Building Engineering Group
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 3G1
Contact John Straube, Building Engineering Group
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This is only a short list of projects - we are too busy doing the work to update things too often!
Field testing of the hygrothermal performance of highly-insulated wood frame walls for Canadian NetZero Energy homes is being undertaken to develop confidence that condensation, rain penetration, and construction moisture can be well managed with new designs.
With industrial-government sponsorship we continue to monitor heat and moisture of the enclosures in several buildings in the field -- roofs, historical retrofits, and curtainwall shadow boxes are several projects.
Energy modelling and simulation studies of whole building performance using various strategies have been conducted and we continue to investigate the optimum mix of strategies for different building types and systems.
A significant effort has been invested in studying low-density foam concrete as a building and structural material in the last several years: strength, stiffness, creep, shrinkage, R-value,and freeze-the resistance have been comprehensively investigated across a range of densities.
Building Engineering Group
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 3G1
Contact John Straube, Building Engineering Group
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Indigenous Initiatives Office.