PANEL LEADERS

Sessions Topics: Mechanical systems: HVAC performance, lifetimes, and sizing; air distribution systems; ventilation; envelopes: walls, cool roofs, fenestration, infiltration; HVAC/envelope integrations; load reduction and demand control technologies; PV and emerging technologies; energy guarantees: new construction, retrofits, risk analysis; real performance: field tests, commissioning, energy codes; existing housing stock characteristics; lighting.

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Sessions Topics: How to design and implement residential energy efficiency programs; new construction and building retrofits; single- and multifamily housing; low-income weatherization programs; innovative financing; renewables programs.

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Session Topics: Retrofits and new building construction; technologies: resource-efficient equipment for space conditioning and water heating, advances in thermal distribution, lighting, and daylighting; occupant comfort; design software; thermal storage; fuel cells; performance analysis, building systems integration, whole building energy management and multi-facility operations; commissioning and diagnostics; peak reduction.

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Session Topics: How to design and implement energy efficiency and peak reduction programs for commercial buildings; new construction and building retrofits; commercial and institutional buildings; commissioning and performance contracting; profit analysis; efficiency and productivity; renewables programs.

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Session Topics: The status of electric utility restructuring and its impact on utility-sponsored energy efficiency and demand responsiveness programs; the design and implementation of public benefit funds; electric system "reliability-focused" energy efficiency; the role of real time meters and rates in reducing peak energy use; the role of ESCOs and Energy Service Providers (ESPs) in marketing, financing, and delivering energy efficiency; green pricing.

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Session Topics: Design, implementation, and performance of programs that intervene in markets to cause lasting increases in buyer demand for and availability of energy-efficient products and services. Includes market conditioning, training, education, financial incentives, technology procurement, government procurement initiatives, and combining with other strategies, such as with resource acquisition programs.

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Session Topics: Building performance: information flow, data mining, data quality, impact on workforce training; Applications: M&V, diagnostics, continuous commissioning; Software issues: protocols, interoperability, distributed computing, development tools; sensors, controls, networking, and automation; costs and benefits; e-commerce; energy use and energy savings from the Internet and electronic equipment.

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Session Topics: Research on social, cultural, psychological, economic, and other factors influencing the demand for energy, including the social organization of energy markets and consumption patterns; the design, manufacture, distribution, purchase, and use of energy-efficient technologies; and the relationship between changes in energy efficiency and expectations of comfort, health, safety, productivity, risk management, and profitability.

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Session Topics: Sustainable development strategies; climate policy and the buildings sector; community-scale initiatives; the design and impact of energy policies and tools including building codes, equipment standards, voluntary programs, and green product labeling; local, state, and national energy and air quality planning; international clean energy policies.

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Session Topics: Contemporary issues and research relating to program performance for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and green energy programs and initiatives. Includes: market studies, load impact measurement, non-energy benefits measurement, process and organizational studies, monitoring, metering, and data tracking over time.

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Display Items: Interactive software, video displays, charts and graphs, photographs, etc.

SHOWCASE SESSION LEADERS

Showcase Technologies: Appliances; HVAC; water heating; fenestration; insulation; building materials; lighting; building scale generation; hardware/software for demand management and other controls; solar devices.