[BLDG-SIM] IBPSA-USA Long Beach Meeting Announcement

[Ellis, Peter]

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IBPSA
International Building Performance Simulation Association
USA Affiliate

IBPSA-USA invites you to join us in Long Beach, California for our Summer 2007 meeting!


Meeting Highlights: 
                   A Wiki for IBPSA-USA
                   USGBC education and training efforts
                   Kelly Speakes on the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Energy
                   Efficiency in Buildings (EEB) Project

IBPSA-USA MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Dinner RSVP requested (see below)
4:00 PM, Saturday, June 23, 2007 
Long Beach, California


Location:     Meeting and dinner at The Westin Long Beach, 333 East Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, California

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM    Discussion of a Wiki for IBPSA-USA
                                Discussion of latest developments on USGBC education and training efforts

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM    Social hour with cash bar

7:00 PM    Dinner (cost $40)

8:00 PM (approx)    After-dinner talk:  Kelly Speakes, United Technologies Corp.
Kelly Speakes is presently sustainable strategies leader and a UTC representative to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EEB) Project. Speakes has been active for ten years in the distributed and decentralized generation markets, representing global providers of equipment and services. She is the author of several published articles in energy trade magazines such as Power Economics and Energy Central. Speakes holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University.
 
Kelly's talk will include an overview and status of the EEB project.  See the full abstract below:
 
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a coalition of 190 multi-national corporations whose shared commitment to sustainable development and practices are recognized around the world.  In 2006, the WCBSD launched the Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EEB) Project, a three year effort led by co-chairs Lafarge and United Technologies Corporation, with a vision of a world where buildings consume zero net energy. The 10 member companies of the project, many of which are Fortune 500 companies in the field of building products and services, represent the voice of business in their effort to issue and promote a comprehensive and credible action plan to achieve the vision, focusing on six key global markets:  Brazil, China, Europe, India, Japan, and US.
 
Buildings consume roughly 40% of the world's energy resources and are a significant contributor to carbon emissions. In the urgency to transform the building sector, a zero net energy building is an aggressive and necessary response to global energy and climate change issues.  These actions can significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the world's cities. In the short term, energy efficiency improvements can be achieved through a holistic approach to building design, construction and operation, driven by increased awareness and changes in behavior. In the longer term, facilitation by process and information technology, products and services that support these outcomes, financial mechanisms to prove them economically viable and balanced encouragement through policy and regulation are necessary to transform the industry. 
 
By summer 2007 this three year effort will assess the current state of the building industry and analyze the opportunities and barriers.  By May 2008, conduct scenario analysis to overcome financial and institutional barriers that inhibit zero net energy buildings. By May 2009, issue and promote a comprehensive and credible action plan, using stakeholder roadmap validation.
 
This presentation will include an overview and status of the EEB project. The project's key themes of market perceptions that shape financial mechanisms and institutional barriers, holistic technical approaches, and behaviors and awareness will be discussed.  Finally, the presentation will provide an assessment on the role of equipment and energy efficiency improvements and standards in driving down overall energy consumption in the US in various commercial and consumer product areas.

                                                          
Reservations:      To make a reservation contact Peter Ellis < peter_ellis at nrel.gov> via email by June 19, 2007, 5 PM (MDT).  Confirmation of reservations will be sent via email (if you do not receive a confirmation within two business days, please resend your reservation request).

For the latest information about IBPSA-USA, please visit our web site: http://www.ibpsa. <http://www.ibpsa.us/> us

We look forward to seeing you there!

Michael Brandemuehl                        Peter Ellis
President, IBPSA-USA                      Secretary, IBPSA-USA 
 


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