Kick off BuildingEnergy Boston 2024 and meet fellow attendees at a community happy hour. Light appetizers will be provided, and there will be a cash bar.
BuildingEnergy Boston 2024 Conference Events
Monday
Monday, March 18, 2024 - 5:00pm
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Community Event
Location: Sauciety
Tuesday
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 8:00am
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Community Event
Join us for coffee and tea while you check out the exhibitors at the Trade Show.
Location: Trade Show Floor
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Community Event
Invitation Only. This annual event provides NESEA Lifetime Members with a dedicated space to relax, network, and enjoy breakfast before a busy day at the conference.... Full Description
Location: Carlton
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 9:00am
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Session
In light of the catastrophic flooding which occurred throughout the Northeast region in 2023, we must challenge ourselves to confront the increased likelihood of... Full Description
Location: Harbor Ballroom
Speakers: Elaine Hoffman ✵ Jennifer Johnson ✵ Patrick Murphy
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 10:00am
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Community Event
Join us for coffee and tea while you check out the exhibitors at the Trade Show.
Location: Trade Show Floor
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 10:30am
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Session
With rapid heat pump deployment and increased use of refrigerants, mitigating the global warming impact of refrigerant leaks is critical to achieving the climate... Full Description
Location: Marina 3-4
Speakers: Jon Harrod ✵ Brendan Kavanagh
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When used early in the design process, energy modeling is a powerful tool for decision making, not only for sizing equipment but also for shaping buildings and... Full Description
Location: Harbor 2
Speakers: Gwendolen St.Sauveur
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Session
BHA and Arup will present the results of a decarbonization study that lays out a plan to fully electrify 10,000 public and affordable housing units throughout the... Full Description
Location: Harbor 3
Speakers: Joel Wool ✵ Pallavi Mantha
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Session
While electrification of domestic hot water is picking up steam, outdated sizing guidelines result in oversized, expensive, and inefficient systems, especially in... Full Description
Location: Marina 1
Speakers: Charlie Simek ✵ Neil Donnelly
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Building with bio-based materials allow us to address the combined crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequity. Workforce development, housing... Full Description
Location: Harbor 1
Speakers: Jacob Racusin ✵ Ace McArleton ✵ Chris Hardy
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Sponsored Session
Sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric. Join us for an insightful presentation as we delve into the forefront of the refrigerant transition mandates with Mitsubishi... Full Description
Location: Lewis
Presenters: Mike Ragan
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Sponsored Session
Sponsored by MassCEC. Do you work on multifamily, institutional, office, health care, or lab buildings? Do you focus on high performance new construction or retrofits... Full Description
Location: Marina 2
Presenters: Beverly Craig ✵ Thomas Chase
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 12:00pm
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Community Event
Enjoy lunch while networking at the Trade Show.
Lunch is not included for Trade Show Only pass holders. Please have your ticket ready.
Location: Trade Show Floor
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Community Event
Invitation only. This annual networking lunch brings together recipients of NESEA's BE the Future scholarship and supporters of the program. Included in each... Full Description
Location: Carlton
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 1:00pm
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This session will present RMI’s new freely available economic modeling software for different home decarbonization technologies (e.g., rooftop solar, battery storage... Full Description
Location: Marina 3-4
Speakers: Ryan Shea ✵ Christopher Haringa
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This session will present a case study of the 544,000 sf Harvard Science and Engineering Complex, one of the most sustainable and resilient buildings ever constructed... Full Description
Location: Harbor 3
Speakers: David Madigan ✵ Erik Hegre
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What does it take to meet the Passive House standard in countries with extreme climates? Can Passive House be adapted to specific cultural demands that seem at odds... Full Description
Location: Harbor 1
Speakers: Ilka Cassidy ✵ Christina Aßmann ✵ Sangeetha Sambandam ✵ Sayo Okada
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Join us for an enlightening panel session that delves into the pivotal role geothermal can play in commercial and network scale building decarbonization, energy... Full Description
Location: Marina 1
Speakers: Joshua Soble ✵ Bill Foley ✵ Isabel Varela Gutierrez ✵ Tim Ashmore ✵ Brock Yordy
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Session
As part of a whole-building design approach, building enclosure is a key lever in reducing operational carbon emissions. With early phase detailing, precise thermal... Full Description
Location: Harbor 2
Speakers: Andrew Steingiser ✵ Shu Talun
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Sponsored Session
Sponsored by USGBC. In an era where environmental challenges and climate change are gaining increased prominence, the significance of building sustainability has... Full Description
Location: Lewis
Presenters: Meredith Elbaum ✵ Katherine Bubriski ✵ Dan Whittet ✵ Brad Mahoney
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Sponsored Session
Sponsored by DXS, HTS and CTI. As an increasing number of local governments are adopting building emissions reduction policies, building owners are evaluating... Full Description
Location: Marina 2
Presenters: Ariana Axelrod ✵ Gregory Gilson
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 2:00pm
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Community Event
Join us for coffee and tea while you check out the exhibitors at the Trade Show.
