May 14-15, 2008
Washington State Convention & Trade Center / Seattle, Washington


Seminars in conjunction with EMC Show

 


EXPO HOURS
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 • 10 am - 4 pm
Thursday, May 15, 2008 • 10 am - 2 pm

FREE WORKSHOPS IN EXHIBIT HALL
2008 workshops

TOURS
University of Washington Medical Center Chiller Upgrade Tour

OPENING SESSION
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
9:15 - 11:30AM

Energy and the Environment

CHAIR: Robert W. Stolarski, Energy Management Engineer, Puget Sound Energy


9:15 - 9:30 AM
Welcome

Albert Thumann, P.E., C.E.M., C.C.P., G.B.E., Executive Director, Association of Energy Engineers


9:30 - 10:00AM
How Cities Can Create a
Climate of Change
Greg Nickels, Mayor,
City of Seattle


10:00 - 10:30AM
Cleaner, Greener, Smarter

Stephen P. Reynolds, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Puget Sound Energy

10:30 - 11:00AM
Taking Positive Steps Forward: The Role of Business in
Climate Change

Jim Thomas, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility,
JC Penney Corporation

WEDNESDAY
May 14 , 2008 / 2:00 - 4:00 PM

TRACK 1
ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN NEW CONSTRUCTION

TRACK 2
ENSURING PERSISTENCE OF BUILDING PERFORMANCE

TRACK 3
ENERGY MANAGEMENT

TRACK 4
PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

SESSION 1A
Top Technologies for
Energy Efficiency
SESSION 2A
Assessing Your Building's
Operating Performance

SESSION 3A
Core Systems and Programs

SESSION 4A
Current Trends & Critical Issues

CHAIR
Donald M. Rainey, C.E.M.,
C.I.A.Q.P., Consultant, Conservation Catalysts
CHAIR
Cheri Sayer, Regional Energy Coordinator, R10, General Services Administration

CHAIR
Robert Balzar, Director, Conservation Services Division, Seattle City Light

CHAIR
Keith Faretra, Sr. Environmental Scientist, Environmental Services, Puget Sound Energy

2:00 - 2:30 PM
Daylighting: The Right Window,
The Right Glass

Barbara Erwine, LEED AP, Senior Consultant,
Paladino & Company, Inc.

2:00 - 2:30 PM
Energy Benchmarking
Cynthia Putnam, Principal, Putnam Price Group, Inc.

2:00 - 2:30 PM
Utility Incentive Programs
Robert Balzar, Director, Conservation Services Division, Seattle City Light

Climate change is a global, long-term problem and involves complex interactions between environmental, economic, political, social and technological processes.  Agencies attempting to address climate change
are faced with an overwhelming learning curve with policies and protocols developing by the minute.  In this session, a panel of experts will briefly describe their thoughts on current
trends and issues that are critical to the end-user.


2:00 - 4:00PM
Panelists:
Natalie Persky, Director of Member Relations, Chicago Climate Exchange

Jessica Coven, Policy Associate, Climate Solutions

Janice Adair, Chair, Western Climate Initiative, Washington State Department of Ecology

Jim Thomas, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, JC Penney Corporation

2:30 - 3:00PM
What's New in Lighting Controls
Michael Lane, LC, Lighting Specialist, Lighting Design Lab

2:30 - 3:00PM
Key Performance Indicators
Jim Volkman, P.E., Principal, Strategic Energy Group

2:30 - 3:00PM
Successful Implementation of Demand Ventilation Control Strategies
Lucy Stockton, Sales Manager,
ATS Automation, Inc.

3:00 - 3:30PM
Energy Efficiency & IAQ Benefits of Displacement Ventilation
Lisa Rosenow, Mechanical Engineer/Sustainable Building
Advisor, Cdi Engineers

3:00 - 3:30PM
Post Occupancy Evaluation of Schools
Cathy Turner, Senior Analyst,
New Buildings Institute

3:00 - 3:30PM
Lighting Retrofits, a Fresh Approach
Eric Strandberg, LC, Lighting Specialists, Lighting Design Lab

3:30 - 4:00PM
Radiant Cooling Using Chilled Beam Technology in the New UW School of
Medicine at South Lake Union

Georffrey McMahon, P.E., LEED AP, Affiliated Engineers NW, Inc.

