Conference Agenda
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Agenda Overview |
| 8:30am - 9:30am |
Keynote: Stet Sanborn Stet Sanborn Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 |
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| 9:40am - 10:40am |
From Low‑Cost Wins to Capital Projects: Making the Business Case for Decarbonization Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Julian Parsley Session Presentations From Carbon Targets to Capital Plans: How Owners Align Decarbonization with Financial Performance Future-Proofing Assets in a Moving Target Market: De-Risking Compliance Amid Shifting Policy, Grid, and Technology What Gets Funded, What Gets Filed: A Workshop on Making the Decarbonization Business Case Stick |
LEED Gold, LEED Zero, and WELL Gold—in a 100-Year-Old Building Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Kent Peterson |
Bulls-eye! The Art of Setting Building Performance Targets Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Jamie Kono |
A Portfolio Level Decarbonization Playbook: Applying a Repeatable Framework to Prioritize, Model, Monitor and Manage Net Zero Pathways Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Satish Ravindran Session Presentations A Portfolio Level Decarbonization Playbook: Applying a repeatable framework to Prioritize, Model, Monitor and Manage Net Zero pathways. Why Decarbonization Is Now a Business Imperative: Market Forces, Regulatory Momentum, and the Evolving Role of Building Certifications |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Risk, Returns, and Retrofits: A Scalable Approach to BPS Implementation Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Elizabeth Kelly Session Presentations Risk, Returns, and Retrofits: A Scalable Approach to BPS Implementation |
Building Decarbonization: From Data to Tools to Standards and Policy Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Kate Simonen Session Presentations What the Data Reveal: Exploratory Insights from a North American Whole Building LCA Dataset Building-Scale LCA Tools: Current trends, Gaps and Future Directions Dynamic Climate and Grid Modeling for WBLCA Harmonizing Carbon Estimates through Open Data and Transparent Methods |
Thermal Energy Network Design for Neighborhood Scale Decarbonization: Policy, Engineering, Implementation, and Coalition Building Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Ted Tiffany |
Decarbonizing the State of California: Strategy and Implementation at Unprecedented Scale Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Brian Stern Session Presentations Portfolio Decarbonization at Scale: Electrification and Energy Efficiency Across 15,000 Buildings Letting off Steam: Logistics to Decarbonize California’s Capitol District Utility Plant |
| 2:10pm - 3:40pm |
Play Your Cards Right: Implementing Strategies to Achieve Energy Savings Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Tom Abram |
Designing for Decarbonization: Tools and Strategies from Residential to Healthcare Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Chris Meek Session Presentations DARA: A Design Tool for Early Carbon Assessment in Small-Scale Residential Buildings A Decision-Support Tool for Energy, Cost, and Comfort in Affordable Housing Retrofits Operational and Embodied Carbon Tradeoffs in Commercial Office Facade Design Design Pathways to Decarbonizing Hospital Buildings |
Insider’s View: Decarbonization in Seattle Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Duane Jonlin |
Decarbonizing a Complex Public Agency Portfolio: From Regulatory Compliance to District-Wide Action Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Michael Baranick Session Presentations Part 1: Setting the Stage — Understanding the Regulatory Landscape Part 2: Building the Framework — Data-Driven Compliance Planning Across a Large Portfolio Part 3: Taking Action — Securing Approval and Navigating the Path Forward |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
From Clause to Carbon: Turning Lease Language into Decarbonization ROI Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Nicole DeNamur |
Decarbonizing Wildfire Rebuilding: Comparative LCA of Fire-Resistive Natural and Bio-Based Wall Systems Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Kansateshri Megavarnan Session Presentations Wildfire‑Resilient, Low‑Carbon Wall Assemblies for California’s WUI |
Evolving Decarbonization Assessments: Aligning Practice, Standards and Policy Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Supriya Goel Session Presentations What Exactly is a Building Decarbonization Assessment? Reviewing Approaches to Decarbonization in Practice How BPS and Utilities are Shaping Long-Term Building Strategy From Steam to Geo-Exchange: A District-Scale Decarbonization Roadmap for an Illinois Campus |
Powering Equity: The Net‑Zero Community Hub Reinventing Health & Resilience in Racine Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Stet Sanborn Session Presentations Powering Equity: All-Electric Systems to Enable Cold Climate Decarbonization Powering Equity: Community Engagement and Design Driving Resilience in Racine Powering Equity: Net Zero Energy for the Public Good |
