2012 Conference Event Schedule
February 8 & 9 | Sheraton Conference Center, Burlington
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8
Workshop Schedule Day 1 (PDF)
7:00 am Exhibit Hall Opens for Registration and Breakfast
8:30 am Opening Session—EMERALD BALLROOM
10:00 am Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break
10:20 amConcurrent Workshop Sessions
- Thermal Imaging: Pushing the Limits—EMERALD III
Matt Schwoegler, The Snell Group - Thermal Biomass: from Infrastructure to Economics—DIAMOND I
David Frank, SunWood Biomass
Adam Sherman, Biomass Energy Resource Center - Performance Monitoring for Efficiency—EMERALD II
Thomas Anderson, CCP
Emily Cross, MS, PE, Cx Associates - Don't Forget Fluorescent!—AMPHITHEATRE
Howard Wolfman, PE, Lumispec Consulting - Deep Energy Retrofit on an Historic Building: The Stanislaus Project—EMERALD I
Laz Scangas, Arnold & Scangas Architects
Lyssa Papazian, Historic Preservation Consultant
Trevor Parsons, Housing Vermont
Peter Schneider, Efficiency Vermont - Three Routes to Low-Energy New Homes—DIAMOND II
Mike Duclos, DEAP Energy Group
Paul Panish, DEAP Energy Group
11:50 am Exhibit Hall Lunch
1:20 pm Concurrent Workshop Sessions
- Promoting for Efficiency: The Secrets of GreenMLS—EMERALD II
Laura Stukel, NAR Green, EcoBroker Certified
Rich Gardener, Gardner & Gardner REALTORS®
Jeff Gephart, Efficiency Vermont
Heidi Hayward Urish, Vermont Mortgage Bankers Association
- Hygrothermal Modeling and Enclosure Design—AMPHITHEATRE
John Rahill, Black River Design Architects
Dave Bryan, Third Level Design - Whole-House Monitoring for High Performance—EMERALD III
J.B. Clancy, PE, Ph.D., AIA, Passive House Consultant, Albert, Righter & Tittmann Architects, Inc.
Doug Merrill, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Strategies LLC
Peter Schneider, Efficiency Vermont - High Performance Hot Water—EMERALD I
Gary Klein, Affiliated International Management LLC (Double Session) - Solid State Lighting or LEDs: Plain Talk about Fancy Technology—DIAMOND I
Martha Carney, MBA, Outsourced Innovation LLC (Double Session) - Deep Energy Retrofit: A Pilot Study—DIAMOND II
Gregory Pedrick, CEM, NYSERDA
2:50 pm Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break
3:15 pm Concurrent Workshop Sessions
4:45 pm Exhibit Hall Evening Reception
5:30 pm Vermont Green Building Network (VGBN) Annual Meeting—AMPHITHEATRE
LEED for 2012
7:00 pm Evening Reception Adjourns
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9
Workshop Schedule Day 2 (PDF)
7:30 am Exhibit Hall Opens for Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am Concurrent Workshop Sessions
- 90 Minutes on High Performance Enclosures and the DETAILS Critical to Make Them Work—EMERALD III
John Straube, PE, Ph.D., Building Science Consulting, Inc. - Insulation Materials: The Lowdown on Performance and Environmental Characteristics—DIAMOND I & II
Alex Wilson, BuildingGreen, Inc. - Hot Water—a Hot Commodity—EMERALD II
Gary Klein, Affiliated International Management LLC - Lighting Design for the Energy-Efficient Home—AMPHITHEATRE
Peter Romaniello, LC, Conceptual Lighting LLC (Double Session) - Trends in Data Center Energy Efficiency—EMERALD I
Todd Boucher, Leading Edge Design Group
10:30 am Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break
11:00 am Concurrent Workshop Sessions
- Hard Answers to Easy Questions—EMERALD III
Paul Eldrenkamp, DEAP Energy Group LLC - State Energy Codes 2011: Vermont's New Residential and Commercial Energy Codes—EMERALD I
Tim Guiterman, LEED AP, Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Dave Keefe, Vermont Energy Investment Corp. - Brattleboro Food Co-Op: a Model of Energy Efficiency—EMERALD II
Daniel Lewis, PE, Kohler and Lewis
Andrew Shapiro, Energy Balance, Inc. - Networked Lighting Control—DIAMOND I
Randy Mead, CEM, CMVP, LEED AP, Control Technologies, Inc. - What Good is Smart Grid, Anyway?—DIAMOND II
Shawn Enterline, Vermont Energy Investment Corp.
Ethan Goldman, Efficiency Vermont
12:30 pm Exhibit Hall Lunch
1:45 pm Concurrent Workshop Sessions
- Pushing the Envelope—How to Get Low Air Infiltration Numbers—EMERALD I
Bill Maclay, Maclay Architects
Andy Shapiro, Energy Balance, Inc.
Terry White, Building Construction Services, Inc.
Mike Stevens, Construction Field Coordinator at the University of Vermont - What Does R-value Mean? Myth-Busting with John Straube—EMERALD III
John Straube, PE, Ph.D., Building Science Consulting, Inc. - Heat Recovery Ventilation: Why Efficiency Matters—EMERALD II
Barry Stephens, Zehnder America, Inc. - Reducing LED Costs, Downstream—AMPHITHEATRE
Mark Hand, BE, MS, Acuity Brands - High Performance Modular Housing: Habitat for Humanity Meets Passive House—DIAMOND I & II
JB Clancy, PE, Ph.D., AIA Passive House Consultant, Albert, Righter &
Tittmann Architects, Inc.
Chet Pasho, PE, Ph.D., NAHB
3:15 pm Workshop Area Refreshment Break
3:30 pm Concurrent Workshop Sessions
- Selling It: Conveying the Value of Energy Efficiency—EMERALD III
Peter Adamczyk, Vermont Energy Investment Corp. - Efficiency in Commercial Ventilation—EMERALD I
Jason Morosko, MSME, CPHC, UltimateAir, Inc. - DesignLights™ Consortium: Case Studies from the Field—AMPHITHEATRE
Irina Rasputnis, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships - Forget Watts—it's Lumens: Bulb Shopping in 2012—DIAMOND I
Gabe Arnold, PE, LC, CEM, Optimal Energy, Inc. - Air Source Heat Pumps for High Performance, Cold Climate Buildings—EMERALD II
Joe Cefaly, MBA, CEM, Mitsubishi Electric - Self-Reliance: Middlebury College Takes on the Solar Decathlon—DIAMOND II
Andrea Kerz-Murray, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, Middlebury College Faculty
Peter DiPrinzio, Hilary Cunningham, and Shane Scranton, Middlebury College students
5:00 pm Conference Adjourns