Session Details
Wednesday, 25th of November
Building Sustainable Communities: A Municipal Leadership Conversation
Keynote Address
6:30pm-7:30pm, The Opera House
Corrie DiManno, Mayor of Banff
Sean Krausert, Mayor of Canmore
Lisa Rosvold, Reeve of the M.D. of Bighorn
Keynote Address
Thursday, 26th of November
Workshops
Keynote Address
Building for Resilience: The Value Case for Homes and Communities
Keynote Address
8:45am - 9:45am, Edinburgh Castle Room
Keith Porter, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
Dan Sandink, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
Workshops
De-Risking the Permit: A Practical Playbook for Alternative Solutions in Residential Construction
Daniel Benner, SSRIA
More than Lower Energy Bills: A Guide to Planning and Prioritizing Home Retrofits
Joe Hopkins, HSS Design Build
Air Source Heat Pumps in Alberta: What Actually Works and What the Numbers Tell
Andrej Simjanov, Remedy Engineering
Chase Hayden, Trane
Kyle Shummoogum, HVAC Systems
Maximize Your Insulation - Advancing Thermal Performance through Envelope-First Design
Stephen Oberlin, Ironclad Developments Inc.
Andrew Brassington, Owens Corning
Home Electrification Lessons for Cold Climates: From Data to Decisions
Brent Downey, City of Calgary
Lewis Charles-Percy, City of Calgary
mddl Housing Development Lab
Claire Askey, mddl
Jasneet Pritam, mddl
Stop Solving Problems. Start Building Potential.
Greg Hart, Thin Air Labs
Matt Grace, University of Calgary
Beyond Compliance: Building Resilience Through Evolving Codes
Alexandra Kodyra, SAIT
Leo Lu, SAIT - Green Building Technology Access Centre
Panel Discussion
The New Development Equation: Climate, Cost, and Certainty
1:15pm - 2:15pm, Edinburgh Castle Room
Michelle Ouellette, Arcadis
Stephanie Fargas, Arcadis
Will Buchkowsky, Chandos Construction
Regan Moffatt, Smith + Andersen
Workshops
Keynote Address
The Influence of Language in Architectural Practice: How Terminology Shapes Client Perception of Sustainable and High Performance Design
George Berry, Berry Architecture + Associates
Defining Resiliency and Defining What Evidence is Needed to Advance It
Lucas Colletta, Natural Resources Canada
Graham Finch, RDH Building Science
From Understanding Risk to Building for Reality
Mark Rosen, Building Knowledge Canada
Dan Sandink, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
Keith Porter, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
Growing a Regional Building Materials Reuse Ecosystem: From Demolition to Reuse
Gil Yaron, Light House
Shannon Ripley, Town of Banff
Tanya Pacholok, Biosphere Institute
Andrea Dupont, BVWMC
The Cost of Higher Performing Energy Code: What it Means for Alberta
Joe Henke, ENBIX - Alberta Ecotrust
From Ideas to Action: Funding Sustainable Buildings
Keynote Address
3:30pm - 4:45pm, Edinburgh Castle Room
Alberta Real Estate Foundation
Royal Bank of Canada
Biosphere Institute
Friday, 27th of November
Symposium Field Trips
A selection of exemplar Bow Valley buildings putting ‘Building for Sustainability’ into practice
10:00am-11:30am
Exploring Geo-exchange at the Malcolm and Spring Creek
Window Installation Demonstration
Near Net Zero Fire Station
12:00pm-2:00pm
The Ripple Effect: How Better Buildings Can Inspire Community Change
Dealing Responsibly with Construction and Demolition Waste
MD of Bighorn Sustainable Operations Facility
Canmore’s Greenest Home?