Topic: Energy Modeling in Practice
When: 5:30pm - 8:00pm, March 13th, 2012
Where: Embassy Suites, 550 Winter Street, Waltham
Who: Anybody interested in the techniques and uses of building simulation
IBPSA Boston in conjunction with the local ASHRAE and AEE chapters, is excited to present a dinner and speaker session, Energy Modeling in Practice, on Tuesday, March 13th from
5:30-8:00pm EST at the Embassy Suites in Waltham. We have two practitioner speakers who will present some of their observations on energy modeling in the field.
Because this is a dinner meeting, there will be a charge for on-site attendance, and an RSVP is required. No walk-ins will be admitted.
The member and non-member costs are listed below with the evening's schedule.
Schedule
- 5:30 - Social Half-Hour
- 6:00 - Dinner
- 7:00 - Speaker Program
Dinner and RSVP Information
- Menu: Maryland Crab Cake, Pan Seared Chicken Breast, and Fruit Tart
- Members w/ RSVP: $35.00
- Non-Members: $45.00
- RSVP Deadline and Cancellation: 12pm on March 9
- Please only RSVP to William Tang at wkt@brplusa.com
- When RSVP'ing indicate that you are an IBPSA-Boston member to receive the discount! (You are an IBPSA-Boston member if you are on the e-mail list or if you join the list by emailing "member request" to IBPSA.Boston@gmail.com.)
Speaker Abstracts and Bios:
Eric Studer - President of TNZ Energy Consulting, Inc.,
The Boston Simulation Scene: Where Are We Heading?
Eric Studer, PE is an energy performance consultant and
president of TNZ Energy Consulting, Inc. Eric has over a decade of
experience helping design teams, facility operators, and efficiency
program managers reduce energy consumption of new and existing
facilities through energy audits, spreadsheet and hourly simulation,
commissioning, and retro-commissioning. Eric assisted with the
roll out of the Massachusetts Stretch Energy Code and has been an
active member of Boston's new IBPSA chapter. Eric received his BS
in Engineering from Swarthmore College and is a licensed mechanical
engineer in Massachusetts.
This presentation will address how energy simulation has been used
and by whom in the Boston area and how it is likely to be used as
regulations, incentive programs, and owner expectations change.
While simulation is not necessarily required to make design decisions,
many designers may not be taking full advantage of modeling work
that is already being performed for their projects. The presentation
explores the technical and resource challenges facing the simulation
and MEP community and presents potential solutions.
Steve Kemp - Division Head of Building Energy and Research for Enermodal Engineering,
The Evolution of Energy Modeling within a Consulting Firm: From Research, to Design, to Building Performance Troubleshooting
Steve Kemp, M.A.Sc., B.Sc., B.Eng., P.Eng., is a sustainable
design consultant with Enermodal Engineering and the Division Head
of Building Energy and Research. Steve has developed the energy
modeling algorithms for a number of modeling software programs
and has been involved in modeling, monitoring, troubleshooting and
commissioning various energy saving systems.
Steve as been a Canadian Green Building Council (CaGBC) faculty
member since 2007, and since 1999 has been developing and
delivering continuing education workshops to building designers
for Natural Resources Canada, Architecture Canada, and numerous
other industry organizations. Steve has undergraduate degrees in
Physics and Engineering as well as a Masters of Applied Science in
Mechanical Engineering. He is a registered professional engineer in
Ontario, the President of the Canadian Chapter of IBPSA, and chairs
the CaGBC Energy & Engineering Technical Advisory Group.
Energy modeling started primarily as a research tool. Modeling
results were often compared to monitored results, and some projects
utilized extensive sub metering to verify that the predictions were
accurate. As performance compliance energy codes (e.g. Title
24, ASHRAE 90.1) and green labeling programs (e.g. LEED) have
become more common, the uptake in energy modeling has increased
dramatically; though, more often than not as a compliance tool
only and not as a design tool. At the same time verification of the
predicted results became less common. However, performance
contracts and market driven accountability is starting to close the
loop. Energy modeling can be used in operation as a troubleshooting
tool. Some clients now require performance guarantees with respect
to energy consumption. Mitigating the risk on these projects requires
learning from past predicted results and the monitored end-uses to
improve the accuracy of future projects.
Remote Access Instructions:
We will broadcast the session using AnyMeeting. You may register ahead of time, which would be helpful to us, or sign-in without
registering once the meeting starts. The URL for the broadcast will be:
http://www.anymeeting.com/ibpsaboston1
The registration URL is:
http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=EC54DA838046.
You will be able to hear the presentation and discussion through your computer speakers, and
to text questions for the speakers (using AnyMeeting) to our webmaster, who will be monitoring the remote attendees.
