Building Envelope for Zero Energy Buildings: New Design Versus Retrofits

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Building Envelope for Zero Energy Buildings: New Design Versus Retrofits

Presenter: Prof. Umberto Berardi [President, International Association of Building Physics]

\ Organized by: IRC for Construction and Building Materials & Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department

18 Feb 2025 @ 02:30 PM

Building 15, 4001

Dr. Berardi is the current President of the Canadian Acoustical Association and of the International Association of Building Physics (IABP). Dr. Berardi has been Canada Research Chair in Building Science (from 2021 to August 2024) and Full Professor and Director of the BeTOP centre at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada (from August 2014 to August 2024). His main research interests are related to the study of innovative solutions and new materials for improving the performance within the built environment. Dr. Berardi has an extensive publication record, including 200 peer-reviewed journals, 200 international conference papers, and ten books., which overall received over 21,000 citations. Dr. Berardi has a body of funded research comprising over $3M in government and private sector sponsored research. His awards include (among others): Frontiers in 2024, the 2023 European Thermophysical Properties ECTP-NETZSCH AWARD; the 10th Canada's Clean16 award and Clean50 winner (list category: R&D), 2021.