Presentations
The workshops and presentations from Energy 2006 are listed below. You can select a track to jump to the sessions associated with the particular topic. The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.
Tracks:
Body Shop: Building Strategies
Pit Stop: Timely Procurement Topics
In The Driver's Seat: Management Focus
Under the Hood: Operations and Maintenance
Filling Station 9: Practical Application Skills
Body Shop: Building Strategies
MONDAY, AUGUST 7
Session 1 (11:00 - 12:00)
Session A - Façadeism – What are the advances in skins for buildings?
Learn tips for building skin treatments that improve the aesthetics without sacrificing performance.
Presenters: Gordon Gill, SOM
Presentation(s): Energy and the Building Façade (PDF 1.12 MB, 23 pp)
Session B - Sustainable Federal MOU and YOU (Contract Language)
Appreciate the Sustainability MOU your agency signed, the impact on your facility and language you can incorporate in your contracts.
Presenters: Ken Sandler, EPA; Ann Kosmal, GSA
Presentation(s): Sustainable Federal MOU and YOU (PDF 468 KB, 19 pp)
Session 2 (2:00 - 3:30)
Session A - Practical Green
Gain practical knowledge to improve the "greening" of your facilities.
Presenters: Gail Borthwick, Perkins + Will; Michelle Halle Stern, Perkins + Will; Don Horn, GSA
Presentation(s): LEED® Lessons Learned (PDF 651 KB, 22 pp), Building Green with GSA (PDF 1.86 MB, 25 pp)
Session B - Security Surety Energy
Ascertain the basics on back-up generation and risk management strategies.
Presenters: Abbas Akhil, Sandia National Laboratories; Dan Chisholm, Healthcare Engineering Network; George Owens, Higginbotham & Associates, Inc.
Presentation(s): Microgrids (PDF 287 KB, 7 pp), Risk-Based Strategy (PDF 887 KB, 23 pp)
Session 3 (4:00 - 5:30)
Session A - Renewables
Learn about alternative energy sources and stop the fossil fuel addiction.
Presenters: Bill Becker, Aerotecture, Ltd; Doug Dahle, NREL
Presentation(s): Urban Windpower: Natural Energy Systems for World Cities (PDF 5.70 MB, 48 pp), Renewable Energy Sources (PDF 4.23 MB, 71 pp)
Session B - Building Aspects of EPACT 2005
Identify building project ideas to incorporate in your agencies plans to meet EPAct05.
Presenters: Beth Shearer, Beth Shearer And Associates, Inc; Mark Ewing, GSA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8
Session 4 (9:00 - 10:30)
Session A - Heavy Metal: Chillers, Boilers and Prime Movers
Study the basic mechanical building blocks of a central plant and how they fit together.
Presenters: Ian Spanswick, York International; Dilip Limaye, ECOM-ENERGY, Inc.
Presentation(s): Proven Ways to Reduce Operating Costs and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF 1.86 MB, 39 pp)
Session B - Next Generation Buildings
See the vision of zero energy buildings in your future.
Presenters: Gordon Gill, SOM; John Huston, Teng Solutions; Steve Walter, City of Chicago DGC
Presentation(s): Global Building Management Systems (PDF 1.0 MB, 22 pp)
Session 5 (11:00 - Noon)
Session A - Magic: Cooling From Thin Air
Learn practical tools to manage humidity and reduce the need for expensive alternatives.
Presenters: Rich Sweetser, SEMCO; John Schilling, SEMCO
Presentation(s): Primary Energy Analysis for a Desiccant Based Dehumidification System in a Texas Theater (PDF 950 KB, 25 pp), (PDF 766 KB, 21 pp)
Session B - Energy Star Buildings
Apply ENERGY STAR strategies to improve the energy efficiency of your facilities.
Presenters: Michael Zatz, EPA; Julio Rovi, Cadmus Group
Presentation(s): Energy Efficiency: A Key First Step to Green/High Performance Buildings (PDF 314 KB, 36 pp)
Session 6 (2:00 - 3:30)
Session A - Optimization: Heavy Metal
Gain knowledge on maximizing the performance of your facility's "heavy equipment", improving efficiency and usable life.
Presenters: Clifford Haefke, Midwest CHP Application Center; Ed Mardiat, DBIA; Rich Sweetser, SEMCO
Presentation(s): Regional CHP Application Centers and Feasibility of CHP Projects (PDF 979 KB, 21 pp), System Optimization (PDF 1.28 MB, 17 pp), Taking You to the Cleaners: CHP at Arrow Linen (PDF 2.44 MB, 24 pp)
Session B - Waste Management as a Renewable
Learn how waste products can be turned into energy.
Presenters: Greg Fox, Constellation Energy; Emily Tuzson, Siemens
Presentation(s): Waste Not Want Not (PDF 535 KB, 15 pp), Alternative Fuels (PDF 965 KB, 17 pp)
Session 7 (4:00 - 5:30)
Session A - Light, Lamps, Ballasts, LED
Light your path to new technologies and energy efficiency.
Presenters: Jeff McCullough and Kelly Gordon, PNNL; John Fetters, Effective Lighting Solutions, Brad Gustafson, FEMP
Presentation(s): The Nuts and Bolts of LEDs (PDF 581 KB, 24 pp), Light Emitting Diodes: Applications (PDF 549 KB, 16 pp), New Energy-Efficient Lamps, Ballasts, Fixtures & LEDs (PDF 659 KB, 30 pp), What's New In Solid State Lighting (PDF 385 KB, 23 pp)
Session B - UPS, DG, CHP
Learn how these technologies can contribute to your energy security and efficiency.
