Each 90-minute track session receives 1.5 continuing education units from the following professional organizations: AIA, BPI, GBCI, InterNACHI, NAHB, and NARI. To receive your credits, you must sign in at the beginning of each session
Track co-chairs: Alexis Miles, Consultant; Mitch Anthony, Titanium
The Power of a Good Story
Session 1: Wednesday, March 6, 11:00am-12:30pm
Session Chair: TBA
Session Speakers: Coreina Chan, Rocky Mountain Institute; Kendra Tupper, Rocky Mountain Institute
Description: Rocky Mountain Institute understands that deep energy efficiency cannot be achieved without the buy-in and support of key stakeholders, and that stewardship requires the education and the inspiration of those stakeholders. This session aims to help practitioners translate proposed efficiency strategies into powerful stories that make the case for clients.
Investment in Sustainable Building Pays for Itself
Session 2: Wednesday, March 6, 2:00pm-3:30pm
Session Chair: TBA
Session Speakers: Jane Carbone, Homeowners Rehab. Inc; Caitríona Cooke, Conservation Services Group
Description: First cost financing drives development, but operating costs stay with the building forever. Homeowner’s Rehab, Inc., in diligently tracking post occupancy energy consumption on all of its buildings, has gained valuable information which has informed design decisions on new projects and exposed issues in completed projects that would normally go undiscovered.
Creation of a Mass Market for Energy Efficiency on Long Island
Session 3: Wednesday, March 6, 4:00pm-5:30pm
Session Speaker: Chuck Schwartz, LI Green
Description: LI Green’s methodology is based around research findings that have identified solutions to key resistance points that homeowners have when considering investing capital to make energy improvements to their residences. They have found that client buy-in and understanding is greatly enhanced with the participation of “Community Energy Coordinators” – people who act as impartial technical liaisons. This information could help other communities implement successful energy efficiency programs.
Leaders in Energy Efficiency Financing
Session 4: Thursday, March 7, 8:30am-10:00am
Session Chair: Lisa Hiserodt, Sustainable Endowments Inst./LEEF Network
Session Speakers: Dennis Carlberg, Boston University; Sarah Hammond Creighton, Office of Sustainability, Endicott College; Jenna Ide, Energy Efficiency & Sustainable Buildings Group, Massachusetts Department of Capital Asset Management, Joseph LaRusso, City of Boston; Lisa Hiserodt, Sustainable Endowments Inst./LEEF Network
Description: According to a March 2012 report by Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors and The Rockefeller Foundation, investing $279 billion in building retrofits in the United States could “yield more than $1 trillion of energy savings over 10 years.” Developing a return-oriented approach to capturing savings generated by energy efficiency projects insures long term capital for re-investing in future efficiency opportunities. Public agencies and educational institutions are leading the way in energy efficiency financing by implementing creative strategies that put efficiency savings back to work.
Green Financing 101
Session 5: Thursday, March 7, 10:30am-12:00pm
Session Chair: TBA
Session Speakers: Sadie McKeown, The Community Preservation Corporation; Dana Bourland,The JPB Foundation
Description: With all of the magic tricks (ESCO, PACE) predicted for years as the way to finance energy efficiency, affordable housing has followed weatherization and subsidies. Meanwhile, both affordable and market rate housing have found refinancing to be the best tool for investing in energy efficiency. Hear about the process and some case studies to see how easily this works.
PACE Financing: Progress and Case Studies
Session 6: Thursday, March 7, 2:00pm-3:30pm
Session Chair: TBA
Session Speakers: David Gabrielson, PACENow; Jessica Bailey, CT Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA)
Description: Buildings use nearly half the energy we consume in the United States, and close to 75% of the electricity, so strategies to meaningfully reduce our reliance on fossil fuels must address our existing homes, commercial, and industrial buildings. PACE shows great promise as a financing strategy that can scale EE/RE upgrades to buildings, and PACE programs are launching nationwide to meet state and local government goals to conserve energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. David Gabrielson, the Executive Director of PACENow, a national non-profit advocate for PACE, and Jessica Bailey, who heads Connecticut’s state-sponsored commercial PACE program, will bring us up to date on the progress being made, address lessons learned in this dynamic market, and answer questions.
Closing Forum: What will be the hot topics at BE25?
Session 7: Thursday March 7, 4:00pm-5:30pm
Session Chair: Paul Eldrenkamp
Session Speakers: TBA
Description: The final session of the day will wrap up everything we learned at BE13 by forcing us to think out loud about where all our new-gained knowledge is taking us. The format: Six NESEA thought leaders will work within the pecha kucha framework to offer their predictions regarding what we’ll be grappling with in the sessions and workshops at Building Energy in March, 2025. This will followed by a period of quick-paced audience discussion. The 90 minutes will then wrap with a compelling preview of NESEA, 12 years hence. This closing session will offer an engaged response to the too-rarely asked question: “Just where are we going with all of this?“
