NESEA Building Energy Conference 2008

Session Schedule

Conference Sessions on Thursday, March 13

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Track Title 8:30-10:00 10:30-12:00 2:00-3:30 4:00-5:30

Instructions for Glass Buildings

 

Session Chair:

Joe Lstiburek, PhD, PEng, Building Science Consulting, LLC

Session Speakers:

John Straube, PhD, PEng, University of Waterloo

 

Renovate or Wreck High Mass Buildings?

 

Session Chair:

John Straube, PhD, PEng, University of Waterloo

Session Speakers:

Joe Lstiburek, PhD, PEng, Building Science Consulting, LLC

Same Building, Different Wrapper

 

Session Chair:

James Petersen, PE, Petersen Engineering, Inc.

Session Speakers:

Chris Benedict, RA, Chris Benedict, RA, Terry Brennan, Camroden Associates, Inc., Henri Fennell, Jr, CSI/CDT, Building Envelope Solutions, Inc.

The Good Book on Air Tightness

 

Session Chair:

James Petersen, PE, Petersen Engineering, Inc.

Session Speakers:

Wagdy A.Y. Anis, FAIA, LEED® AP, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

 

Energy Modeling for High Performance & Design

 

Session Chair:

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

Session Speakers:

Dave Fano, SHoP Architects, Matthew Herman, Buro Happold Consulting Engineers, P.C.

Footprinting: Methodologies & Tools

 

Session Chair:

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

Session Speakers:

Jim Merkel, Global Living Project, Julian Parsley, Buro Happold Consulting Engineers, PC

Measurement & Verification in High Performance Buildings

 

Session Chair:

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

Session Speakers:

Andrew M. Shapiro, Energy Balance, Inc.

Solar Energy Systems for Architects

 

Session Chair:

Bart Bales, PE, MSME, RISE Engineering

Session Speakers:
Bart Bales, PE, MSME, RISE Engineering, Michael Kocsmiersky, BSEE, Kosmo Solar, Inc.

 

TRACK 3:

Leading in Renewables: Offshore, Onsite, and Operating

Solar PV and Thermal: It's Here and It's Hot

 

Session Chair:

Kelly Brown , Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Renewable Energy Trust

Session Speaker:

Tina Halfpenny, KeySpan Energy Delivery, Daniel P. Leary, NexGen Energy Solutions, LLC, William L. Stillinger, Pioneer Valley PhotoVoltaics Cooperative, PV2®, Steven Weisman, Peregrine Energy Group

Today’s Small Wind Turbines

 

Session Chair:

William L. Stillinger, Pioneer Valley PhotoVoltaics Cooperative, PV2®

Session Speaker:

John Blittersdorf, Central Vermont Solar & Wind, Mark Durrenberger, New England Breeze, LLC, Paul Glenney, Aerovironment, Philippe F. Rigollaud, Eoltec, Inc.

 

 

Greening Existing Multifamily Housing

 

Session Chair:

Raphael Herz, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Renewable Energy Trust

Session Speakers:

Heather Clark, WinnDevelopment, DeWitt (Dick) Jones, Boston Community Capital

 

 

Marketing Clean Energy

 

Session Chair:

Jonathan S. Edwards, SmartPower

Session Speakers:

Mark Culpepper, SunEdison Corporate Headquarters, Chris Recchia, Biomass Energy Resource Center, Ron Stimmel, American Wind Energy Association

 

Passive Survivability: The Other Reason to Go Green

 

Session Chair:

Alex Wilson, BuildingGreen, Inc.

Session Speaker:

Joel N. Gordes, Environmental Energy Solutions,

Christopher R. Schaffner, PE, LEED® AP, The Green Engineer, LLP

Renewable Energy Workforce Development

 

Session Chair:

Marybeth Campbell, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Renewable Energy Trust

Session Speaker:

Richard Lawrence, Cape Cod Community College, Joseph T. Sarubbi, Professor, Hudson Valley Community College, Jane M. Weissman, Interstate Renewable Energy Council

Solar & Efficiency Education: Do's and Don'ts

 

Session Chair:

Kenneth G. Sheinkopf, The Sheinkopf Group

Session Speaker:

Judy Jarnefeld, NYSERDA, Blanche M. Sheinkopf, The Sheinkopf Group

 

 

SolarWall

 

Session Chair:

Joel N. Gordes, Environmental Energy Solutions

Session Speaker:

Rick McGinley, Dynamic Air Corporation

TRACK 5:

Green Communities: Think Global, Act Local

Starting a Grassroots Climate Protection Initiative: Lessons from the Field

 

Session Chair:

Gordon MacFarland, MPA, Ceres

Session Speakers:

Susan Butler, PhD, Green Decade Cambridge, Katherine Gekas, Neighborhood Power, David Shakespeare, Melrose Energy Commission

Debate in the Green Communities: LEED® or Follow?

 

Session Chair:

Nadav Malin, BuildingGreen, Inc.

