the March Net

Solar Ready Roofs That Aren’t - How to Protect Your Client and Yourself

Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 6:00 p.m.
Zio Fraedo’s - Pleasant Hill
611 Gregory Ln, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Speaker: Philip D Dregger, PE, RRC, Fellow-IIBEC
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Meeting Agenda:
6:00 p.m. - Registration, Bar Opens, Networking
6:30 p.m. - Dinner and Announcements
7:15 p.m. - Presentation Begins
8:30 p.m. - Adjourn
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About this Meeting

California Building Energy Efficiency Standards requires roofs on newly constructed buildings to be “Solar Ready”. Unfortunately many “Solar Ready” roofs are not, at least not for the type of solar array installed over it. This presentation will review solar PV projects where key design and installation assumptions (e.g., non-penetrating, “ballast only” arrays) simply fell through the cracks of project communications; with disastrous results.
Learning Objectives
Provide attendees a better understanding of the following:
Code requirements related to design wind uplift pressures on solar PV arrays.
Roles of different parties involved in typical solar PV projects.
Limitations inherent in wind tunnel testing of “rigid” models.
Cautions contained in FM Global LPDS 1-15 regarding installing solar PV over mechanically attached roof membranes.
A case history where the solar PV and roof membrane were damaged at wind pressure less than half of design.

About Our Speaker
Phil Dregger is a Professional Engineer, Registered Roof Consultant, Fellow of the International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants (formerly RCI), and Vice President of Salas O’Brien in Concord, CA. Phil has investigated problems in a wide range of roof and building envelope systems. He has special expertise in wind damage, building code compliance, and condensation problems. Phil lectures often to industry groups, has authored many articles on roof technology, and is a recipient of the ASTM D08 William C Cullen Award and the IIBEC/RCI Lifetime Achievement Award.
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March 2022 Networking Meeting
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Sponsorships (Unlimited)
NEW! Presenter Sponsorship $100
(This does not include meeting registration. You must register separately for meeting attendance).
• Sponsor will have an opportunity to stand up and provide a 5 minute “commercial” about their business.
Vendor Table Sponsorship
$250 Members
$500 Non-Members
• One Vendor Table located in the back of dining room
• One Vendor Table display table per company per year (limit does not apply to Symposium)
• Includes display table, complimentary dinner admission for one, recognition on event announcements and website as “Dinner Meeting Sponsor,” photograph on WestCon website post-event recognizing sponsor company

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Menu

Our Networking Meetings are a great opportunity to network with other experts.
For networking meetings with 40 attendees or less, dinner will be plated and feature a soup and salad appetizer, steak, chicken, and fish for the main course, followed by dessert!
For meetings with more than 40 attendees, dinner will be a buffet with a Prime rib carving station, pasta, meatballs with marinara, chicken, vegetables, fruit, meats and cheeses, salad, and dessert!
If you’d like a vegetarian option, you may indicate so during registration.
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• If registering on the Monday before the meeting, please call (916) 485-6350 to register. Registrations on the Monday before the meeting and walk-ins will be assessed an additional $10 charge, have no guarantee of a meal choice, and given a white meal ticket.
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• For questions, please call our office at (916) 485-6350 or email brittany@connerlyandassociates.com.