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FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2004, 08:30 - 10:00
SPEAKER: Greg Hildebrand, M.Sc.
Trow Consulting Engineers Limited
Topic: CSA A440, the Canadian Window Standard; Past, Present and Future

Description: The CSA A440 Canadian Window Guide Standard has been in existence since 1984 and covers the evaluation of all window types from both a prescriptive and performance perspective. Air tightness, water tightness, wind load resistance condensation and a host of operation type characteristics are covered. Over the years the standard has grown to include performance selection parameters, energy efficiency and installation. So what does it all mean? By reviewing the past, present and future of the standard, many of the mysteries imbedded in the document are revealed.
Greg Hildebrand, M.Sc.

Greg Hildebrand, M.Sc. has been a member of the CSA-A440 standard since 1986 and in addition to the main committee, is currently the chair of the A440.4 installation committee. Through the years, he has been an active and vocal participant in the development of the standard and is currently part of the Canadian/US harmonized window standard effort.

Greg has worked in the field of building science since 1981 and holds a Masters degree in Façade Engineering from the University of Bath in the UK. Greg spent 11 years as a researcher in large–scale building performance testing at the Ontario Research Foundation (later ORTECH) and the past 12 years as a building science specialist for Trow Consulting Engineers Limited.