John Straube, Ph.D., P.Eng., is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo, where he is cross-appointed between the School of Architecture and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is the author or co-author of over 100 published technical papers, author of the book High Performance Enclosures and co-author, with Eric Burnett, of Building Science for Building Enclosures.
Dr. Straube’s leadership as a building scientist and an educator has been recognized with multiple awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in Building Science Education from the National Consortium of Housing Research Centers (NCHRC). As a Principal at RDH Building Science and RDH Building Science Labs, he conducts forensic investigations, assists the design of new high performance buildings, and leads research projects in the areas of low-energy building design, building enclosure performance, hygrothermal analysis, and field performance monitoring.
He has been involved in the development of dozens of new building products, and sat on several product standards committees.
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