Presenters: Brian Beck, Caterpillar; Signorelli, Caterpillar; Bruce Hedman, Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc.
Presentation(s): Distributed Generation (PDF 622 KB, 105 pp), UPS Topologies (PDF 217 KB, 14 pp), Combined Heat and Power: Enhancing Power Reliability While Reducing Operating Costs (PDF 698 KB, 24 pp)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9
Session 8 (9:00 - 10:30)
Session A - HVAC for Comfort
Hey, either open a window or turn on the air conditioner. It's cold in here. Many mechanical designs have neglected the comfort of people while conditioning the air. How do you design a system that actually provides user comfort and energy efficiency? What are the rules of thumb that are clumsy and how do they hurt the design and use of energy? What are the new technologies that provide comfort to users, not just energy efficiency? Keep your passengers happy in the back seat.
Presenters: Lance Davis, GSA; Kim Fowler, PNNL
Presentation(s): Design Freedom or Brain Freeze: The Effects of Air Conditioning (PDF 3.52 MB, 50 pp), Synergistic Effects of Energy Efficient Technology (PDF 587 KB, 14 pp)
Session B - Water Efficiency
Why do we use drinking water for other applications besides drinking? Find out the latest thinking in water efficiency and how it can be applied in your building. Find out which free and wastewater streams can be utilized for which functions in a building. You'll also learn about other strategies to reduce clean water use. Don't be afraid to stop us and ask for directions. The road ahead can be very confusing.
Presenters: Kate McMordie-Stoughton, PNNL; John Grinnalds, John's Hopkins; Jim Allen, Sloan Valve, Bill Chvala, PNNL
Presentation(s): Broadway Research Building Grey Water System (PDF 1.26 MB, 9 pp), Water Efficient Products (PDF 2.25 MB, 42 pp), Federal Examples of Water Reuse (PDF 1.01 MB, 18 pp)
Session 9 (11:00 - 12:30)
Session A - Underfloor Air
Are your feet cold? Underfloor air distribution is the salvation and bane for many an engineer. Does it work? If so, find out why. If it doesn't work, find out what might have gone wrong. Determine the critical success factors and hear from experts and proponents in the field, the nay-sayers, and the people who have the proof in projects or technology. Stay comfortable behind the wheel.
Presenters: Wagdy Anis, Shipley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott Architects; Don Beaty, DLB Associates; Dan Nall, Flack and Kurtz; Don Horn, GSA; James Wood, Building Diagnostics Research Institute; Stuart Knoop, Oudens and Knoop
Presentation(s): UFAD - The Good The Bad and The Ugly (PDF 3.18 MB, 32 pp), Underfloor Air (PDF 2.62 MB, 34 pp), Underfloor Air Distribution: Issues and Experiences (PDF 1.96 MB, 19 pp)
Session B - Next Generation Controls/ Applications
It's not just open protocols anymore for the advancement of your control system. Come and jump on the superhighway of new technologies and developments available for HVAC and building controls. Our roadmap to a brighter future will give you new ideas and show you the latest processes to help reduce installation costs, improve user accessibility and expand your direct digital control system. Get on the right road to energy savings.
Presenters: Bob Schultz, TAC; George Huettle, Cyrus Technologies Inc; Terry Hoffman, JCI
Presentation(s): Technology Update (PDF 760 KB, 25 pp), Enterprise Building Management Advancements in HMI Software and Integration for the BMS Industry (PDF 1.72 MB, 17 pp), New Advances in Wireless Technology (PDF 491 KB, 13 pp)
Pit Stop: Timely Procurement Topics
MONDAY, AUGUST 7
Session 1 (11:00 - 12:00)
Session A - Alternative Financing 101
General understanding of the various alternative financing mechanisms available to federal agencies.
Presenters: Daryl Berg, NREL; CJ Cordova, VA; Kevin M. Bellamy, PE, CEM, Constellation Energy Products and Services Group, Inc.
Session B - Procurement of Energy Star Equipment
Understand EPACT's new Energy Star purchasing requirements.
Presenters: Donald Mauritz, LBL; Kate Lewis, EPA
Presentation(s): Procurement of Energy Star Equipment (PDF 1.25 MB, 33 pp)
Session 2 (2:00 - 3:00)
Session A - Alternative Financing versus Appropriated Dollars
Provide attendees the tools and a better understanding of how to make financial justifications for financing a project.
Presenters: Doug Dahle; John Shonder, ORNL; Sieglinde Fuller, NIST
Session B - Role of Demand Response and Demand Reduction in Energy Purchasing Strategy
Learn how to be a smarter energy buyer.
Presenters: Jose Luis Contreras, Navigant Consulting; Jim Eber, Exelon
Presentation(s): Role of Demand Response and Demand Reduction in Energy Purchasing Strategy (PDF 596 KB, 13 pp), Demand Response Products (PDF 701 KB, 11 pp)
Session 3 (4:00 - 5:30)
Session A - UESC - Graduate Level
Learn how a UESC is completed from intital concept through delivery order, construction and finally payment.
