Hilton Portland & Executive Towers, Portland, OR
Overview
The ACEEE Hot Water Forum (HWF) is the premier technical conference dedicated to making water hot, distributing it with low losses, and using water with efficient fixtures and practices. Since 2008, the HWF has brought together experts and newcomers from manufacturing, distribution (plumbing), electricity, gas and water utilities, government, and the research community’s opportunities to learn from each other and build momentum for market transformation. The conference emphasizes both the technical efficiency potential and the policy/program implications of service hot water technology and practices, and how people use hot water. Each year, the Forum features numerous sessions covering cutting-edge developments in these areas. Find out more about the 2017 program below.
HWF participants meet, share ideas, and learn from each other’s latest efforts on research, new water heating technologies, structured plumbing approaches, new demand-reduction devices (e.g., fixtures and water-efficient appliances), and programs for stimulating market uptake of new approaches. The HWF presentation program, developed each year by a dedicated steering committee, is complemented by ample time for networking with fellow attendees.
Likely participants include: Equipment and component manufacturers; water, gas, and electric utilities; local, state, and federal agency personnel; energy efficiency program planners, operators, and evaluators; policymakers; NGOs; and consultants.
Click here to view the detailed program and below to download the pdf presentations.
Program Highlights
- Innovative water heating technology
- Grid Interactive Water Heating (GIWH)
- Latest research and field testing on using heat pump water heaters for demand response programs
- The future of solar thermal water heating
- Water heating from the installer’s perspective
- Improving hot water distribution systems and controls in commercial, multifamily, and single family residential buildings
- Modeling hot water use to improve the design and layout of systems that maximize efficiency
- Latest program efforts to get high efficiency water heaters into homes and commercial facilities
2017 Steering Committee
| Omar Abdelaziz Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Ben Larson Ecotope |
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| Grant Campbell UMA Solar |
Jim Lutz Hot Water Research |
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| George Chapman Consortium for Energy Efficiency |
Alice Rosenberg Consortium for Energy Efficiency |
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| Amin Delagah Fisher-Nickel, Inc. |
Craig Selover Consultant |
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| Michael Garrabrant Stone Mountain Technologies |
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| Paul Glanville Gas Technology Institute |
Ed Vineyard Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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| Kyle Gluesenkamp Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Larry Weingarten Consultant |
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| Bill Healy National Institute of Standards and Technology, US DOE |
Geoff Wickes Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance |
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| Bill Hosken AO Smith |
Sarah Widder Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
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| Gary Klein Gary Klein Associates |
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| Steve Koep Vaughn Thermal Corporation |
Harvey Sachs American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy |
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