BuildingEnergy Boston 2025 - Sessions by Room
Sessions in Harbor 3
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Slashing Upfront Embodied Carbon: How to Replicate Success Learn lessons from prize-winning submissions to MassCEC’s Embodied Carbon Challenge, as well as One Boston Wharf Road, a 17-story net zero operational carbon office building that reduced upfront... Full Description |
10:30 am to 12:00 pm |
Beverly Craig Meredith Elbaum Caroline Murray |
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What's Old is New Again: Renewing Historic Enclosures for Modern Performance Improving the performance of existing building stock presents challenges, but can also provide surprising opportunities. This presentation looks at exterior retrofits in academic institutions in... Full Description |
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm |
Justin Dufresne Thomas Haskell |
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Aggressive Continuous Commissioning: A Decade of Energy and Carbon Reduction at Liberty Mutual Tower Over the past decade, the LEED Gold-certified Liberty Mutual Tower at 157 Berkeley Street has made significant strides in energy and carbon reduction through aggressive continuous commissioning... Full Description |
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm |
Andrew DelPrete Jess Farber Terri Laurence |
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A Total Carbon Analysis Conversation: Balancing Operational and Embodied Carbon When it comes to the impact of buildings on the environment, considering both operational and embodied carbon is critical. Balancing these can be a complex task, sometimes with conflicting... Full Description |
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm |
Shari Rauls Mélanie Trottier |
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Regenerative Economics for Regenerative Times Regenerative practices are emerging in design, construction, systems ecology, and economics that may be equal to the multi-faceted existential challenge of our times. Yet despite their potential,... Full Description |
10:30 am to 12:00 pm |
Zbingniew Grabowski Michael Hindle |
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Just Do This! Proven Details and Strategies for Simple High Performance Homes Come learn from a? ?Design/Build company that has been building market rate high performance and PHIUS certified homes in RI for over 10 years. Our experience has proven that high performance... Full Description |
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Stephen DeMetrick | |
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Addressing Thermal Bridges that Arise During Construction Catching and solving thermal bridges in the building envelope that arise during construction can truly be the determining factor between whether the finished building meets the intended designed... Full Description |
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm |
Laura Bashaw Nouha Javed Cynthia Staats |
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Creating Harmony: Overcoming Challenges in Passive House Multifamily Design The Passive House building is the song; the design team is the band. Cold Spring Apartments, a New York affordable housing project, exemplifies this symphony of collaboration. For many team... Full Description |
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm |
Nicole Schuster Andrew van Roo |