Presenters: Karen Thomas, NREL; Bruce W. Gross, Dominion Federal Corporation; Joe Hoyt, Atlanta Gas and Light Resources
Session B - Chicago: World Champions in Energy Solutions
See why Chicago is a leader in promoting sustainable development policies, programs and projects.
Presenters: Sidu Johnson or Antonia Orneleas (City of Chicago); Willliam Wilhelm, Adler Planetarium; Joe Nelson, F&F Foods; Brendan Daley, Chicago Department of Environment
Presentation(s): Urban Planning Tools for Creating a Cooler, Greener Community (PDF 750 KB, 10 pp)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8
Session 4 (9:00 - 10:30)
Session A - ESPC - Graduate Level
Designed for practitioners of ESPC to answer the tough questions and discuss in-depth issues to support successful ESPC projects.
Presenters: Bob Baugh, ORNL; Phil Voss, Andrew Morton, Michael Beccaria
Session B - Leveraging New Tax Incentives for Public Projects
Provide guidelines on how tax incentives can be leveraged to improve the economics of public sector efficiency and renewable energy projects.
Presenters: Bill Johnston; Doug Dahle
Presentation(s): New EPACT Tax Incentives: ESCO Perspective on Tax Efficient Financing (PDF 146 KB, 9 pp), Leveraging New Tax Incentives for Public Projects (PDF 678 KB, 17 pp)
Session 5 (11:00 - Noon)
Session A - DOD Renewable Pilot Project
Describe the goals and objectives of the innovative DOD Renewable Replication Pilot ESPC project and how it was designed and developed.
Session B - Strategies to Meet EPACT Metering Requirements
Learn ways to fund meters to comply with new requirements.
Presenters: Ab Ream, FEMP
Presentation(s): Performance Specs for Advanced Metering Systems (PDF 1.33 MB, 33 pp)
Session 6 (2:00 - 3:30)
Session A - EUL - Graduate Level
Understand how Enhanced Use Leasing works and review several case studies.
Session B - Performance-Based Service Contracts
Explore strategies to include performance incentives into energy service and maintenance contracts.
Session 7 (4:00 - 5:30)
Session A - M&V in ESPCs
Give attendees a better understanding of how and why utility bills might seem to paint a different picture than the ESPC savings guarantees.
Presenters: Satish Kumar, Charles Williams, Dale Sartor
Session B - It's Easy to be Green
Learn what you can do to get a green score on your card.
Presenters: Cynthia Vallina
Presentation(s): OMB Scorecards: Energy, Transportation, and Environmental Management (PDF 835 KB, 17 pp)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9
Session 8 (9:00 - 10:30)
Session A - Purchasing Strategies for Utilities
We'll give you the owner's manual you need for a better understanding of how to procure electricity and natural gas in a deregulated marketplace, as well as how to navigate through the regulated industry to procure your energy requirements. We will also cover purchasing strategies for other utilities/commodities: chilled water, steam, water and wastewater. This session will cover success stories, case studies and utilization of electronic reverse auctions to secure the best pricing in the marketplace, and discuss acquisition strategies to procure other necessary utilities commodities. You need to know which buttons to push and knobs to adjust to make the trip successfully.
Presenters: Ken Shutika; Mark Ewing, GSA; Richard Domaleski, World Energy Solutions
Session B - On-site Generation
Make a U-turn to join our experts and discuss the various reasons and rationales for on-site generation, including reliability, surety cost and various methods and options for procurement. It's a detour well worth taking.
Presenters: Dan Ingold, NORESCO; Wallace Thompson, VA; Edward D. Thibido, U.S. Navy - CIV NAVFAC SW; Mark Humphries, VAMA Gainesville, FL
Presentation(s): Renewable Power Project Procurement Using ESPC (PDF 1.86 MB, 32 pp), Naval Medical Center San Diego Co-Generation Project (PDF 1.51 MB, 33 pp), VISN 8 VA Medical Centers Full Power Initiative (PDF 827 KB, 22 pp)
Session 9 (11:00 - 12:30)
Session A - Meeting Renewable Energy Goals
Master the renewable energy alphabet and understand FEMP's new renewable reporting requirements. Renewable energy procurement approaches include purchasing Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), participating in utility Green Power programs and Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with renewable energy producers. We'll give you the extended warranty coverage you need to handle the requirements.
Session B - New Agency Initiatives
Several major agencies have put together their own TripTik and developed new approaches to energy procurements. This session will discuss these new developments, including VA's Energy Program, the U.S. Postal Service's new Shared Energy Savings initiative and GSA's new Alternative Financing guidance. You've got to know how to get there before you can put the ideas to work.
Presenters: Mark Ewing, GSA; Edward Bradley III, VA
Presentation(s): New GSA Initiatives - Implementing EPACT 05 Requirements (PDF 433 KB, 33 pp)
In The Driver's Seat: Management Focus
MONDAY, AUGUST 7
Session 1 (11:00 - 12:00)
Session A - What It Means To Be Green: The Green Brick Road to Sustainability
Provide managers with an understanding of the basics of sustainability and how it impacts their operational functions.
Presenters: Lance Davis, GSA
Session B - Putting Your TripTik Together: Strategic Planning
Explain why strategic management planning is vital,and its relationship to operational continuity and the implementation of EPAct 05 requirements.
