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Pre-Workshop Sessions: Monday, June 23, 2003
Day 1: Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Day 2: Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Day 3: Thursday, June 26, 2003
Post-Workshop Session: Thursday, June 26, 2003
Pre-Workshop Sessions: Monday, June 23, 2003
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Registration
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Building Tours (view flyer: PDF 74 KB)
The tour includes visiting the following four locations:
Technology Square
Features the Dupree College of Management building, which is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) registered project under construction, the first such building at Georgia Tech. It is a five-building complex on the Georgia Tech campus.
Atlantic Station
Currently under construction, is the original concept that started the "Live, Work, Play" movement. Atlantic Station is being built over a former brownfield as a sustainable development that won the approval of EPA so that a new bridge could be built over the interstate highway in a non-attainment area. The bridge will be pedestrian-friendly with room for public transportation to connect with the MARTA station. Providing homes for 10,000 people, employment opportunities for 30,000, with shopping and entertainment for millions more, this 24-hour community will buzz with pedestrian traffic on its wide boulevards and the crowd of people in the sidewalk cafes and expansive parks.
Emory University
Features the Whitehead Biomedical Research Building as the first building in the Southeast to receive LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
Southface Energy Institute
Has offered education, research and technical assistance programs on sustainable energy and environmental technologies since 1978. The home and office areas of Southface Energy and Environmental Resource Center showcase innovative ideas for saving energy, water and other natural resources, for reducing waste and using recycled materials, and for maintaining a healthy indoor environment.
Tour Leads:
Mike Barcik, Southface Energy Institute
Jeff Ross-Bain, Southface Energy Institute
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch On Your Own
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Energy Codes 101 - The Basics
Ever wonder when the first MEC code was adopted or what the relationship is between the MEC/IECC codes and the ASHRAE standards? This session gives a brief overview of the U.S. voluntary sector energy standards and model codes processes for those who are new to codes and standards.
Speaker: Pam Cole, PNNL
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
HVAC 101
Have you heard the mechanical requirements in the energy codes and standards but wondered things like "what is an economizer and what does it do?" If so, this session is for you. Come learn the basics about the most common HVAC technologies.
Speaker: Jeff Ross-Bain, Southface Energy Institute
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
ASHRAE 90.1-2001
ASHRAE's latest commercial building energy standard, ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2001, was finalized in June 2001 and became available in January 2002. This Standard incorporates 34 addenda into the new Standard. Many of these addenda are significant editorial and clarification improvements and should be considered when updating State codes. Come and hear Jean Boulin, U.S. DOE, Mark Halverson, PNNL, and Bruce Hunn, ASHRAE, discuss the differences between Standard 90.1-1999 and Standard 90.1-2001 and why they should be considered when updating your commercial building energy code.
Session Lead: Jean Boulin, U.S. Department of Energy
Technical Lead: Jean Boulin, U.S. Department of Energy
Speakers:
Jean Boulin, U.S. Department of Energy
Mark Halverson, PNNL
Bruce Hunn, ASHRAE
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
2003 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) Update
Darren Meyers, International Code Council, Inc., will provide an administrative summary of what's new or modified in the 2003 IECC, both residential and commercial. Updated information on meeting schedules and deadlines, the latest on revisions and code change proposals and the process for submitting a code change will also be discussed.
Speaker: Darren Meyers, International Code Council, Inc.
6:30 PM
Welcoming Reception
This reception in the hotel's beautiful Savannah Style Courtyard is compliments of Cardinal Glass and will include a no-host bar. Come join us.
Reception sponsored by Cardinal Glass Industries Inc.
Day 1: Tuesday, June 24, 2003
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Workshop Orientation for Newcomers
New to the National Workshop on State Building Energy Codes? Come hear a quick 15-minute overview of the Workshop.
Speakers:
Terry Shoemaker, PNNL
Rosemarie Bartlett, PNNL
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM
Welcome and Agenda Overview
Speakers:
Ted Miltiades, Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Elizabeth Robertson, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (Energy Office)
8:40 AM - 9:00 AM
Atlanta Regional Office
Tim Eastling, U.S. Department of Energy, Atlanta Regional Office
Jim Powell, U.S. Department of Energy, Atlanta Regional Office
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Invitees
James Vaseff, Georgia Power
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Keynote Speaker
John Millhone, Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs (OWIP)
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Break
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Plenary - Whose Code Is It Anyway?
The latest on code adoption, implementation and enforcement, with a twist!