Session Speakers:

Chris Benedict, RA, Chris Benedict, RA, Bruce Coldham, AIA, Coldham & Hartman Architects, Christopher R. Schaffner, PE, LEED® AP, The Green Engineer, LLP


Marketing Clean Energy at the Community Level

 

Session Chair:

Jonathan S. Edwards, SmartPower

Session Speakers:

Martha Broad, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Renewable Energy Trust, Lucy C. Edmondson, EPA New England, Jonathan S. Edwards, SmartPower, Missy Stults , ICLEI U.S.A. Northeast Regional Capacity Center

 

Carbon Markets & Carbon Taxes: Market Based Solutions to Climate Change

 

Session Chair:

Fred Unger, Heartwood Group, Inc.

Session Speaker:

Gilbert E. Metcalf, PhD, Tufts University, Michael D. Stoddard, Environment Northeast

Green Campus: Public and Private

 

Session Chair:

Arlen Li, AIA, LEED® AP, Payette

Session Speakers:

Nathalie Beauvais, Allston Development Group, Tom Frisbie-Fulton, University of Rhode Island, Arlen Li, AIA, LEED® AP, Payette

Energy Sustainability and the Green Campus

 

Session Chair:

Kurt E. Teichert, LEED® AP, Brown University

Session Speakers:

Walter Simpson, CEM, CLEP, LEED® AP, State University of New York at Buffalo

 

 

 

Would You Want Your Child To Live Here? An Analysis of High Performance College and University Dorms

 

Session Chair:

Kurt E. Teichert, LEED® AP, Brown University

Session Speakers:

Sarah Hammond Creighton, Tufts University, Nathan Gauthier, Harvard University, Clifton Greim, PE, Harriman Associates

The Proof Is In the Pudding

 

Session Chair:

Tom Collins, AIA, LEED® AP, Payette

Session Speakers:

Muscoe Martin, AIA, LEED®, M2 Architecture/University of Pennsylvania, Julie Newman, PhD, Yale University - Office of Sustainability, Steven Turner, PE, CTG Energetics

 

Soul, Place and Community

 

Session Chair:

John R. Abrams, South Mountain Company, Inc.

Session Speakers:

Robert Leaver, New Commons, Marc Rosenbaum, PE, Energysmiths

Energy Enlivens

 

Session Chair:

Amelia Amon, Alt.Technica, Ltd.

Session Speakers:

Moneer H. Azzam,

SolarOne® Solutions, Gregor Barnum, Seventh Generation, Inc., Natalie Jeremijenko, PhD, Environmental Health Clinic, NYU

 

Unfolding Wholeness

 

Session Chair:

Robert Leaver, New Commons

Session Speakers:

Justin Good, PhD, Cummings & Good Design, William G. Reed, AIA, LEED® AP, Integrative Design Collaborative

Collaboration in Action

 

Session Chair:

Jamie Wolf, Wolfworks, Inc.

Session Speakers:

Barbra Batshalom, LEED® AP, The Green Roundtable, Inc., Paul R. Lipke, Sustainable Step New England, William G. Reed, AIA, LEED® AP, Integrative Design Collaborative

Historic Buildings and Green Renovations

 

Session Chair:

Jesse Selman, Coldham & Hartman Architects

Session Speakers:

Jean Carroon, AIA, LEED®, Goody Clancy, Michael Williamson, PE, Cosentini Associates, Inc., Tom Perry, LEED®, Shawmut Design and Construction

The Value of Commissioning Existing Buildings

 

Session Chair:

Thomas RC Hartman, AIA, Coldham & Hartman Architects

Session Speakers:

Thomas E. Anderson, CCP, Cx Associates, Jennifer L. Chiodo, PE, LEED®, Cx Associates, Christopher Lyon, City Market/Onion River Co-op

Large Scale Heating Systems- from Retrofit to Innovation

 

Session Chair:

Thomas RC Hartman, AIA, Coldham & Hartman Architects

Session Speaker:

Edward D. Allen, PE, van Zelm Engineers, David W. Madigan, PE, van Zelm Engineers, Tom Sahagian, Power Concepts, LLC & PowerCon Engineering, PC

Next Generation Offices

 

Session Chair:

Andrew Webster, Coldham & Hartman Architects

Session Speaker:

Gregor Barnum, Seventh Generation, Inc., William Maclay, AIA, William Maclay Architects & Planners, Andrew M. Shapiro, Energy Balance, Inc.

Multifamily Updates: Benchmarking, Retrofits, Rehab, and New Construction

 

Session Chair:

Luke Falk, LEED® AP, NYSERDA

Session Speakers:

F. L. Andrew Padian, Steven Winter Associates, Inc., Ellen R. Tohn, Tohn Environmental Strategies, LLC

Evaluating Air Exchange Rates in Multifamily Buildings: Why ACH is Not Enough

 

Session Chair:

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

Session Speakers:

Courtney Moriarta, Steven Winter Associates, Inc.

 

Residential Renovation Case Studies and Metrics

 

Session Chair:

Caroline Petrovick, Coldham & Hartman Architects

Session Speakers:

Paul Eldrenkamp, Byggmeister, Inc., Henry P. MacLean, AIA, Timeless Architecture

 

 

 

 

Residential Performance - Two Studies and Metrics

 

Session Chair:

Thomas RC Hartman, AIA, Coldham & Hartman Architects

Session Speakers:

Terry Brennan, Camroden Associates, Inc., Duncan F. Prahl, RA, AIA, IBACOS, Inc.