BuildingEnergy NYC 2023 Sessions

Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 9:00 am to 10:00 am
Session Title	Speakers	Room	Areas of Focus
Keynote - Building Decarbonizing for All: Where Policy Meets Practice Our community is better equipped to decarbonize our built environment than ever before, with data-driven knowledge, new technologies, proven solutions, and a growing consensus that climate justice is social justice. With greater access, broad community… Full Description	Heather Clark Jamal Lewis	The Forum	Justice and Equity Policy

Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 10:30 am to 11:30 am
Session Title	Speakers	Room	Areas of Focus
Will Heat Pumps Break the Grid? Here’s Real Data! What will it mean for the grid if we electrify all the things? The attempts to answer this question to date have been rooted in modeling assumptions. We’ll report from our NYSERDA-funded research project measuring the actual electric load profile of today’s… Full Description	Robin Neri Nicole Ceci	The Forum	Building Envelope Policy
Embodied and Operational Decarbonization Trade-Offs in the Building Envelope Some of the most efficient building envelope design strategies for reducing operational carbon involve increasing the enclosure assemblies’ thermal performance and requiring highly airtight systems. However, we are only starting to understand the trade-offs… Full Description	Cheryl Saldanha Allison Fricke Kiko Thébaud	Club Parlor	Building Envelope Design and Construction Process Materials
Finance Low-Carbon Multifamily at Scale Using Data and Program Innovation Join a candid discussion between innovators in the field of multifamily green financing. Panelists will share the motivations behind their institutions' efforts to spur adoption of low-carbon building design and technologies, and how access to detailed M&… Full Description	Jennifer Leone Samantha Pearce Molly Gionta Jonathan Braman Elizabeth Kelly	The Hub	Business Operations and Collaboration Finance Justice and Equity Policy
Net Zero Carbon Roadmap for a College Campus The path of net zero carbon must be carefully assessed, especially if we are laying out the roadmap for a college campus with historic buildings and aging infrastructure. In this session, we will explain how we developed a net zero carbon campus master plan… Full Description	Baani Singh Mary Ellen Mallia Joe DiSanto Bill Bishop Jim D'Aloisio	Innovation Space	Building Envelope Design and Construction Process Operations and Maintenance

Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Session Title	Speakers	Room	Areas of Focus
Teamwork Makes the "Therm" Work! Scaling District Geothermal Through Coalitions What does a pipe fitter have to do with a nonprofit? What does a turnkey solution provider have to do with a utility? The answer is EVERYTHING. With the roll out of new IRA renewable tax credits, state incentives and pilot opportunities, there is so much… Full Description	Lauren Hildebrand Dave Hermantin Jared Rodriguez Audrey Schulman Eric Bosworth	The Forum	Business Operations and Collaboration Operations and Maintenance
Further Together: Unlocking the Most Benefit by Collaborating in Decarbonization This session will deconstruct how collaboration is a key component in helping communities decarbonize. The Crescent Farms Community Solar Project, built atop two Staten Island churches, is backed by workforce development labor and strategic financing… Full Description	Dr. Demetrius Carolina Sr. Russell Wilcox Patrick O'Donnell	Club Parlor	Business Operations and Collaboration Finance Justice and Equity Training and Workforce Development
Inside and Out: Insulating Our Existing Masonry Buildings In the Northeast, we have the benefit and burden of a large stock of uninsulated masonry buildings of various typologies and conditions. Leaving these buildings as they are is untenable with the global effort to reduce carbon emissions, and will not address… Full Description	Mark Ginsberg Floris Keverling Buisman Cheryl Saldanha	The Hub	Building Envelope Design and Construction Process Health and Comfort Materials
Engaging A Multi-Generational Workforce to Decarbonize the Future This session will explore the challenges to, opportunities for, and results from accelerating cross-generational engagement in the pursuit of decarbonization. After identifying some major generational differences, we will explore how BR+A accommodates these… Full Description	Joaquin Font Andrew Kozak	Innovation Space	Business Operations and Collaboration Training and Workforce Development

Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm
Session Title	Speakers	Room	Areas of Focus
Tales from the Trenches: Passive House Ventilation Commissioning Best Practices Hear tales from the trenches regarding ventilation approaches within the context of the Passive House certification standard. This standard has set a high benchmark for low-energy buildings and is widely known as the most rigorous energy efficiency standard… Full Description	Michael Schmidt Luis Aragon	The Forum	Health and Comfort Operations and Maintenance
Do the Math: Financing Decarbonization in Existing Multifamily Housing We invite you to an interactive session on financing strategies for preparing New York's affordable housing to meet the climate goals of New York State and New York City. Presenters will share insights from Sustainable Affordable Housing, a recently published… Full Description	Esther Toporovsky Claire Kramer Mills Robert Riggs	The Hub	Finance Justice and Equity Policy
Decarbonization with Intention: Democratizing Data to Dismantle Barriers in Retrofits To ensure equitable decarbonization, we must engage existing communities, accelerate pre-construction planning, and streamline financial pathways. By leveraging public data, we can democratize information and automate a scope relevant to the people that need… Full Description	James McIntyre Daphany Sanchez Lucia Santacruz Jason Block	Innovation Space	Business Operations and Collaboration Design and Construction Process Finance Justice and Equity

Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm
Session Title	Speakers	Room	Areas of Focus
Multifamily Central Heat Pump Water Heating Retrofits: Learning the Hard Way We will share our experience with the design, permitting, installation, commissioning, and operation of 14 large-capacity central heat pump domestic hot water heating plants in low-income multifamily buildings (20 - 120 units) in disadvantaged communities in… Full Description	Nick Young El Hadji Niang	The Forum	Design and Construction Process Operations and Maintenance
NYCHA RAD-PACT: Generational Opportunities for Driving Change NYCHA's Rental Assistance Demonstration Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (RAD-PACT) program leverages public-private partnerships to transition Section 9 Public Housing to Section 8 Project-Based Voucher subsidized housing. This restructuring is a… Full Description	Daniel Russo Grayson Jordan Tristan Grant	Club Parlor	Business Operations and Collaboration Design and Construction Process Justice and Equity Policy
Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings: How Smart Buildings are Decarbonizing NYC While demand response has been around for decades, allowing utility companies to mitigate peak demand and generate revenue for buildings, we are seeing more opportunities for interactive demand management, resident participation, and electrification-enabling… Full Description	Matt McCue Andy Anderson Evan Fitzgerald Jay Snyder	The Hub	Business Operations and Collaboration Design and Construction Process Energy Production and Storage
Turning Building Supers into Energy-Saving Superheroes! In this session we'll present the challenges and successes of the NYSERDA-funded Top Ops Program, which integrates site-based training into a Strategic Energy Management (SEM) approach, and detail the most effective interventions leading to behavior change… Full Description	Todd Rogers Keirnyn Ross Daniel Ilibassi Francisco Gonzalez Jonathan Ruhl Tomas Aponte	Innovation Space	Justice and Equity Operations and Maintenance Training and Workforce Development