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 Live Now | 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 1-2 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 5-6 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. |
8:30am - 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 5-6 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 1-2 Session Chair: Amanda Laurel Webb AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
10:00am - 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. |
11:00am - 11:30am | Demo 1: IES Location: Denver 5-6 Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about IES products and services. |
11:00am - 11:30am | Networking Break - Sponsored by Group14 Location: Colorado Pre-Function Enjoy refreshments compliments of generous sponsor Group14. |
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 5-6 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 1-2 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 5-6 Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about Big Ladder products and services. |
1:30pm - 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 Session Chair: Andy Berres Session Chair: Nathaniel L Jones AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU. |
1:30pm - 3:00pm | 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. |
1:30pm - 3:00pm | Presentation Session 1: Building Decarbonization Location: Denver 1-2 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 5-6 Business owners and leaders: learn about B-corp and JUST Certification during this workshop, hosted by Group14. Enjoy light snacks in the Senate Chambers. |
3:00pm - 3:30pm | Networking Break - Sponsored by Design Builder Location: Colorado Pre-Function Enjoy refreshments compliments of generous sponsor Design Builder. |
3:00pm - 3:30pm | Networking Break - Sponsored by TRNSYS Location: Denver Pre-Function Enjoy light refreshments compliments of generous sponsor TRNSYS. |
3:30pm - 5:00pm | No Context Pictures Suyash Shrikant Vidwans Newcomb & Boyd, Atlanta Location: Denver 5-6 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 1-2 Session Chair: Parastoo Delgoshaei AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU. |
5:00pm - 5:30pm | Demo 4: DesignBuilder Location: Denver 5-6 Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about DesignBuilder products and services. |
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 5-6 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. |
8:30am - 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 |
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 1-2 Session Chair: Alejandra Menchaca AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
10:00am - 11:00am | Unmet Hours Live Location: Denver 5-6 Session Chair: Matthew Dahlhausen AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
10:00am - 5:00pm | Psychro Escape Room Location: Independence Session Chair: Matthew Dahlhausen AIA CES approved for 0.5 LU. |
11:00am - 11:30am | Networking Break - Sponsored by NEO Location: Colorado Pre-Function Enjoy refreshments compliments of generous sponsor NEO. |
11:00am - 11:30am | Networking Break - Sponsored by NORESCO Location: Denver Pre-Function Enjoy light refreshments compliments of generous sponsor NORESCO. |
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: 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. |
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 1-2 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. |
1:00pm - 1:30pm | Demo 5: NEO Location: Denver 5-6 Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about NEO products and services. |
1:30pm - 3:00pm | Presentation Session 4: Lightning Talks Location: Denver 1-2 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 5-6 Session Chair: Nan Ma Session Chair: Jihoon Chung AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU. |
3:00pm - 3:30pm | Demo 6: Pollination Location: Denver 5-6 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. |
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 5-6 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 1-2 Session Chair: Justin Shultz AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
5:00pm - 7:00pm | IESVE Software User Group Party Location: Colorado and Denver Pre-Function |
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 | 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 |
10:00am - 11:00am | Presentation Session 7: Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Location: Denver 1-2 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 5-6 Session Chair: Jianli Chen Session Chair: Jongki Lee AIA CES approved for 1 LU. |
11:00am - 11:30am | Demo 7: Lamarr.AI Location: Denver 5-6 Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about Lamarr.AI products and services. |
11:00am - 11:30am | Networking Break Location: Denver Pre-Function Enjoy light refreshments and meet other SimBuild attendees. |
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: 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. |
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 1-2 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. |