Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Wednesday, 22/May/2024
7:00am
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5:00pm
Registration & Check-In
Location: Colorado and Denver Pre-Function

Pick up your badge at the lower level reception desk!

7:30am
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8:30am
Focus Group 2: BOPTEST
Location: Denver 5
Chair: David Blum

The meeting is for new and current IBPSA Project 2 participants. The meeting will introduce and overview project tasks and status, as well as allow for more in-depth technical discussions about items brought forward by project task leaders and participants.

8:00am
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8:30am
Networking Break - Sponsored by Pollination
Location: Colorado Pre-Function

Enjoy beverages and morning snacksĀ complimentsĀ of Pollination.

8:00am
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5:00pm
Psychro Escape Room
Location: Independence
Chair: Matthew Dahlhausen

AIA CES approved for 0.5 LU.

8:30am
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8:45am
Session Pitches
Location: Colorado Ballroom
Chair: Yunyang Ye
8:45am
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9:45am
Plenary 2: Present State of the Industry
Location: Colorado Ballroom
Chair: Nathaniel L Jones
Chair: Carrie Brown
9:45am
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10:00am
Networking Break - Sponsored by TRNSYS
Location: Denver Pre-Function

Enjoy light refreshments compliments of generous sponsor TRNSYS.

10:00am
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11:00am
BEMcyclopedia - Join the BEM Hive Mind!
Dimitri Contoyannis1, Erik Kolderup2
1: Model Efficiency; 2: Kolderup Consulting
Location: Colorado Ballroom
Chair: Dimitri Contoyannis
Chair: Rosina Adhikari

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Indigenous Wisdom and Building Science
Matthew Duffy1, Dustin Stephany2, Lisa Morey3, Graham Linn4
1: IES, Ltd., United States of America; 2: University of Florida; 3: Colorado Earth; 4: HabLab LLC
Location: Denver 4
Chair: Graham Linn
Chair: Julia Lien Ho

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Technical Session 6: Efficiencies and Load Management
Location: Denver 3
Chair: Zoltan Nagy

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Technical Session 7: CFD, Airflow, and Microclimate
Location: Denver 2
Chair: Alejandra Menchaca

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Unmet Hours Live
Location: Denver 5
Chair: Matthew Dahlhausen

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

11:00am
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11:30am
Demo 7: Lamarr.AI
Location: Denver 5

Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about Lamarr.AI products and services.

Networking Break - Sponsored by NEO
Location: Colorado Pre-Function

Enjoy refreshments compliments of generous sponsor NEO.

 
11:30am
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12:30pm
A Call to Action for Building Energy System Modeling in the Age of Decarbonization
Michael Wetter1, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli2, Johan Akesson3, Stephen Holicky4, Clas Jacobson3
1: Berkeley Lab, USA; 2: University of California at Berkeley, USA; 3: Carrier, Sweden; 4: Honeywell, USA
Location: Denver 4
Chair: Michael Wetter
Chair: Kate Bren

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Building Nightmares
David Goldwasser1, David Schurk2, Rob Hosken3
1: NREL, United States of America; 2: Innovative Air Technologies; 3: Building Performance Architecture
Location: Colorado Ballroom
Chair: David Goldwasser
Chair: Dimitri Contoyannis

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Impromptu 2: Does IBPSA-USA Need a Code of Ethics?
Location: Denver 5
Chair: Zoltan Nagy
Chair: Liam Buckley

No one ever got hurt by a simulation. Or did they? What ethical considerations do we face as simulation practitioners and as an organization? This discussion will cover concerns of commercialism, intellectual property, professional competence, trustworthiness, and perhaps most importantly, what can go wrong when simulationists make faulty assumptions or use tool incorrectly and thus fail to take into account the needs of those who will live in the buildings we analyze.

Technical Session 8: Grid Interactions and Distributed Energy Resources
Location: Denver 3
Chair: Patrick Kastner

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Technical Session 9: Approaches to Modeling Future Weather, Climate, and Extreme Events
Location: Denver 2
Chair: Zhaoyun Zeng

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

12:30pm
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1:30pm
Lunch and Annual General Meeting
Location: Colorado Ballroom

The IBPSA-USA Annual General Meeting takes place during lunch in the Tivoli Turnhalle.

1:30pm
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3:00pm
Presentation Session 4: Lightning Talks
Location: Denver 2
Chair: Erik Kolderup

AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.

Presentation Session 5: Digital Twins and Controls
Location: Denver 4
Chair: Wangda Zuo

AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.

Seminar 3: Graphics and Visualization
Location: Colorado Ballroom
Chair: Alejandra Menchaca
Chair: Jayati Chhabra

AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.

Technical Session 10: Machine Learning and Big Data Applications to Building Simulation
Location: Denver 3
Chair: Daniel Lorenz Villa

AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.

Ten Questions Concerning High Performance Buildings for Thermal Resilience and Health
Nan Ma
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States of America
Location: Denver 5
Chair: Nan Ma
Chair: Jihoon Chung

AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.

3:00pm
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3:30pm
Demo 6: Pollination
Location: Denver 5

Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about Pollination products and services.

3:00pm
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4:00pm
Poster Session
Location: Denver Pre-Function

Discuss research with the authors in a one-on-one setting.

3:30pm
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4:00pm
Demo 5: NEO
Location: Denver 5

Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about NEO products and services.

4:00pm
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5:00pm
Debate: Artificial Intelligence in Building Simulation
Location: Colorado Ballroom
Chair: Tarek Rakha
Chair: Rosina Adhikari

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Diversity, Equality, And Inclusivity At IBPSA-USA
Graham Linn1, Aysha Demir2, Kyleen Rockwell3, Mili Kyropoulou4
1: HabLab and IBPSA-USA DEI Committee Chair; 2: University of Wyoming; 3: Interface Engineering and IBPSA-USA DEI Committee Vice Chair; 4: University of Houston
Location: Denver 4
Chair: Aysha Demir
Chair: Matthew Duffy

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Focus Group 3: Website
Location: Denver 5
Chair: Benjamin Brannon

New and prospective IBPSA-USA members are invited to give feedback on our website. Raffle prizes available.

Paving the Way to Net Zero Codes through a New Framework for Compliance Model Review
Supriya Goel1, Timothy McDowell2, Dimitri Contoyannis3, Neal Kruis4
1: PNNL, United States of America; 2: Thermal Energy System Specialists; 3: Model Efficiency; 4: Big Ladder Software
Location: Denver 3
Chair: Neal Kruis
Chair: Apoorva Pradhan

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Presentation Session 6: Case Studies
Location: Denver 2
Chair: Justin Shultz

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

5:00pm
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7:00pm
IESVE Software User Group Party
Location: Platte Bar on Lower Level 1
5:30pm
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7:30pm
Night Out at Meow Wolf
Location: Meow Wolf Convergence Station, 1338 1st Street, Denver

Join your fellow simulationists for a multiversal tour of immersive art just blocks away from SimBuild. This event requires advance sign-up. Registration for this event is now closed, but you may still purchase your own ticket for entry from Meow Wolf.