Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Sunday, 19/May/2024 | |
| 12:00pm - 4:00pm | Registration & Check-In Location: Big Ladder Software, 1617 Wazee Street, Denver Pick up your SimBuild badge at HackSimBuild! |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | HackSimBuild: Workshop by Ladybug Tools Location: Big Ladder Software, 1617 Wazee Street, Denver Session Chair: Chris William Mackey Session Chair: Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari Get tips, trainig, and ideas for cool and innovative projects from the founders of Ladybug Tools. This event is for HackSimBuild participants. E-mail events@ibpsa.us to have this added to your registration. |
| 3:00pm - 4:00pm | HackSimBuild: Introductions and Team Formation Location: Big Ladder Software, 1617 Wazee Street, Denver Session Chair: Andy Berres Meet your fellow hackers. |
| 4:00pm - 11:59pm | HackSimBuild Location: Big Ladder Software, 1617 Wazee Street, Denver Team work time. AIA CES approved for 12 LUs. |
| Date: Monday, 20/May/2024 | |
| 12:00am - 4:00pm | HackSimBuild Location: Big Ladder Software, 1617 Wazee Street, Denver Team work time. AIA CES approved for 12 LUs. |
| 7:00am - 5:00pm | Registration & Check-In Location: Colorado and Denver Pre-Function Pick up your badge at the lower level reception desk! |
| 8:00am - 12:00pm | Workshop 1: Extracting Valid Building Performance Simulation Models from Revit Models using Pollination Revit Plugin Location: Denver 3 Session Chair: Chris William Mackey Session Chair: Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. E-mail events@ibpsa.us to have this added to your registration. |
| 8:00am - 5:00pm | Workshop 2: ASHRAE 90.1-2019 Code Compliance Modeling Location: Denver 4 Session Chair: Birajan Bhandari Session Chair: Nathan Kegel PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. E-mail events@ibpsa.us to have this added to your registration. |
| 11:00am - 4:00pm | CPP Wind Tunnel Laboratory Tour Location: CPP Wind Tunnel Lab, 7365 Greendale Road, Windsor, CO PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. This Wind Tunnel Lab Tour includes a unique opportunity to learn advanced and innovative wind tunnels. The bus will leave at 11:00 AM to commute there, and will return before 4:00 PM. |
| 1:00pm - 5:00pm | Workshop 3: Creating Building Performance Simulation Models with Pollination Rhino Location: Denver 3 Session Chair: Chris William Mackey Session Chair: Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. E-mail events@ibpsa.us to have this added to your registration. |
| 1:00pm - 5:00pm | Workshop 4: Impactful Data Visualization Location: Denver 2 Session Chair: Alejandra Menchaca Session Chair: Guanzhou Ji PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. E-mail events@ibpsa.us to have this added to your registration. |
| 3:00pm - 5:00pm | National Renewable Energy Laboratory Tour Location: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver W Pkwy, Golden, CO 80401 PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. This tour includes a unique opportunity to learn about various research facilities and buildings on the NREL campus and will be hosted by current NREL employees. Meet at NREL at 3:00 PM. |
| 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Welcome Reception Location: Colorado and Denver Pre-Function Meet your fellow SimBuild attendees for light dinner and drinks. This event is free with conference registration, but RSVP is required. E-mail events@ibpsa.us to have this added to your registration. |
| 8:00pm - 11:59pm | Big Ladder Anniversary Party Location: Big Ladder Software, 1617 Wazee Street, Denver This event is open to all conference attendees. |
| 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. |
| Date: Wednesday, 22/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 2: BOPTEST Location: Denver 5 Session 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 - 8:30am | Networking Break - Sponsored by Pollination Location: Colorado Pre-Function Enjoy beverages and morning snacks compliments of Pollination. |
| 8:00am - 5:00pm | Psychro Escape Room Location: Independence Session Chair: Matthew Dahlhausen AIA CES approved for 0.5 LU. |
| 8:30am - 8:45am | Session Pitches Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Yunyang Ye |
| 8:45am - 9:45am | Plenary 2: Present State of the Industry Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Nathaniel L Jones Session Chair: Carrie Brown |
| 9:45am - 10:00am | Networking Break - Sponsored by TRNSYS Location: Denver Pre-Function Enjoy light refreshments compliments of generous sponsor TRNSYS. |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | BEMcyclopedia - Join the BEM Hive Mind! Dimitri Contoyannis1, Erik Kolderup2 1: Model Efficiency; 2: Kolderup Consulting Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Dimitri Contoyannis Session Chair: Rosina Adhikari AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | 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 Session Chair: Graham Linn Session Chair: Julia Lien Ho AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | Technical Session 6: Efficiencies and Load Management Location: Denver 3 Session Chair: Zoltan Nagy AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | Technical Session 7: CFD, Airflow, and Microclimate Location: Denver 2 Session Chair: Alejandra Menchaca AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | Unmet Hours Live Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: Matthew Dahlhausen AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Demo 7: Lamarr.AI Location: Denver 5 Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about Lamarr.AI products and services. |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Networking Break - Sponsored by NEO Location: Colorado Pre-Function Enjoy refreshments compliments of generous sponsor NEO. |