Presenters:Don Juhasz, ACSIM; Bill Chvala, PNNL
Presentation(s): The Army Energy Campaign Plan (PDF 778 KB, 14 pp), Guidelines for Strategic Planning (PDF 826 KB, 15 pp)
Session 2 (2:00 - 3:00)
Session A - Energy Policy Act of 2005
Improve understanding of the major components of the EPAct 05 requirements, guidance, and implementation options. (Part 1)
Presenters: Steve Sain, Sain Engineering Associates; Millard Carr, Energy Management Solutions; Beth Shearer, Beth Shearer and Associates
Presentation(s): The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PDF 841 KB, 65 pp)
Session B - Alternate Routes to Your Destination: Other Financing Options
Expose managers to various financing options available to the federal government.
Presenters: Tatiana Strajnic, FEMP; David McAndrew, FEMP; CJ Cordova, VA
Presentation(s): Utility Energy Services Contracting Overview (PDF 1.17 MB, 23 pp), VA's Approach to Financing Energy Investments (PDF 817 KB, 17 pp)
Session 3 (4:00 - 5:30)
Session A - Don't Run Out of Gas! Ensuring Energy Availability
Provide a perspective on the inter-relationships among fuel availability, opportunity costs, location premiums, and geopolitics.
Presenters: Robert (Bob) Redlinger, Chevron Energy Systems; David Sweet, World Alliance for Decentralized Energy; Tom Woods, Platts Research & Consulting; Barry Worthington, U.S. Energy Association
Presentation(s): Throwing Away the Crystal Ball: Thriving In An Uncertain Energy Future (PDF 1.45 MB, 21 pp), Don't Run Out Of Gas! Ensuring Energy Availability (PDF 488 KB, 22 pp), Surviving High Energy Prices Looking for a Port in the Storm (PDF 194 KB, 14 pp)
Session B - Roads Not on the Federal Map: State & Third Party Funding Opportunities
Understand funding methods and resources outside the federal sector.
Presenters: Brian Henderson, NYSERDA; Rick Rodriguez, SIEMENS Building Technology
Presentation(s): NYSERDA's Role (PDF 446 KB, 19 pp), State of Illinois (PDF 699 KB, 17 pp)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8
Session 4 (9:00 - 10:30)
Session A - Joining the Renewables Super Highway
Take the on-ramp to the renewables super highway. Among the many vehicles on the road are an introduction to wind, solar, biofuels and how these can become a part of your strategy to meet the requirements of EPACT 2005.
Presenters: Bucky Green, US EPA; Anne Crawley, FEMP
Presentation(s): EPA Green Power Purchasing Program (PDF 301 KB, 21 pp), Directions for the Federal Renewable Energy Superhighway (PDF 1.23 MB, 32 pp)
Session B - Tuning Up Your Building: A Manager's Guide to Doing Better With What You Have Without Breaking the Bank
Tune up your performance with existing assets. Use tools like condition maintenance versus preventive maintenance, retro-commissioning, renegotiating or even just auditing utility bills. Proven techniques will be explored and explained by people who've done them.
Presenters: Mark Levi, GSA; Larry Kaminsky, Geo-Marine
Presentation(s): Energy & Operations - Improvements with Existing Equipment (PDF 143 KB, 10 pp), Retro-Commissioning - What's in it for you? (PDF 22 KB, 862 pp)
Session 5 (11:00 - Noon)
Session A - Making Sure Your Insurance Policy Is Up-To-Date: The Basics of Risk Management
Avoid being hit from behind by a price-spike. A mix of long-term and short-term purchases must not come due at once. Consolidated buying and supply versus demand management can reduce costs and risks.
Presenters: Harry Warren, Washington Gas Energy Services; Mike Warwick, PNNL
Presentation(s): Risk Management in Energy Purchasing - Strategy and Practical Examples (PDF 422 KB, 15 pp), Hedging Power Costs with Green Power - Can it be done? (PDF 947 KB, 18 pp)
Session B - Fundamentals of Asset Mixing
Our roadmap to a brighter future will help you decide the wisdom of having some on-site CHP, PV, grid electric and gas balanced against the capital costs of the infrastructure. This is an extension of the Strategic Planning and Emergency Preparations sessions regarding the costs and benefits of being prepared.
Presenters: Jesse Maestas, URS Corp; Buster Barksdale, Primary Integration
Presentation(s): Fundamentals of Asset Mixing (PDF 1.31 MB, 21 pp), Fundamentals of Asset Mixing Decisions (PDF 622 KB, 15 pp)
Session 6 (2:00 - 3:30)
Session A - Emerging Technologies: Upcoming Turns in the Road
There are some exciting technologies just around the next bend that have potential to save energy and money. Test drive future energy efficiency technologies from glazings to lighting. See what vehicles are here now. Peer into the future of technologies that promise to save energy, improve life, and simplify your operations.
Presenters: Mike Myers, Sage Electrochromica; Marc Ledbetter, PNNL; Glenn Strahs, DOE
Presentation(s): Sage Glass - The Power to Change (PDF 1.98 MB, 15 pp), Solar Heating and Lighting @ DOE (PDF 1.05 MB, 11 pp)
Session B - Transmission & Distribution Systems: From Wellheads to the Port
Just as you need to know the route to get somewhere, did you ever wonder how electrons get to your house? Or natural gas? This managerial survey maps the road of distribution systems and its effect on supplies and markets.
