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International Experts in Building Energy

September 2, 2014

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is convening expert meetings of two International Energy Agency projects, Annex 58 and Annex 60. As part of this event, there will be a public series of seminars with experts from energy policies, building design and energy simulation. Presentations and discussion will evolve around the intersection of:

energy policies in Europe and California, and associated needs for performance characterization during design and operation,
reliable building energy performance characterisation based on full scale dynamic measurements as conducted within IEA EBC Annex 58,
new generation computational tools for buildings and community energy systems developed within IEA EBC Annex 60, and
the impact of occupancy behavior on energy use, as conducted within IEA EBC Annex 66.

Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Location: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Building 50 Auditorium

Registration: Registration and further information at the link below.

Registration is required by September 15 to obtain gate access.

Agenda

13:30	Introductions	Mary Ann Piette, LBNL
13:40	Gaps in building performance	Steve Selkowitz, LBNL
13:55	Annex 58 overview	Staf Roels, KU Leuven
14:20	Annex 60 overview	Michael Wetter, LBNL
14:45	Annex 66 overview	Tianzhen Hong, LBNL
14:55	What can we learn from data?	Henrik Madsen, Danish Technical University
15:15	Coffee break
15:45	European Energy Policies and Standardization	Hans Bloem, European Commission
16:10	California Energy Policies and Standardization	Speaker to be confirmed
16:35	Energy policy and use of computational tools in practice	Eric Soladay, Integral Group, Oakland, CA
17:00	Discussions and wrap up	Moderator: Steve Selkowitz, LBNL
17:15	FLEXLAB^® Tour
18:00	Adjourn