Session Leads: Rosemarie Bartlett / Terry Shoemaker, PNNL
Technical Lead: Rosemarie Bartlett / Terry Shoemaker, PNNL
Speakers:
Mark Bailey, U.S. Department of Energy
Tom Fitzpatrick, Energy Systems Laboratory of Texas A&M University
Tom Carty, Chief Building Official, Peachtree City
Ron Conners, President and CEO, Winslow Homes
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Lunch - Visit Exhibitors
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Networking Break
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Sessions
(choose one)
Session 1A
Building Science and the Code - Moisture Control
As moisture issues in residential construction continue to dominate the thoughts of building industry professionals, it's important for those involved in energy code implementation, enforcement and compliance to understand the code issues related to this hot topic. Are energy codes helping to eliminate the problem or are misinterpretations of code requirements contributing in some way? This session will explore a number of moisture-related issues with a focus on their relationship to current energy code requirements. Discussions on unvented crawl spaces, proper use of vapor retarders, and window and door flashing techniques will be included.
Session Lead: Molly Dwyer, U.S. Department of Energy, Seattle Regional Office
Technical Lead: Billy Hinton, North Carolina Department of Insurance, Engineering Division
Speakers:
Billy Hinton, North Carolina Department of Insurance, Engineering Division
Bill Warren, BWES/Advanced Energy
Chuck Murray, Washington State University Energy Program
Presentation Descriptions:
Billy Hinton
Billy Hinton will discuss an overview of the work of the North Carolina Building Code Council Moisture Ad-Hoc Committee with emphasis on vapor retarder issues. The Committee was asked to address mold and moisture problems in buildings with emphasis on single family dwellings.
Bill Warren
Finally there is research to answer the controversial crawl space question: To vent or not to vent? This presentation summarizes ongoing moisture, energy and indoor air quality (IAQ) results from a field study that compares traditional vented crawl spaces to closed crawl spaces. This multi-year study, which is funded
by the U.S. DOE and co-funded and managed by Advanced Energy, concludes with construction details for
code improved and best practice designs.
Chuck Murray
Crawl Spaces in the Northwest: Vented or Not? The Pacific Northwest has a long history of residential and light commercial construction using ventilated crawl spaces. Despite the good research conducted in other climates,
it is still questionable whether unvented crawls with perimeter insulation would be the most cost effective energy-efficient construction method in the Pacific Northwest.
First, we will discuss the problems we don't have and address the questions we need to answer before we advocate for a different type of crawl space construction. We would like to utilize the modeling capabilities developed for the North Carolina project to do the discovery. This will need to be combined with life-cycle cost analysis to assure we are maintaining our energy efficiency goals. Then we can decide.
Session 1B
How Can We Work Together? - Part 1
Too often energy codes are the poor stepchild of state energy programs - if they have any implementation support at all. Regularly considered "automatic" because they are required by regulation, the potential of codes as an innovative strategy is often overlooked. This session will explore the financial and programmatic advantages of code programs and offer ideas on why and how support should be a top priority for utilities and state agencies. It will also look at the kinds of arguments that can be made to convince potential sponsors that code programs should be funded as an integral part of good energy policy. Participants are encouraged to share their own experiences and brainstorm ideas on how to provide code implementation, training, and enforcement with a shortage of resources.
Session Lead: David Weitz, Building Codes Assistance Project
Technical Lead: David Weitz, Building Codes Assistance Project
Speakers:
Jeff Johnson, New Buildings Institute
Felix Lopez, Texas State Energy Conservation Office (SECO)
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Sessions
(choose one)
Session 2A
Building Science and the Code - Code Barriers
This session will examine the issues related to good building science and energy code compliance. It will explore the major issues that have led to changes in the model codes and what issues still need to be addressed. Although the purpose of building codes is to safeguard public health, codes often don't keep pace with research findings and innovation in technology and building science. Many of the leading building energy efficiency programs have developed new construction approaches and techniques that sometimes conflict with these codes.
A number of efforts are emerging to more effectively address these challenges, including two currently underway by U.S. DOE - Building Energy Codes Program and Building America. This session will bring together key players from these efforts to discuss the code-related barriers and emerging strategies for providing needed information, tools, and pathways for facilitating code approval for these options.
