NCBC08 - Agenda

Conference At Glance

Pre-Conference Workshops - April 21
9:00-12:00	Workshop 1 Real Reasons for Optimizing Building Performance		Workshop 3 Planning to Persistence: An In-Depth Look at the RCx Process
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:00-4:00	Workshop 2 Commissioning LEED-NC® for New Construction Projects		Workshop 3, cont. Planning to Persistence: An In-Depth Look at the RCx Process
4:00-7:00	Early Registration

DAY ONE - Tuesday, April 22
7:30-8:30	Registration, Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:00	Plenary Session - Welcome and Benner Award Presentation • Lisa D. Cagnolatti Vice President, Business Customer Division, SCE • Dian Grueneich Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission • Phil Welker Executive Director, PECI • Liz Fischer, PECI
10:00-10:30	Break, Exhibit Hall Opens
Session Tracks	Commissioning A-Z	RCx: Inroads & Updates	Innovations: The New Frontier for Cx		Advanced Technical
10:30-12:00	Cx on Paper: Scoping & Specifying Work Edward E. Faircloth Emmillee Hogan	Why RCx? An Owner’s Perspective Matthew W. Berbee Jose Guevara Jeffrey S. Keyak John Lembo	Making Benefits Last: Persistence Strategies & Ongoing Monitoring Greg Cunningham Randy Despain Donald J. Frey		HVAC Control Strategies Tim Fackler Jonathan Scoper Reinhard Seidl
12:00-1:30	Lunch
1:30-3:00	The Financial Story Behind Building Green Brian Gross James D. Qualk Paul McCown	RCx: Making the Most of Your Investment Emily Moore David Moser	Brave New World: Cx and Demand Response Sila Kiliccote Clifford Federspiel		Chiller Plant Efficiency Part I Joseph Lorino Ben Erpelding
3:00-3:30	Break
3:30-5:00	The Biggest Loser: True Stories of Amazing Savings	RCx in Practice: Program Updates Steven Long Karl Brown David W. McIntosh	Selling & Delivering RCx Commercial Building Owners Don Davenport Paul Ham		Chiller Plant Efficiency Part II Scot M. Duncan Kenyon Holmes
5:00-7:00	Exhibitor Reception

Day TWO - Wednesday, April 23
7:30-8:15 (Breakfast Sessions)	Game Theory as a Negotiation Tool during the Cx Process Peter Shahrokh, University of California - Davis
	RCx, Benchmarking, Retrofit and Demand Response at PG&E Peter Turnbull , Pacific Gas & Electric
	DABO™: A BEMS Assisted On-Going Commissioning Tool Daniel Choiniere, P.E., Natural Resources Canada
Session Tracks	Commissioning A-Z	Business and Legal	Building-Specific Cx		Advanced Technical
8:30-10:00	Best Practices for Cx Mark Miller Kent Barber	Managing the Team Timothy L. Chin Kevin Fish	Cx Issues in Mission Critical Facilities Michael Weiss Steven R. Ross		Let There Be Light: Ensuring Functional Daylighting
10:00-10:30	Break
10:30-12:00	Commissioning the Envelope: What’s the Big Deal? Fiona Aldous Dan Lemieux	Cx and Green Buildings: Managing Risk Norman Nelson Wayne Dunn	Commissioning Schools Vivek Mittal Mike Hammond William Burns Chad Grindle Andy Sebescak		Monitoring & Verification for Cx Robert Austin David Jump
12:00-1:30	Lunch
1:30-3:00	PFTs: Useful Tool or “A Complete Waste of My Time?” (Roundtable) Gretchen Coleman	Framework for Efficiency: Building Codes and Standards Martha Brook Phil Williams	Ensure Quality & Unlock Energy Savings in Small Buildings Jim Crowder Dan Burgoyne		Real World UFAD Systems: Situations and Resolutions Karl Stum Scott Nelson
3:00-3:30	Break
3:30-5:00	Design Phase Commissioning Gerald J. Kettler David Seller	Shaping the Next Generation: Training and Education Needs for Providers (Roundtable) Betty Smith	Commissioning Data Centers Patrick A. Prendergast Guadalupe Nodal		Combined Heat and Power (CHP) for Commercial Buildings: Best Practices and Pitfalls Kim Crossman Richard S. Sweetser

DAY THREE - Thursday, April 24
8:00-8:45 (Breakfast Sessions)	Leveraging Technology for Monitoring-Based Commissioning Gregg Dixon, EnerNOC
9:00-12:00	The Way Things Work: Publicly Available Cx Tools Philip Haves Joseph Deringer Bill Koran Larry Luskay Davie Moset Reinhard Seidl Ryan Feddie	Envisioning the Future of the Cx Industry: An Interactive Discussion Facilitated by John Suzukida		RCx at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa John Beck