Organising Committee
Hua Ge
Marzieh Riahinezhad
Marzieh Riahinezhad
Dr. Hua Ge is a Professor of Building Engineering and a Tier II Concordia University Research Chair in High Performance Building Envelope for Climate Resilient Buildings. Her research focuses on durable, energy efficient, low-carbon, and energy generating building envelopes for healthy, resilient and carbon-neutral buildings and communit
Dr. Hua Ge is a Professor of Building Engineering and a Tier II Concordia University Research Chair in High Performance Building Envelope for Climate Resilient Buildings. Her research focuses on durable, energy efficient, low-carbon, and energy generating building envelopes for healthy, resilient and carbon-neutral buildings and communities including the Canadian North. She has led research on durable building envelopes in several NSERC Strategic Networks and two major CFI test facilities. She is Chair of TC 4.4 ASHRAE Handbook subcommittee and Lead revisor of ASHRAE HOF Ch. 26; CIB Task Group 97 co coordinator, and member of CSA S478 and CIB W80.
Marzieh Riahinezhad
Marzieh Riahinezhad
Marzieh Riahinezhad
Dr. Marzieh Riahinezhad, PEng, PMP is an Associate Research Officer at NRC’s Construction Research Centre and Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa. She leads the Building Durability and Resiliency team, focusing developing sustainable and resilient building envelope materials, evaluating their performance and durability, and pre
Dr. Marzieh Riahinezhad, PEng, PMP is an Associate Research Officer at NRC’s Construction Research Centre and Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa. She leads the Building Durability and Resiliency team, focusing developing sustainable and resilient building envelope materials, evaluating their performance and durability, and predicting their service life. She also leads the Resilient Residential Retrofit theme under NRC’s Climate Resilient Built Environment Initiative, which aims to enhance climate resilience in existing residential buildings through retrofitting. Additionally, she co-leads the Climate Change Adaptation Code R&D Theme for the National Building Code of Canada and CIB W080 on service life prediction methods.
Michael Lacasse
Michael Lacasse
Michael Lacasse
Dr. Lacasse is a Senior Research Officer within the Facade Systems and Products team, forming part of NRCC’s Construction Research Centre. He has undertaken both strategic and collaborative research related to building facades and fenestration and is a widely recognized expert in the durability of building materials, building elements, a
Dr. Lacasse is a Senior Research Officer within the Facade Systems and Products team, forming part of NRCC’s Construction Research Centre. He has undertaken both strategic and collaborative research related to building facades and fenestration and is a widely recognized expert in the durability of building materials, building elements, and the moisture management of building enclosures. He has participated in DBMC’s since 1996 (7DBMC / Stockholm), chaired the 8DBMC (Vancouver / 1999), has acted as coordinator for CIB W080 (Prediction of Service Life of Building Materials and Components), and is past chair of ISO TC59 SC14 on the Design Life of Built Assets.
Leon Wang
Michael Lacasse
Michael Lacasse
Liangzhu Leon Wang is a Professor at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, and Associate Director at Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies. Dr. Wang studies Resilient, Healthy, and Sustainable Urban Microclimates and Indoor Environments. Dr. Wang led large research teams with over $16.5M CAD funding since joining the university in 20
Liangzhu Leon Wang is a Professor at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, and Associate Director at Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies. Dr. Wang studies Resilient, Healthy, and Sustainable Urban Microclimates and Indoor Environments. Dr. Wang led large research teams with over $16.5M CAD funding since joining the university in 2010, such as the IMPACT project on ‘urban microclimate’ under the recently awarded Canada First Research Excellence Fund project “Electrifying Society: Towards Decarbonized Resilient Communities” 2023-2030 and many large infrastructure projects. Dr. Wang is a Fellow of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) and a Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). He is an Associate Editor (AE) and Special Issue Editor of the Journal of Energy and Buildings, AE of Building Simulation, and Editorial Member of the Journal of Building and Environment, and Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics.