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Date: Tuesday, 21/May/2024
7:00am - 5:00pm	Registration & Check-In Location: Colorado and Denver Pre-Function Pick up your badge at the lower level reception desk!
7:30am - 8:30am	Focus Group 1: Chapter Leadership Meeting Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: Matthew Duffy Session Chair: Supriya Goel Meet with the leaders of IBPSA-USA's local chapters to discuss feasibility for regional events and share ideas.
8:00am - 8:30am	Networking Break - Sponsored by IES Location: Colorado Pre-Function Enjoy beverages compliments of generous sponsor IES.
8:00am - 5:00pm	Psychro Escape Room Matthew Dahlhausen¹, Aaron Boranian² 1: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States of America; 2: Big Ladder Software Location: Independence Session Chair: Matthew Dahlhausen AIA CES approved for 0.5 LU.
8:30am - 8:45am	Session Pitches Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Nathaniel L Jones
8:45am - 9:45am	Plenary 1: How Did We Get Here? Exploring Past Perspectives Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Carrie Brown Session Chair: Supriya Goel
10:00am - 11:00am	BEM Tools Comparison Liam Buckley¹, Timothy P McDowell², Neal Kruis³ 1: IES Ltd.; 2: Thermal Energy System Specialists, LLC; 3: Big Ladder Software LLC Location: Denver 4 Session Chair: Liam Buckley Session Chair: Hunter Swope AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
10:00am - 11:00am	Measuring Up: Increasing the Reach and Impact of OpenStudio Measures Jason DeGraw¹, Yeonjin Bae¹, David Goldwasser² 1: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States of America; 2: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: David Goldwasser Session Chair: Apoorva Pradhan AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
10:00am - 11:00am	SimBuild Storytelling Lisa Ng¹, Andy Berres² 1: National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States of America; 2: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States of America Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: Andy Berres Session Chair: Alejandra Menchaca AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
10:00am - 11:00am	Technical Session 1: Urban and Community Scale Modeling Location: Denver 3 Session Chair: Jeannie Kim AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
10:00am - 11:00am	Technical Session 2: Evolving Performance Indicators Location: Denver 2 Session Chair: Amanda Laurel Webb AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
11:00am - 11:30am	Demo 1: IES Location: Denver 5 Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about IES products and services.
11:00am - 11:30am	Networking Break - Sponsored by TRANE Location: Denver Pre-Function Enjoy light refreshments compliments of generous sponsor TRANE.
11:30am - 12:30pm	ASHRAE 209 - A Tool for Integrative Building Energy Simulation Christopher Schaffner¹, David Goldwasser², Patrick Pease³ 1: The Green Engineer, Inc., United States of America; 2: NREL; 3: Buro Happold Location: Denver 4 Session Chair: Christopher Schaffner Session Chair: Julia Lien Ho AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
11:30am - 12:30pm	Heat Pumps of All Flavors, Is the Universe of Curves the Right Approach? Craig Simmons NREL, United States of America Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: Craig Simmons Session Chair: Neal Kruis AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
11:30am - 12:30pm	Never Have I Ever… Lisa Ng National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States of America Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Lisa Ng Session Chair: Alejandra Menchaca AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
11:30am - 12:30pm	Technical Session 3: Modeling for Carbon and Embodied Energy Location: Denver 3 Session Chair: Yunyang Ye AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
11:30am - 12:30pm	Technical Session 4: Building Physics, Heat, and Moisture Location: Denver 2 Session Chair: Ali Moussawi AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch sponsored by US Department of Energy Location: Colorado Ballroom Enjoy lunch in the Tivoli Turnhalle, sponsored by the US Department of Energy.
1:00pm - 1:30pm	Demo 2: Big Ladder Software Location: Denver 5 Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about Big Ladder products and services.
1:30pm - 3:00pm	HackSimBuild Presentations and Judging Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Andy Berres Session Chair: Nathaniel L Jones See the work of 6 teams from this year's HackSimBuild competition. Judging Link: https://tinyurl.com/VoteHackSimBuild24
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Impromptu 1: IBPSA: more than energy modeling Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: Richard Walter Fenrich Session Chair: James D Lutz Open discussion of IBPSA’s role and focus in building performance simulation. How can we extend beyond energy modeling? What collaborations and disciplines are possible and most important for building design?
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Presentation Session 1: Building Decarbonization Location: Denver 2 Session Chair: Jamy Bacchus AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Presentation Session 2: Building Codes, Standards, and Regulatory Approaches Location: Denver 3 Session Chair: Supriya Goel AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Seminar 1: Compliance and Certification Location: Denver 4 Session Chair: Timothy McDowell Session Chair: Nasim Mirian AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.
3:00pm - 3:30pm	Demo 3: B-corp and JUST Certification Workshop - Hosted by Group14 Location: Denver 5 Business owners and leaders: learn about B-corp and JUST Certification during this workshop, hosted by Group14. Enjoy light snacks in the Senate Chambers.
3:00pm - 3:30pm	Networking Break - Sponsored by Design Builder Location: Colorado Pre-Function Enjoy refreshments compliments of generous sponsor Design Builder.
3:30pm - 5:00pm	No Context Pictures Suyash Shrikant Vidwans Newcomb & Boyd, Atlanta Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: Suyash Shrikant Vidwans Session Chair: Mahya Fani AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Presentation Session 3: Large Scale Modeling Location: Denver 3 Session Chair: Hussein Al Jebaei AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Seminar 2: Policy Tools Location: Denver 4 Session Chair: Linda Morrison Session Chair: Kyleen Hoover Rockwell AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Technical Session 5: Performance-Driven Design, Design Automation, and Optimization Location: Denver 2 Session Chair: Parastoo Delgoshaei AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.
5:00pm - 5:30pm	Demo 4: DesignBuilder Location: Denver 5 Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about DesignBuilder products and services.
5:00pm - 6:00pm	IBPSA-USA Cocktail Hour Location: Colorado and Denver Pre-Function Join us for cocktails before the IBPSA-USA Awards Banquet. Please register for the Awards Banquet to attend this event. E-mail events@ibpsa.us to have this added to your registration.
5:00pm - 6:00pm	Networking Break - Sponsored by Group14 Location: Colorado Pre-Function Enjoy cocktail hour compliments of generous sponsor Group14.
6:00pm - 8:30pm	IBPSA-USA Awards Banquet Location: Colorado Ballroom The banquet recognizes the recipients of IBPSA awards, conference awards, and HackSimBuild winners. This event is free with conference or HackSimBuild registration, but RSVP is required. E-mail events@ibpsa.us to have this added to your registration.

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SimBuild 2024

Eleventh National Conference of IBPSA-USA

Denver, CO • May 21–23, 2024

Conference Agenda