Location: Trade Show Floor
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 2:30pm
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Session
This session will explore the use of systems thinking to accelerate decarbonization in homes and organizations. Through a case study of a single family property being... Full Description
Location: Harbor 3
Speakers: James Moriarty
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Session
An existing house represents an enormous amount of “up front” carbon that has already been committed. The more we can re-use it, the less carbon we are releasing per... Full Description
Location: Harbor 2
Speakers: Emily Mottram ✵ Dan Kolbert ✵ Chris Briley
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Session
Producing domestic hot water is costly in terms of energy required to physically heat water, and financially when opting to use electricity to do so. Advances in DHW... Full Description
Location: Marina 1
Speakers: James Petersen ✵ Daniel Perez
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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... Full Description
Location: Marina 3-4
Speakers: Lydia Lowe ✵ Kailash Viswanathan ✵ Elena Gonzalez-Sosto ✵ Sari Kayyali
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Learn about the "Fab Four" top embodied carbon materials and how we can reduce their environmental impact. The Federal Government is focused on this topic through a... Full Description
Location: Harbor 1
Speakers: Jodi Smits Anderson ✵ Jim D'Aloisio
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Sponsored Session
Sponsored by TimberHP. Wood fiber insulation is now being produced in America. Learn how wood fiber insulation can help provide high performance above grade... Full Description
Location: Marina 2
Presenters: Scott Johnston ✵ Addie Atkins
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 3:30pm
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Community Event
Join us for coffee and tea while you check out the exhibitors at the Trade Show.
Location: Trade Show Floor
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 4:00pm
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Community Event
Join the speakers from the morning's keynote presentation for an open discussion around the topics of water, resilience, decarbonization, and preservation.
Location: Marina 3-4
Speakers: Elaine Hoffman ✵ Jennifer Johnson ✵ Patrick Murphy ✵ Karno Widjaja
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Session
This session will discuss thermal resilience as a benefit of passive building strategies, and its impact on occupant safety during an outage situation. The session... Full Description
Location: Marina 1
Speakers: Al Mitchell
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Session
Our window to avoid catastrophic climate change is closing. Existing buildings are one of the largest sources of emissions and among the hardest to decarbonize. At... Full Description
Location: Harbor 1
Speakers: Michael Hindle ✵ Rachel White
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Session
Building electrification using air-source heat pumps (ASHPs) is costly and requires a significant amount of space. Ice heating has the potential to reduce the... Full Description
Location: Harbor 2
Speakers: Travis Anderson ✵ Laura Corso ✵ Joelle Jahn
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Session
Franklin Cummings Tech is transforming from a technical/vocational post-secondary school into a 21st-century hub for workforce development, offering technology-... Full Description
Location: Harbor 3
Speakers: Gail Sullivan ✵ Carrie Havey ✵ Aniruddha Nene ✵ Dr. Marvin Loiseau
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Sponsored Session
Sponsored by Bensonwood. Discover how off-site construction methods benefit builders, General Contractors, and ultimately clients, through partnership with... Full Description
Location: Lewis
Presenters: Mark Hertzler ✵ Alison Keay
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Sponsored Session
Sponsored by Daikin. Daikin and DXS are proud to launch this industry-leading hot water generation solution at NESEA’s BuildingEnergy Boston 2024. Tried and tested... Full Description
Location: Marina 2
Presenters: Madhav Kashinath ✵ JS Rancourt
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 5:00pm
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Community Event
Made possible by DXS, HTS, and CTI. All conference attendees are invited to mingle on the trade show floor during this reception that includes musical guests... Full Description
Location: Trade Show Floor
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Community Event
BuildingEnergy Bottom Lines is NESEA’s program for businesses dedicated to improving their triple bottom line: people, prosperity, and planet. This informal meet-up... Full Description
Location: Trade Show Upper Deck
Wednesday
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 8:00am
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Community Event
Join us for coffee and tea while you check out the exhibitors at the Trade Show.
