Presentations made to date

The following programs as well as custom-designed programs for related topics are available on a for-fee basis.    Fees are based on recovering travel costs, required research, and/or customization required for audience-specific  content.  Contact HCF for pricing.

Boston Energy Conservation Group (aka Boston Wind)

  • Boston, MA
  • Passive, Active and Hybrid Solar Heating techniques & architectural design for energy conservation
  • Home design for energy independence

New England Solar Energy Assoc (now NESEA) Regional Conference – Better Thermal Utilization

  • Hartford, CT
  • Case Study – Net Zero Energy Office Building using integrated CPC solar collectors

Thermosense XI, International Symposium on Aerospace/Defense (SPIE)

  • Orlando, FL
  • Infrared thermography as quality control for foamed-in-place insulation

Condominium Assoc. International

  • Nashua NH  03060
  • Ice dam Prevention and Remediation for Northeast Condominiums

Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VII

  •  Orlando, FL
  •  Ice dam Remediation for Northeast Ski-Area Condominiums

Thermosense XX, International Symposium on Aerospace/Defense

  • Orlando, FL
  • Thermographic Inspection and Quality Assurance of Energy Conservation Procedures for Electric Vehicles

Maine AIA Chapter Meeting

  • Portland, ME
  • Ice dam Prevention and Remediation

Presented and published – SAE International Conference and Exposition

  • Indianapolis, Indiana (DOE, ASHRAE, ORNL)
  • Northeast Electric Vehicle Demonstration Project: Cabin Thermal Management

Restoration and Renovation Exhibition and Conference

  • Boston, MA
  •  The Use of Polyurethane Foam Technology in Historic Renovation & Remediation Work

Thetford Energy Committee Workshop

  • Thetford, VT
  • Methods for diagnosing and quality assuring thermal envelopes

Lavallee/Brensinger P. A.

  • Manchester, NH
  • Case Study and Considerations I – Ice Dams Prevention and Remediation
  • Exterior cavity-wall Applications and Infrared Diagnostics and QA Testing

Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbot Architects

  • Boston, MA
  • Specifying air barriers

FREEMAN FRENCH FREEMAN, INC.

  • Burlington, VT
  • Air barriers, vapor barriers, and spray foam insulation

NBF Architects P.C. (Nimtz . Berryhill . Figiel)

  • Rutland, VT
  • Exterior cavity-wall Applications (Holy Family Catholic School project)

Boston Society of Architects

  • Boston, MA
  • Exterior cavity-wall Applications and Infrared Diagnostics and QA Testing

WCGF Architects  (Woodward, Connor, Gillies, Seleman)

  • Albany, NY
  • Polyurethane foam applications (NY State Teacher’s Retirement System Project)

Affordable Comfort National Conference

  • Kansas City, MO
  • Two-Part Polyurethanes

Dunbarton Elementary School planning meeting

  • Dunbarton, NH
  • Ice dam Remediation

Affordable Comfort New England Conference

  • Westford, MA
  • Panelist, “Developing Trade Partners for Building Performance” & “How Not to Get Sued“

Affordable Comfort Regional Conference

  • Rye, NY
  • Building Diagnostics

Boston Society of Architects

  • Boston, MA
  • Infrared Diagnostics and Quality Assurance Testing

Kling Lindquist Architects

  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Cavity-Fill applications in existing buildings

Affordable Comfort New England Conference

  • Westchester, NY
  • 2-Part Foam – Insulation, Air Sealing, Infrared thermography

Affordable Comfort National Conference

  • Minneapolis, MN
  • Two-part polyurethanes

WFA Group Architects

  • Charlotte, NC
  • Exterior brick cavity-wall applications

PCI Architects (Capital Commons)

  • Hooksett, NH
  • Insulation and Air Sealing, Infrared thermography

ASTM National Conference – Presented QA Protocol

  • Washington, DC
  • Standard Test Method for Identifying Air Leakage Locations by Fan Pressurization and the Introduction of Theatrical Fog (2003)

Centerbrook Architects

  • Centerbrook, CT
  • Design Strategies for high-performance Schools
  • Methods for quality assuring high-performance thermal envelopes

Regional Conference – Icynene

  • Uncasville, CT
  • Injected or Cavity-fill Polyurethane Foam – Market Potential & Installation Techniques.

Vermont Energy Investment Corp.

  • Burlington, VT
  • Insulation and Air Sealing, Infrared thermography
  • Practical Applications for Spray-Applied Insulation: Urethane foam/Cellulose

Dore and Wittier Architects

  • Burlington, VT
  • Testing Methods for Quality Assuring the Thermal Envelope

Affordable Comfort National Conference

  • Indianapolis, IN
  • New Protocol: Air Leakage testing & QA Using Theatrical Fog (In-field session)
  • Insulating Existing Basements (advanced)

Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbot Architects

  • Boston, MA
  • Unique Polyurethane Foam Applications in Buildings

AIA New Hampshire

  • Bow, NH
  • Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Materials & Media 1 – Restoration and Renovation Conference

  • (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
  • Boston, MA
  • The Use of Polyurethane Foam Technology in Historic Renovation & Remediation Work

FREEMAN FRENCH FREEMAN, INC.

