Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Tuesday, 21/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 1: Chapter Leadership Meeting
Location: Denver 5-6
Chair: Matthew Duffy
Chair: Supriya Goel

Meet with the leaders of IBPSA-USA's local chapters to discuss feasibility for regional events and share ideas.

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

Enjoy beverages compliments of generous sponsor IES.

8:30am
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8:45am
Session Pitches
Location: Colorado Ballroom
Chair: Nathaniel L Jones
8:45am
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9:45am
Plenary 1: How Did We Get Here? Exploring Past Perspectives
Location: Colorado Ballroom
Chair: Carrie Brown
Chair: Supriya Goel
10:00am
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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
Chair: Liam Buckley
Chair: Hunter Swope

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

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
Chair: David Goldwasser
Chair: Apoorva Pradhan

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

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 5-6
Chair: Andy Berres
Chair: Alejandra Menchaca

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Technical Session 1: Urban and Community Scale Modeling
Location: Denver 3
Chair: Jeannie Kim

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Technical Session 2: Evolving Performance Indicators
Location: Denver 1-2
Chair: Amanda Laurel Webb

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

10:00am
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5:00pm
Psychro Escape Room
Matthew Dahlhausen1, Aaron Boranian2
1: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States of America; 2: Big Ladder Software
Location: Independence
Chair: Matthew Dahlhausen

AIA CES approved for 0.5 LU.

11:00am
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11:30am
Demo 1: IES
Location: Denver 5-6

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

Networking Break - Sponsored by Group14
Location: Colorado Pre-Function

Enjoy refreshments compliments of generous sponsor Group14.

Networking Break - Sponsored by TRANE
Location: Denver Pre-Function

Enjoy light refreshments compliments of generous sponsor TRANE.

   
11:30am
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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
Chair: Christopher Schaffner
Chair: Julia Lien Ho

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Heat Pumps of All Flavors, Is the Universe of Curves the Right Approach?
Craig Simmons
NREL, United States of America
Location: Denver 5-6
Chair: Craig Simmons
Chair: Neal Kruis

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Never Have I Ever…
Lisa Ng
National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States of America
Location: Colorado Ballroom
Chair: Lisa Ng
Chair: Alejandra Menchaca

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Technical Session 3: Modeling for Carbon and Embodied Energy
Location: Denver 3
Chair: Yunyang Ye

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

Technical Session 4: Building Physics, Heat, and Moisture
Location: Denver 1-2
Chair: Ali Moussawi

AIA CES approved for 1 LU.

12:30pm
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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
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1:30pm
Demo 2: Big Ladder Software
Location: Denver 5-6

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

1:30pm
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3:00pm
HackSimBuild Presentations and Judging
Andy Berres1, Tarek Rakha2, Annie Marston3, Lisa Ng4
1: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States of America; 2: Georgia Tech, United States of America; 3: REsustain, United Kingdom; 4: National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States of America
Location: Colorado Ballroom
Chair: Andy Berres
Chair: Nathaniel L Jones

AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.

Impromptu 1: Reserve a space for an impromptu discussion during SimBuild!
Location: Denver 5-6

Have a great idea for a session? Details on how to reserve this space will be available at SimBuild.

Presentation Session 1: Building Decarbonization
Location: Denver 1-2
Chair: Jamy Bacchus

AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.

Presentation Session 2: Building Codes, Standards, and Regulatory Approaches
Location: Denver 3
Chair: Supriya Goel

AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.

Seminar 1: Compliance and Certification
Location: Denver 4
Chair: Timothy McDowell
Chair: Nasim Mirian

AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.

3:00pm
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3:30pm
Demo 3: B-corp and JUST Certification Workshop - Hosted by Group14
Location: Denver 5-6

Business owners and leaders: learn about B-corp and JUST Certification during this workshop, hosted by Group14. Enjoy light snacks in the Senate Chambers.

Networking Break - Sponsored by Design Builder
Location: Colorado Pre-Function

Enjoy refreshments compliments of generous sponsor Design Builder.

Networking Break - Sponsored by TRNSYS
Location: Denver Pre-Function

Enjoy light refreshments compliments of generous sponsor TRNSYS.

   
3:30pm
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5:00pm
No Context Pictures
Suyash Shrikant Vidwans
Newcomb & Boyd, Atlanta
Location: Denver 5-6
Chair: Suyash Shrikant Vidwans
Chair: Mahya Fani

AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.

Presentation Session 3: Large Scale Modeling
Location: Denver 3
Chair: Hussein Al Jebaei

AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.

Seminar 2: Policy Tools
Location: Denver 4
Chair: Linda Morrison
Chair: Kyleen Hoover Rockwell

AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.

Technical Session 5: Performance-Driven Design, Design Automation, and Optimization
Location: Denver 1-2
Chair: Parastoo Delgoshaei

AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.

 
5:00pm
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5:30pm
Demo 4: DesignBuilder
Location: Denver 5-6

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

6:00pm
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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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