BuildingEnergy Boston Conference Sessions - Friday 1:30pm
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Utility Benchmarking 101: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Benefit You Utility benchmarking can be a powerful tool in a property manager's toolbox, enabling them to monitor water and energy usage, make smart decisions about repair and maintenance, and positively... Full Description |
Burroughs |
Multifamily |
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The Great Indoors: Green Building and Health Outcomes As the green building movement matures, a stronger focus is evolving on short-term and long-term occupant health impacts. The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health evaluated the health... Full Description |
Harbor 1 |
Multifamily Health & Wellness |
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Air Tightness Requirements of the Passive House Standard The Passive House (PH) building standard is the most stringent energy efficiency standard in the world. Several affordable housing authorities in the US currently or plan to include it as a... Full Description |
Harbor 2 |
Building envelope Multifamily |
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Choices, Choices: Cladding and Climate Change Architects, designers, builders and facility managers are often in the dark about environmental and especially climate change impacts as they look at exterior material choices for new construction... Full Description |
Harbor 3 |
Building envelope Design & Construction process |
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Cities as Climate Leaders: Net Zero & the Urgency of Now With the effects of climate change at our shores, and the federal administration’s decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement, the time for local action is now. In order to avoid the most... Full Description |
Marina 1 |
Renewables Cities, Communities, Place |
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KISS (Keep It Simple, Smartypants): A builder’s perspective on straightforward construction details for constructing a low-cost, high-performance home Rhode Island’s first PHIUS certified passive house was built for $160/sq. ft. In this session, builder Steve DeMetrick of DeMetrick Housewrights will walk through the entire construction process,... Full Description |
Marina 2 |
Single family Building envelope Practice |
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Heat Pump Water Heaters for Multifamily Looking for the best ways to use heat pump water heaters efficiently, reliably, and without compromising comfort? So are we. In multifamily buildings around the Northeast, the speakers have... Full Description |
Marina 3 |
Multifamily Mechanical systems & lighting |