  • Burlington, VT
  • Exterior brick cavity wall applications – Building science, details, and techniques
  • Setting Air Leakage Standards for Buildings (ASHRAE Journal, September 2005)

Banwell Architects

  • Lebanon, NH
  • Exterior brick cavity wall applications – Building science, details, and techniques

Morris Switzer Architects

  • Williston, VT
  • Introduction to polyurethanes
  • Exterior brick cavity-wall applications – Building science, details, and techniques

Banwell Architects

  • Lebanon, NH
  • H-P and LEED presentation – Green Woodlands

Banwell Architects

  • Lebanon, NH
  • Details and Specifications (Merrimack Schools)

Carnegie-Mellon University – Center for Building Performance

  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Design Strategies
  • Avoiding/Minimizing the Occurrence of Failures in Commercial Buildings
  • Air Barriers (CMU Facilities Manager)

Kennet School District Presentation

  • N. Conway, NH
  • Air Barriers and High Performance Schools – CRP

Vermont High-Performance Schools Conference

  • Technical support for presentation by Banwell Architects
  • Champlain Valley High School Case Study

CSI Vermont Existing Buildings Conference

  • Vergennes, VT
  • Analysis and implementation of Building Envelopes in Existing Buildings

Merrimack School District Presentation

  • Merrimack Valley, NH
  • Air Barriers and High Performance Schools – CRP

Affordable Comfort National Conference

  • Cleveland, OH
  • Polyurethane Foam Systems

NH High Performance Schools

  • Concord, NH
  • Methods for quality assuring high-performance thermal envelopes

Henry Finch, Architect

  • Waban, MA 02468
  • Historic renovation and remediation using polyurethane foam technology
  • Historic Buildings, Case Studies and Theoretical Considerations

TRO Jung|Brannen

  • Boston, MA 02210
  • Exterior brick cavity wall applications – Building science, details, and techniques
  • Remediating and Preventing Ice Dams in Cold Climates
  • Red flag reviews – Project Condos at Bretton Woods

STUDIO LUZ ARCHITECTS, ltd

  • Boston, MA 02210
  • Topic: Brick Townhouses – Back Bay

Perry Dean Rogers Partners Architects

  • Boston, MA 02109
  • Exterior Cavity Wall AIA & CRP
  • Red flag reviews – Project Norwich University

Winn Development

  • Boston, MA  02019
  • Building Envelope Commissioning for high-performance buildings

ACI Home Performance Conference

  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • The Many Faces of Polyurethane Foam
  • Strategic Air Sealing with SPF

Better Buildings by Design (VEIC-Efficiency VT)

  • Burlington, VT
  • What is on the cutting edge of building technology?

NESEA – Building Energy 08

  • Boston, MA (World Trade Center)
  • Techniques for insulating existing buildings to achieve high-performance building envelopes

University of Minnesota – Graduate School of Architecture

  • St. Paul, MN 55101
  • Advanced Polyurethane Foam Systems
  • The Exterior Brick Cavity-wall Application – Theory & Details

CERMAK RHOADES ARCHITECTS

  • St. Paul, MN 55101
  • The Exterior Brick Cavity-wall Application – Theory & Details

Banwell Architects

  • Lebanon, NH
  • Using the Exterior Rain-Screen Cavity-Wall System with the CRP Program

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger

  • Waltham, MA  02453
  • Understanding the causes of foam failures

Newton North High School

  • Newton, MA
  • Exterior cavity wall system and savings using the CRP approach

Pizzagalli Company – National Construction Managers’ Conference

  • Burlington, VT
  • Achieving Low-cost High-performance Building Envelopes

Digital Bridges – Middlebury College

  •  Middlebury, VT
  • Modular high-performance building system – Net Zero Project at the South Pole
  • U.S. Patent , Reusable Modular Components for High-performance Buildings

Wessling Architects

  • Quincy, MA
  • Testing Methods for Quality Assuring Thermal Envelope Performance;
  • Supergreen “LAM”

Banwell Architects

  • Lebanon, NH
  • Achieving Low-cost High-performance Building Envelopes

Castle Square – Winn Development

  • Boston, MA
  • Achieving Low-cost High-performance Building Envelopes

Army Corps of Engineers Net-Zero Energy (NZE) Installations & Deployed Bases Workshop

  • Colorado Springs, CO
  • Using Polyurethanes to achieve net-zero buildings
  • Cost reduction protocol for achieving high-performance building envelopes

Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbot Architects

  • Boston, MA
  • Exterior Brick Cavity-Wall Design
  • Patent applied – Liquid-Applied Membrane (LAM) expanding air & vapor barrier system
  • Achieving High-performance building envelopes

Carnegie-Mellon University – Department of Civil and Environmental Eng.

