New this year, Lightning Rounds pack as much information into one session as possible. You’ll hear succinct, to-the-point, and practical presentations on a variety of topics, including:

• Improvements in Phase Change Materials: R-value, heat flux, energy consumption, energy demand and what the future looks like for this exciting and economical technology.

• Small Facility Energy and Asset Management: Challenges and opportunities in managing portfolios of facilities less than 25,000 square feet, such as restaurant and small box retail chains.

• Indoor Air Quality: Proto-typing and deployment of low-cost, real-time sensors to monitor Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) as a measure of improved health-based outcomes in occupants of energy efficient buildings.

• Using the Winter Thermal Comfort Tool for Glazing Selection: Introducing a newly developed, publicly available tool that quickly analyzes glazing design parameters, representing the design’s impact on radiant and downdraft discomfort in the wintertime.