| 8:30am - 9:30am |
Keynote: Erin McConahey Erin McConahey Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 |
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| 9:40am - 10:40am |
Reimagining Deferred Maintenance as a Self-Sustaining Decarbonization Strategy Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Brian Naumick |
Geothermal Heating and Cooling in an All-Electric Recreation Center Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Anna McCullough Session Presentations HVAC Design of an All-Electric Geothermal Recreation Center Getting to Yes: Stakeholder Interests and Interagency Coordination to Achieve Ambitious Climate Goals Decarbonization of a Recreation Center and Life Cycle Cost Analysis Results |
Navigating Barriers in the Top-Down Approach to Carbon Neutral Energy Codes Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Rhys Davis |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Decarbonizing Data Center Energy Systems: Trigeneration, Carbon Capture, and Heat Reuse Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Eric Yang Session Presentations Trigeneration (CCHP) Combined Cooling Heating and Power for High Efficiency Data Centers Engineering Carbon Capture Systems: Practical Design, Case Studies, and Lessons Learned Beyond the Building: Catalyzing Data Center Heat Reuse Through Green Finance and Circular Infrastructure |
Decarbonizing Space Conditioning in the Northwest: Practical Lessons from Real-world Heat Pump Deployments Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Jessica Burke Session Presentations Demonstrating Real-World Performance of Cold-Climate Heat Pumps in Residential Applications Detailing Heat Pump Retrofit Service Penetrations in Existing Walls Common Themes across Multiple Heat Pump Retrofit Monitoring Studies |
The Cool Kids of Decarbonization: Exhaust Air Heat Recovery, Thermal Energy Storage, and Geothermal plus the Incentives that Make Them Pencil Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Victor Braciszewski Session Presentations Don't Let the Heat Walk Out the Door: HRC + Exhaust Coil Retrofits for High-Ventilation Buildings Maximizing Heat Recovery and First Cost Savings with TES: Sharing Results from Two Pilot TIER Plant Installations Decarb's BFF: How GSHPs Unlock Big Incentives and Better Performance with Surprising Simplicity The Multiplier Effect: Strategic Financial Incentive Stacking for Maximum Value |
From Capstones to Careers: Three Industry–University Collaborations in Building Decarbonization Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Peter Alspach Session Presentations Waste Heat to Warm Cities — Using Small Data Centers to Decarbonize Seattle Grid Harmonization at the Seattle University Museum of Art Colorado College Campus Energy Master Plan |
| 2:10pm - 3:40pm |
First Hill Initiative Thermal Energy Network: Powering the Fifth Generation City: District Energy, Electrification, and the Future of Urban Heat Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Sarah Moore Session Presentations Beyond Building-by-Building: District Energy Solutions for First Hill Climate-Responsive Design: Optimizing District Energy Systems for Future Climate Scenarios The Business Case for District Energy: Anchor Institutions, Strategic Partnerships, and Viability Lessons from First Hill |
Enabling Large-Scale Residential Beneficial Electrification in California Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Randall Higa Session Presentations Accelerating Beneficial Electrification: Overview of California Statewide Energy-Smart Homes Program and Need for Cost-effective Means for Electrification All‑Electric Retrofits in Practice: An Analysis of the Energy-Smart Homes Alterations Program Enabling Beneficial Electrification and Fuel Switching through Load Balancing Solutions Heat Pumps and Winter Peaks: Managing Supplemental Resistance Heating |
Greening the Heart of Healthcare: A Decarbonization Blueprint for the Cardiovascular Institute Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Fiona McCarthy Session Presentations Presentation 1 |
Decarbonization Tools, Costs and Case Studies Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Victor Braciszewski Session Presentations Public Tools and Resources for Building Decarbonization Costs – actual cost data from over 200 electrification designs across the US Case studies of high, median, and and low-cost electrification retrofit projects |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
Portfolio-Scale Building Decarbonization: Metrics-Driven Prioritization for Maximum Impact Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Parag Cameron-Rastogi |
Whole-Life Carbon Adaptive Reuse: The Net Zero Transformation of a Dilapidated Office Building into a Workplace and Manufacturing Facility of the Future Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Monica Chhatwani |
Three Cities, Three Building Performance Standards Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Fiona McCarthy Session Presentations Three Cities, Three Building Performance Standards |
District Energy Decarbonization: Analysis-driven Results Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Dan Luddy |