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BETEC 2005 Fall Symposium
"Comfort and Productivity: The Fenestration Factor"
Sheraton National Hotel Arlington
Arlington, Virginia
November 2, 2005

Program Agenda / Presentations

 
8:10 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Herbert Yudenfriend, My-Lite Corporation, Penn Valley, PA
8:15 a.m. Update: The Building Enclosure Councils Wagdy Anis, Shepley Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott, Boston, MA
8:30 a.m.

Windows and Occupant Comfort
 

James Larsen, Cardinal Glass Industries, Eden Prairie, MN
9:10 a.m.

Energy Star Update and the new energy bill as it effects Fenestration

Richard Karney, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC

10:00 a.m. R&D in Fenestration and the NY Times Building Daylighting Project P. Marc LaFrance, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC
11:00 a.m. Security Issues and Fenestration Tammy Amos, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, Wilmington, DE
1 p.m. Introductory Remarks Richard Walker, American Architectural Manufacturers Association, Schaumburg, IL
1:15 p.m.

Occupant Thermal Comfort and Curtain Wall Selection for Office Buildings

Susan Ubbelohde, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2:00 p.m. All That Glass?  Is There An Appropriate Future For Double Skin Façade?
 
Donald Corner, School of Architecture& Allied Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2:45 p.m. What’s New?  Fenestration Installation and Update of the ASTM Standard E 2112 Barry G. Hardman, National Building Science Corporation, Temecula, CA
3:35 p.m. Sound Isolation with Architectural Glazing Systems

Jeff Fullerton, Acentech, Inc. Cambridge, MA

4:15 p.m.

NFRC Research Studies on Fenestration  (Introduction by James Benney, NFRC Executive Director)

Ray McGowan, National Fenestration Rating Council, Silver Spring, MD
 


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