In Architectural Record’s sixth annual Innovation Conference, "The Net-Zero Energy Buildings" one of the most important strategies for securing a sustainable future will be studied.
Who Should Attend
- Architects
- Interior Designers
- Engineers
- Energy consultants
- Green building consultants
- Educators
Conference Program
07 October 2008
11:30 - 12:30: Registration
12:30 - 12:40: Welcome and Introduction
Norbert W. Young, Jr. (FAIA, President, McGraw-Hill Construction)
Charles Linn (FAIA, Deputy Editor, Architectural Record)
12:40 - 13:30: Keynote Address "Water Plus Light Equals Oil: Bio-Inspired Energy"
Professor Daniel Nocera (Professor of Chemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
13:30 - 14:05: Zero Energy Buildings: Smoke, Mirrors, or What?
Ron Judkoff (Director, Center for Buildings and Thermal Systems National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
14:05 - 14:40: The Dynamics of Form: Maximizing Energy Performance through Computation Analysis
Denzil Gallagher (Partner, Buro Happold North America)
14:40 - 15:10: Conversation Break, Sponsor Exhibits
15:10 - 15:45: A Tall Order? Skyscrapers and Zero Energy
Antony Wood (Executive Director Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat)
15:45 - 16:20: Case Study "The New York Times Building"
Glenn Hughes (President, Glenn Hughes Consulting Associates)
16:20 - 17:00: Special Guest Lecture "A Green Future: Architecture to Make Life Easy, Beautiful, and Healthy"
Christoph Ingenhoven (Principal and Design Director, Ingenhoven Architekten)
17:00 - 17:15: Questions and Answers
17:15 - 18:30: Conversation Break, Sponsor Exhibits
18:30 - 20:00: Business Week / Architectural Record Awards Dinner
08 October 2008
07:30 - 08:30: Continental Breakfast
08:30 - 09:15: Smarter Net Zero Buildings: Status and Future Directions
Stephen Selkowitz (Head, Building Technologies Department Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
09:15 - 09:45: Energy and the Changing Workplace
Dr. Andrew Laing (Managing Director DEGW North America)
09:45 - 10:30: Panel Discussion (Panelists to be announced)
10:30 - 10:50: Conversation Break, Sponsor Exhibits
10:50 - 11:30: Case Study "Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons, Loyola University"
Mark Frisch (AIA, Principal, Solomon Cordwell Buenz)
Matthias Schuler (Director, Transsolar KlimaEngineering)
11:30 - 12:15: Case Study "Masdar Headquarters"
Gordon Gill (AIA, Founder, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture)
Robert Forest (AIA, Founder, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture)
Mehdi Jalayerian (PE, Senior Vice President, Environmental Systems Design)
12:15 - 12:30: Questions and Answers
Closing Remarks: Charles Linn