Andre Desjarlais, Group Leader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Building Envelopes Program, Oak Ridge, TN
Continuing Education Credit:
AIA 1.5 LU:HSW:SD
SC LLR Bldg Codes Council 1.5 HR
Certificates provided upon request.
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Summary
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Technologies Program’s (BTP) goal is to develop affordable, durable, and reliable envelope technologies that mitigate part of our national energy consumption and reduce carbon emissions. The building sector has green-house-gas (GHG) emissions that exceed both the industrial and transportation sectors of the U.S. and is the fastest growing of the sectors, so buildings have the best potential for reducing these emissions.
Roofs and attics represent between 25 to 33 percent of the building envelope’s energy consumption and therefore is a main research target of the BTP. The goal of the roofing project is to develop and demonstrate advanced roofing technologies that reduce the space conditioning attributable to roofing by 50 percent compared to code benchmarks, to assist in a better understanding of the science surrounding their performance, and to develop documents that aide designers and consumers in properly selecting roof energy savings features.
This presentation will summarize ORNL’s contribution to the program’s recent efforts and planned future activities.
Learning Objectives
- Field study on attic performance in a hot and humid climate looking at both energy and moisture control;
- Hot climate roof and attic design guidelines based on life cycle cost assessments;
- Advances in cool roof technologies to reduce cooling loads in hot and humid climates;
- Impacts of radiant barrier systems on energy savings of attic systems;
- Photo-voltaic roof integration.
About Our Presenter
Andre Desjarleais to present at building Enclosure Council Charleston, SCAndre O. Desjarlais is the Group Leader of the Building Envelopes Group in the Building Technology Research and Integration Center.
A native of Woonsocket RI, he earned his degrees in Aeronautics with an option in fluid mechanics from Boston University in 1973.
Desjarlais joined the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in 1991 as a mechanical engineer. In 1998, he was promoted to group leader of the Building Envelopes Group. In 2000, the group was increased to include the Building Materials Group and an additional staff member researching radon issues with buildings. In 2006, the group was grown again with the addition of the Building America research staff. This staff was later spun off into a new group in 2008.
Prior to joining ORNL, Desjarlais was Manager of Testing Services at Holometrix, Inc. (formerly Dynatech R/D Company). At Holometrix, Mr. Desjarlais oversaw the technical, marketing, and administrative performance of a contract laboratory and analyses business specializing in the thermal performance of materials and systems.
Desjarlais has been a Member of American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) since 1987 and serves on Committees C16 on Thermal Insulation, E06 on Building Systems, and D08 on Roofing. He is the past Chairman of ASTM Committee C16. He has been a member of ASHRAE since 1991, serves on Technical Committees TC 4.4 on Thermal Insulation and Building Systems, TC 1.8 on Mechanical Insulation Systems, and TC 1.12 on Moisture Control in Buildings, and is past Chairman of TC 4.4 and Research Chairman of TC 1.8.
Since 1992, Desjarlais has been a member and Past Director of the Single Ply Roofing Institute (SPRI) Technical Committee and Board of Directors. He also has served as a Member and Director of the Roofing Industry Committee on Weather Issues (RICOWI) since 1993. Desjarlais is the ORNL representative and former Chairman of the Federal Roofing Committee and past Member of the National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC).
Desjarlais and his wife Nancy live in Knoxville, TN with their three children.