Presenters: Robert White, Commonwealth Edison; Dale Tattersal, Southern California Gas; Rodney Frazier, San Diego Gas & Electric
Presentation(s): From Generation to Service Meter (PDF 420 KB, 27 pp), Metering (PDF 262 KB, 5 pp)
Session 7 (4:00 - 5:30)
Session A - Improving Your Mileage: How Managers Should Focus on Improving Building Operational Efficiency
Map the road with your real estate manager from the way things are to the way things could be. Learn how to build a business case for the supporting resource requirements.
Presenters: Mark Nelson, Commonwealth of Massachusettes, Division of Capital Assessment Management; Mike Gordon, Consumerpowerline; helle Izzi, ConsumerPowerline
Presentation(s): How Managers Should Focus on Improving Building Operational Efficiency (PDF 2.24 MB, 34 pp)
Session B - Getting Back on the Road: Emergency Recovery
Be prepared for accidents and other emergencies that can occur on the road. In spite of your skillful defensive driving, 'things' happen. What do you do next? How do you set priorities? What were the lessons from Louisiana and other places? Be prepared for the next disaster.
Presenters: CDR Jerry Woloszynski, US Coast Guard; David Hopper, Fort Polk
Presentation(s): What Happens When The Power Goes Out? Fort Polk's Hurrican Rita Experience September 2005(PDF 588 KB, 18 pp)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9
Session 8 (9:00 - 10:30)
Session A - Planning for Bumps in the Road: Emergency Preparations
Where are the potholes in your road to success? This session builds on the Strategic Planning session. Consider your most significant risk—WMD, earthquake, hurricane or something else. Besides having generators, how much fuel is enough, do you really need some UPSs, what should be hardened, and what intangibles matter (like who will be at work and where do they sleep).
Presenters: James Kaiser, USSS; Jackie Lambert, Exelon; LT Dawn Black, USCG
Presentation(s): Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) (PDF 1.14 MB, 23 pp)
Session B - Shortcuts in the Road to Efficiency: Other People's Success Stories
Hey, what are those other companies doing in the fast lane ahead of you? Hear how some of your peers got ahead of you in the race to energy efficiency. Case studies on Landfill Gas and CHP from local agencies will demonstrate innovative solutions to rising energy costs. Get into the passing lane and take the lead.
Presenters: Ray Palmer, VA; Clifford Haefke, University of Illinois
Presentation(s): Combined Heating, Power, and Cooling at a VA Hospital (PDF 1.30 MB, 22 pp), Using Landfill Gas as an Alternative Energy Option (PDF 4.14 MB, 46 pp)
Session 9 (11:00 - 12:30)
Session A - Be GridWise, Grid Smart
Learn how the energy industry is addressing how participants in system operations are changing to connectivity for intelligent interactions and interoperability across all elements of the electric system from end-use systems, such as buildings or HVAC systems, to distribution, transmission and bulk power generation. This interactive session will provide an overview of GridWise concepts and GridWise interoperability, including notions of open information exchange, universal grid access, decentralized grid communications and control, and the use of modular and extensible technologies that are compatible with the existing infrastructure. The attendees will learn how the outlook for grid modernization affects decisions made today, what it will mean to have a 'transactive' system, how energy markets and the role of energy consumers are evolving, and how this ties in with pervasive computing and advancing information and telecommunications technologies. Learn how these concepts must be considered in building systems integration from lighting to HVAC to power distribution and security systems to make an interoperable energy efficient system.
Presenters: Lynne Kiesling, Erich Gunther, Mia Paget
Session B - Federal Energy Policy Act of 2005: The Rules of the Road
Get a driver's view with this manager's summation of EPAct 05. This concluding session summarizes many of the lessons of previous sessions and reinforces the targets and requirements of implementation. Many of the FEMP program leads will be on hand to answer your questions. Enjoy your rides more when you know all the rules of the road.
Presenters: Steve Sain, Sain Engineering Associates; Millard Carr, Energy Management Solutions; Beth Shearer, Beth Shearer and Associates; Several FEMP Area Leads will also be joining this panel.
Under the Hood: Operations and Maintenance
MONDAY, AUGUST 7
Session 1 (11:00 - 12:00)
Session A - Metering for EPAct—A Roadmap to Compliance
Present the metering requirements of EPAct 2005 relative to federal agencies and sites.
Presenters: Ab Ream, FEMP
Presentation(s): Metering for EPAct (PDF 531 KB, 31 pp)
Session B - Why Wait for the Check-Engine Light? Making the Business Case for Maintenance
Develop techniques for making the business case for improved O&M in the federal government's annual appropriations environment.
Presenters: James Jarvis, Altec Energy Systems, Inc.
Presentation(s): O&M: Why Wait for the Check Engine Light? (PDF 1 MB, 30 pp)
Session 2 (2:00 - 3:00)
Session A - Building Tune-ups: The What and Why of Building Recommissioning
Provide an overview of building tune-up and recommissioning activities so you can assess your facility opportunities.
Presenters: Don Davenport, EMC Engineers, Inc.
Presentation(s): Understanding the Retro-Commissioning Process (PDF 2.09 MB, 36 pp)
Session B - High-Performance Building Operations: Strategies for Persistence of Function
Hear user experiences improving building performance in the Pentagon Renovation Project and the Hatfield Federal Courthouse.
