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2025 Buildings XVI Conference

Clearwater Beach, FL

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Buildings XVI Conference

December 8-11, 2025

Clearwater Beach, FL

 

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  • About Conference

    Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings

    The Buildings XVI Conference brings together product manufacturers, research organizations, academia, builders, designers, architects and consultants to discuss their work achievements, interest and awareness of buildings issues, and to provide solutions and insight into some of our major building envelope problems.

    “This conference draws heavily on the advanced technical knowledge of our global experts and takes place every three years, allowing time to develop new research and technology applications and to document findings,” said André Desjarlais, conference chairperson. “It’s a great opportunity for product manufacturers, research groups, technical advisors, builders, designers, and consultants to discuss their work achievements, interest, and awareness of buildings issues, and provide solutions to some of our major building problems.”

    The conference is organized by ASHRAE along with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

  • Keynote

    Sam Rashkin

    Title: Charting a Path to Scaling Deep Energy Retrofits and How this Impacts Building Science Research

    Bio: Sam is a senior researcher with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Building Technologies Program working to link high-performance home innovation to the housing industry. He has earned an international reputation for leading change as national director for ENERGY STAR Certified Home and Chief Architect with the U.S. DOE Building Technologies Office directing Zero Energy Ready Home. The over three-million high-performance homes certified under these programs have had a substantial impact transforming residential energy codes in the U.S. to the equivalent of a zero-energy ready home enclosure. Based on this experience, Sam has been recognized for significant contributions to sustainable housing including the Energy and Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA) Legend Award in 2019, Hanley Award in 2012, 2009 EPA Gold Medal for Exceptional Service, and Professional Builder Achievement Award in 2002. His latest book, “Housing 2.0 – A Disruption Survival Guide,” provides guidance for how high-performance builders can provide better homes for lower cost and in turn become industry leaders.

  • Technical Program

    The conference includes three tracks focused on Principles (research and development), Practices (applications and case studies) and Residential Buildings. 

    • Adaptation to a changing climate
    • Advanced building construction,  modular and offsite manufacturing
    • Air barriers and air leakage
    • Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications in building envelope and whole-building design and operation
    • Building decarbonization and lifecycle impacts including embodied carbon
    • Building envelope commissioning
    • Building/grid interaction
    • Building retrofits and weatherization
    • Building sustainability, passive survivability, circular construction, and resilience
    • Cost performance optimization
    • Design tools
    • Dynamic and high-R windows and attachments
    • Dynamic (smart) and passive roofs, attics, walls, basements/below-grade construction, and integrated technologies
    • Heat and moisture transfer in materials and assemblies
    • Heritage/historic buildings
    • HVAC-envelope integration
    • Insulation and bio-based solutions
    • Mass timber construction and other innovative materials and systems
    • Moisture management, durability, and service life
    • Monitoring, modeling, and simulation, including micro-climates and boundary conditions
    • Standards, new energy codes, guidelines, and test procedure development
    • Thermal energy storage including thermal mass and phase change materials
    • Whole building performance including thermal bridging

    Additional topics for the Residential single and multifamily buildings track include:

    • Indoor environmental quality including air cleaning, daylighting, emissions from building materials, overheating, kitchen exhaust, and ventilation
    • Sustainability certification programs
    • Smart buildings
    • Urban heat islands and urban physics
  • Registration

    Registration Now Open!

    Register Now! 

    Early Bird Registration: (Ends July 25th)

    Rate

    Member

    $  700.00

    Non-Member

    $  750.00

    Regular Registration: (Starts July 26th)

    Rate

    Member

    $  750.00

    Non-Member

    $  800.00

    Other Registration:

    Rate

    Speaker

    $  450.00

    Student Member & Non Member

    $  350.00

    One Day (Available Onsite Only)

    $  300.00

    In-Person Attendees will receive the following:

    • Access to In-person Technical Program from December 8-11, 2025.
    • Interactive Conference App: ASHRAE 365
    • Welcome Reception, Sunday evening, December 7th
    • Light Breakfast, lunch, breaks and a Reception Monday, December 8th
    • Light Breakfast, lunch, breaks and a Poster Session Happy Hour on Tuesday, December 9th
    • Light Breakfast, lunch, and breaks on Wednesday, December 10th
    • Light Breakfast and breaks on Thursday, December 11th
  • Schedule for Call for Papers

    Monday, July 14, 2025

    Second Round Conference Papers Due

    Monday, August 4, 2025

    Final Reviews Complete

    Monday, September 8, 2025

    Final Conference Papers Uploaded

    Tuesday, November 25, 2025

    PPT Presentations Due

    December 8 – 11, 2025

    Conference Begins
  • Thank You to Our Sponsors!

    Saint-Gobain

  • Steering Committee

    Steering Committee

    Desjarlais, Andre - Chair

    Weston, Theresa – Vice Chair

    Principles Track Chairs

    Pallin, Simon

    Tariku, Fitsum

    Practices Track Chairs

    Maref, Wahid

    Gatland, Stan

    Residential Track Chairs

    Olesen, Bjarne

    Weston, Theresa

    Workshop Chairs

    Dalgleish, Laverne

    Stroik, Brian

    Members at Large

    Antonopoulos, Chrissi

    Blanford, Michael

    Glass, Sam

    Gowri, Krishnan

    LeViseur, Suzanne - CEC Representative

    Mumme, Sven

    Rode, Carsten

    Rothgeb, Stacey

    Shrestha, Som

    Ziviani, Davide - CEC Representative

  • Sponsorship

    The conference organizers are pleased to offer several sponsorship opportunities to engage industry participation. All sponsors will have their company logo and name on the event flyer, the conference web site and recognition during the conference. A summary of the specific benefits of each sponsorship level is included. If you have questions or are interesting in being a sponsor, please contact Staci Loeffler sloeffler@ashrae.org.

    Sponsorship Opportunities

  • Hotel + Travel

    The 2025 Buildings XVI Conference will take place December 8-11, 2025 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort, Clearwater Beach, FL located at 1160 Gulf Blvd. Clearwater Beach, Florida 33767.

    Book your group rate for Buildings XVI Conference 2025 Attendees

    • Book by November 19, 2025 to receive the discounted group rate of $205 + tax per night

    Visa Letter

    Click the button below to fill out the form and have a visa letter generated for you.

    Visa Letter

    Processing times for visa applications vary depending on the visa office and the time of the year.  Participants are encouraged to check the processing times calculator for guidance, but generally we recommend applying approximately 12 weeks in advance of their departure date to ensure they receive the visa in time for the start of the event.

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