Session Lead: Ruth Taylor, PNNL
Technical Lead: Mike DeWein, Building Codes Assistance Project
Speakers:
Steve Andrews, E-Star Colorado
David Eisenberg, Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT)
Presentation Descriptions:
Steve Andrews
Steve will share early segments of a concerted effort to identify conflicts around the country between best practice (supported by building science) and the building codes. Some innovations deemed to be in conflict with the code and "good building practice" - conditioned crawl spaces, "right-sized HVAC equipment," header-less windows on non-load-bearing walls, frost-protected shallow foundations, down-sized ductwork, etc. - are in fact allowed by
the code. The first of a series of two-page handouts to help overcome code barriers will be discussed.
David Eisenberg
David Eisenberg, Director of DCAT, will describe the work they have been doing with the Building Science Consortium of Building America to develop prototype information packages to expedite and support the code and market acceptance and use of alternative materials, methods, designs, and systems of construction. The presentation will describe how these information packages will serve both the design, construction and development sectors and the building regulatory sector by providing needed general and technical information, context, and guidance for those submitting plans and specifications and for those reviewing and inspecting these alternatives.
Session 2B
Beyond Compliance
What is an ENERGY STAR® "high performance" building? What makes a building "green"? And how do they relate to the IECC or ASHRAE 90.1? Building technologies and design techniques continue to improve, offering more energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly buildings and economically feasible options for builders. As beyond code construction gains momentum across the country, it is important to understand how it relates to existing codes and standards. This session will provide a forum to briefly introduce these voluntary, beyond code efforts and to discuss the opportunities and challenges these efforts present to achieving greater code compliance.
Session Leads:
Karine Shamlian, U.S. Department of Energy, Philadelphia Regional Office
Darren Stevenson, U.S. Department of Energy, Philadelphia Regional Office
Speakers:
Jeff Johnson, New Buildings Institute
Dennis Creech, Southface Energy Institute
Presentation Descriptions:
Jeff Johnson
The commercial new construction market lacks a comprehensive definition of high performance buildings from an energy perspective. LEED and other programs define high energy performance as % better than code. Released in June 2003, the High Performance Buildings: Performance Criteria will provide building owners, design professionals, contractors and building operators with a self-guided path to high energy performance.
The presentation will focus on how the Performance Criteria define best practice in the design, construction and start-up of new and renovated nonresidential buildings. This includes the best of new technologies and practices currently being promoted by public benefit and other leading-edge programs. It will also discuss ways to assure the proper performance of measures once specified and installed through functional performance verification and acceptance testing. Finally, the presentation will help participants connect energy and indoor environmental benefits with energy efficiency technologies and practices.
Complimentary copies of the High Performance Buildings: Performance Criteria will be available to all session participants.
Dennis Creech
Voluntary, market-driven green building programs can help both the residential and commercial building industries move beyond code compliance to achieving high performance buildings. In just a few years, over 30,000 residential units and over 80 million square feet of commercial space have been constructed under voluntary green building programs. The presentation will address barriers to green building, the relationship?between green buildings and energy codes, and incentives for transforming the market.
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Exhibitors - Networking
Dinner and Evening On Your Own
Day 2: Wednesday, June 25, 2003
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:45 AM - 8:15 PM
Exhibitors - Networking
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Plenary - Web-Based Energy Codes Training - The Next Step?
Interest among states and other code advocates in using training activities to implement energy codes has increased in recent years. Energy code implementers are discovering that training is essential but as demand increases, it is becoming apparent that traditional training sessions, which are resource intensive and costly, are not sufficient to meet the training needs of the country. This session seeks to demonstrate possible mechanisms to implement centralized, web-based training programs that will reach the greatest number of building professionals with limited funds. Several online training programs currently in use throughout the country will be demonstrated, and their possible applications to state and national energy code training programs will be discussed.
Session Lead: Ruth Taylor, PNNL
Technical Lead: Dan Strout, U.S. Department of Energy, Boston Regional Office
Speakers:
Gary Epstein, Energy & Resource Solutions (ERS)
John Eash, California Energy Commission
Presentation Descriptions:
Gary Epstein
This presentation will first briefly discuss the general need for training and technical assistance resources to enable the various new buildings market actors to better comply with energy codes or support the compliance efforts of others. In this area, we will briefly discuss some of the training and circuit rider support activities ERS has been involved in over the past years, and articulate the advantages and disadvantages of these efforts. We will then move to a comprehensive discussion of online resources for energy code training and technical assistance,
focusing on ERS' recent development activities in this area - Technical Assistance Online for Energy Codes.
John Eash
Internet training may be the most cost effective and convenient method of training those who enforce energy codes. The California Energy Commission's >Online Training Series (Series) currently consists of more than 100 energy code related videos; each up to 15 minutes in length, along with text providing everything from answers to frequently asked questions to online links to relevant resource websites. The Series has been up and running, at www.energyvideos.com, for more than a year and is the most advanced online video training series for building energy codes in the country.
