BuildingEnergy Boston 2024 - Sessions by Room

Sessions in Marina 3-4

Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Session Title Time Speakers Areas of Focus
Mitigating Refrigerant Leakage in Residential Electrification

With rapid heat pump deployment and increased use of refrigerants, mitigating the global warming impact of refrigerant leaks is critical to achieving the climate benefits of electrification... Full Description

10:30 am to 12:00 pm Jon Harrod
Brendan Kavanagh

Design and Construction Process

Building Systems

Health and Comfort

Operations and Maintenance

The Green Upgrade Calculator: A New Economic Modeling Tool for Home Decarbonization

This session will present RMI’s new freely available economic modeling software for different home decarbonization technologies (e.g., rooftop solar, battery storage, weatherization, air-source... Full Description

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Ryan Shea
Christopher Haringa

Building Envelope

Building Systems

Energy Production and Storage

Energy as a Human Right: Virtual Microgrids in Low-Income Communities

What was once a vision by the Green Justice Coalition (GJC) to support environmental justice communities by making them resilient and removing fossil fuels in their neighborhoods is becoming... Full Description

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm Lydia Lowe
Kailash Viswanathan
Elena Gonzalez-Sosto
Sari Kayyali

Justice and Equity

Energy Production and Storage

Policy, Codes, and Standards

Business and Finance

Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Session Title Time Speakers Areas of Focus
Tools for Connection: Practicing Inclusion in Your Workplace

Have you, or the company you work with, expressed interest in being more diverse, equitable, and inclusive? Do you work at a company already committed to DEI work that wants to pursue that work... Full Description

10:30 am to 12:00 pm Iara Cury
Caroline Bruno

Justice and Equity

Training and Workforce Development

Leveraging the Logic of Offsite Construction: A Gamified Training

This will be a fun, fast-paced and interactive session that invites designers and architects to try their hand at deploying the logic of panelization to adapt a design for offsite construction and... Full Description

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm Seth Clarke
Cody Berwick

Design and Construction Process

Building Envelope

Materials