BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7b5215cf44959a88b768d5b0b7489f7c220 CATEGORIES:2021 Third-Party Meetings and Events SUMMARY:BESTFEST DESCRIPTION:
Since the beginning of the pandemic, building enclosures have received c loser scrutiny, with everyone from consumers to building professionals to l ocal and federal government, wanting to know more about their technologies and performance.
The BESTfest seminar brings together industry leader s and experts to discuss how the Building Enclosure Science & Technolog y field has changed since COVID-19 shook the world.
This four-hour vi rtual program is brought to you by the National Institute of Building Scien ces’ (NIBS), Building Environment Technology & Environment Council (BET EC), alongside the Building Enclosure Council (BECx) chapter networks.
< p>Building enclosures are expected to be durable and provide a degree of en vironmental separation. They increasingly must focus on energy efficiency, daylighting, indoor air quality, fire safety, thermal comfort, and carbon f ootprint. Now, there’s a need to explicitly ensure these performance object ives are fully defined in the planning and design stage and efficiently exe cuted through construction and operations.As construction technology has become more complex and standards are more demanding, now is the time to hold a broader conversation on innovations in the field. Our panel will discuss changes in materials and methods that have resulted from the latest technology advancements. Please join us as we continue on the shared missi on of BETEC and the BEC Chapters to transform the vision of building enclos ure design into the built form.