BuildingEnergy Boston 2023 - Sessions by Room

Sessions in Harbor 1

Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Session Title Time Speakers Areas of Focus
Commitment to Learning: A Case Study of Three Public Schools

Public school projects are a highly visible commitment from a community towards future generations, serve a wide range of students from diverse backgrounds, and are a valuable resource to the... Full Description

10:30 am to 12:00 pm Suni Dillard
Alexandra Gadawski
Caitlin Osepchuk

Design and Construction Process

Building Systems

Materials

Health and Comfort

Driving Down Carbon in Concrete: From One Project to the Mainstream

Concrete accounts for approximately 11% of annual global carbon emissions. It is a material too important to ignore. Learn how BU’s Center for Computing and Data Sciences applied low-carbon... Full Description

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Rachelle Ain
Nathan Roy
Olivia Humphrey

Design and Construction Process

Building Systems

Materials

Policy, Codes, and Standards

Energy Storage in High Performance Buildings

Before PVs became affordable, excess solar energy was stored thermally. Energy storage, both thermal and electrical, aids grid penetration of renewables and builds resilience on-site. We’ll look... Full Description

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm Marc Rosenbaum

Building Systems

Energy Production and Storage

Pretty Good House: A Guide to Creating Better Homes

Have you heard about the building standard that's not a standard? Learn how to create energy efficient, healthy, sustainable homes with an emphasis on making the concepts and technical details... Full Description

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Emily Mottram
Chris Briley

Design and Construction Process

Building Envelope

Materials

Health and Comfort

Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Session Title Time Speakers Areas of Focus
Windows and Fenestration: Basics and Beyond

Windows are a key part of the building enclosure, but they are also the costliest, most fragile, and worst thermally performing component. We will present on windows from our viewpoint as building... Full Description

10:30 am to 12:00 pm Kohta Ueno
Peter Baker

Design and Construction Process

Building Envelope

Building Systems

Health and Comfort

Creating Healthy, Decarbonized Classrooms

Many classroom environments are unhealthy and uncomfortable, creating poor learning environments with high absenteeism. Older, unventilated classrooms can be economically decarbonized with... Full Description

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Ty Newell

Building Systems

Health and Comfort

Business and Finance

Operations and Maintenance

New England’s Favorite Roof Retrofit: Moisture Data from Three MA Case Studies

Dense packing cellulose in roof slopes has been a common insulation retrofit strategy in New England for a long time, however technically it has not been allowed by code without the inclusion of... Full Description

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm Brendan Kavanagh
Kohta Ueno

Building Envelope

Materials

Saving Energy in Hospitals with Passive House Techniques

As the energy and carbon landscape evolves, the design and construction of hospitals must change to meet new challenges. New techniques, perspectives and methodologies must be applied to drive... Full Description

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Andrew Kozak
Abbott Price

Design and Construction Process

Building Envelope

Building Systems

Health and Comfort