BuildingEnergy Boston 2023 - Sessions by Room
Sessions in Harbor 1
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
