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April Full-Day Symposium with John Straube

When: Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Time: 7:30am - 4:00pm

Where: Hilton Garden Inn, Downtown Cleveland, 1100 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115

Credits: 6.0 credits with AIA HSW (pending) and RCI

John Straube, Ph.D., P.Eng., Principal, Senior Building Science Specialist

John Straube, Ph.D., P.Eng., Principal, Senior Building Science Specialist

2019 Annual Symposium - Extreme Building Solutions 

Description:

We are bringing in one of the best to Cleveland for a full day of building enclosure learning. This 6-hour session will be broken down into hour long bites, covering topics such as:

  • Extreme Durability

  • Building Enclosure Fundamentals

  • Roof Assemblies

  •   Mechanical System/Building Enclosure Interactions

  • Energy Efficient Buildings

  • Green Building Programs

This is an event not to be missed.  This event will include a light breakfast, lunch and afternoon refreshments.  

John Straube is a Principal at RDH Building Science, where he heads forensic investigations and leads research projects in the areas of low-energy building design, building enclosure performance, hygrothermal analysis, and field monitoring of wall assemblies. He is also a prolific writer and a noted public speaker. As one blogger wrote after attending a keynote speech: “he clearly loves what he does.”

In addition to his work with RDH, Dr. Straube is a cross-appointed faculty member in the School of Architecture and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Straube’s leadership as a building scientist and an educator has been recognized with multiple awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in Building Science Education from the National Consortium of Housing Research Centers (NCHRC) and the Professional Leadership Award from the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA).

Earlier Event: March 20
March 2019 Meeting
Later Event: November 18
November 2019 Kick-Off Meeting