NESEA Building Energy Conference 2008

Proceedings for Sessions Held Wednesday, March 12, 2008

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Track Title 11:00-12:30 2:00-3:30 4:00-5:30

TRACK 1:

Enclosures (a.k.a. Envelopes) & Energy

It’s an Interactive Load Calc Party!

 

Session Chair:

Andrew W. Arsenault, PE, LEED® AP, Alfieri-Proctor Associates
Session Speakers:

Marc Rosenbaum, PE, LEED® AP, Energysmiths

Deep Green & Clean

 

Session Chair:

Michael Bruss, Bruss Construction, Inc.

Session Speakers:

Chris Benedict, RA, Chris Benedict, RA

There’s a Hole in My Building, Dear Terry, Dear Terry…

 

Session Chair:

Richard Renner, AIA, LEED® AP, Richard Renner Architects

Session Speaker:

Terry Brennan, Camroden Associates, Inc.

TRACK 2:

Beyond the Fundamentals

LEED® Platinum on a Steel Budget

 

Session Chair:
Leland D. Cott, FAIA, LEED®, Bruner/Cott & Associates, Inc.
Session Speakers:

Gregory Burns, LEED®, Consigli Construction Company, Inc., Leland D. Cott, FAIA, LEED®, Bruner/Cott & Associates, Inc., Thomas Vautin, Harvard University Operations Services

Re-Visioning the Design Process: Managing for Regeneration

 

Session Chair:

Jeremy M. Toal, AIA, LEED® AP, Dietz & Company Architects, Inc.

Session Speakers:

William G. Reed, AIA, LEED® AP, Integrative Design Collaborative

Daylighting Analysis: Tools for Modeling and Simulating Performance

 

Session Chair:

Dennis Carlberg, AIA, LEED® AP, Arrowstreet, Inc.

Session Speakers:

Dennis Carlberg, AIA, LEED® AP, Arrowstreet, Inc., Leo Dwyer, CNI Tram Law, Inc.

TRACK 3:

Leading in Renewables: Offshore, Onsite, and Operating

Offshore Wind: The Path Forward

 

Session Chair:
Nils Bolgen, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Renewable Energy Trust
Session Speakers:

Patrick Quinlan, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Greg Watson, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Stephen Wood, ESS Group, Inc.

Large Wind in New England: It Happens

 

Session Chair:

Jason Gifford, Sustainable Energy Advantage, LLC

Session Speakers:

Ryan Chaytors, UPC Wind Management, Kristen Goland, PPM Energy, Harley C. Lee, Endless Energy Corporation

 

We're All Business: Cases for Renewables

 

Session Chair:

Elizabeth Kennedy, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Renewable Energy Trust

Session Speakers:

Brian Fairbank, Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, Pedja Kostic, Iggy’s Bread of the World,

Deborah Stein-Sharpe, Extrusion Technology

 

TRACK 4:

Integrating Good Buildings & Renewables

Solar Thermal and PV Performance

 

Session Chair:
Drew Gillett, PE, Solar Engineers
Session Speaker:

Robb A. Aldrich, PE, Steven Winter Associates, Inc., Everett Barber, Sunsearch, Inc.

Picking a Winner in 2008, Solar Thermal Options

 

Session Chair:

Henry K. Vandermark, Solar Wave Energy, Inc.

Session Speakers:

Bob Fisher, EnerWorks, Inc., Brad Hunter, Dawn Solar Systems, Fariborz Mahjouri, PhD, Aurora Energy, Inc., Thermomax USA

 

Innovative Policy Solutions for States & Municipalities

 

Session Chair:

Wilson Rickerson, MEEP, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC

Session Speaker:

John Byrne, PhD, Center for Energy & Environmental Policy, Tria Case, JD, Center for Sustainable Energy, Bronx Community College, Bradford Swing, MPA, JD, City of Boston, Office of the Mayor

TRACK 5:

Green Communities: Think Global, Act Local

State of the States: State Policies to Accelerate Clean Energy

 

Session Chair:

John F. Moskal, EPA, New England

Session Speakers:

David W. Cash, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Robert B. Wall, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund

Energy, Climate & Values

 

Session Chair:

Joel N. Gordes, Environmental Energy Solutions

Session Speakers:

Marty Bauman, Classic Communications

Brian F. Keane, SmartPower, Inc., Solitaire Townsend, Futerra

 


Cities On the Clean Energy Frontier

 

Session Chair:

