BuildingEnergy Boston 2024 - Sessions by Room

Sessions in Harbor 1

Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Session Title Time Speakers Areas of Focus
Biomaterials: A Regional and Global Movement for Climate Justice and Resilience

Building with bio-based materials allow us to address the combined crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequity. Workforce development, housing access, regional supply chains,... Full Description

10:30 am to 12:00 pm Jacob Racusin
Ace McArleton
Chris Hardy

Justice and Equity

Materials

Training and Workforce Development

Global Passive House: Extreme Climates and Cultural Challenges

What does it take to meet the Passive House standard in countries with extreme climates? Can Passive House be adapted to specific cultural demands that seem at odds with Passive House principles?... Full Description

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Ilka Cassidy
Christina Aßmann
Sangeetha Sambandam
Sayo Okada

Justice and Equity

Design and Construction Process

Building Envelope

Health and Comfort

A Revolution in Embodied Carbon: Four Pivotal Materials

Learn about the "Fab Four" top embodied carbon materials and how we can reduce their environmental impact. The Federal Government is focused on this topic through a pilot procurement process to... Full Description

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm Jodi Smits Anderson
Jim D'Aloisio

Design and Construction Process

Materials

Policy, Codes, and Standards

The Deep Energy Retrofit Controversy Revisited

Our window to avoid catastrophic climate change is closing. Existing buildings are one of the largest sources of emissions and among the hardest to decarbonize. At BuildingEnergy Boston 2023,... Full Description

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Michael Hindle
Rachel White

Building Envelope

Building Systems

Policy, Codes, and Standards

Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Session Title Time Speakers Areas of Focus
Scaling Residential Decarbonization

MassCEC’s Decarbonization Pathways pilot has tested and refined a protocol for a home decarbonization assessment with a goal of eliminating the use of fossil fuels in small residential buildings.... Full Description

10:30 am to 12:00 pm Meg Howard
Tamir Nir
Mike Ostiguy

Justice and Equity

Building Envelope

Building Systems

Policy, Codes, and Standards

IRA One Year In: The Fast-Evolving Facts of the Inflation Reduction Act

It's still early days for the Inflation Reduction Act, but projects are already applying for funds. Providing massive funding for many categories of energy projects, the IRA is especially... Full Description

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Jacob Goldman

Design and Construction Process

Building Systems

Energy Production and Storage

Business and Finance

Rivermark: Occupied Rehab and Facade Replacement for Climate Resilient Communities

This session will showcase the implementation of a high-performance façade assembly on an existing high rise concrete multi-family housing building complex, and the resulting measured data of... Full Description

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm Jason Jewhurst
Jackie Mignone
Jack Sherman
Susan Twomey

Justice and Equity

Design and Construction Process

Building Envelope

Health and Comfort

Buildings as Power Plants: The Growing Role of Virtual Power Plants in the Northeast

Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) are aggregations of smaller aggregated Distributed Energy Resources (DER) like solar and batteries that act like a traditional power plant. This session will define the... Full Description

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Anna Demeo
Steven Hopengarten
Matt Golden

Building Systems

Energy Production and Storage

Policy, Codes, and Standards

Business and Finance