved a 85% reduction in energy consumption.
