BuildingEnergy Boston Conference Sessions - Friday 3:00pm
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Lightning Round: Questions and Answers to Fuel Your Work This Lightning Round will pack as much information into one session as possible, with succinct, practical presentations on a variety of topics including B-corp; Iterative Daylighting Analysis... Full Description |
Burroughs |
Design & Construction process Practice |
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Getting Solar Ready with Permitting and Inspection Processes This session is aimed towards building and electrical inspectors, energy managers, planners, and other municipal officials looking to explore best practices to make their permitting and inspection... Full Description |
Harbor 1 |
Renewables Policy & Codes |
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The Risky Business of Integrative Pre-Design The status quo of traditional project delivery requires continual review and improvement. Although the value of the Integrative Design Process (IDP) has been established, it is not widely used or... Full Description |
Harbor 2 |
Design & Construction process Practice |
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The Drawbacks of Breathing: Nighttime Carbon Dioxide Levels in New England Bedrooms During the 2016-17 heating season, we tested the indoor air quality in the bedrooms of 22 Vermont homes spanning a wide range of size, age, airtightness, heating system type, and occupancy. Most... Full Description |
Harbor 3 |
Single family Health & Wellness |
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What Not to Spec: How to Avoid Toxins, Endocrine Disruptors, and Carcinogens in Your Next Building Project The products you specify--and how you structure your specs--have enduring impact on your building's occupants, the community where the product is made, and the workers who install it. We’ll... Full Description |
Marina 1 |
Single family Commercial & Institutional Health & Wellness |
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PACE Financing: Scaling Commercial and Residential Net-Zero Energy Retrofits One of the biggest market barriers to net-zero energy retrofits is the incremental upfront cost. Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing overcomes this barrier, and it’s expanding with new... Full Description |
Marina 2 |
Single family Commercial & Institutional Policy & Codes |
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Real Life Air Source Heat Pumps Learn about cold climate heat pumps from an expert in HVAC and Building Science. This session will focus on the real world performance of Air Source Heat Pumps monitored from past projects,... Full Description |
Marina 3 |
Single family Design & Construction process Mechanical systems & lighting |