Building Performance Conference 15
Hygrothermal Assessment of Solid Walls
Monday, 21 September 2015
A Dublin School of Architecture presentation of Historic Scotland’s Technical Paper 15 - Assessing risks in insulation retrofits using hygrothermal software tools – Heat and moisture transport in internally insulated stone walls Co-authored by Joseph Little, Assistant Head of School
And introducing building performance programmes:
- CPD Diploma Hygrothermal Assessment
- CPD Thermal Bridge Assessment
Presentations:
Building Performance Conference 15 - Benat Arregi
Building Performance Conference 15 - Joseph Little
Building Performance Conference 15 - Andy Lundberg
Approved for 3 structured RIAI CPD points
See attached Building Performance Conference Invitation and below for detailed schedule of speakers
2.00 - 2.15 Welcome & launch of Tech Paper 15 - Assessing risks in insulation retrofits using
hygrothermal software tools – Heat and moisture transport in internally insulated stone
walls (Authors: Joseph Little, Beňat Arregi, Calina Ferraro)
Professor Gerry Farrell, Dean of College of Engineering & the Built Environment
2.15 - 2.45 The old and the new: commonalities and difference in sustainable building
Roger Curtis, Technical Conservation Group, Historic Scotland
2.45 - 3.15 What goes on in solid walls and why should we care? - An introduction to relevant building
physics and chemistry
Beňat Arregi, Building Life Consultancy
3.15 - 3.30
3.30 - 4.00 How should retrofits of solid walls be risk assessed and how do methods differ?
Joseph Little, Assistant Head of School, Dublin School of Architecture
4.00 - 4.30 Introducing DIT programmes in Hygro Assessment & Thermal Modelling
Andy Lundberg, Lecturer, Dublin School of Architecture
4.30 - 5.15: Q+A 5.15 - 5.30 Concluding remarks