In this Workshop session, John Eash will describe the development of the Series including problems encountered and their solutions, legal issues such as copyright, keys to licensing agreements, and private sponsorship on public sector websites. Mr. Eash will present a virtual tour of the site, showing portions of several videos. In addition, part of the Series included a live online real-time Webcast on January 15, 2003 (the Webcast is currently archived and available for viewing). The Webcast included both live and recorded video training along with simulcast PowerPoint slides and interactive distance learning tools. Information presented will include statistics and experiences learned from the Webcast as well as from the Series itself.
Internet training is not intended to replace individual or group onsite live training sessions, but can be used effectively to augment such training and provide massive amounts of information in a fast, convenient, user-friendly way.
Ten DVD sets (2 double-sided DVDs per set), containing 95 videos (8 hours) from the Series will be given as door prizes at the end of the presentation.
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Sessions
(choose one)
Session 3A
Living Better with Energy-Efficient Windows
Energy codes contain a number of criteria for windows. Now, hear everything you always wanted to know about windows but were afraid to ask. Come learn more about NFRC ratings, solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC), Efficient Windows Collaborative and more.
Session Lead: Tim Eastling, U.S. Department of Energy, Atlanta Regional Office
Technical Lead: Rosemarie Bartlett, PNNL
Speakers:
Alison Tribble, Alliance to Save Energy
Jim Benney, National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC)
Eric DeVito, Brickfield, Burchette, Ritts & Stone
Jim Larsen, Cardinal Glass Industries, Inc.
Presentation Descriptions:
Alison Tribble
This session will explore market transformation in the residential windows sector including national efforts through the Efficient Windows Collaborative (EWC) and efforts at the regional level throughout the U.S. It will explore regional issues in the window market such as impact resistant requirements in coastal climates and passive solar design in heating-dominated climates. It will describe labels to look for on residential windows including NFRC and ENERGY STAR (with information on the new criteria for ENERGY STAR Windows). State codes status with respect to windows around the nation will also be addressed.
Jim Benney
The National Fenestration Rating Council is a unique, nonprofit organization that develops consensus standards for determining the energy performance of fenestration products and administers a certification and labeling program for communicating credible information on product performance. This presentation will educate the audience on how NFRC can help state energy offices in determining compliance and provide an update on recent changes to the program.
Eric DeVito
The national model energy code's fenestration performance requirements (new and existing homes and
commercial buildings), the history behind them, and how to meet them will be discussed. Specific examples of States adopting 2000 IECC and how they have done it (with specific references to enforcing the window requirements) will be presented, including: Georgia, New York, Texas, and Kansas (mandatory disclosure requirement). The presentation will also include issues facing states that have not yet adopted the IECC (focusing on windows): Arizona, Michigan, and Illinois.
Jim Larsen
The presentation will review how the model code has changed over 20 years in regards to window performance. Starting with the 1986 Model Energy Code (MEC), window insulation properties were simply averaged into the walls. The 1995 MEC is a milestone from the window perspective - NFRC U-factor ratings are required. The release of the IECC brings two major changes: tabulations of prescriptive component requirements for the first time "separates" windows from the wall, and the requirement of solar heat gain limits in the south recognizes the importance of windows in air-conditioning dominated climates. Also included is a review of the window and glass technologies that are used to meet the various code levels and an outline of how building heating and cooling energy consumption has changed with these products. Finally, the presentation will discuss the near-term future
of glass and window developments and the impacts these may have on building performance.
Session 3B
How Can We Work Together? - Part 2
Explore potential partnerships, strategic planning, program design, education, technical information resources, training, workshops, and financial incentives that will assist you in your efforts to update and implement energy codes and otherwise promote energy efficiency in buildings.
Session Leads: Terry Shoemaker / Rosemarie Bartlett, PNNL
Technical Leads: Terry Shoemaker / Rosemarie Bartlett, PNNL
Speakers:
David Cohan, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Alecia Ward, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Larry Kinney, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
Doug Schanne, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
Keynote Speaker
Jay E. Hakes, Director, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
U.S. DOE Announcement of the 2003 Best of Show Award Winners
Teresa Carroll, U.S. DOE
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Networking Break
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
State Lineup - (a.k.a. Parade of States, PDF 121 KB)
Fun, fast-paced, yet informative session where State delegates make a 2-minute pitch on their States' greatest code-related activities. Props, costumes, and visuals are welcome!
