Speakers & Workshops
Joseph Lstiburek
BuildingScience.com Corporation
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Ph.D., P.Eng., ASHRAE Fellow
Joseph Lstiburek is the founding principal of Building Science Corporation. Dr. Lstiburek’s work ranges widely, from providing expert witness testimony to overseeing research and development projects, to writing for the ASHRAE Journal and buildingscience.com. Dr. Lstiburek’s commitment to advancing the building industry has had a lasting impact on building codes and practices throughout the world, particularly in the areas of air barriers, vapor barriers, and vented and unvented roof assemblies. For example, his work with industry partners through the Department of Energy’s Building America program led to significant research into the wetting and drying of walls and ultimately to a major code change relaxing the requirement for vapor barriers in the International Residential Code.
Dr. Lstiburek is also an acclaimed educator who has taught thousands of professionals over the past three decades and written countless papers as well as the best-selling Builder Guides. Fittingly, the Wall Street Journal has described him as "the dean of North American building science." He has a joy for telling tall tales to his protégés and audiences.
Mark LaLiberte
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Mark LaLiberte is the co-founder and partner at Construction Instruction. He has dedicated over 30 years to the building industry. Through his lectures, site assistance, Building Better Homes video series and his mobile App, he provides builders, architects and manufacturers with an in-depth look at the current and future state of housing. His work has earned him a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Energy and Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA), where he developed the highly acclaimed Houses that Work lecture series. The HTW Series has been delivered for over 16 years by the Ci team in 100’s of North American cities.
He was the 2013 Building Science co-chair for the Hanley Wood Vision 2020 project and he has provided technical assistance and a voluntary board position to the Cold Climate Housing Research Center in Fairbanks, Alaska for over 10 years. Mark also helped develop the training curriculum for the 2012 Repair Corp Project for Habitat for Humanity that provides assistance to improve existing housing for our Veterans.
He works with various manufacturers to assist in developing products and services for the next phase of efficient homes. Mark is the co-creator of the Ci App and animation studio, which developed the number one mobile App in the construction industry and builds realistic state of the art contextual animations on building science concepts and technical installation practices.
His passion for educating lies in knowing how vital the building industry is. Building healthy, safe, durable and efficient homes has an effect on the buyer, the builder, the economy and the planet.
Expertise: Ci’s events are far more than just presentations; they provide real solutions contractors can implement the day they meet our team. We present real-world applications gleaned from thousands of site visits, from all over the world. Audiences have a chance to learn the best techniques for building better buildings through our hands-on, casual, yet informative discussions.
Mark also works with Ci’s Team to provide the next level of training at Ci Live in Denver, CO. This facility incorporates classroom, mock-up walls and lab experimentation over two days to define best practices of entire building systems from framing to advanced HVAC.
Enrico Bonilauri
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Enrico holds two Master’s Degrees: one in Architecture from the University of Parma, Italy, and another in Sustainable Design from the University of Sydney, Australia. A registered Italian Architect and a Certified Passive House Trainer, Designer, and PHI Certifier, he has gained extensive professional experience across Australia, Europe, and North America. Enrico specializes in building envelope analysis, drawing on thousands of hours spent on construction sites.
With speaking engagements at major conferences in Germany, Austria, China, the US, Canada, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand, Enrico is a recognized thought leader in his field. He is also the Co-Founder of Emu, where he has shaped the Passive House training curriculum, teaching American builders since 2017. In 2024, Enrico took on the role of CEO at Emu, continuing his dedication to advancing sustainable design and building practices.
Kath Wiliams
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Dr. Kath Williams has a diverse background in sustainability and high-performance building standards—from sustainability master plans for development and infrastructure, new/renovation construction projects, to operations and maintenance plans and policies.
Drawing on her experiences as Assistant to the Vice President of Research at Montana State University (MSU), Kath came to work in green buildings in the 1990s as Executive Director of MSU’s EPIcenter project. During that time, she served as Vice Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council for six years and she was elected President of World Green Building Council for three terms. Canada GBC (CAGBC) was enthusiastically engaged throughout her three-year term.
Since founding Kath Williams + Associates in Bozeman, Montana in 1999, Kath has worked as LEED-AP or Senior LEED-AP on over 172 certified high performance building projects including 23 international projects and 16 LEED Platinum projects.
Kath is a graduate of Montana State University (Ed.D. in Adult Education), The Ohio State University (MA as a Kiplinger Public Affairs Reporting Fellow) and Ohio University (BS in Journalism). She has completed post graduate work at Stanford University and worked with the Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE) at the Hoover Institute.
Kath proudly served as president of the Board of Trustees for the Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana and recently began a three-year term as Board Member for Warriors and Quiet Waters, Bozeman. She was elected chair of the building committee for WQW.
KW+A is a certified Woman-Owned Business (WBE) and Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB).
Optional Tours
MSU Tunnel Tour
Go underground to explore the infrastructure that powers Montana State University. This guided tour takes you through the campus's two-mile utility tunnel system and historic Heat Plant, where you'll learn how steam, chilled water, hot water, and other critical utilities are generated and distributed to buildings across campus. Discover the engineering and energy systems that keep one of Montana's largest campuses operating 24/7.
Weatherization Training Center
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the Montana Weatherization Training Center, which has been providing hands-on building performance training since 1991. During the tour, participants will explore the Center's training labs and testing facilities while seeing live demonstrations of common diagnostic tools and techniques, including blower door testing, insulation installation and evaluation, static pressure measurement, combustion safety testing, infrared imaging, and other building performance equipment. This is a great opportunity to see how building science principles are applied in real-world training for technicians, contractors, and energy professionals.
