1.5 ConEd Learning Hours
1.5 AIA LU

 
This panel discussion, hosted and mediated by Pro-Demnity Insurance Co., explains future climate trends and the anticipated impact on buildings. It offers an introduction to the concept of "resiliency" being brought into building codes to accommodate the stresses resulting from climate change, as well as an overview to CSA S478-19, Standard on Durability in Buildings. The session also shares ways to develop a model template for a Durability Plan.

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the impact of climate change on critical aspects of building design.
2. Understand the key concepts in CSA S478-19, Standard on Durability in Buildings.
3. Introduce the durability concepts and maintainability criteria to building design.
4. Learn how to create a building Durability Plan as required by CSA S478-19.

Speakers

 
Michael A. Lacasse, B.Sc, M.Eng, PhD, (senior research officer–construction and group leader of Facades Systems & Products, National Research Council Canada)

Michael A. Lacasse has a PhD in building engineering from Concordia University’s Centre for Building Studies. He serves as project coordinator and lead researcher within Infrastructure Canada's Climate Resilience Buildings—a core public infrastructure sponsored project working on the durability of the durability of the building envelope to changing climate loads, including development of a guideline for the design for durability of the building envelope.

Gerald R. (Jerry) Genge, P.Eng., C.Eng., BDS, BSS, Q.Med., C.Arb. (principal founding partner, ArbiTECH Inc.)

President of GRG Building Consultants Inc. and founding partner of ArbiTECH Inc., Gerry Genge is a past-president of the Ontario Building Envelope Council (OBEC) and a former vice chair of the MMAH Housing Building Materials Evaluation Commission. Areas of technical specialization include structural and building envelope engineering and contract management. He is a prolific writer on the subjects of building engineering with extensive experience as an expert witness, analyzing and reporting on these issues, and has lead research teams and organized numerous technical seminars on these topics. He is designated as a "Building Design Specialist" by the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, a "Building Science Specialist Ontario" by the Ontario Building Envelope Council (OBEC), and a Chartered Arbitrator and Qualified Mediator by the ADR Institute of Canada. Genge chaired the CSA Committee responsible for the updating / rewriting of CSA S478-19 as a referenceable standard in Canadian building codes.

David De Rose, M.A.Sc., P.Eng, BSSO (managing principal, Synergy Partners Consulting Ltd.)

David De Rose is a building enclosure specialist with 24 years of experience in evaluating building envelope performance problems (such as air and water leakage and thermal performance) and designing repairs. He has been instrumental in improving overall building envelope performance and durability for hundreds of buildings across Canada. David is a past-president of the Ontario Building Envelope Council (OBEC) and an Ontario Building Science Specialist (BSSO). He chairs the CSA A440.6 sub-committee that deals with high-exposure fenestration installation and served as vice-chair for CSA S478-19 Standard on Durability in Buildings. David serves as a part-time professor at Ryerson University, teaching building envelope restoration for the Master of Building Science Program in the Department of Architectural Science. He was the 2020 winner of OBEC's Anthony A. Woods Award of Excellence "Beckie" award.