Location: Trade Show Floor
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Community Event
This event is full.
Registration required. Join us for this networking breakfast to meet participants in the first cohort of BuildingEnergy Access,... Full Description
Location: Marina 3-4
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 9:00am
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Session
Made possible by Daikin. Our built environment is often developed in silos, with individual owners, engineers, and designers identifying opportunities, constraints,... Full Description
Location: Harbor Ballroom
Speakers: Katie Wholey
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 10:00am
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Community Event
Join us for coffee and tea while you check out the exhibitors at the Trade Show.
Location: Trade Show Floor
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 10:30am
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Session
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... Full Description
Location: Marina 3-4
Speakers: Iara Cury ✵ Caroline Bruno
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The "trifecta" of RESNET standards concerning operations (HERS Index), the grid (CO2 Index), and embodied carbon together provide the capacity to analyze Carbon Usage... Full Description
Location: Marina 1
Speakers: Andy Buccino ✵ Nicole Burger ✵ Jacob Racusin
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MassCEC’s Decarbonization Pathways pilot has tested and refined a protocol for a home decarbonization assessment with a goal of eliminating the use of fossil fuels in... Full Description
Location: Harbor 1
Speakers: Meg Howard ✵ Tamir Nir ✵ Mike Ostiguy
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Session
In the Northeast, we have a large stock of uninsulated masonry buildings. Leaving these buildings as-is is not compatible with efforts to reduce carbon emissions and... Full Description
Location: Harbor 2
Speakers: Mark Ginsberg ✵ Cheryl Saldanha ✵ Floris Keverling Buisman
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Session
Our most abundant and easiest decarbonization effort is the often-neglected investment in efficiency. Sometimes referred to as the “negawatt,” many programs (... Full Description
Location: Harbor 3
Speakers: Andrew Padian ✵ Heather Nolen
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Sponsored Session
Sponsored by Eversource. Learn about the role of utilities in decarbonization from a leader in the field.
Location: Marina 2
Presenters: Tilak Subrahmanian ✵ Kimberly Cullinane ✵ Ryan Willingham
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 12:00pm
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Community Event
Enjoy lunch while networking at the Trade Show.
Lunch is not included for Trade Show Only pass holders. Please have your ticket ready.
Location: Trade Show Floor
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 12:30pm
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Community Event
We are thrilled to announce the 5th annual BuildingEnergy Boston Diversity Caucus.
Calling all people of color, indigenous people, queer, trans, and gender non... Full Description
Location: Marina 3-4
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 1:00pm
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Session
In October 2022, Boston Medical Center opened an 82 bed behavioral health center unlike any other. This session explores how a former 1960s nursing home was... Full Description
Location: Harbor 3
Speakers: Nancy Hanright ✵ Tracey Weeden ✵ Jess Farber ✵ Nicole Voss
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Speakers will review findings from a DOE-sponsored study of VRF performance in three new, multifamily buildings in New York City. Two of the buildings are affordable... Full Description
Location: Marina 1
Speakers: Dylan Martello ✵ Shari Rauls
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It's still early days for the Inflation Reduction Act, but projects are already applying for funds. Providing massive funding for many categories of energy projects,... Full Description
Location: Harbor 1
Speakers: Jacob Goldman
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Session
Space conditioning accounts for more than 40% of home energy consumption. Geothermal heat pumps are the most efficient way to heat and cool a building, making them... Full Description
Location: Harbor 2
Speakers: Ryan Carda
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Sponsored Session
Sponsored by Daikin. Learn how decarbonization will impact buildings and shape applied HVAC systems, and explore potential solutions for today and beyond. This... Full Description
Location: Marina 2
Presenters: Jeff Seewald
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 2:00pm
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Community Event
Join us for coffee and tea while you check out the exhibitors at the Trade Show.
