Earn 7.5 HSW AIA Continuing Education Credits

The Net-Zero Energy Buildings Conference
Innovation 2008

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

REGISTRATION

Auditorium Foyer, 2nd Floor

12:30 – 12:40 PM

PROGRAM WELCOME & INTRODUCTION

Norbert W. Young, Jr., FAIA, President, McGraw-Hill Construction
Charles Linn, FAIA, Deputy Editor, Architectural Record - view bio »

12:40 – 1:30 PM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
MIT Professor Explains Breakthrough Primed to Unleash Solar Revolution

Professor Daniel Nocera, Professor of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - view bio »

1:30 – 2:05 PM

Zero Energy Buildings: Smoke, Mirrors, or What?

Ron Judkoff, Director, Center for Buildings and Thermal Systems
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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2:05 – 2:40 PM

The Dynamics of Form: Maximizing Energy Performance through Computation Analysis

Denzil Gallagher, Partner, MEP Regional Discipline Leader,
Buro Happold North America
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2:40 – 3:10 PM CONVERSATION BREAK & SPONSOR EXHIBITS
3:10 – 3:45 PM

A Tall Order? Skyscrapers and Zero Energy

Antony Wood, Executive Director
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
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3:45 – 4:20 PM

CASE STUDY: The New York Times Building

Glenn Hughes, President
Glenn Hughes Consulting Associates
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4:20 – 5:00 PM

SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE:
A Green Future: Architecture to Make Life Easy, Beautiful, and Healthy

Christoph Ingenhoven, Principal and Design Director, Ingenhoven Architekten - view bio »

5:00 – 5:15 PM Q&A SESSION
5:15 – 6:30 PM RECEPTION & SPONSOR EXHIBITS
6:30 – 8:00 PM

BUSINESS WEEK / ARCHITECTURAL RECORD AWARDS DINNER

Join editors from BusinessWeek and Architectural Record for a dinner and awards ceremony honoring the winners of the 12th Annual Good Design is Good Business awards program.

Six jurors selected six Award of Excellence winners from among 90 entries that came from all over the globe. The building types vary greatly, from a new venue for a theater company to a development and revitalization of a city block. Projects that receive the award must embody design excellence that contributes to their owners’ business goals in a proficient and demonstrable manner. The award recipients are located in four U.S. states, as well as China and Ireland.

Register early —tickets to this event will be distributed to attendees on a first-come, first-served basis.

James McGraw Hall, 50th Floor

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8
7:30 – 8:30 AM

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

Exhibit Hall, 2nd Floor

8:30 – 9:15 AM

Smarter Net Zero Buildings: Status and Future Directions

Stephen Selkowitz, Head, Building Technologies Department
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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9:15 – 9:45 AM

Energy and the Changing Workplace

Dr. Andrew Laing, Managing Director DEGW North America - view bio »

9:45 – 10:30 AM

PANEL DISCUSSION

Dr. James Finley, PPG Industries Glass Technical Center The Science of Advanced Glazings and the Zero-Energy Building of Tomorrow - view bio »

How will high-performance glass help architects meet global energy and environmental challenges, and create self-sustaining, carbon-neutral buildings?  This presentation looks at the science of spectrally selective, electrochromic and photovoltaic glasses, notes their advantages and limitations, and explains the technological and material breakthroughs needed to produce the next generation of high-performance glass products.  Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see the advances industry scientists are pursuing to expand the aesthetic and energy-producing potential of glass and how this vital material is being enhanced to build a more sustainable future.

Stephen Hebeisen,
Director of Engineering, MechoShade Systems, Inc.
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10:30 – 10:50 AM

CONVERSATION BREAK & SPONSOR EXHIBITS

10:50 – 11:30 AM

CASE STUDY: Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons, Loyola University

Mark Frisch, AIA, Principal, Solomon Cordwell Buenz - view bio »
Matthias Schuler, Director, Transsolar KlimaEngineering - view bio »

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM

CASE STUDY: Masdar Headquarters

Gordon Gill, AIA, Founder, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture - view bio »
Robert Forest, AIA, Founder, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture - view bio »
Mehdi Jalayerian, PE, Senior Vice President, Environmental Systems Design - view bio »

12:15 – 12:30 PM

Q&A SESSION

CLOSING REMARKS
Charles Linn

 

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