Thursday, April 24, 2025Thursday, 24 April 2025 - EST/EDT (Eastern Daylight, GMT-4)

Stream(s): Legal, Regulatory & Risk Management
ConEd Credits: 1 BOMI
Location: Room 801B

This session explores current legal and regulatory challenges impacting building owners and property managers. It covers key topics such as commercial leasing issues, common construction concerns, zoning and Planning Act regulations, related legislation, and essential insights into the tax regime.

Stream(s): Building Envelope Solutions
ConEd Credits: 1 BOMI; 1 BSS
Location: Room 803A

This session explores multidisciplinary forensic investigation techniques in addressing water damage remediation within complex indoor environments. It highlights the importance of combining various scientific disciplines to effectively identify, analyze, and mitigate water damage, remediating the damage to its pre-loss condition, and ensuring a safe and healthy indoor space. The speakers will provide an overview of forensic engineering investigation techniques and its applications through case studies.

Stream(s): Building Envelope Solutions
ConEd Credits: 1 BOMI; 1 BSS
Location: Room 803B

Roofs are especially vulnerable to extreme weather, making them a major contributor to insurance claims. Existing standards for building enclosure components often overlook the growing frequency of weather shocks and regional climate variations. To address this, the "Climate Dependent Durability Index" has been developed, combining component properties with climate severity to assess long-term performance. Additionally, in collaboration with the Canadian roofing community, the National Research Council (NRC) has supported the creation of "CSA A123.26 – Performance Requirements for Climate Resilience of Low Slope Membrane Roofing Systems." This new standard, the first of its kind, offers comprehensive solutions to improve roof resiliency. This session will cover both the Climate Dependent Durability Index and the CSA A123.26 standard, highlighting their role in enhancing building performance and climate resilience.

Stream(s): Building Envelope Solutions
ConEd Credits: 1 BOMI; 1 BSS
Location: Room 803A

This session explores strategies for mitigating future climate risks, drawing on the powerful case study of a project that endured two 100-year floods. Participants will gain insight into the urgency of proactive planning, the principles of resiliency, and the value of Climate Risk Assessments.

Stream(s): Building Envelope Solutions
ConEd Credits: 1 BOMI; 1 BSS
Location: Room 803B

This session will focus on the essential collaboration between owners and roofing design teams in developing effective tender packages for roof improvement projects. Owners should provide insights into their properties, while design teams must articulate the scope of work clearly. Addressing factors like noise control, access, infection protocols, and operational impacts is crucial, particularly in occupied spaces. Including these details in the tender package helps prevent unexpected costs and delays, as contractors need a complete understanding of all restrictions to submit accurate bids. By encouraging open communication and thorough documentation, both parties can better manage risks and enhance project execution. Attendees will gain valuable strategies for improving collaboration and documentation practices, ultimately leading to more successful project outcomes.

Stream(s): Legal, Regulatory & Risk Management
ConEd Credits: 1 BOMI
Location: Room 801B

Building owners and investors are demanding action on environment, social, and governance matters, and governments are tightening energy and emissions regulations for existing buildings that will lead to net zero carbon goals. This session will introduce changing climate factors and major policies that will drive energy emissions reduction projects and their impact on capital planning. The speakers will discuss how to set building or portfolio goals that align with both external regulations and ownership objectives. Case studies will be presented to showcase a planning process to tackle the retrofit methodology, including developing a retrofit plan, moving beyond “”like-for-like”” building renewals, and how life cycle cost and carbon analyses can help guide retrofit decision making.

This session is open to all pass types.

Stream(s): Sustainable Design, Environment & Higher Performance Buildings
ConEd Credits: 1 BOMI
Location: Room 802

This session will present new and enhanced Enbridge Gas incentives for Ontario commercial and affordable housing energy efficiency projects that save on gas. From control upgrades to hybrid rooftop units (RTUs) and boiler optimization, attendees will learn how to leverage and maximize incentive funding and complimentary expert support to advance energy efficiency initiatives. The session will also showcase real-life projects that have benefitted from the incentive program and will include a live Q&A period.

Stream(s): Building Envelope Solutions
ConEd Credits: 1 BOMI; 1 BSS
Location: Room 803B

As roofs age, maintenance costs tend to increase, and the frequency of leaks can surpass tolerance levels. Full roof replacement can be costly, often exceeding budget allocations. However, delaying necessary repairs or replacements can lead to collateral costs from interior damage and concealed deterioration of building components. Fortunately, there are renewal strategies available to lower costs, shorten schedules, reduce material waste and tailor the service life to specific site requirements. This session will provide an overview of typical roof membranes and assemblies. It will highlight the telltale signs that indicate when roof work is needed and explore the available options. Additionally, the presentation will review common roof repair tasks to be completed prior to replacement and cover successful roof renewal techniques that limit site disruption, reduce construction waste, and restore the roof's functionality.