recommends:PM - 3:30
Tuesday
FULL DAY
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1. Passive House in Practice: Design, Build, Refine, Repeat
Workshop Speakers: Alan Gibson and Matthew O’Malia, G O Logic LLC
Meeting the Passive House standard in the
Northeast is tough. Finding customers willing to pay for it is equally challenging. Creating a business to do all Passive House all the time is insane—
or is it? An architect and builder share their approach for doing just that: the sales pitch for Passive House, strategies to make it cost-effective, and
the details and systems that make the building process no more of a mystery than standard construction
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2. Specification and Detailing for Windows and Thermal Bridges in High Performance Buildings
Workshop Speaker: Tomás O’Leary, Passive House Academy This workshop will explore two critical aspects of net zero energy
and Passive House projects, namely windows and thermal bridges. Energy, comfort, and health issues arising in conventional construction will be
explained and detailed solutions provided. The workshop will teach participants to calculate the U-value of whole window systems, sketch optimal
window fitting details, understand how thermal bridge coefficients are measured, and determine the impacts on overall energy performance.
Tuesday
Energy Efficiency and Green Building Technologies: Made in Germany
HALF DAY PM6.
Workshop Speakers: TBA
Wednesday,
TRACK 1
Germany is known around the world for the high standards of its technical and industrial systems and products.
The words “Made in Germany” and “German Engineering” invoke thoughts of innovation and dependable quality. This is also true in the fields of
renewable energy, energy efficiency technology, and energy consulting where Germany has established itself as
an international market leader and innovation driver. This workshop will feature a select group of German companies and organizations from the field
of energy efficiency and green building technologies presenting their latest innovative products and reference projects which incorporate energy
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LEARNING FROM INNOVATIVE, RESPONSIVE, AND LARGE SCALE ENERGY EFFICIENT HOUSING IN EUROPE
10:30-12:00
SESSION SPEAKERS: Sheila Kennedy, MIT
Gregory La Vardera, Architect
Wednesday,
TRACK 3
GOOD, BAD AND SHADY - SUNSHADING PERFORMANCE RETROSPECTIVES, LIGHTING SYSTEMS AND
INTEGRATED FENESTRATION
2:00-3:30
SESSION SPEAKERS: Pekka Hekkarainen, Lutron Electronics Michael Hinchcliffe, Payette
Helen Sanders, SAGE Electronics
Wednesday,
TRACK 7
PASSIVE HOUSE ENERPHIT: TAKE YOUR BUILDING DEEPER
2:00-3:30
SESSION SPEAKERS: Ken Levenson, 475 High Performance Building Supply Tomás O’Leary, Passive House
Academy
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