Presenters: Wade Shankle, Pentagon Renovation Program; Rebecca Ellis, Q&S Engineering, Inc.; Kit Meith, GSA; Larry Luskay, PECI
Presentation(s): Pentagon Renovation Project (PDF 281 KB, 6 pp), Hatfield Federal Courthouse (PDF 73.3 KB, 1 pp)
Session 3 (4:00 - 5:30)
Session A - Metering 101: Your Learner's Permit to the World of Building Metering
Provide a basic overview of utility metering fundamentals, covering technology, applications and federal program implementation.
Presenters: Steve Sain, Sain Engineering and Associates; Wayne Thalasinos, NASA; Rich Eschenbach, U.S. Coast Guard
Presentation(s): Metering 101 (PDF 2.09 MB, 36 pp), NASA Utility Metering (PDF 1.35 MB, 37 pp), Keeping Track of Your Fuel Millage (PDF 513 KB, 21 pp)
Session B - Building Controls: Who is Actually Driving this Building?
Learn how to identify and correct the more common issues related to automated building control systems.
Presenters: Richard Rogan, John Bethea, Honeywell; Terry Hoffman, Kim Metcalf-Kupres, Johnson Controls
Presentation(s): Who is Atcually Driving this Building? (PDF 615 KB, 11 pp), Building Controls: Who's Driving this Building? (PDF 1.99 MB, 20 pp)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8
Session 4 (9:00 - 10:30)
Session A - Federal-Sector Operations Success Stories
Got your radio turned up so you can hear the news? The Federal sector has some great new success stories to share with you. Take the expressway to our discussion and learn about what GSA has done to automate building diagnostics at one of their court houses. The Energy Expert Tool is an automated diagnostic tool that compares the building's actual electric use to the building's modeled electric use and determines if it is operating correctly given the conditions experienced. But that's not all! Your road trip includes hearing one of DOE's energy experts explain how, through some simple operational changes, GSA's Philadelphia's Custom House has implemented a 'pre-cooling' strategy that is saving more than $50,000 in demand charges. That'll leave you enough change for the tollbooths ahead. Could these success stories be your success stories? You won't know if you don't hop on down and listen.
Presenters: Phil Coleman, LBNL; Ben Zeiders, GSA; Patrick O'Neil, Northwrite, Inc.
Presentation(s): "Working Their Tariff" - Rate Responsive Building Operations at GSA's Philadelphia Custom House (PDF 350 KB, 12 pp)
Session B - The Energy Apprentice (Reality Training Meets Energy Management)
Make the short trip to join us for a one-of-a-kind event—reality training meets energy efficiency. Get behind us in line and follow the actions and activities of a group of would-be energy efficiency/facility maintenance apprentices. These apprentices (and the audience) will be challenged to respond to a few carefully thought-out building efficiency scenarios presented by none-other than Ronald Thrump, a.k.a. 'The Ronald.' Come listen as The Ronald quizzes the energy apprentices on efficiency improvements common to many federal facilities. Each scenario will be met with two or three solutions as presented by the would-be apprentices. Each solution will be considered by The Ronald for its energy and operational efficiency. Then, after some discussion with a little give-and-take, the would-be apprentice will be...well, you'll have to Open our roadmap and come and find out for yourself.
Presenters: Cedrick Davis, NASA; Brian Hashimoto, Ameresco; Fred Speece, TetraTech
Session 5 (11:00 - Noon)
Session A - Heavy Metal: Worth the Upkeep... or a Boat Anchor to Efficiency?
Check out your rear-view mirror for a clear view of those so-called heavy metal of many buildings and facilities—the old yet functional heating and cooling plants of yesterday. See those big and the old boilers, chillers, hot water generators and heat exchangers? Our ride will take you to a close look, from an operations perspective at this equipment. While the equipment may be big and old, should it be replaced on those grounds alone? What about spending a fraction of the cost of the replacement equipment and use these funds to retune and refurbish and possibly expand the usage of the existing equipment? Under what conditions should the focus be to refurbish versus replace? Are there operational issues of the new, high-tech, replacement equipment that need to be considered? Just what are the best options to achieve operational efficiency? This session gives you easy-to-follow directions to cut through the sales pitch and help the facility manager walk away with right questions to ask when deciding Heavy Metal: Worth the Upkeep ...or a Boat Anchor to Efficiency.
Presenters: Mike Reed, Sain Engineering Associates
Presentation(s): Heavy Metal: Worth the Upkeep or a Boat Anchor to Efficiency? (PDF 2.86 MB, 25 pp)
Session B - On-site Power: The Muscle Car of the Facility World
On-site power can be one of the most cost-effective opportunities for the Federal sector, depending on utility rates, rate structures, and energy use. Beyond the paper study, though, is the reality of daily operations, up-time, life-health-safety issues, and the environmental aspects of these systems. Get behind the wheel and follow our roadmap to hear the Veterans Administration experience of a successful on-site power installation, its operation and lessons learned. The trip will get your questions answered so you can decide for yourself if this could be your next efficiency opportunity.
Presenters: Mike Moriarty, Honeywell Building Solutions; Randall E. Ritter, VA San Diego Healthcare System
Presentation(s): Combined Heat and Power Plant: A Federal Sector Success Story (PDF 1.10 MB, 44 pp)
Session 6 (2:00 - 3:30)
Session A - Under the Hood: The Top Recommissioning Measures to Maintain Efficiency
Drive to just about any building or facility and you'll find numerous opportunities for building recommissioning activities. Some of these activities are very common and can yield significant savings, while others are more obscure and offer variable savings. Is it possible that Pareto's Principle, the 80-20 rule, could be applied to building recommissioning? Are there a handful of recommissioning measures that come up time-and-time again in Federal sector facilities and garner the lion's-share of the savings? The only way to find out is to follow our roadmap to a brighter future and hear what the experts have to say about this. Learn about those most-common recommissioning activities, how to find them, and what they could mean for savings at your facilities. It's a trip well worth taking.
