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Nov. 10, 2011
Contact: Jodi Scott
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Call for Posters
Keynote Speakers, ALI Course Announced for ASHRAE High
Performance Building Conference
ATLANTA – Application techniques, actual performance and
policy issues for achieving high performance buildings with deep energy savings
are addressed at ASHRAE’s upcoming High Performance Buildings (HPB) Conference.
Registration is now open.
High Performance Buildings: A Focus on Deep Energy
Savings, advances the industry’s efforts to change the energy-use aspects of
the built environment. The conference takes place March 12-13, 2012, San Diego,
Calif., and features 50 presentations in 16 sessions covering a broad range of
HPB topics. To register or for more
information, visit
www.ashrae.org/HPBconference.
“This is a must-attend conference for professionals,
researchers and building owners involved in setting policy and applying best
practices for energy efficiency in high performance buildings,” conference
chair and ASHRAE Presidential Member Kent Peterson, P.E., said. “This specialty
conference provides a great opportunity to network with the trend setters in building
energy efficiency.”
With an attendance limited to 300, the conference allows
an exchange of ideas and dialogue to facilitate understanding of current energy
saving efforts, share best practices and to establish an action plan to
substantially improve energy efficiency in buildings.
The conference is presented by ASHRAE’s High Performing
Buildings Magazine, which publishes articles on measured high performance
buildings only. The conference features three HPB case study sessions that
include natural ventilation, net zero energy implementation, building controls,
Germany’s first LEED® Platinum building as well as schools, office buildings
and a library.
In addition, a special HPB Magazine session features the
editorial advisory board, sharing lessons they have learned from reporting on
the experiences of the designers, contractors, suppliers and owners of
buildings that have been featured in the magazine. In addition, case studies of selected
buildings are presented.
Keynote speakers are:
• Jeanne
Clinton, special advisor for efficiency at the California Public Utilities
Commission (CPUC), appointed by Governor Brown, speaking on “Energy Management
Meets Economic Development.” Previously she was Governor Schwarzenegger’s Clean
Energy Advisor at the CPUC, during which time she led the California Solar
Initiative and guided California’s Long-Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan.
• Eric Corey
Freed, organicARCHITECT, San Francisco, will challenge attendees through his
address, “Dodo-Sapiens: How Our Way of Life is Killing Us and the Need for
Regenerative, Bio-Based Buildings.”
• ASHRAE
President Ron Jarnagin, who will discuss “ASHRAE's High Performance Building
Initiatives: Sustaining Leadership in Sustainability.”
The Building Performance sessions address integrated
measurement, operation and maintenance practices; thermal and visual
performance; residential retrofits; design, operation and tenant behavior; and
minimum ventilation rate procedure.
The Policy and Benchmarking sessions cover U.S. Army net
zero policy initiatives; NSTAR – HPB as a part of the State of Massachusetts’
energy efficiency goals; and CALGreen – California’s green building standards
code.
The Low Energy Techniques Sessions cover net zero district
vs. net zero buildings; the 50% Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small and
Medium Office Buildings published by ASHRAE; biomimicry; and high temperature
cooling techniques.
Bottom-line results are addressed in the Return on
Investment Session with business case studies on net zero energy buildings in
San Diego and Phoenix; financial metrics for comparing efficiency and
renewables projects; Caltech’s Energy Conservation Investment Program; and
life-cycle commissioning.
Other sessions cover envelopes, lighting/daylighting,
plug loads, operations and integrated building design.
Registration cost is $650 ($550, ASHRAE, U.S. Green
Building Council and American Institute of Architects members). An “on-demand” Virtual Conference is included
with the registration fee. A Virtual
Conference only registration is $149 ($99, member). The conference will be approved for AIA LUs,
PDHs and LEED AP credits.
Also being offered in conjunction with the conference is
an ASHRAE Learning Institute seminar, Implementing Standard 189.1-2009 for
High-Performance Green Buildings, which focuses on the minimum requirements for
the design, construction and plans for operating high-performance buildings.
The seminar takes place on March 11, and the cost is $485 ($395 ASHRAE, U.S.
Green Building Council and American Institute of Architects members). Attendees
can save $100 on the seminar cost if registering for both the seminar and the
conference.
Call for Posters
Poster presentations are requested for high performance
buildings that may be either in design or completed, and will be grouped in two
categories: those with one year or more
of measured energy data and those relying on modeled energy use. Submissions
are particularly encouraged for projects that:
• Emphasize
innovative strategies to dramatically improve energy efficiency
• Demonstrate
replicable strategies
• Share
valuable lessons learned
• Have one
year or more of measured energy data
Poster proposals are due Jan. 9, 2012, and decisions will
be made as posters are submitted. Accepted posters will be displayed at the
conference. Poster presenters receive a discounted registration rate of $500,
($400, members). To download the poster template or for more information, visit
www.ashrae.org/HPBconference.
