SESSION DETAILS - Gumbo

Session Description:
Where does the Gulf Coast stand in re-establishing its infrastructure?  Review the latest developments in the Gulf Coast region, including accomplishments and remaining gaps resulting from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.  Learn about identifying innovations, opportunities and barriers to sustainable design implementation.  Take a look towards the future in areas such as emergency preparedness, planning for disaster recovery, and energy security.

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Increased energy use is a natural consequence of economic growth.  In the developing world, bicycles are being replaced by automobiles.  In the developed world, people are driving their cars – which in many cases are no more fuel efficient than cars of 20 years ago – more miles each year.  Learn how biofuels, hydrogen, and clean electrical energy will play a more significant role in powering vehicles, diversifying world's portfolio of energy resources, and slowing carbon-based emissions.

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Learn about applying the latest trends in building construction and renovation that can provide lessons for the Federal sector.  Areas include HVAC, distributed generation, metering and sub-metering, interconnectivity, tightening the building envelope, aesthetic requirements, and the development of smaller CHP.

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What are the basic green principles that we should be incorporating in our new buildings and renovations, and how does Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) play a role?  Learn about cost implications of greening a range of building types.  Also, learn about integrated design, which helps to remove the need for value engineering.  Finally, learn about the guidance for implementing the High-Performance and Sustainability Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Federal facilities.

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Buildings are large contributors to our nation's pollution and carbon footprint.  What are the pollutants that are pouring out from the use of energy in our buildings?  Find out about how much pollution you are really producing and the effects this is having on the environment.  Learn about how you can account for your operational carbon use as a way of measuring how green you are operating your building.

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What will the building of the future look like?  What is the next big thing for buildings?  Can zero energy and carbon neutral buildings become a reality?  Learn about the latest thinking regarding big ideas for the future of buildings.

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What training/education/certification is available to energy professionals to help advance one's career?  Join this session to learn about the benefits, eligibility, costs and time requirements for a variety of educational and certification programs.  Attendees can learn about these programs by moving from table to table at set times throughout the session.

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There are a number of software tools available to help designers and energy managers maximize, manage, or model a building's energy performance.  Compare and contrast the best software to meet your energy demands, and get the information you need to decide which program is right for your application.

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Identify challenges and strategies to address specialized, energy-intensive building applications.  Learn how to balance your mission needs with legislative and executive branch mandates, and how retrofits, operations and maintenance, and capital projects can deliver energy improvements.

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