Beyond R-Value: Round Table – What Performance Actually Means
Beyond R-Value: Round Table – What Performance Actually Means
How assemblies really work: thermal, moisture, air, acoustics, fire, and carbon—why R‑value is only one layer of performance.
Thursday May 21st at 2 pm
Panel:
- Ben Bogie – Builder, COO Building Performance Cooperative
- Connor Malloy, Designer, Builder, Educator – Passive House Canada
- Chris Briley – Architect, Principal at BRIBURN
- Holly Mumford, Architect, Founder of Hereabout
Moderator: Jason Todd, Director of Building Science and Industry Support
Webinar Description:
Beyond R-Value: What Performance Actually Means is a live round-table conversation for designers, builders, and specifiers who want to move past single-number thinking and truly understand how high-performance assemblies work in the real world. The panel will unpack how thermal control, moisture management, air tightness, acoustics, fire safety, and carbon all interact—and why an impressive R‑value is only one layer of genuine building performance.
Panelists Ben Bogie (Builder, COO, Building Performance Cooperative), Connor Malloy (Designer, Builder, Educator, Passive House Canada), Chris Briley (Architect, Principal at BRIBURN), and Holly Mumford (Architect, Founder of Hereabout) will share lessons from the field, discuss successful (and failed) assemblies, and explore how material choices, including wood-fiber insulation systems, affect durability, comfort, and sustainability across climates. Moderated by Jason Todd, Director of Building Science and Industry Support at TimberHP, the discussion will blend building-science fundamentals with practical detailing and real project examples, so attendees leave with clearer strategies for balancing energy performance, resilience, indoor comfort, and embodied carbon in their next project.