Presenters: Klaus Schiess, KS Engineers; Don Davenport, EMC Engineers, Inc.; Carl Lundstrom, EMC Engineers, Inc.
Presentation(s): Energy Conservation in Data Centers (PDF 847 KB, 41 pp), Top Recommissioning Measures to Maintain Efficiency (PDF 1.39 MB, 36 pp)
Session B - Professional Development Opportunities in Facilities Management
You don't need a TripTik to know that one-size of training doesn't fit all. To further complicate matters, offerings abound from classroom-based and hands-on training to in-house and on-line learning. How do you sort through the myriad of options for your professional development goals? Get on our road to hear the training experts and ask your professional development questions of these experts! Join us as we hear from facility training experts representing a variety of public, private, and non-profit professional development organizations. We've adjusted the speedometer so that each representative will be given enough time to explain their program, its objectives and format, and then the audience will be encouraged to engage with questions and comments. Come ready with your questions and get set to have them answered.
Presenters: Alice Hogueisson, IFMA; Peggy Reins, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance; Valerie Oviatt, Association of Energy Engineers; Kate McMordie-Stoughton, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Session 7 (4:00 - 5:30)
Session A - Advanced Metering Showcase: A Hitch-Hiker's Guide for Advanced Building Metering
Like the new gadgets on your car's dashboard, your building's electric meters and data loggers aren't like they used to be. No, today's models are advanced electric meters providing a host of electric data and signal capture features as well as advanced communications options. The meter-reader doesn't come out to your place with his notepad any more. Instead, he or she now sits in a comfortable office with network connections to the building meters where data can be downloaded and the process of converting data to information easily done remotely. Join us on our review of the roadmap to a brighter future and you'll receive an overview of advanced meters, their features and capabilities, giving you a solid understanding and application to your facilities through presentations and a metering show case.
Session B - Need a Tune-Up? The ESET Low-Cost / No-Cost Building Efficiency Approach
The Energy Savings Expert Team (ESET) results are in and they are very impressive. The ESET program, an activity designed to stave off high winter-time natural gas rates through the identification of low-cost/no-cost efficiency measures at 25 Federal sites, has proven to be a worthy and productive activity. Reading the roadmap to a brighter future that we give you, you'll find a full description of this activity that you can easily follow, including learning about its genesis, technical protocols, staffing and results. This session will not only communicate the results, but also offer easy-to-follow instructions on what was done, how it was done, with what equipment and the resulting savings. Come on down to learn about achievable low-cost/no-cost energy savings at your Federal facility and get ready for the heating season of 2006.
Presenters: Ab Ream, FEMP; Deb Beattie, NREL
Presentation(s): Energy Saving Expert Teams - DOE FEMP ESET Program (PDF 514 KB, 26 pp)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9
Session 8 (9:00 - 10:30)
Session A - Case Studies from the Road: The Real World of Metering Application
Civilian and defense agencies of the Federal government have initiated a variety of short- and long-term metering programs targeting a greater understanding of capabilities, costs and actions that can result from a well-planned metering program. Bring your colleagues and car-pool to this session to learn what the experts understand about advanced meters, the fit into to Federal sector, how to identify good applications and how to avoid common pitfalls. Walk away from this session in the right direction with a heightened understanding of applications for advanced meters and some of the most productive uses for the resulting data.
Presenters: Greg Leifer, HHS; Bill Golove, Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Presentation(s): NIH Case Study (PDF 761 KB, 36 pp), Designing and Implementing an Advanced Metering Program at the U.S. Postal Service (PDF 373 KB, 19 pp)
Session B - Take Control of Your Control System: Federal-Sector Case Studies
The benefits to facility management and control systems are limited only by the creativity and experience of the system operators. This session is designed to share those trade secrets as they apply to the Federal sector. Meet some drivers who made the trip already to particularly innovative and successful applications of control systems in the Federal sector. Come ready to ask our experts for directions to take you there, too, and walk away with the answers you need for your facilities.
Presenters: John Thomas, U.S. Navy; Brian Pasour and Jeff Brotherton, Mechanical Systems and Services, Inc.; Tom Lohner, Teng Solutions
Presentation(s): Atlanta VA Medical Center (PDF 1.94 MB, 44 pp), Federal Sector Building Automation Success Stories (PDF 1.31 MB, 42 pp)
Session 9 (11:00 - 12:30)
Session A - Operational Efficiency Implementation: The REM Solution
If your radio isn't on, you might now have heard the news. The Resource Efficiency Management (REM) program is rapidly becoming one of the most cost-effective programs for implementing all kinds of Federal resource efficiency and O&M activities. But don't take our word for it. Come listed to Mr. Good Energy and his trained mechanics who are involved with this innovative program. Hear how it got its start, what its objectives are, how it is structured and what some of the results-to-date have been. If you like what you hear, you can unfold the roadmap to a brighter future and learn how to participate in this program yourself, starting on the savings path to operational efficiency at your facility.