3:30 - 4:00PM
Evaluation Result of Green Building Performance
John Goins , Research Specialist, Center for the Built Environment

3:30 - 4:00PM
Creating Financing for Energy Projects
Matt G. Wegworth, McKinstry Company


THURSDAY
May 15 , 2008 / 9:00 - 11:00 AM

TRACK 1
ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN NEW CONSTRUCTION
TRACK 2
ENSURING PERSISTENCE OF BUILDING PERFORMANCE
TRACK 3
ENERGY MANAGEMENT

TRACK 4
PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
SESSION 1B
Best Practices in Design &
Construction
SESSION 2B
Fine Tuning Your Systems

SESSION 3B
Energy Efficiency for Information Technology

SESSION 4B
Greenhouse Gas Accounting

CHAIR
Arun Jhaveri, Ph.D., CSDP, Energy, Environment, and Sustainability


CHAIR
Stan Price, Principal, Northwest
Energy Efficiency Council

CHAIR
Gurvinder Singh, Senior
Resource Planning Analyst, Puget Sound Energy

CHAIR:
Liz Klumpp, Constituent Account Executive, Bonneville Power Administration

9:00-9:30AM
Rethinking Design
Douglas Bors, P.E., President, Sophometrics Inc.

9:00-9:30AM
Commissioning Existing Buildings
Eliot Crowe, Program Manager, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.


9:00 - 9:30AM
PC Power Management:
Energy Savings Sitting on
Every Desktop

J. Michael Walker, President, Beacon Consultants Network Inc.

9:00 - 9:30AM
Carbon Accounting 101
Lester Keel, Environmental Engineer, ENSR/AECOM

9:30 - 10:00AM
Getting to 50 - Aggressive Building
Energy Performance Strategies and Resources
Mark Frankel, Technical
Director, New Buildings Institute

9:30-10:00AM
Fine Tuning Your Existing Boiler System
Steve Bader, Trainer, Proctor Sales, Inc.

9:30 - 10:00AM
Think Green in Your Datacenters
Brian Canney, Global Site and
Facilities Services Executive, IBM

9:30 - 10:00AM
Greenhouse Gas Analysis at the Local Government Scale
Amy Shatzkin, Senior Program Officer,
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability USA
10:00-10:30AM
A Case Study - Providence Everett Medical Center Energy Modeling for Integrated Design
Leslie A. Jonsson, P.E., CSBA, LEED AP
Mechanical Engineer, Cdi Engineers

10:00-10:30AM
Chilled Water Plant
Optimization
Ben P. Erpelding, P.E., C.E.M., Director of Engineering, Optimum Energy, LLC

10:00 - 10:30AM
Climate Savers Computing Initiative
Jon Carr, Climate Savers, Computing Initiative
Program Manager, Intel Corp


10:00 - 10:30AM
Seattle City Light - GHG Inventory
and Registries
Corrine Grande, Environmental Affairs Division, Seattle City Light

10:30-11:00AM
Facilitated Discussion:
Integrating Design & Construction Best Practices
Arun Jhaveri, Ph.D., CSDP, Energy, Environment, and Sustainability

10:30-11:00AM
Ultimate HVAC
System Optimization
Scot M. Duncan, P.E.,
Vice President, Energy Conservation Engineering, Retrofit Originality
Incorporated

10:30 - 11:00AM
Navigating High-Tech's
Efficiency Potential: A National
Lens on Data Center Energy
Efficiency Opportunities
and
Local Program Roles
Jason Erwin, Senior Program Manager, Commercial Programs, Consortium for Energy Efficiency, Inc.

10:30-11:00AM
Allegran's Approach to Carbon
Reduction
Michael Whaley, P.E., Director, Environmental Health and Safety, Allergan's, Inc.

