BuildingEnergy Boston Conference Sessions - Thursday 3:30pm
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Making the Invisible Visible: A Blueprint for Seeking Real Estate Value for Energy Efficiency In the real estate market, decisions about home purchase, construction, and upgrades suffer from lack of data and knowledge about energy efficiency or, worse, don’t consider energy efficiency at... Full Description |
Burroughs |
Single family Practice |
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Building Inherent Value: Implementing the Passive House Building Standard Two certified Passive House Consultants, an architect and a builder, will talk about the tremendous benefits of the Passive House building approach, and nostalgically lament what this means for... Full Description |
Harbor 1 |
Single family Building envelope Multifamily |
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Comparing the Business of Architecture to Construction to Development What do People and Planet decisions cost, what are they worth, and how do they affect our employees, our neighborhoods, our planet? Declan Keefe, Strategic Director of Placetailor, an architecture... Full Description |
Harbor 2 |
Design & Construction process Practice |
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New or Renovated - High Performance in Education Do you want to hear how to drive energy efficiency in renovation projects and new buildings beyond expectations? Welcome. Our exceptional panel members have learned from many educational projects... Full Description |
Harbor 3 |
Commercial & Institutional Design & Construction process |
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Comparing Three Certification Metrics That Drive Sustainability in Affordable Multifamily Housing In building or retrofitting affordable multifamily housing, owners and developers committed to sustainability have several certification metrics to choose from, depending on their goals, budget,... Full Description |
Marina 1 |
Owners Multifamily |
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The Not-Quite-Edible House: Making Healthy Material Choices This session outlines key strategies to help your team make informed decisions around building assemblies, products, and finishes. Whether you’re looking for simple, low-cost upgrades for a... Full Description |
Marina 2 |
Single family Building envelope Design & Construction process Health & Wellness |
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Energy Storage: The Next Frontier Storage is happening everywhere: behind the meter, in front of the meter, and in autonomous microgrids. Already, storage is addressing the variability in renewable sources of generation,... Full Description |
Marina 3 |
Renewables Policy & Codes |
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Stretch Codes: Why this policy offers the best hope for rapid transformation to meet state and local climate goals This session will look how cities and states are using stretch codes to more rapidly transform local building stock to higher energy efficiency levels, sometimes even driving toward zero energy... Full Description |
Marina 4 |
Policy & Codes |