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The 13th annual Canadian Conference on Building Science and Technology (CCBST) will emphasize new innovations and design methods that are still under development in the building science industry while illustrating how our past techniques and technology have helped bring us to where we are today in building for the future. This conference offers educational sessions from delegates from all over the world on such topics as:

• Improved outcomes where failures have suggested novel avenues of research or revised conceptual framework for designers,
• New products, systems or techniques for improved building enclosure performance,
• Improvement to computational models or other design tools prompted by field experience or experiment
• Novel methods of management, organization, or quality assurance,
• New research and revised design understanding,
• Innovative construction methods,
• Retrofit of existing building structures to modern energy and sustainability design standards,
• Integrating building design into the built environment,
• Building commissioning and whole building performance verification,
• Air-tightness testing of buildings,
• HVAC and air-tightness harmonization,
• Concept of building science as a profession and industry capacity building to meet future building demands,
• Cost effective and practical solutions to new building construction and retrofits for existing structures that balance economics, regulatory pressures and existing market capacity, and
• Increased use of smart building technologies to operate buildings in a pro-active and computerized environment.

This first ever CCBST conference in Winnipeg will take part on May 10 - 13, 2011 at the historic Hotel Fort Garry in beautiful downtown Winnipeg. Up to 400 delegates from all over North America will be attending this innovative and education 2.5 day conference.

For sponsorship and delegate information, please visit the web-site at www.becwinnipeg2011.com or e-mail for more information at info@becwinnipeg2011.com.

We look forward to you joining us in Winnipeg in the spring of 2011.