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Innovation 2009

The Net-Zero Energy Buildings Conference II:
Technologies, Materials, and Systems for Getting to Zero

October 7, 2009

12:30 - 1:00pm

Registration

1:00pm – 1:10pm

Program Welcome and Introduction

Norbert W. Young, Jr., FAIA - view bio»
President, McGraw-Hill Construction

Charles Linn, FAIA - view bio»
Deputy Editor, Architectural Record
1:15pm - 2:00pm

Keynote Address: Smarter Cities of the Future, Where No Building is An Island

Colin G. Harrison, PhD - view bio»
Director, Corporate Strategy, IBM, Armonk, NY

Presentation Sponsored by:

2:05pm - 2:45pm

The New Generation of Super Efficient HVAC Systems

Peter Rumsey, PE, Principal - view bio»
Rumsey Engineers, Oakland, California

2:50pm – 3:30pm

Building It Right: Fenestration For Net Zero Buildings

John Straube, PhD, Principal - view bio»
Building Science Consulting
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

3:30pm - 3:55pm

Conversation Break

4:00pm – 4:45pm

Making Massive Crowds of Nanostructures: From Atomic-Scale Principles to Programmable Building Materials

A. John Hart, PhD - view bio»
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

4:50pm- 5:30pm

Innovation Conference Special Guest Lecturer

Helmut Jahn, FAIA - view bio»
President and CEO of Murphy/Jahn Architects, Chicago
Case Study: Merck Serono Building, Geneva, Switzerland

Presentation Sponsored by:

5:30pm – 6:30pm

 Cocktail Reception

October 8, 2009

7:30 – 8:30am

Continental Breakfast
8:30am - 9:00am

Net-Zero Energy Buildings: Why We Need Them and How To Achieve This Ambitious Goal

Drury Crawley, PhD - view bio»
Team Lead, Commercial Buildings
Office of Building Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington D.C.
9:00am – 9:45am

New Stuff from the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology

Dynamic Window Shading, Advanced Eco-Ceramic Envelopes, and Active
Vegetation Systems for Air Purification and Energy Reduction

Anna Dyson - view bio»
Director, Center for Architecture Science and Ecology
Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, NY

Carl Galioto, FAIA - view bio >>
Senior Principal, HOK
9:45am - 10:00am

Technical Developments in Energy Efficiency

Stephen Hebeisen - view bio»
Director of Engineering, MechoShade Systems, Inc.
10:00am -10:30am Conversation Break
10:30am - 11:15am

Case Study: Integrated Design Associates Office Building

Scott Shell, AIA, Principal - view bio»
EHDD Architecture, San Francisco
11:15am - 12:00pm

Case Study: Okhta Center Tower, St. Petersburg, Russia

David Altenhofen, AIA - view bio»
Technical Design Principal, RMJM Architects, Philadelphia

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