| 11:30am - 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 Session Chair: Michael Wetter Session Chair: Kate Bren AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | 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 Session Chair: David Goldwasser Session Chair: Dimitri Contoyannis AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | Impromptu 2: Does IBPSA-USA Need a Code of Ethics? Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: Zoltan Nagy Session 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. |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | Technical Session 8: Grid Interactions and Distributed Energy Resources Location: Denver 3 Session Chair: Patrick Kastner AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | Technical Session 9: Approaches to Modeling Future Weather, Climate, and Extreme Events Location: Denver 2 Session Chair: Zhaoyun Zeng AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 12:30pm - 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 - 3:00pm | Presentation Session 4: Lightning Talks Location: Denver 2 Session Chair: Erik Kolderup AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU. |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | Presentation Session 5: Digital Twins and Controls Location: Denver 4 Session Chair: Wangda Zuo AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU. |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | Seminar 3: Graphics and Visualization Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Alejandra Menchaca Session Chair: Jayati Chhabra AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU. |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | Technical Session 10: Machine Learning and Big Data Applications to Building Simulation Location: Denver 3 Session Chair: Daniel Lorenz Villa AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU. |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | Ten Questions Concerning High Performance Buildings for Thermal Resilience and Health Nan Ma Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States of America Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: Nan Ma Session Chair: Jihoon Chung AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU. |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Demo 6: Pollination Location: Denver 5 Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about Pollination products and services. |
| 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Poster Session Location: Denver Pre-Function Discuss research with the authors in a one-on-one setting. |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Demo 5: NEO Location: Denver 5 Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about NEO products and services. |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Debate: Artificial Intelligence in Building Simulation Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Tarek Rakha Session Chair: Rosina Adhikari AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm | 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 Session Chair: Aysha Demir Session Chair: Matthew Duffy AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Focus Group 3: Website Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: Benjamin Brannon New and prospective IBPSA-USA members are invited to give feedback on our website. Raffle prizes available. |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm | 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 Session Chair: Neal Kruis Session Chair: Apoorva Pradhan AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Presentation Session 6: Case Studies Location: Denver 2 Session Chair: Justin Shultz AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 5:00pm - 7:00pm | IESVE Software User Group Party Location: Platte Bar on Lower Level 1 |
| 5:30pm - 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. |
| Date: Thursday, 23/May/2024 | |
| 8:00am - 8:30am | DEI-1: Affinity Group Meet-Up Location: Denver 5 Connect with members as part of the IBPSA-USA DEI Committee initiatives. |
| 8:00am - 8:30am | Networking Break - Sponsored by Lamarr.AI Location: Colorado Pre-Function Enjoy beverages and morning snacks compliments of generous sponsor Lamarr.AI. |
| 8:30am - 8:45am | Session Pitches Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Zoltan Nagy |
| 8:45am - 9:45am | Plenary 3: Revolutionizing the Future Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Hanif Smith Session Chair: Nathaniel L Jones |
| 9:45am - 10:00am | Networking Break - Sponsored by NORESCO Location: Denver Pre-Function Enjoy light refreshments compliments of generous sponsor NORESCO. |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | Presentation Session 7: Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Location: Denver 2 Session Chair: Qingqing Sun AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | Technical Session 11: Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning Location: Denver 4 Session Chair: Aysha Demir AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | Technical Session 12: Occupant Behavior Location: Denver 3 Session Chair: Nan Ma AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | What Can IBPSA-USA Do for Me? Nathaniel L Jones1, Benjamin Brannon1, Supriya Goel2, Dimitri Contoyannis3, Graham Linn4, Erik Kolderup5, Timothy McDowell6, Matthew Duffy7, Andy Berres8, Neal Kruis9, Jayati Chhabra2 1: Arup; 2: PNNL; 3: Model Efficiency; 4: HabLab; 5: Kolderup Consulting; 6: Thermal Energy System Specialists, LLC; 7: IES, Ltd.; 8: National Renewable Energy Laboratory; 9: Big Ladder Software Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Nathaniel L Jones Session Chair: Carrie Brown AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | What do we Make of AI in Building Design and Operation? Jianli Chen1, Anna Jean Morton Rivera2 1: University of Utah, United States of America; 2: dbHMS, United States of America Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: Jianli Chen Session Chair: Jongki Lee AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | DEI-2: Affinity Group Meet-Up Location: Denver 5 Connect with members as part of the IBPSA-USA DEI Committee initiatives. |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Networking Break - Sponsored by Big Ladder Software Location: Colorado Pre-Function Enjoy refreshments compliments of generous sponsor Big Ladder Software. |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | Impromptu 3: Can We Trust Heat Pump Performance Data??? Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: Neal Kruis Session Chair: Craig Simmons Making sense of detailed performance data from over 130,000 variable-capacity heat pump units. Developing a reliable heat pump model. |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | Pitch Me Your Business Suyash Shrikant Vidwans Newcomb & Boyd, Atlanta Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Suyash Shrikant Vidwans AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | Presentation Session 8: Daylighting Location: Denver 2 Session Chair: Alfonso E Hernandez AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | Technical Session 13: Commissioning, Diagnostics, and Control Location: Denver 4 Session Chair: Sen Huang AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | Technical Session 14: Occupant Health, Wellbeing, and Comfort Location: Denver 3 Session Chair: Mohammad Heidarinejad AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