Session Leads: Terry Shoemaker / Rosemarie Bartlett, PNNL
Technical Leads: Terry Shoemaker / Rosemarie Bartlett, PNNL
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Sessions
(choose one)
Session 4A
The Plight of Energy Codes in Home Rule States
This session will include discussion of code adoption, implementation, and enforcement efforts in several home rule states. Participants will explain various approaches taken, stumbling blocks encountered, and suggestions on how to be successful.
Session Lead: Heather Dillon, PNNL
Technical Leads:
John Devine, U.S. Department of Energy, Chicago Regional Office
Terry Shoemaker / Rosemarie Bartlett, PNNL
Speakers: Bahman Yazdani, Energy Systems Laboratory of Texas A&M University
Jim Ploger, Kansas Corporation Commission
Larry Kinney, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
Paul Gaynor, Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest (ELPC)
Presentation Descriptions:
Bahman Yazdani
The federal Clean Air Act authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the maximum allowable concentrations of pollutants that have been shown to endanger human health, harm the environment, and cause property damage. The Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP), as established by Senate Bill 5 of the 77th legislature in 2001, created incentive programs as well as certain requirements to assist in reaching attainment by 2007. Included in these requirements is the adoption of an energy code based on ASHRAE 90.1-1999 (IECC 2000 with the 2001 supplement). The recently passed House Bill 1365 makes statutory adjustment to allow for a more efficient TERP and makes necessary changes to help ensure attainment is reached.
Jim Ploger
Under the leadership of the Kansas Corporation Commission Energy Program (state energy office), Kansas has been able to encourage the use of building energy codes beginning in 1997 when builders could certify they meet the 1993 MEC for residential buildings as one means of compliance of a "Kansas Energy Efficiency Disclosure" form that is required for new construction. During the recent 2003 Kansas Legislative session, this law was updated to reference the 2003 version of the IECC, effective July 1, 2003. Basically a home rule state, Kansas has found a way to implement a "voluntary" system of encouraging builders to meet minimum energy codes through this mechanism of requiring thermal standard disclosures on new construction.
Larry Kinney
Larry Kinney will provide updates on the code adoption and implementation processes in the six states in which SWEEP operates: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. These include some of the fastest growing areas in the Nation (Phoenix and Las Vegas) where the interplay between recent code and beyond-code activities provides some interesting harbingers of patterns of development of energy-efficient buildings.
Paul Gaynor
Update on efforts in Illinois to pass an energy-efficient building code for all new residential and commercial construction and some of the home rule issues relating to that effort.
Session 4B
Proposals for Code Grants
This session will provide a brief overview designed to help both inexperienced and experienced proposal writers better understand the writing process in light of how proposals are evaluated. Items to be covered in the overview include redefining the primary objective of writing proposals, as well as identifying several areas of weakness found in most proposals and how to overcome them.
Session Leads: Terry Shoemaker / Rosemarie Bartlett, PNNL
Technical Leads: Terry Shoemaker / Rosemarie Bartlett, PNNL
Speaker: Ward Huffman, U.S. Department of Energy, Denver Regional Office
5:00 PM
Evening Event
Our first stop will be the historic Mary Mac's Tea Room to enjoy a family-style southern dinner. Opened in 1945, John Ferrell carries on the tradition of serving guests a genuine taste of the South just as the founder, Mary MacKenzie, did. Following dinner we will journey to The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum.
Day 3: Thursday, June 26, 2003
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Cracker Barrel
Pick your top three favorite topics from those described below and spend 30 minutes exploring each of them.
Session Lead: Rosemarie Bartlett, PNNL
Technical Lead: Rosemarie Bartlett, PNNL
Speakers:
Pam Cole, PNNL
Ray Ivy, Masco Environments for Living
Monte Hewett, EarthCraft House
Rob Hammon, ConSol
Muthusamy Swami, Florida Solar Energy Center
Heather Dillon, PNNL
Ruth Taylor, PNNL
Presentation Descriptions:
Pam Cole - REScheck on the Web (BECP)
REScheck has a new family member...REScheck-Web. Come see a demonstration of the Building Energy Codes Program's new compliance tool. REScheck-Web requires no download or software installation onto your desktop and performs the same UA calculation as the REScheck desktop software version.
Ray Ivy - Energy Efficient Habitat House
Learn about the Performance Review of a Habitat Dekalb home; the products and practices used, and performance testing results.
