NESEA Building Energy Conference 06

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 Aesthetics

 

Session 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

 

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:
John Todd, PhD, John Todd Ecological Design

 

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)

 

 

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.

 

Orientation, Configuration,Structure

 

Session Chair:

F. L. Andrew Padian, Steven Winter Associates

Session Speaker:

John S. Straube, PhD, University of Waterloo

 

How Small Home Residential Design Can Be Green

 
Session 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

 

 

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

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

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

 

 

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

 

Bio-Fuels

Session Chair: Drew Gillett, PE, Solar Engineers

Session Speaker:

Thomas A. Butcher, PhD, Brookhaven National Laboratory

 

 

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

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

 

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

LEED and GREEN

 

Session Chair and Speaker:

Michele Helou, Green Building Services

 

 

 

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