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Conference Program Announced for ASHRAE’s High Performance   Buildings Conference

ATLANTA   – From changing occupant energy use to exploring radical innovations in   buildings, ASHRAE’s third High Performance Buildings Conference highlights   innovation; proven methods for improving building operation resulting in deep   energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality; measured performance; and   HPB case studies demonstrating new technologies.

The   High Performance Buildings Conference takes place April 7-8, 2014, Hyatt   Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, Calif.  Building upon the 2012 High   Performance Buildings Conference and 2009 Net-Zero Energy Conference, the   Conference seeks to advance the industry’s efforts to accomplish a true   high-performance built environment.

To   register or for more information visit www.hpbmagazine.org/hpb2014.

“The   conference aims to help decision makers in the building community learn about   the benefits of innovative solutions and energy-efficient design and   operation,” Kent Peterson, conference chair, said. “Through a comprehensive   range of sessions, the conference will provide the building community with   design and operational guidance to improve building performance.”

New   subject areas include water efficiency, building occupant behavior, new   building technologies, indoor environmental quality and an increased emphasis   on lighting/daylighting and the building envelope.

In   addition, the conference features several invited speakers and keynote   speakers. Keynote speakers include:

  
• Peter Rumsey, Rumsey Engineers, Inc.,        presents “The Process of Radical Innovation in Buildings”
  
• Jerry Yudelson, author of “The World’s        Greenest Buildings: Promise vs. Performance in Sustainable Design,”        leads an interactive session on “Design with the End in Mind”
  
• Gail Brager, associate director, Center        for the Built Environment at the University of California – Berkeley.

Sessions   include:

  
• HPB Case Studies and Lessons Learned
  
• Market Valuation for Green
  
• The Next "Greenest" Building:        An Interactive Session
  
• Measuring Up Building Performance
  
• Benchmarking and Retrocommissioning:        Driving Existing Building Performance
  
• Operating for High Performance
  
• Beyond the Energy Model: From Precision        Control to Connect Communities

A   poster session on “Measured Performance” and “Modeled Performance” featuring project   case studies will be is presented.  Poster proposals are being accepted   through Feb. 21. Submit online at www.hpbmagazine.org/hpb2014.

The   conference is being presented by ASHRAE’s High Performing Buildings magazine,   the industry’s premier source for measured performance of practices and   technologies to promote better buildings.

ASHRAE,   founded in 1894, is a building technology society with more than 50,000   members worldwide. The Society and its members focus on building systems,   energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability.   Through research, standards writing, publishing, certification and continuing   education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s built environment today.