TECHNICAL PROGRAM PLAN

The 15^th Canadian Building Science and Technology Conference (CCBST) will be held from November 6^th through 8^th, 2017 in Vancouver, BC. The organizing committee is currently inviting both conference paper and presentation abstract submittals for the event until October 2016.

This three day conference will feature a multi-stream technical program for building science practitioners and researchers. The conference will also feature an industry tradeshow with opportunities for live product demonstrations, workshops, and hands-on training opportunities.

The technical program will feature both a 10-15 page technical conference paper with 30 minute presentation and a 30 minute ‘presentation only’ stream. The ‘presentation only’ stream will require a 2-4 page extended abstract to be submitted and peer reviewed. All papers and presentations will be blind peer reviewed by up to 3 members of the technical committee and shall be free of commercialism. Technical papers and extended abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings.

Abstracts are sought in the follow areas of building science
research, design and practice:

• New Building Science Research (Heat, Air, Moisture, Acoustics, Fire)
• New Building Enclosure Materials and Assemblies Including Testing and Evaluation
• High Performance Building Enclosures & Energy Efficiency
• Passive House and Ultra Low Energy Buildings
• Glass, Glazing, and Fenestration Systems
• Roofing & Waterproofing
• Innovation in Wood, Concrete or Steel Building Enclosures
• Arctic & Extreme Cold Climate Building Enclosures
• Building Enclosure Maintenance, Renewals and Repairs
• Design Process & Tools
• Air-sealing, Air-tightness and Weatherization
• Indoor Air Quality and the Indoor Environment
• Heritage and Historic Building Enclosure Retrofits
• Service Life and Durability Topics
• Building Enclosure Monitoring, Modeling and Simulation

Please submit an abstract, not to exceed 400 words, by October 31, 2016 online by completing this form.

Questions can be sent to the technical chair.

IMPORTANT DATE AND TIMELINE:

• Call for Abstracts (for both Papers & Presentations) – May to October, 2016
• Paper & Presentation Abstracts Selected by Technical Committee & Authors Notified of Selection – November 30, 2016
• Conference Registration Begins – December 1, 2016
• Authors working on papers and presentations/extended presentation abstracts – December 1, 2016 to May 30, 2017
• Full Papers and Extended Presentation Abstracts Due – May 15, 2017
• Peer Review of Papers & Presentation Abstract Peer Review – May 15 to July 30, 2017
• Papers Back to Authors for Final Edits – August 1 to September 30, 2017
• Final Papers Due for Publication – September 30, 2017 strict cut-off date
• Full Presentations Due for Commercialism Review – October 15, 2017 strict cut-off date
• Conference Dates – November 6-8, 2017