Phoenix, Arizona
August 3-6, 2008
The Premier Energy Training Workshop and Exposition for Federal Agencies!
Session Details — Sustainability
1. Meeting Federal Sustainability Goals
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| Track: | Sustainability |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 8/4/2008, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Take-Aways:
Sustainability goals and mandates in EO 13423 and EISA.
Description:
Fifteen percent of the federal building inventory must meet green goals and mandates. Learn about the specific high-performance and sustainability aspects of EO 13423 and the Energy Independence and Security Act.
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2. Rating Your Existing Buildings
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| Track: | Sustainability |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 8/4/2008, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Take-Aways:
Techniques for rating building inventories using LEED, Energy Star, and Green Globes.
Description:
Come to this session to learn from the experts how to use LEED, Energy Star, and Green Globes to rate your existing building inventories. Investigate the strengths of each approach and learn how to use these tools to continually improve performance and reduce your footprint.
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3. ASHRAE 90.1
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| Track: | Sustainability |
| Date/Time: | Monday, 8/4/2008, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Take-Aways:
Understand the sustainability enhancing changes made to update ASHRAE Standard 90.1 for 2008 and beyond.
Description:
EPAct 2005 established federal building performance standards requiring energy consumption levels that are at least 30% better than the current ASHRAE Standard. ASHRAE issued a revised version of the standard in 2007, raising the sustainability bar for all federal buildings. Come to this session to learn about the impacts.
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4. Green Roofs
| Speakers: | Rob Banks |
| Track: | Sustainability |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 8/5/2008, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Take-Aways:
How green roofs can be beautiful, reliable, and energy efficient.
Description:
Bald may not be so beautiful when it comes to roofs. If properly designed, a green roof can be safe, dry, and warm for the building inhabitants as well as for the critters that will call it home. Learn about planning, design, installation, and maintenance aspects of this newly popular, but not so new technology.
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5. Sustainability Technologies
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| Track: | Sustainability |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 8/5/2008, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Take-Aways:
New knowledge about the latest innovations in sustainable building technologies.
Description:
Attending this session will provide you with a plethora of cool solutions for your prickly sustainability challenges. By applying the latest innovations and technologies you may find that being green doesn’t cost any more than being typical. You will learn about many hot technologies that used to be cutting edge but are now commonly available and often applied.
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6. Energy Management for Sustainability
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| Track: | Sustainability |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 8/5/2008, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Take-Aways:
How energy management strategies can play a key role in meeting sustainability goals.
Description:
EO 13423 and EISA have a number of goals and mandates focused on sustainability and reducing our energy and environmental footprint. This session will provide some tools and ideas that will help you manage your energy to meet the goals. Actions that may work in one case may not work in another. Learn what to do and when to do it.
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7. Case Studies of Sustainable Building Performance
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| Track: | Sustainability |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 8/5/2008, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Take-Aways:
Data about how green buildings actually perform.
Description:
This session will answer the question "does sustainable design deliver?" GSA evaluated 12 sustainably designed buildings in its national portfolio. The evaluation of these buildings measured environmental performance, financial metrics, and occupant satisfaction. The results of GSA's evaluation show that sustainably designed buildings outperform the national average.
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8. Greening Existing Buildings
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| Track: | Sustainability |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 8/6/2008, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Take-Aways:
Discover strategies to apply green principles and practices to your existing buildings.
Description:
Greening our existing building stock is key to addressing a range of issues including energy efficiency and climate change. New construction can provide the technologies, but we must green our existing buildings to reap true benefits. This session will address strategies on how to meet these goals through energy efficiency and operational improvements, and discuss how LEED for Existing Buildings provides a framework for incorporating sustainability into building operations.
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9. Existing Building Fixes
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| Track: | Sustainability |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 8/6/2008, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Take-Aways:
Learn about proven strategies to improve existing building performance, with sustainability in mind.
Description:
There are a number of things you can do today to make your existing building portfolio more efficient and environmentally responsible. Hear from industry experts about a variety of actions you can implement that will have immediate impact for your facilities.
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