BuildingEnergy Boston 2023 - Sessions by Room
Sessions in Marina 1
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Zero Energy Modular at Scale: Factories, Builders, and Design Professionals Wanted VEIC’s work on Zero Energy Modular (ZEM) homes has helped hundreds of low and moderate income families achieve dignified, resilient, low-carbon housing. Over the past decade, we’ve partnered with... Full Description |
10:30 am to 12:00 pm | Peter Schneider |
Justice and Equity Design and Construction Process Policy, Codes, and Standards |
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Tales from the Trenches: Passive House Ventilation Commissioning Roadblocks We will present tales from the trenches for ventilation approaches within the context of the Passive House building certification standard. This standard has set a high benchmark for low-energy... Full Description |
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm |
Luis Aragon Michael Schmidt |
Design and Construction Process Building Systems Health and Comfort Operations and Maintenance |
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Climate Equity is Right Under Our Feet: Ground Source Heat Pumps and Community Thermal Networks Recent technology developments and incentive programs are creating new opportunities for ground-source heat pumps (GSHPs) at the building and neighborhood scale (networked geothermal).... Full Description |
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm |
Dave Hermantin Lauren Hildebrand Audrey Schulman |
Justice and Equity Building Systems Energy Production and Storage Health and Comfort |
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Leveraging Federal and State Incentives for Building Decarbonization While recent state legislation across the region has codified ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction targets in statute, these bills have had a clear lack of funding to address the massive... Full Description |
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm |
Steve Skodak Eben Perkins |
Policy, Codes, and Standards Business and Finance Training and Workforce Development |
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Building Relationships: Community Ambassadors and Advisors Research has shown that solar adoption in a neighborhood spurs more solar adoption. Conversely, if clean energy adoption is not seeded in other communities, these communities lose out on the... Full Description |
10:30 am to 12:00 pm |
Meredith Geraghty Grace Umaña Lisa Dobbs Renée Burgher |
Justice and Equity |
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Retrofitting Existing Buildings into Low-Carbon Assets Retrofitting buildings to reduce operating emissions is a key climate strategy. Viable, affordable, and scalable strategies must be implemented. However, we must avoid a surge of embodied carbon... Full Description |
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm |
Eva Rosenbloom Chris Magwood |
Design and Construction Process Building Envelope Materials |
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How Will You Meet the Demand? Scaling Passive House Certification for the New Energy Code With the coming updates to building energy codes, there is an anticipation of growth in the volume of Passive House buildings. It is important to have a fully scalable approach to successfully... Full Description |
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm |
Nicholas Hernandez Maciej Konieczny Mark Norton |
Design and Construction Process Policy, Codes, and Standards |
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Decarbonizing and Electrifying DHW Using Commercial-Scale CO2 Heat Pumps This session will discuss the advantages and challenges of using CO2 Heat Pumps for decarbonizing and efficiently electrifying commercial Domestic Hot Water systems. The session will outline and... Full Description |
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm |
Cain White Chris Ouellette Bart Bales |
Design and Construction Process Building Systems Energy Production and Storage Operations and Maintenance |
