Date: Sept. 7, 2011
Time: 9am PDT
Call in number: 712-432-0900
Participant code: 654570 #
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Welcome – Larry Barrett, moderator
◦ Review general agenda
◦ Roll call of participants
◦ History and purpose of Alliance and Committee
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Self-introductions by participants (1 minute each)
Purpose of Subcommittee – moderator; comments - all
Process for identification of task deliverables - moderator;
comments - all
Committee governance plans – moderator; comments – all
◦ Officers
◦ Staff support
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Next steps
◦ Meeting date options
◦ Interim activities
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Strategy 3-2: Accelerate activities related to HVAC aspects of
whole building industry design standards
Near-term Milestone: Evaluate and update existing standards
to include increased emphasis on HVAC aspects of whole
building approaches
Key actions:
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Inventory existing whole building industry standards (Q3, 2011)
Assess the role of HVAC aspects of whole building approaches (Q3)
Identify gaps and opportunities to advance HVAC aspects (Q4)
Approach key industry groups to change standards and elevate
HVAC aspects (Q1, 2012)
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Initial list of tasks via
brainstorming (~24)
Initial priorities via
voting (~12)
Top priorities
via voting (~4)
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Identify action plan task deliverables
 Initial brainstorming today
 Subsequent brainstorming off-line
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Collating suggestions for task deliverables
Submission of suggestions to committee members for
initial priorities
Tabulate results to come up with initial priorities
Submit initial priorities to subcommittee for selection of
top priorities
Subcommittee participants select the top third for the
second prioritization
Submit top priorities to subcommittee prior to next
meeting
Discuss at next committee meeting
Develop work groups around each of the top choices
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Results from June 14 kick-off meeting of full Committee
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Review for internally conflicting design standards
Develop criteria for successful business model for contractors
Identify target audiences for design standards
Identify organizations with whole building design standards
Suggest roles for Alliance to interact with design standard
organizations
6. How to sell whole building design standards to target audiences
7. Tabulate differences between whole building design standards
for new versus existing residential buildings
8. Identify health issues with HVAC in whole building design stds
9. Acquire statistics on practice of HVAC in whole building design
10.Compare whole building design between residential and
commercial and which is more important to pursue
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Other topics and deliverables? (All)
Send in other ideas off line (All)
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Initial list of criteria to prioritize task deliverables
1. Topic can be addressed in reasonable time (3 – 6 months)
2. Impact of task on key actions and milestones
3. Deliverable can be documented (report, letter, memo, list, file,
statistics, standards)
4. Provide variety of tasks, yet balance between tasks
5. Committee members contain relevant expertise in task or can
recruit expertise
6. Task can be addressed by working groups with minimal use of
staff of Western HVAC Performance Alliance
7. Can be a learning experience for committee members
8. Committees members can have some fun
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Other criteria to be considered in prioritization?
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Send suggested task deliverables to
barrettlarry@comcast.net
 Refine those already presented
 Include a sentence or two to describe the topic, if needed
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Moderator will collate and remove duplicate suggestions
Moderator will send the list to subcommittee
Subcommittee members will select the top third (e.g. if 24
topics presented, will select top 8)
Members send initial priority selections to moderator
Moderator will tabulate results
Moderator will send to committee the top priorities or half of
the initial list (e.g. if 24 initial topics, send out top 12)
Subcommittee members will select top third (e.g. 4 of 12)
Members send selections to moderator
Moderator tabulates results and sends to committee
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Welcome by moderator
◦ Roll call of participants
◦ History and purpose of Alliance and Committee
◦ Purpose and history of Subcommittee
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Self-introductions by participants (1/2 minute each)
Results of prioritization on task deliverables
◦ Review of process and results by moderator
◦ Discussion and consensus by committee
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Next steps
◦ Ask committee members to submit off-line their preferences to
be on which working groups – 1st choice, 2nd, 3rd
◦ Governance: submit off-line suggestions for subcommittee chair,
vice chair and secretary
◦ Guest speakers: submit off line suggestions for future meetings
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Welcome by moderator
◦ Roll call of participants
◦ History and purpose of Alliance and Committee
◦ Purpose and history of Subcommittee
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Self-introductions by participants (1/2 minute each)
Assignment of chair, vice chair and secretary
Assignments to work groups
Discussion
Schedule for future meetings
Presentation by a committee member or outside expert
Next steps
◦ Work groups meet independently and report at next
subcommittee meeting on plans
◦ Staff works with committee officers on agendas and speakers
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