TRACK DESCRIPTION: *New for 2011*This training series will offer comprehensive details on compliance requirements for federal facilities, greenhouse gas emissions, and renewables. Session experts will share best practices for program development, implementation, reporting, and data integrity. Learn about compliance support tools; including web-based tracking systems, energy benchmarking, and life-cycle cost analysis.
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Monday, Room: 207/208 | SESSION TITLE: Compliance Overview PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Complying with Federal Directives SESSION INTENT: Master the myriad of federal energy legislation, mandates, and requirements. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Federal energy experts will explain the various requirements from the Energy Independence and Security Act, the Energy Policy Act, executive orders, and other federal energy requirements that energy managers need to implement as part of their comprehensive energy program. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Monday, Room: 207/208 | SESSION TITLE: Evaluating Energy and Sustainability Compliance PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Complying with Federal Directives SESSION INTENT: Introduce processes that agencies are implementing to evaluate compliance progress. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Agency leaders will introduce and explain processes, tools, and scorecards used to evaluate and monitor progress toward meeting federal energy and sustainability requirements. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Monday, Room: 207/208 | SESSION TITLE: EISA 432: A Web-Based Tracking System PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Complying with Federal Directives SESSION INTENT: Learn the basics of tracking and how to properly enter data into this new database tool. Topics include audits and evaluations reporting, reporting on implemented projects, and other key compliance areas. SESSION DESCRIPTION: EISA 432 covers energy and water efficiencies, audits, evaluations, benchmarking, and a web-based tracking system. Learn how this system is developed and the impact it will have on your day-to-day life as a facilities energy manager. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Tuesday, Room: 207/208 | SESSION TITLE: High-Performance Buildings Compliance PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Complying with Federal Directives SESSION INTENT: Discover what new, high-performance buildings and existing buildings will look like in the future. SESSION DESCRIPTION: EISA will have a major impact on new construction and major renovations of high-performance buildings. Learn what this means for your facilities and how you should prepare to unlock the vision of the coming years |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Tuesday, Room: 207/208 | SESSION TITLE: Energy Benchmarking: Making Beneficial Use of Compliance Reporting Data Through Portfolio Manager PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Complying with Federal Directives SESSION INTENT: Recognize the federal facility compliance-related benefits of Portfolio Manager benchmarking. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Portfolio Manager is directly linked to Energy Star labeled buildings. As an energy manager, architect, or engineer, Portfolio Manager can help you improve your building's performance by comparing it to similar facilities. As a building owner, Portfolio Manager will help you obtain recognition as an Energy Star labeled building—a new requirement for buildings leased by the federal government. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Tuesday, Room: 207/208 | SESSION TITLE: Life-Cycle Cost Methodology PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Complying with Federal Directives SESSION INTENT: Utilize effective life-cycle cost analysis methods to evaluate, select, prioritize, and implement energy projects. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Employ effective life-cycle cost methodologies to calculate key economic factors such as return on investment, savings-to-investment ratio, and simple payback to select, prioritize, and advocate for energy project funding. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Tuesday, Room: 207/208 | SESSION TITLE: Data Rich, Information Poor: Facility Data Challenges PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Complying with Federal Directives SESSION INTENT: Examine the challenges of collecting accurate data to manage and report energy use. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Learn to recognize the challenges of producing and reporting accurate data to satisfy federal mandates. Experts will highlight the challenges associated with capturing and reporting accurate information for the Defense Utility Energy Reporting System, including real property data. We will discuss evolving technologies that incorporate data from advanced meters and building management systems into energy reporting. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Wednesday, Room: 207/208 | SESSION TITLE: Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Compliance PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Complying with Federal Directives SESSION INTENT: Review GHG compliance requirements and showcase examples of effective program management. SESSION DESCRIPTION: In this session, you will summarize federal mandates and the implementation schedules associated with GHG management, and distinguish between Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHGs. We will also discuss how some federal agencies are addressing these mandates, and share best practices in GHG management. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Wednesday, Room: 207/208 | SESSION TITLE: Renewable Mandates PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Complying with Federal Directives SESSION INTENT: Understand mandates that are driving federal agencies to seek renewable energy solutions. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Learn to identify the mandates requiring federal agencies to include renewable energy in their portfolios and describe the past practices associated with agency compliance, including purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates. "Ratcheting up" of mandates and on-site production of electricity will be discussed. |