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7:30am - 8:30am
Light Breakfast Location: Grand Prefunction, Level 1
7:30am - 5:00pm
Speakers Lounge Location: Lakeside, Level 2
Registration Location: Grand Prefunction, Level 1
8:30am - 9:30am
Keynote: Stet Sanborn Stet Sanborn
Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1
9:40am - 10:40am
Seminar 1: From Low‑Cost Wins to Capital Projects: Making the Business Case for Decarbonization Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Julian Parsley
Panel 1: LEED Gold, LEED Zero, and WELL Gold—in a 100-Year-Old Building Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Kent Peterson
Panel 2: Bulls-eye! The Art of Setting Building Performance Targets Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Jamie Kono
Seminar 2: 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
10:40am - 11:00am
Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables Location: Grand Prefunction, Level 1
11:00am - 12:30pm
Seminar 3: Risk, Returns, and Retrofits: A Scalable Approach to BPS Implementation Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Elizabeth Kelly
Seminar 4: Building Decarbonization: From Data to Tools to Standards and Policy Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Kate Simonen
Panel 3: Thermal Energy Network Design for Neighborhood Scale Decarbonization: Policy, Engineering, Implementation, and Coalition Building Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Ted Tiffany
Seminar 5: Decarbonizing the State of California: Strategy and Implementation at Unprecedented Scale Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Brian Stern
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch Location: Grand Prefunction, Level 1
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Tech Talk: Reliable Controls Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1
2:10pm - 3:40pm
Panel 4: Play Your Cards Right: Implementing Strategies to Achieve Energy Savings Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Tom Abram
Seminar 6: Designing for Decarbonization: Tools and Strategies from Residential to Healthcare Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Chris Meek
Panel 5: Insider’s View: Decarbonization in Seattle Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Duane Jonlin
Seminar 7: Decarbonizing a Complex Public Agency Portfolio: From Regulatory Compliance to District-Wide Action Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Michael Baranick
3:40pm - 4:00pm
Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables Location: Grand Prefunction, Level 1
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Panel 6: From Clause to Carbon: Turning Lease Language into Decarbonization ROI Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Nicole DeNamur
Seminar 8: Decarbonizing Wildfire Rebuilding: Comparative LCA of Fire-Resistive Natural and Bio-Based Wall Systems Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Kansateshri Megavarnan
Seminar 9: Evolving Decarbonization Assessments: Aligning Practice, Standards and Policy Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Supriya Goel
Seminar 10: Powering Equity: The Net‑Zero Community Hub Reinventing Health & Resilience in Racine Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Stet Sanborn
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Tech Talk: Amazon Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1
7:30am - 8:30am
Light Breakfast Location: Grand Prefunction, Level 1
7:30am - 5:00pm
Speakers Lounge Location: Lakeside, Level 2
Registration Location: Grand Prefunction, Level 1
8:00am - 8:30am
Tech Talk: Flow Environmental Systems Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1
8:30am - 9:30am
Keynote: Erin McConahey Erin McConahey
Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1
9:40am - 10:40am
Panel 7: Reimagining Deferred Maintenance as a Self-Sustaining Decarbonization Strategy Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Brian Naumick
Seminar 11: Geothermal Heating and Cooling in an All-Electric Recreation Center Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Anna McCullough
Panel 8: Navigating Barriers in the Top-Down Approach to Carbon Neutral Energy Codes Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Rhys Davis
10:40am - 11:00am
Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables Location: Grand Prefunction, Level 1
11:00am - 12:30pm
Seminar 12: Decarbonizing Data Center Energy Systems: Trigeneration, Carbon Capture, and Heat Reuse Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Eric Yang
Seminar 13: Decarbonizing Space Conditioning in the Northwest: Practical Lessons from Real-world Heat Pump Deployments Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Jessica Burke
Seminar 14: 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
Seminar 15: From Capstones to Careers: Three Industry–University Collaborations in Building Decarbonization Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Peter Alspach
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch Location: Grand Prefunction, Level 1
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Tech Talk: Grundfos Pumps USA Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1
2:10pm - 3:40pm
Seminar 16: 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
Seminar 17: Enabling Large-Scale Residential Beneficial Electrification in California Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Randall Higa
Seminar 18: Greening the Heart of Healthcare: A Decarbonization Blueprint for the Cardiovascular Institute Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Fiona McCarthy
Seminar 19: Decarbonization Tools, Costs and Case Studies Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Victor Braciszewski
3:40pm - 4:00pm
Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables Location: Grand Prefunction, Level 1
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Panel 9: Portfolio-Scale Building Decarbonization: Metrics-Driven Prioritization for Maximum Impact Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Parag Cameron-Rastogi
Panel 10: 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
Seminar 20: Three Cities, Three Building Performance Standards Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Fiona McCarthy
Panel 11: District Energy Decarbonization: Analysis-driven Results Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Dan Luddy
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Tech Talk: Aermec NA Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Networking Reception Location: Grand Ballroom Promenade, Level 1
7:30am - 8:30am
Light Breakfast Location: Grand Prefunction, Level 1
7:30am - 12:00pm
Speakers Lounge Location: Lakeside, Level 2
Registration Location: Grand Prefunction, Level 1
8:00am - 8:30am
Tech Talk: Johnson Controls Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1
8:30am - 9:30am
Keynote: Harmonizing Policy, Reducing Burden: State Leadership in Coordinated BPS Development Supriya Goel , JoAnna Saunders , Emily Salzberg , Nicole Ballinger , Coleen Wisniewski
Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Supriya Goel
9:40am - 10:40am
Seminar 21: 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
Panel 12: Terminal Velocity: Designing the Low Carbon Airport of Today Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Brian Johnson
Seminar 22: 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
Panel 13: From Framework to Findings: MEP 2040 Whole Life Carbon Pilot Results Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Rachel Wrublik
10:40am - 11:00am
Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables Location: Grand Prefunction, Level 1
11:00am - 12:00pm
Panel 14: Small Buildings, Big Impact: Advancing BEPS Compliance through Retuning and Targeted Workforce Education Location: Grand Ballroom 1-6, Level 1 Chair: Mark Bryan
Panel 15: Grid-Friendly Electrification of Large Buildings in Dense Urban Environments: Overcoming Retrofit Constraints Location: Grand Ballroom 7, Level 1 Chair: Evan Ericson
Seminar 23: Understanding the Health and Decarb Benefits of Building Policies Location: Grand Ballroom 8, Level 1 Chair: Tristan Grant
Seminar 24: From District Energy to High-Performing Building: System Integration in Practice Location: Grand Ballroom 9, Level 1 Chair: Amy Xu