  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Predicting/modeling air barrier performance
  • Building systems for achieving high-performance building envelopes

Shinberg.Levinas Architectural Design

  • Bethesda, MD 20814
  • Building Envelope Commissioning for high-performance buildings

HNTB Federal Architects

  • Washington, DC
  • Foam 101 – Follow-up for Fort Lee and other projects

Westford Building Science Symposium

  • Westford, MA
  • Methods for quality assuring high-performance thermal envelopes

Army Corps of Engineers Air Barrier Solutions 2009 Workshop

  • Richmond, VA
  • Achieving Low-cost High-performance Building Envelopes

New York AIA Building Enclosure Council

  • New York, NY
  • All About Exterior Spray Foam (aka “The Perfect Wall”)

Thetford Academy Air Barrier Workshop

  • Thetford, VT
  • Air Barriers and High Performance Schools

Army Corps of Engineers Air Barrier Solutions 2010 Workshop

  • Williamsburg, VA
  • Achieving Low-cost High-performance Building Envelopes

ACI Solutions for Success 2010

  • Saratoga Springs, NY
  • Low-Rise Buildings: Addressing Party Walls & Brick
  • Strategic Air Sealing: Preventing Future Problems
  • Pressure Diagnostics

Better Buildings: Better Business Conference 2010

  • Wisconsin Dells, WI
  • Ice Dam Prevention & Remediation – Case Study and Theoretical Considerations
  • Basement and Crawlspace Performance Improvement Strategies
  • Second B&C session “by popular demand”

NESEA Conference: BuildingEnergy10

  • Boston, MA (3-9 to 3-11)
  • Workshop – Designing and building The Perfect Wall System using The Cost Reduction Protocol

ACI Home Performance Conference

  • Austin, TX (4-19 to 4-23)
  • Next Generation of Air Sealing (A universal process or achieving ultra-high air barrier performance)

Autonomous Polar Observing Systems Workshop (National Institute of Aerospace)

  • William F. Bolger Center, Potomac, MD
  • The ARRO 2 Project Enclosure System (w/Poster presentation)

Governor’s Institutes of Vermont – Program – Engineering

  • Burlington, VT (UVM)
  • Overview of Cutting-edge Building Technologies

Building America Experts Meeting – Interior Insulation Retrofit of Mass Masonry Wall Assemblies

  • Westford, MA
  • Variations on a (Mass Masonry) Theme – With a Touch of Foam

Building Science Corp, Mark Bomberg, Sure Sill (Mishko Teodorovich, Pres.)

  • Westford, MA
  • SG LAM Concept For Exterior Cavity Walls

CVACA

  • Barre, VT
  • Foam: Uses and Abuses (Introduction, Applications, Safety, and problem solving)

Affordable Comfort Inc. 2012

  • Baltimore, MD
  • Site-applied foam insulation and safety

The Building Enclosure Science & Technology (BEST) Conference

  • Atlanta, GA
  • Building Enclosure Technology and Environment Council’s (BETEC)
  •  High Performance Buildings – Combining Field Experience with Innovation
  • Mass Masonry Wall Assemblies

Lime Energy Services Co.

  •  Huntersville, NC
  •  Achieving Low-cost High-performance Building Envelopes

ICC BSA-VT

  • Lake Morey Resort – Fairlee, VT
  • Building codes and standards for the field-applied polyurethane foam industry

DEAP Energy Group

  • Boston, MA
  • Safe and Effective Applications of Foam Plastic in the Building Envelope

PennBOC (Pennsylvania Building Officials Conference)

  • Bethlehem, PA, Sands Resort Hotel
  • Inspecting Foamed Plastics for Code Compliance and Product Quality

Ohio AIA

  • Cleveland, OH, Wyndham Cleveland at Playhouse Square
  • Safety – Design Practices for Foamed Plastics
  • Achieving Low-cost High-performance Building Envelopes

Forest City

  • Cleveland, OH
  • Achieving Low-cost High-performance Building Envelopes

ACI – Mid-Atlantic 2012

  • Pittsburgh, PA, Westin Convention Center
  • Fixing Basements and Crawl Spaces

Michael Baker Corporation

  •  Pittsburgh, PA
  • Achieving Low-cost High-performance Building Envelopes

ACI – New England Home Performance Conference 2012

  •  Springfield, MA, MassMutual Center
  •  Diagnostic Pitfalls
  •  Planning and Executing Energy Improvements for Basements and Crawl Spaces
  • Strategic Air Sealing

Carnegie-Mellon University – Department of Civil and Environmental Eng.

  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Introduction to “HAM” and “Foam Plastic Insulation”

Building Energy 13 (NESEA)

  • Boston, MA, World Trade Center
  • The Master’s Guide to Designing Spray Foam Insulation Projects
  • The Master’s Guide to Installing Spray Foam Insulation

Efficiency Vermont

  • Burlington, VT
  • Fire Protection for Foam Insulation

Camroden Associates (Terry Brennan)

  • Westmoreland, NY
  • Foam technologies – Installment #1 – Inspections

Boston Society of Architects

  • Boston, MA
  • Insulating Mass Masonry Walls