Session Schedule
Building Energy 2006 features 63 sessions in 9 distinct conference tracks. Sessions begin at 11:00 on Wednesday, March 8 following the opening plenary and end at 5:30PM on Thursday, March 9.
Click on the track and session titles below for more information.
Sessions on Thursday, March 9
< Wednesday Sessions
| Track Title | 8:30-10:00 | 10:30-12:00 | 2:00-3:30 | 4:00-5:30 |
From Functionalism to Wholeness: Thoughts on Energy AestheticsSession Chair:William L. Stillinger, Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics (PV2) Session Speaker: Justin Good, PhD, Emerson College |
Solar Rebates and Incentives
Session Chair: Jonathan Abe, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Session Speakers: Paul Gromer, SEBANE Lisa Frantzis, Navigant Consulting, Inc. Christopher Beebe, KeySpan Energy Delivery Mark Sinclair, CESA |
State Clean Energy Funds: A Progress Report
Session Chair and Speaker: Warren Leon, PhD, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Session Speakers: Lise Dondy, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Adele Ferranti, NYSERDA TBA, R.I. Renewable Energy Fund |
Faculty Research
Session Chair: Greg Thomson, Wentworth Institute of Technology Session Speakers: Marilyne Andersen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ulker Copur, Roger Williams University Greg Thomson, Wentworth Institute of Technology
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Green Roofs: Ecological Performance in Urban Built Environments
Session Chair: Stephanie Carter, Goody Clancy Session Speakers: Lily Parshall, Columbia Center for Climate Systems Research/Goddard Institute for Space Studies Richard Heller, Greener by Design (Formerly New York Greenroof) |
Sustainability in Communities of Color: Creating Inclusion
Session Chair: John O'Sullivan Francis, Sr. MBA, Solar & Environmental Workshop Company Session Speakers: Mel King, South End Technology Center David P. Cavallo, PhD, Future of Learning Group, MIT Media Laboratory John O'Sullivan Francis, Sr. MBA, Solar and Environmental Workshop Dianne Wilkerson,Mass.State Senator |
Sustainability on Campus: Moving from Policy to Reality
Session Chair: Arlen Li, AIA, LEED AP, Payette Associates, Inc. Session Speakers: William G Reed, AIA, LEED AP, Integrative Design Collaborative Leith Sharp, Harvard University Kurt E. Teichert, Brown University Arlen Li, AIA, LEED AP, Payette Associates, Inc. |
Water in Our Urban Future: Supplying the Resource with Ecological Solutions
Session Chair: Stephanie Carter, Goody Clancy Session Speaker:
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Energy Modeling to Inform Design
Session Chair: Arlen Li, AIA, LEED, AP, Payette Associates, Inc. Session Speakers: Paul Stoller, MA, Atelier Ten Matt Herman, CoSA, Buro Happold Consulting Engineers Arlen Li, AIA, LEED, AP, Payette Associates, Inc. |
Solar Design Fundamentals
Session Chair and Speaker: Joel Gordes, Environmental Energy Solutions (EES)
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Choosing Heating and Cooling Systems for any Type or Size of Building
Session Chair: F. L. Andrew Padian, Steven Winter Associates Session Speaker: Henry Gifford, Gifford Fuel Saving, Inc.
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Orientation, Configuration,Structure
Session Chair: F. L. Andrew Padian, Steven Winter Associates Session Speaker: John S. Straube, PhD, University of Waterloo
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How Small Home Residential Design Can Be GreenSession Chair:F. L. Andrew Padian, Steven Winter Associates Session Speakers: Gordon F. Tully, Tully Architectural Consulting, LLC Robb Aldrich, PE, Steven Winter Associates |
Sustainable Preservation
Session Chair: Greg Thomson, Wentworth Institute of Technology Session Speakers: Rick Ames, AIA, LEED, Next Phase Studios Jerry Pucillo, Centergreen Real Estate Development Jean Carroon, Goody Clancy |
High Performance Kids in High Performance Schools
Session Chair: Neal Lojek, Velux America, Inc. Session Speaker: Doug Sacra, LEED, AP, HMFH Architects
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The Science and Art of Green - What’s Working
Session Chair: Michele Helou, Green Building Services Session Speakers: William Maclay, William Maclay Architects and Planners Andrew M. Shapiro, Energy Balance Inc. Patricia Cornelison, AIA, Arrowstreet, Inc. Mark Kelley III, PE, Hickory Consortium |
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American Zero Energy Homes
Session Chair: Chris Benedict, RA, Chris Benedict R.A. Session Speakers: Katrin Klingenberg, Ecological Construction Laboratory Marc Rosenbaum, PE, Energysmiths |
European Residential Roundtable
Session Chair: Chris Benedict, RA, Chris Benedict R.A. Session Speakers: Marc Rosenbaum, PE, Energysmiths Henry Gifford, Gifford Fuel Saving, Inc. Terry Brennan, Camroden Associates Katrin Klingenberg, Ecological Construction Laboratory Dr. Wolfgang Feist,Passivhaus Institut |
Green Materials: What’s New?