Missy Stults, ICLEI U.S.A. Northeast Regional Capacity Center

Session Speakers:

Jeanette Brown, PE, Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority, Jeffrey Fournier, Carlin Contracting, Ellen Katz, City of Cambridge, MA, Bob Quinn, City of Quincy

 

TRACK 6:

Health and the Environment

Healthy Homes: Practices for Improving Indoor Air Quality and Health of Occupants in Residential Construction

 

Session Chair:

Naomi Mermin, Naomi Mermin Consulting

Session Speakers:

Greta Eckhardt, AIA, LEED® AP, CSI/CCS, PhD, Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott, Naomi Mermin, Naomi Mermin Consulting, Bill Walsh, Healthy Building Network

 

Nuclear Power is Not the Answer to Climate Change; Pathway Out of Nuclear Dependency

 

Session Chairs:

Marilyn Strong, Solar Design Associates, Inc.

Session Speakers:

Linda Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, Sally Shaw, Indy Activist

Healthy Cleaning and Building Maintenance Practices

 

Session Chair:

Naomi Mermin, Naomi Mermin Consulting

Session Speaker:

Heather Clark, WinnCompanies, Ellen R. Tohn, Tohn Environmental Strategies, LLC, Monica Chianelli, Vida Verde House Cleaners Cooperative

TRACK 7:

Collaboration in Action

Women In Green: Sustainability's Sensibilities

 

Session Chair:

Amelia Amon, Alt.Technica, Ltd.

Session Speakers:

Amelia Amon, Alt.Technica, Ltd., Barbra Batshalom, LEED® AP, The Green Roundtable, Inc., Chris Benedict, RA, Chris Benedict, RA, Brandy H. M. Brooks, Assoc. AIA, NOMA, Community Design Resource Center of Boston, Kira L. Gould, AIA, LEED® AP, William McDonough & Partners, Cassandra L. Kling, Clean Energy Holdings, LLC., Maryann Thompson, Maryann Thompson Architects

How We Communicate is How We Sell

 

Session Chair:

Jamie Wolf, Wolfworks, Inc.

Session Speakers:

Mitch Anthony, Titanium, Inc., Barbra Batshalom, LEED® AP, The Green Roundtable, Inc., Paul R. Lipke, Sustainable Step New England

 

Generations

 

Session Chair:

John R. Abrams, South Mountain Company, Inc., Mark S. Couet, East Guilford Construction, Inc.

Session Speakers:

John R. Abrams, South Mountain Company, Inc., Ryan Bushey, South Mountain Company, Inc., Susan Coddaire, LEED® AP, studio b architecture, Mark S. Couet, East Guilford Construction, Inc., James Wrisley, Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.

 

TRACK 8:

Existing Buildings: The Other 95%

Re-use, Retrofit & Renew(able): The Three Green R's for Resuscitating & Renewing Existing Buildings

 

Session Chair:

Bart Bales, PE, MSME, RISE Engineering

Session Speakers:

Julian Astbury, PE, Arup Partners, Bart Bales, PE, MSME, RISE Engineering, Martine Dion, AIA, LEED® AP, Symmes Maini & McKee Associates, Steven J. Strong, Solar Design Associates, Inc.

Multifamily Ventilation Performance and Upgrade Results

 

Session Chair:

Terry Brennan, Camroden Associates, Inc.

Session Speakers:

Marc Zuluaga, Steven Winter Associates, Inc.

 

 

Water: Our Most Wasted Resource: How to Save it

 

Session Chair:

Maya Agarwal, The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education

Session Speakers:

Warren C. Liebold, New York City Department of Environmental Protection

 

TRACK 9:

Residential

Retrofitting Existing Single Family Homes

 

Session Chair:

Peter Talmage, PE, Energy & Design

Session Speakers:

Larry Harmon, Air Barrier Solutions, LLC, Peter G. Talmage, PE, Energy & Design

Building America: This Year's Best Homes

 

Session Chair:

Luke Falk, LEED® AP, NYSERDA

Session Speakers:

Robb A. Aldrich, PE, Steven Winter Associates, Inc., Betsy Pettit, AIA, Building Science Corporation, Duncan F. Prahl, RA, AIA, IBACOS, Inc.

It Ain't Sustainable if It Don't Perform: Doing It Right the First Time

 

Session Chair;

F. L. Andrew Padian, Steven Winter Associates, Inc.

Session Speakers:

John Tooley, Advanced Energy