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8:30am Keynote: Stet Sanborn Stet Sanborn
Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1
9:40am From Low‑Cost Wins to Capital Projects: Making the Business Case for Decarbonization Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Julian Parsley 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
11:00am Risk, Returns, and Retrofits: A Scalable Approach to BPS Implementation Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Elizabeth Kelly Building Decarbonization: From Data to Tools to Standards and Policy Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Kate Simonen 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
2:10pm 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 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
4:00pm 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 Evolving Decarbonization Assessments: Aligning Practice, Standards and Policy Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Supriya Goel Powering Equity: The Net‑Zero Community Hub Reinventing Health & Resilience in Racine Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Stet Sanborn
8:30am Keynote: Erin McConahey Erin McConahey
Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1
9:40am 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 Navigating Barriers in the Top-Down Approach to Carbon Neutral Energy Codes Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Rhys Davis
11:00am Decarbonizing Data Center Energy Systems: Trigeneration, Carbon Capture, and Heat Reuse Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Eric Yang Decarbonizing Space Conditioning in the Northwest: Practical Lessons from Real-world Heat Pump Deployments Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Jessica Burke 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 From Capstones to Careers: Three Industry–University Collaborations in Building Decarbonization Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Peter Alspach
2:10pm 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 Enabling Large-Scale Residential Beneficial Electrification in California Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Randall Higa Greening the Heart of Healthcare: A Decarbonization Blueprint for the Cardiovascular Institute Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Fiona McCarthy Decarbonization Tools, Costs and Case Studies Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Victor Braciszewski
4:00pm 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 District Energy Decarbonization: Analysis-driven Results Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Dan Luddy
8:30am Keynote: Harmonizing Policy, Reducing Burden: State Leadership in Coordinated BPS Development Supriya Goel , JoAnna Saunders , Emily Salzberg , Sandra Mallory , Coleen Wisniewski
Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Supriya Goel
9:40am University of Washington: Tales from the Campus Decarbonization Journey, Early Wins, Lessons Learned, and Hopes for the Future Next Steps Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Norm Menter Terminal Velocity: Designing the Low Carbon Airport of Today Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Brian Johnson SVCE & Palo Alto Community Energy Resilience: The Resilient City Blueprint: Grid Flexibility, District Energy, and Public‑Sector Decarb That Scales Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Nathaniel Gundersen From Framework to Findings: MEP 2040 Whole Life Carbon Pilot Results Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Rachel Wrublik
11:00am Small Buildings, Big Impact: Advancing BEPS Compliance through Retuning and Targeted Workforce Education Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Mark Bryan Grid-Friendly Electrification of Large Buildings in Dense Urban Environments: Overcoming Retrofit Constraints Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Evan Ericson Understanding the Health and Decarb Benefits of Building Policies Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Tristan Grant From District Energy to High-Performing Building: System Integration in Practice Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Amy Xu
