3/5/13 TUESDAY ❚ Net Zero Energy and Beyond
Workshop Speakers: R. Carter Scott, Transformations, Inc; Mike Duclos, DEAP Energy Group
We’ll show cost-effective examples of homes modeled to produce over 10,000 kilowatt hours more than they use in a year. Now you can also use your car to power a portion of your house when the grid goes down! We’ll detail techniques and incentives for the shell and the renewable energy systems. We’ll discuss energy modeling, Passive House techniques to improve energy efficiency and passive survivability, monitoring, troubleshooting and more. This workshop is targeted to builders, developers, architects and others looking to regain a competitive advantage in today’s marketplace.
❚ Skills for Building Resilient Communities
Workshop Speakers: Joel Gordes, Environmental Energy Solutions; Donald Watson, Donald Watson, Architect; Maureen Hart, Sustainable Measures; Alex Wilson, BuildingGreen
Facilitated by four leading professionals, this workshop offers state-of-the-art design and planning strategies that directly link resilience with sustainability. Participants will acquire all the information and resources needed to understand the issues and broaden their professional practices. You’ll depart with knowledge of how sustainability and resilience policies and practices can strengthen businesses, careers, and communities.
❚ The Master’s Guide to Designing Spray Foam Insulation Projects & Installing Them Right Workshop Speaker: Henri Fennell, HC Fennel Consulting
This master class workshop is a comprehensive study of spray foam project design, policies, procedures, installation, safety protocols and more. We’ll cover the foam industry, foam plastic as a building enclosure technology, and open and closed
cell polyurethanes in specific building applications. Case studies will provide illustrations of technique and common problems along and what to expect, look for and test in a finished installation.
Morning Workshops Tuesday March 5 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
❚ An Introduction to PHPP (Passive House Planning Package) Software
Workshop Speaker: David White, Right Environments
The PHPP is a great tool for predicting heating demand and peak heating load in low-load buildings. We’ll begin with a concise, directed overview of how the tool works and what advantages it offers, and continue with modeling the heating energy demand and peak heating load of a single family home.
❚ Best Practices for Efficient Hot Water Systems in Single and Multifamily Buildings
Workshop Speaker: Gary Klein, Affiliated International Management
Domestic hot water use can be a very large proportion of the energy use in a residential, commercial or multifamily building, depending on occupancy type and climate. The components of the system must be integrated so that occupants will tend to use it efficiently. What is the most energy, water, and time efficient way to install a hot water system? How can these considerations be integrated into good building design? We’ll use an interactive, hands-on approach to explore the topic.
❚ Conflicts Between Performance and Compliance: What it Takes to Make High Performance Buildings Workshop Speaker: Bill Rose, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana – Champaign
This workshop will examine some of the most contentious issues in our architectural, design, and construction practices: vapor barriers, attic ventilation, radon, house ventilation, moisture control, and energy reduction in buildings. We’ll use the “compliance versus performance” framework to dig into the guidelines, standards, and codes that govern these issues. We won’t provide “The Answer,” but you’ll leave with the tools and understanding for better designs and better buildings.
❚ Simplified Space Conditioning Strategies for Low-Load Homes
Workshop Speakers: Duncan Prahl and Dave Stecher, IBACOS, Inc.
Here’s the scenario: your client has asked for the cheapest way to heat and cool her newly built (or retrofitted) air-tight, superinsulated building. This workshop helps guide your choices for low-load houses (retrofit or new construction) that meet industry comfort measures. We’ll discuss the lowest installed- cost marketavailable system and how it has failed to meet existing standards, and we’ll identify other low-cost options. We’ll use fieldwork to draw larger conclusions for a variety of climatic regions and house configurations.
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