A Forum on

Increasing Profits with High-Quality

of NYS

Energy Efficiency and Building Performance Contracting

Tuesday, January 27, 2004

5:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Carnegie at the Quality Inn

1308 Buckley Road

N. Syracuse, NY

5:00 Registration, Cash Bar & Networking

5:30 Welcome from BPCA/NYS

5:45 Dinner

6:00 Who's Here & Why - Attendee Self Introductions

6:30 Steve Tratt and Tony Woods, Canam Building Envelope Specialists Inc.

Mold Mitigation and the Prevention of Ice Damming and Premature Roof Failure

8:15 Regional Updates

8:30 Q &A and Open Discussion

Steve Tratt and Tony Woods, Canam Building Envelope Specialists Inc.

Mold Mitigation and the Prevention of Ice Damming and Premature Roof Failure

Wet attics can cause mold and mildew, ice damming, buckled shingles, and premature roof failure. Replacing the wood does not solve the problem. Adding ventilation to a roof with ice dams or wet framing and sheathing may cause more problems than it solves. Adding ventilation to a roof, which previously did not have problems, can actually precipitate them. Insulating the attic without sealing the vertical air paths encourages condensation.

Learn more about the causes and cures for wet attics. Common sources of air leakage into attics are identified. Treatments of major moisture sources such as crawl spaces and basements are discussed. A comprehensive air sealing strategy is presented that prevents air leaks and resultant moisture damage, and also increases comfort, health, and energy efficiency. Pertinent retrofit materials are demonstrated.

The Building Performance Contractors Association of New York State, Inc. (BPCA/NYS) invites you to attend our regional forum. Anyone interested in Building Performance, Home Energy Ratings, Solar Electric Systems, HVAC, Air-Sealing and Insulation, Healthy Homes and Indoor Air Quality, or any combination of these, should attend this meeting. If you can't attend this meeting, BPCA/NYS will continue to hold monthly meetings around the state and will be in your area soon.

New York State offers several market-based initiatives that are designed to help contractors to become more profitable in providing new and ever-evolving energy efficiency and building performance services to the residential marketplace. BPCA/NYS will assist you in learning more about these existing programs, as well as other upcoming programs and business opportunities. These meetings are also designed to give you a forum to offer ideas and to present feedback to NYSERDA and the program implementers of the Home Performance with Energy Star and the Energy Star Labeled Homes programs.

BPCA/NYS is also here to help you to get answers to any questions on your own projects, existing and upcoming NYS programs and other business opportunities. We want to assist you in training for new and better business practices, sourcing for new tools, building and energy efficiency practices and any other needs that may affect you, as a tradesperson in the building performance contracting industry.

Registration for BPCA/NYS Dinner Meeting January 27, 2003: 

For more information on BPCA/NYS, contact: Frazer Dougherty, Secretary tel. (631) 537-1654, Long Island Office, or visit www.home-performance.org

Please RSVP by fax to (518) 432-1383 or email to "BPCArsvp@aol.com".  If you have questions, please call us at (518) 432-6400 x224.

______ BPCA/NYS member ($25)

______ BPI member ($25)

______ non-Member ($30)

(Payment will be collected at the door -- cash or check made out to "BPCA/NYS"). 

* Space is limited, so please register early.

Name: _____________________________________________________

Title: _____________________________________________________

Company: _____________________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________________________

City, ST, Zip: _____________________________________________________

Phone/Fax: (_____)___________________ (_____)____________________

Email: _____________________________________________________

NOTE: If you have a speaker or subject suggestion, please let us know.

Upcoming meetings (Last Tuesday of each month – Mark your calendar!)

February 4: Reception at Affordable Comfort in Rye Brook, NY

February 24: Somers, NY

March 30: Binghamton, NY (Steve Tratt & Tony Woods of ZeroDraft)

April 27: Oneonta, NY

Building Performance Contractors Association info@home-performance.org