THURSDAY
May 15 , 2008 / 2:00 - 4:00 PM

TRACK 1
ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN NEW CONSTRUCTION
TRACK 2
ENSURING PERSISTENCE OF BUILDING PERFORMANCE
TRACK 3
ENERGY MANAGEMENT

TRACK 4
PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
SESSION 1C
Facing the Challenges of Integrated
Project Delivery
SESSION 2C
The Human Element
SESSION 3C
Emerging Technologies: Demand Response

SESSION 4C
Load Reduction and Renewables

CHAIR
Ken Baker, Principal, K energy

CHAIR
Ted Brown, B.E.P., Program Manager,
Puget Sound Energy

CHAIR
Shannon McCormick, Senior Market Analyst, Puget Sound Energy

CHAIR
Mark A. Lenssen, P.E., C.E.M., Energy Management Engineer, Puget Sound Energy

Integrated design is a key strategy
to achieve high performance buildings.
This presentation and facilitated panel
discussion will explore the owner and
design team experiences with
integrated design and the role it played
in an exemplary project in Boise, Idaho. 
After a brief presentation of the project,
the panel members will share their
perceptions on what differentiates
integrated design from a conventional
design process and discuss proven
strategies to form and maintain
effective design teams.

2:00-2:30PM
Transforming Building
Operation and Maintenance in
Washington State
Srinivas Katipamula, Ph.D.,
Staff Scientist, Pacific
Northwest National Lab

2:00 - 2:30 PM
Automated Demand Response Strategies to Reduce Customer
Electric Loads
Mary Ann Piette, Research Director, Demand Response Research Center, Conservation Services Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

2:00 - 2:30 PM
Conservation: The Least-Cost
Strategy to GHG Reduction
Nancy Hirsh, Policy Director, NW Energy Coalition

2:30 - 3:00PM
Developing an Effective
Organizational Energy
Savings Strategy
James E. Sura, C.E.M.,
C.D.S.M., C.L.E.P., President,
JA Energy Services
and
Bob Johnson, P.E., Construction Coordinator, King County Library System

2:30 - 3:00PM
Selling Demand Response - A Case for a Value Proposition
William G. Jackson Jr. , Senior Consultant, Paragon Consulting Services

2:30 - 3:00PM
Renewable Energy for a Brighter Future
Steven J. St. Clair, Manager - Renewable Assets, Puget Sound Energy

2:00 - 2:30PM
Observations of Integrated Delivery

Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg,
Director - Integrated Design Lab,
University of Idaho
3:00 - 3:30PM
Sustainable Energy Management for Industry
Kevin Wallace, P.E., C.E.M., Manager,
Industrial Marketing, BC Hydro - Power Smart

3:00 - 3:30PM
Utility Demand Response
Pilot Program at Puget Sound Energy

Gurvinder Singh, Senior Resource Planning Analyst, Puget Sound Energy

3:00 - 3:30PM
Measured Energy Savings for Solar & Boiler Projects Installed at an Oregon Swimming Pool
Richard W. Davis, C.E.M., LEED AP, Senior Energy Engineer, Enertia Energy, Inc.

2:30 - 4:00PM

Banner Bank Project:

Panelists:
Gary Christensen,
Christensen Group Inc.

Amy Hellmund, Project Architect
H2 Architecture, Pllc

Rick Hunter, Project Architect
H2 Architecture, Pllc.

3:30 - 4:00PM
Implementing a Strategic
Plan for Energy Management
in Healthcare

Ronald Tolleson, Director of
Facilities, Peacehealth - St. John Medical Center
and
R. Scott Dorough, Resource
Conservation Manager, Peacehealth -
St. Joseph Hospital

3:30 - 4:00PM
Simplifying Demand
Response with Innovative Technologies

Rick Counihan, Senior Director - Western Regulatory Affairs,
EnerNOC, Inc.

3:30 - 4:00PM
Biomass 101
Roger A. Huggins, P.E., C.E.M., C.D.S.M., GBE, Senior Energy Engineer, McKinstry Company

As of April 27, 2008