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Architectural Record's
4th Annual Innovation Conference Program
October 11-12 2006
At the McGraw-Hill Building Auditorium,
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York

HIGH-TECH SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
This is the conference to attend for up-to-the-minute advances in building systems. Sessions lead by experts from the world over will include presentations on intelligent envelopes, building controls and automation, advanced HVAC and lighting, and the energy design software that makes it possible.

Sessions will include technology-specific presentations as well as case studies of built projects, and a look ahead at things to come.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

1:15 PM Welcome and Introductory Remarks

1:30 PM Keynote Address: Deciphering the myths and realities behind today’s headlines about the energy industry
Peter Tertzakian
Chief Energy Economist and Director of ARC Financial Corporation and author of A Thousand Barrels a Second, deciphers the myths and realities of today’s headlines about the energy industry.
Bio>>
Receive a complimentary, signed copy of A Thousand Barrels a Second at the conference.

2:00 PM Session #1: Case Study
The Loblolly House-KieranTimberlake will present the first building based on the principles in their bestselling book, Refabricating Architecture.

Presenters Bios>>
Stephen Kieran
FAIA, Partner, KieranTimberlake
Receive a complimentary, signed copy of Refabricating Architecture at the conference.
James Timberlake FAIA, Partner, KieranTimberlake

2:45 PM Conversation Break

3:00 PM Session #2: Energy and Architecture

Moderator:

Robert Ivy, FAIA
Editor in Chief of Architectural Record, Vice President and Editorial Director of McGraw-Hill Construction Publications. Bio>>


Presentation #1 Developments in Alternative Energy Technologies

Presenter:
Steven J. Strong

Solar Design Associates, Inc.
Bio>>

Presentation #2 A passive, non-technical approach to sustainability

Presenter:
Matthias Schuler
Director, Transsolar
Bio>>

Presentation #3 Energy Design and Analysis Software

Presenter:
Nico Kienzl

Director, atelier ten
Bio>>

4:15 PM Session #3: Case Study
Arup will present a building that it has designed exclusively for the Innovation Conference

Presenters
Fiona Cousins, PE
Principal,
Arup
Bio>>
Gary Lawrence
Urban Strategies Leader,
Arup Bio>>

5:00 PM Reception Exhibit Hall

6:15 PM Dinner Sponsored by

BusinessWeek / Architectural Record Awards

Bentley will host the ninth year of this awards competition.

Eight jurors selected eight winners and six merit awards from 176 entries which came from all over the globe. The building types vary greatly, from a mid-size retail store to a candy factory turned into a biotech facility. Buildings that receive the award must embody design excellence that contributes to their owners’ business goals in a proficient and demonstrable manner. The award recipients are located in seven U.S. states, as well as Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Germany. To view the winners and find out more about these projects, click here>>


Thursday, October 12, 2006

7:30 AM Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM Session #4: Energy and Building Systems

Moderator:

Stephen Selkowitz
Head, Building Technologies Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Bio>>


Presentation #1 Load Management-controls and demand response systems

Presenter:
Scott E. Frank, PE,

Partner. Jaros, Baum & Bolles Bio>>


Presentation #2 High efficiency/low energy HVAC, radiant heating and cooling, underfloor air systems, displacement ventilation and more

Presenter:
Daniel H. Nall, FAIA, PE
LEED AP, Senior Vice President/Director-Advanced
Technologies, Flack + Kurtz
Bio>>

Presentation #3 Active Facades/Intelligent envelopes/daylighting systems

Presenter:
Stephen Selkowitz
Head, Building Technologies Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Bio>>

Q & A

9:45 AM Conversation Break

10:00 AM Session # 5: In The Pipeline
Key industry researchers and scientists will present the materials, techniques, and ideas they are currently developing to further advance the science of sustainable buildings. This session will give audience members a glimpse of the future.

Moderator: Charles Linn, FAIA, Deputy Editor, Architectural Record Magazine, Bio>>

Key industry researchers and scientists will present the materials, techniques, and ideas they are currently developing to further advance the science of sustainable buildings. This session will give audience members a glimpse of the future.

Skidmore Owings and Merrill's Pearl River Tower will be built in Guangzhou, China. It was designed to produce more energy than it consumes, and is just one of the case-study buildings that will be presented at the conference.  

Presenters:

Gunnar Baldwin
Water Efficiency Specialist,
TOTO
Bio>>

Pekka Hakkarainen, PhD
Vice President,
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
Bio>>

 

Steve Hebeisen, Director Engineering - MechoShade Systems, Inc.

Lawrence J. Fitzgerald, PhD
Director, Strategic Planning,
Science and Technology,
PPG Industries Bio>>

Sylvan R. Shemitz
CEO, Tambient
Bio>>

11:30 AM Session # 6: Case Study: Pearl River Tower
SOM presents the Pearl River Tower, the competition-winning zero-energy tower for Guangdong Tobacc.
Presenters:

Robert Bolin, PE
Associate director of sustainable design, SOM
Bio>>

Gordon Gill
Associate Partner, design architect for the Pearl Project. SOM
Bio>>

Roger Frechette
Director of MEP, SOM
Bio>>

12:15 noon Closing remarks

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