Session Chair and Speaker : Alex Wilson, Environmental Building News |
European Zero Energy Technologies
Session Chair: Chris Benedict, Chris Benedict, R.A. Session Speakers: Katrin Klingenberg, Ecological Construction Laboratory Dr. Wolfgang Feist, Passivhaus Institut TBA, Viessmann Manufacturing |
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Big Wind and Electric Grids: Results of Integrating Intermittent Resources
Session Chair: Quincy Vale, PowerHouse Enterprises, Inc. Session Speakers: Stephen R. Connors, MIT Laboratory For Energy And The Environment (LFEE) Robert B. Burke, ISO-New England |
Offshore Wind Energy Potential
Session Chair and Speaker: Gregory C. Watson, MTC - Renewable Energy Trust Session Speakers: Mark Rodgers, Cape Wind Benjamin Bell, GE Wind Energy, LLC
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Utility-Scale Renewables: Alternatives to Traditional Energy Production and Distribution
Session Chair and Speaker: Robert H. Murray, LEED AP, GreenHomes Northeast Session Speakers: Brad Bradshaw, Velerity (and Founder/President, Massachusetts Hydrogen Coalition) |
Long Island NY Off-Shore Wind Park
Session Chair: Richard C. Michaud, Northeast Regional Office, US DOE Session Speakers: Daniel W. Zaweski, Long Island Power Authority "Coke” Coakley, Florida Power and Light Energy Gordian Raacke, Renewable Energy Long Island
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Bio-FuelsSession Chair: Drew Gillett, PE, Solar Engineers Session Speaker: Thomas A. Butcher, PhD, Brookhaven National Laboratory
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The Legislative Process – How It Can Support Renewable Energy
Session Chair and Speaker: Richard Eidlin, Apollo Alliance Session Speakers: Jim Marzilli, Massachusetts State Representative James Moore, VPIRG |
Responding to Climate Change
Session Chair: Robert Gemmel, NOVA WGBH-TV Session Speakers: William Moomaw, PhD, Tufts University |
Solar Jigsaw II: Integrating and Deploying Solar Electric Elements in Outstanding Buildings
Session Chair and Speaker: Bart Bales, Bales Energy Associates & Solar Works, Inc. Session Speakers: Steven J. Strong, Solar Design Associates Miles C. Russell, RWE Schott Solar |
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Profits = Energy/Carbon
Session Chair: Robert S. Preston, Merrill Lynch Session Speakers: Leslie Hoffman, Earth Pledge David Marcus, Chestnut Capital Richard J. Siegel, Arch Bridge Holdings, Inc. Alex Klein, Emerging Energy Research |
Regional and Global Significance of Local Clean Energy Actions
Session Chair and Speaker: Robert H. Murray, GreenHomes Northeast Session Speakers: Sonia W. Hamel, Massachusetts Office for Commonwealth Development
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Assessing Business Opportunities: An Investor’s Perspective
Session Chair: Michael Bartner, Investors’ Circle Session Speakers: Eric Emmons, Massachusetts Green Energy Fund Tom Balderston, Balderston Capital, LLC James Lee, Cimetrics Jeffery D. Wolfe, PE, Global Resource Options, LLP |
Renewable Energy Certificate Markets: What's Working, What's Not, What's Coming
Session Chair and Speaker: Erich Stephens, People's Power and Light Session Speakers: Michael Winka, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Fred Unger, Fat Spaniel Technologies Larry Chretien, Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance Ed Holt, Ed Holt & Associates Ann Elsen, ICF Consulting |
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LEED and GREEN
Session Chair and Speaker: Michele Helou, Green Building Services
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Best Built Green Buildings
Session Chair: Richard Francis, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Session Speakers: John J. Duffy, PE, University of MA - Lowell Brian Jones, M. J. Bradley & Associates Daniel Anderson, LEED, AIA, Four Architecture, Inc. |
Transform Your Firm into a Green Practice in Ten Easy Steps
Session Chair and Speaker: Barbra Batshalom, The Green Roundtable / NeXus Session Speaker: Daniel Arons, Architerra, Inc. |
Capturing Renewable Energy Locally: Make On-Site Generation Possible
Session Chair: Jonathan S. Edwards, SmartPower Session Speakers: David Hill, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation Cameron Brooks, Clean Energy States Alliance Robert D. Ansin, MassInnovation, LLC David Chamberlain, Raytheon Company
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