Monte Hewett - EarthCraft House
Come hear about EarthCraft House, Atlanta's Green Building Program.
Rob Hammon - Field-Verified Energy Codes
In a coordinated response to the energy crisis and blackouts in California in 2001, the California Energy Commission and California Building Industry Association developed and implemented the most stringent update in the history of the California Energy Efficiency Standards ("Title 24"). This update included integration of third-party field-verification and testing of efficiency measures. These two groups, who are typically adversarial, have been working together to develop and implement workable codes since the advent of the DOE-funded Builder Energy Code Training in 1996. They have continued to cooperate in development of new draft standards that are planned for adoption in 2005 that will increase stringency by even more than the 2001 Standards update. These new standards will incorporate additional third-party inspections and tests and will shift the basis of the standards from strictly energy to time-of-use to help reduce peak demand.
This presentation will focus on how California has implemented third-party field-verification in its energy efficiency standards and will describe lessons learned from this experience. Dr. Hammon will detail both the existing and proposed field-verification credits, including duct leakage, HVAC design, TXV, envelope tightness, and insulation installation quality. This presentation will include the infrastructure requirements for implementing third-party field-verification that in California is performed by certified home energy raters. Dr. Hammon, who helped represent the building industry during the last five energy standards updates, will also describe how both the State of California and California builders have benefited from these standards updates, helping to make these two normally adversarial groups work together to develop and implement the country's most stringent energy efficiency standards.
Muthusamy Swami - EnergyGauge
Dr. Swami will give an overview of the current status and recent changes in the Florida energy code for commercial buildings. He will discuss and demonstrate the associated software, EnergyGauge-FlaCom, developed at the Florida Solar Energy Center, through DOE and State funding, for purposes of code compliance and energy
analysis. The discussion will also include current capabilities of EnergyGauge-FlaCom and plans for its future.
Heather Dillon - Online Permitting
Does your jurisdiction have a digital future? See a demonstration of the first generation in online permitting for energy codes, which will soon be available for REScheck Package Generator users. Join a discussion about the future of this tool and how it might be used in your area.
Ruth Taylor - Centralized Energy Codes Resources
Come see the latest resources available on the Building Energy Codes (BEC) Website (www.energycodes.gov) and plans for new resources in the near future. Whether you are interested in tools to help you better implement building energy codes or are looking for tools to help you comply with codes in your area, the BEC website has a wealth of information to help. Upcoming activities to centralize a variety of training resources, as presented in the web-based training seminar on Wednesday morning, will also be discussed.
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Sessions
(choose one)
Session 5A
The Latest and Greatest in Building Mechanical Technologies
This session focuses on the unseen systems in our homes and offices - the mechanical systems that provide our heating, cooling, humidification, dehumidification, and hot water. While not as visible to the naked eye as the building envelope or lighting, these systems are vital in the maintenance of our personal comfort. Come find out what new mechanical technologies are available and the implications of these new technologies for code enforcement and compliance.
Session Lead: Greg Andrews, U.S. Department of Energy, Atlanta Regional Office
Technical Lead: Mark Halverson, PNNL
Speaker: Laura Case, Emory University
Presentation Description:
Laura Case
Laura will discuss the enthalpy wheel installed in the Whitehead Research Building at Emory University, Atlanta's first LEED Silver Certified Building.
Session 5B
REScheck Hands-On Software Training
This session will give participants "hands-on" experience using the residential energy codes compliance software, REScheck. Instructors will lead the class through a case study to demonstrate a variety of software features including the take-off tool, AreaCalc. Personal laptops are helpful but not required for the class.
Session Leads: Ruth Taylor / Pam Cole / Heather Dillon, PNNL
Technical Leads: Ruth Taylor / Pam Cole / Heather Dillon, PNNL
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Closing Plenary and Wrap-Up
Jean Boulin, U.S. Department of Energy
Post-Workshop Session: Thursday, June 26, 2003
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
U.S. Department of Energy's Proposed Code Change (PDF 174 KB)
DOE is proposing a change to the ICC's International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and International Residential Code (IRC). Come listen to Ron Majette, U.S. Department of Energy, and find out why DOE is proposing the changes, what changes are proposed today, and what will happen next.
Session Lead: Ron Majette, U.S. Department of Energy
Technical Lead: Ron Majette, U.S. Department of Energy
Facilitator: David Weitz, Building Codes Assistance Project
Residential Speakers:
Philip Fairey, Florida Solar Energy Center
Todd Taylor, PNNL
Commercial Speaker: Mark Halverson, PNNL