CONTENTS BCBEC Elements is published biannually for the British Columbia Building Envelope Council. BCBEC ELEMENTS A B C B E C P U B L I C A T I O N SPRING/SUMMER 2026 Published by: mediaedgepublishing.com 33 South Station Street Toronto, ON M9N 2B2 Toll Free: 1-866-480-4717 robertt@mediaedge.ca National Director of Publishing Maurice P. LaBorde Editor Brooke Fehr National Sales Executives Derek de Weerdt, April Hawkes, Veronica Johnston Senior Design Specialist Krista Zimmermann Design Specialist Bethany Giesbrecht President Kevin Brown Senior Vice President Robert Thompson Sales / Branch Manager Nancie Privé Kurtis Topping President JRS Engineering Nichole Brackett Past President Sense Engineering Ltd. Sara Hagos Vice President and AGM Chair IKO Industries Ltd. Ali Vaseghi Treasurer BC Building Science Jeff Dye Membership, Program Assist and Elements Duradek Dr. Denisa Ionescu Building Research Committee BC Housing Josh Jensen Sponsorship All Round Restorations Richard Kadulski Member at Large and Elements Richard Kadulski Architect Brandon Clevenger Marketing and Program Assist City of Vancouver Carolina Maloney Member at Large Stantec Consulting Ltd. Derek Budde Education Foundation Evoke Buildings Engineering Sameer Hasham Elements Chair and Island Outreach Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd. Jeff Dye Membership Duradek Michael Wilkinson Program RDH Building Science Dr. Phalguni Mukhopadhyaya Building Research Committee University of Victoria CONSULTANTS Molly Shipowich Katherine Joyce ELEMENTS COMMITTEE Sameer Hasham, Chair Sara Hagos Richard Kadulski Jeff Dye FEATURES 10 The Sight of Music Vancouver’s Timbre and Harmony buildings, a showcase for passive excellence By James Peters 13 Condensation in Modern Envelopes Rethinking humidity and thermal bridging in B.C.’s coastal climate By Jason Z. Wen, P.Eng., and Julien Schwartz, M.Eng., Stantec 16 A New Paradigm for Thermal Insulation in Building Envelopes By Meysam Khatibi, MSc, and Phalguni Mukhopadhyaya, PhD, P.Eng., FCSCE, FEC, FCAE; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Victoria, B.C. 21 2025 AGM Recap DEPARTMENTS 6 Message from the President By Kurtis Topping 8 People Power: Q&A with Mohammad Fakoor 19 BCBEC Foundation Awards Profile: Alejandra Loaiza Granda By James Peters 22 Professional Services Directory BCBEC BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1410 – 55th Street, Delta, BC V4M 3K5 Phone: 604-294-0037 Fax: 604-943-3541 www.bcbec.com Published June 2026 Publication Mail Agreement #40787580 All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced by any means, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the association. BCBEC ELEMENTS is printed on 10% post-consumer FSC certified paper using soya based inks. When necessary to mail an issue in an enclosure, we use an environmentally-friendly, 100% oxo-degradable poly-wrap. Cover and table of contents photos courtesy of Adrian Williams Photography Please Return all Undeliverables to BCBEC 1410 – 55th Street, Delta, BC V4M 3K5 SPRING/SUMMER 2026 5
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