Presenters: Charles Howell, Washington State University Energy Program; Bill Sandusky, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Linda Hunter, TetraTech
Presentation(s): Operational Efficiency Implementation - The REM Solution (PDF 583 KB, 23 pp), Resource Efficiency Managers in the Federal Sector: Moving into High Gear (PDF 729 KB, 21 pp), Resource Efficiency Managers (REM) Overview (PDF 285 KB, 17 pp)
Session B - Highway Tales: Federal Sector High-Performance Building Case Studies
In a number of ways, the Federal sector is at the head of the pack in high-performance buildings. Get into their lane as you listen to real-world case studies that not only highlight the benefits of high-performance buildings but, most importantly, present the specific operational aspects and needs of these facilities. Just because it has the seal, plaque, or award doesn't mean it remains energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. Come and hear the real-world needs and activities necessary to maintain your high-performance building.
Presenters: Larry Luskay, PECI; Cheri Sayer, GSA; Wade Shankle, Pentagon Renovation Program; Rebecca Ellis, Q&S Engineering, Inc.
Filling Station 9: Practical Application Skills
MONDAY, AUGUST 7
Session 1 (11:00 - 12:00)
Session A - Facility/Energy Manager Tune-Up
Attendees will learn how to take advantage of partnering with experts, EPA energy star tools, BOMA Energy Efficiency Proram (BEEP) to be able to present their energy efficieny ideas and get them approved.
Presenters: Brenna Walraven
Presentation(s): Making the Business Case for Energy Efficiency (PDF 537 KB, 18 pp)
Session 2 (2:00 - 3:00)
Session A - How to Utilize Available Technology to Maximize Waste Management to Create Energy Security
Learn how to utilize this new technology to maximize waste management to create self-sustaining energy and security.
Presenters: Ed Stammel, North American Power Company
Session 3 (4:00 - 5:30)
Session A - How to Perform A Life Cycle Analysis
Learn the basics of how to use the lates version of the LCC program the NIST teaches in the DOE FEMP Training Classes. Attendees will also receive a CD of the program.
Presenters: Sieglinde Fuller, NIST
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8
Session 4 (9:00 - 10:30)
Session A - How to Analyze Your Utility Bills
Make sure you're on track to the right destination. This session will map out both natural gas and electric utility bills to explain the real-time markets. What is entailed in the total price of power, natural gas (well-head price, transportation price, taxes, profit), etc.? The road map will include delivery price from the LDC, various demand charges, capacity charges, and more. Join us on the ride.
Presenters: Lev Goldberg, Constellation New Energy
Presentation(s): Natural Gas (PDF 1.26 MB, 40 pp)
Session 5 (11:00 - Noon)
Session A - How to Design and Implement Scotopically Enhanced Lighting (SEL)
Unfold your map and find out how to design and implement scotopically enhanced lighting (SEL). It's even better than a daytime running light system.
Presenters: Brian Leibel, AIS
Session 6 (2:00 - 3:00)
Session A - FEMAC Meeting
Session 7 (4:00 - 5:30)
Session A - How to Map Out Your Strategic Energy Plan
Ever change a filter on your vehicle and end up with parts left over? This session will teach you the pieces of an energy security plan and how to use them all and organize them into a final plan. When you leave this session, you will be able to gather the required nuts and bolts of the plan and develop them into an energy plan. It's all original equipment, too, made to work just right.
Presenters: Norman Endlich, National Geospace-Intelligence Agency
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9
Session 8 (9:00 - 10:30)
Session A - How to Perform The Tasks of Project Management
It's your time to take the wheel! This session will give you the basics of being a project/construction manager on energy conservation projects ranging from appropriated-funded, design-build, alternative-financed and performance-based projects.
Presenters: David Reahl, USAA
Session 9 (11:00 - 12:30)
Session A - How To Give Your Health Building A Tune Up
Does your vehicle have a good first-aid kit? This session will highlight strategies and technologies particularly well-suited for hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare support facilities. Specific case studies and successful strategies will be presented along with discussion of the key operational and design attributes of these facilities that factor into choices and decisions to achieve energy efficiency without affecting patient care and new medical care equipment.
Presenters: Don King, Kaiser Permanente; Otto Van Geet, NREL
Presentation(s): Give Your Energy Strategy Some Traction! (PDF 323 KB, 34 pp)
Closing Plenary Speaker: Ron Culberson
A special feature of Energy 2006's closing luncheon will be an entertaining presentation by Ron Culberson, who works with organizations that want their people to lighten up by using humor to minimize stress and maximize effectiveness. He helps people have more fun while preserving the integrity of the work they do and the lives they lead.
Ron is a speaker, humorist and author of "Is Your Glass Laugh Full?" and has spent most of his life appreciating the fun and humor in everyday experiences. Whether as a cemetery caretaker or in the spotlight as an art auctioneer, he always focused on the lighter side of his work. More recently, Ron spent 10 years in a large hospice organization as a clinical social worker, Manager of Counseling Services and Director of Quality Service. Since 1996, he has been the Director of Everything! at FUNsulting, etc.
Ron holds the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, the highest earned designation from the National Speakers Association. He is on the Board of Directors of the National Speakers Association and is a Past President of their Washington, D.C. chapter.
His experiences as an author, speaker, hospice social worker and a senior manager have inspired him to help others realize the importance of finding balance in life. He has provided entertaining, informative and fun programs to more than 80,000 people in 700 associations, government agencies, non-profit organizations and Fortune 500 companies.