Location: Trade Show Floor
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 2:30pm
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Session
This session will showcase the implementation of a high-performance façade assembly on an existing high rise concrete multi-family housing building complex, and the... Full Description
Location: Harbor 1
Speakers: Jason Jewhurst ✵ Jackie Mignone ✵ Jack Sherman ✵ Susan Twomey
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This session will present three case studies showing various aspects of the rapid development of single-family passive buildings. Each uniquely addresses the ability... Full Description
Location: Harbor 2
Speakers: John Loercher ✵ Andy Allwine ✵ Matthew Bowers
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This panel will discuss the Massachusetts Stretch and Specialized Codes, including key provisions such as thermal bridge accounting and mitigation, thermal energy... Full Description
Location: Marina 1
Speakers: Paul Ormond ✵ Joanne Bissetta ✵ Christopher Grey ✵ Olivia Brady
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Discover how two innovative dormitories in Vermont, 17,000 square feet each, set new standards in low carbon emissions, both in construction and operation. This... Full Description
Location: Harbor 3
Speakers: Bill Maclay ✵ Catherine Earley ✵ Jacob Racusin ✵ Andrew Shapiro
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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... Full Description
Location: Marina 3-4
Speakers: Seth Clarke ✵ Cody Berwick
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Sponsored Session
Sponsored by Aeroseal. Aeroseal industry experts will provide the state of air sealing and ventilation requirements in new and existing buildings, how to meet... Full Description
Location: Marina 2
Presenters: Maggie McCarey ✵ Thomas Holmes ✵ Bill Shadid
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 3:30pm
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Community Event
Join us for coffee and tea while you check out the exhibitors at the Trade Show.
Location: Trade Show Floor
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 4:00pm
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Community Event
Join the speakers from the morning's keynote presentation for an open discussion around the topics of systems thinking, resilience, and equity.
Location: Marina 3-4
Speakers: Katie Wholey ✵ Mark Schow
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Session
Audience participation will be welcome during this interactive session exploring avoidable issues found during commissioning, how they result in brand new systems... Full Description
Location: Marina 1
Speakers: Nate Goodell ✵ Louis Vogel
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Session
Building performance standards are no longer a theory. Programs that have been in development for years are now being implemented and building owners are being asked... Full Description
Location: Harbor 2
Speakers: Andy Winslow ✵ Aidan Callan ✵ Stephen Ellis ✵ Neetu Siddarth
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With the continued adoption of the MA Specialized Energy Code, the certification of Passive House buildings in MA and the wider region will continue to expand in all... Full Description
Location: Harbor 3
Speakers: Kellie Murphy ✵ Rylee Noonan ✵ Joe Bodine
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Session
Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) are aggregations of smaller aggregated Distributed Energy Resources (DER) like solar and batteries that act like a traditional power plant... Full Description
Location: Harbor 1
Speakers: Anna Demeo ✵ Steven Hopengarten ✵ Matt Golden
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Sponsored Session
Sponsored by DXS, HTS and CTI. Modern technology in HVAC and plumbing systems has enabled decarbonized building designs that help to break our dependence on fossil... Full Description
Location: Marina 2
Presenters: Mark LaFrance
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 5:00pm
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Community Event
Made possible by MassCEC. Join us for the conference's closing reception, celebrating the close of two days of connecting around the conference’s theme of Climate... Full Description
Location: Harbor Foyer
