[SPN-Discussion] NOV 16 November Forum: Basics of Buildings and Building Science taught by The Jedi by GreenHomeNYC

[Pamela Berns]

While we all look to sustainable technology, ignoring the basics of
buildings can be wasteful for your clients, result in your missing building
performance metrics, and is generally bad for your business. If you can get
a 10% ROI on a project, why not do a more full, less expensive, and
significantly more cost effective new construction or retrofit package that
will have a 40-50% ROI? Are we focusing too much on a tax credit, and
missing a simple technologies that will make the building more comfortable,
affordable, sustainable, affordable, healthy, and profitable? These are
some of the questions that many of us ask every day, and as was true with
all of us entering into the sustainability field, it took us a long time,
many teachers, and much reading to get up to speed on the essentials. Get a
crash course on buildings and building science, to begin or reinforce your
skills, with some of the experts in the field.

 This event will be in the PechaKucha format, where presentations are
synchronized to run one after another automatically, 20 slides at 20
seconds a slide for a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds per speaker. It is
a sprinted presentation that is very engaging and a lot of fun. Once all
presentations are complete, we will close the event with questions from the
audience.

 Date: Wednesday, November 16th, 2016

Time: 6:30-8:00pm
Place: Florim Ceramiche, 152 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016

 Our speakers will include:

Jonathan Flothow, Steam System Specialist at Steven Winter Associates,
speaking on Cold-Start Method of Steam Boiler Sizing
Bob Gardella, Senior Program Manager at Associatation for Energy
Affordability, speaking on Reducing Air Leakage
Dominique Lempereur, Director of East Coast Operations at kW Engineering,
speaking on Maintaining Performance: Avoiding the "Energy Creep"
Dan Rieber, Weatherization Director at Northern Manhattan Improvement
Corportation, speaking on Better Heating and Hot Water Systems
Tom Thompson, Vice President at LERRI Solar Technology, speaking on Solar -
Passive & Active
Tom Sahagian, Independent Energy-Efficiency Consultant, speaking on O&M /
Proper installation in the first place
Bill Zoeller, Senior Vice President at Steven Winter Associates, speaking
on Incorporating Resilience into your Building
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