TRACK DESCRIPTION: The sessions in this series are designed to tackle a host of technology concerns often associated with new and existing applications, products, and tools that are available to federal facilities.
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Monday, Room: Ballroom C | SESSION TITLE: New Technology Show and Tell TECHNOLOGIES:
| TRACK: Building Technologies SESSION INTENT: Showcase widely available commercial products used to solve current energy challenges. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Energy challenges continue to grow, the marketplace has responded with innovative technologies to help you meet your goals. In this session, industry will present information on the newest commercially-available, cutting-edge products. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Monday, Room: Ballroom C | SESSION TITLE: Leveraging Fuel Cell and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Technologies PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Building Technologies SESSION INTENT: Evaluate fuel cell and CHP technologies and learn how they can help you meet your energy goals. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Review the latest fuel cell and CHP technologies and their viability for your application. The U.S. Department of Energy will describe its current fuel cell program along with potential assessment and funding mechanisms. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Monday, Room: Ballroom C | SESSION TITLE: Building Envelope PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Building Technologies SESSION INTENT: Discover how to effectively use a building modeling program and make building envelope improvements work. SESSION DESCRIPTION: A building envelope includes all the components of a building that enclose conditioned space. This session addresses how modeling software can take the guesswork out of the design process and how to make those envelope improvements work. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Tuesday, Room: Ballroom C | SESSION TITLE: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Technologies PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Building Technologies SESSION INTENT: Discover technologies that can reduce HVAC system energy use. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Explore new HVAC technologies that can help meet your energy reduction goals. Learn about dedicated outdoor air systems, the latest waste-heat recovery techniques, and highly energy efficient radiant heating and cooling technologies. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Tuesday, Room: Ballroom C | SESSION TITLE: Holistic Building Management PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Building Technologies SESSION INTENT: Find out what other building managers are doing to make their buildings smarter and integrate their control systems. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Discover a holistic approach to building management. A panel of experts will address what they are doing to develop sustainable strategies, integrate new technologies with legacy systems, and investigate smart-grid interoperability. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Tuesday, Room: Ballroom C | SESSION TITLE: Technology Evaluation Programs PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Building Technologies SESSION INTENT: Share available resources for implementing new technology in pilot programs. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Numerous programs are available for testing, evaluating, and demonstrating new energy-saving technologies. Attend this session to find out what the process is for vetting technologies through these programs, and where to get results. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Tuesday, Room: Ballroom C | SESSION TITLE: Lighting Controls PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Building Technologies SESSION INTENT: Explain the benefits of implementing network addressable lighting control systems over local controls. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Approximately 20% of the energy we use goes toward lighting. The government must address lighting loads to meet its energy reduction goals. Hear how to increase energy savings through full building-addressable lighting controls. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Wednesday, Room: Ballroom C | SESSION TITLE: Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Lighting PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Building Technologies SESSION INTENT: Learn how LED lighting can reduce your lighting load. SESSION DESCRIPTION: LED lighting is the newest lighting technology and in many applications it can cost-effectively reduce your lighting load. LED lighting is fundamentally different from all other types of lighting and energy managers must know where and how to apply this technology. In this session, we will discuss these issues and more. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Wednesday, Room: Ballroom C | SESSION TITLE: Cutting-Edge Lighting Technologies PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Building Technologies SESSION INTENT: Identify potential energy-saving lighting technologies that are just- over-the-horizon. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Cutting-edge lighting technologies are introduced to the marketplace every day. Come and get a head-start on implementing future technologies. |