Building Tech Forum 2018
With over 200 attendees and 35 presenting companies, our Building Tech Forum was not only the largest we have ever had, but also the most technically complicated. Countless parties helped make this celebration of net positive energy happen. Thank you to Ben Myers and his team at Boston Properties for hosting and helping to organize the event. His continual kindness and support of our mission is what make large-scale events like this possible. Thanks to our generous sponsors WSP, National Grid, Eversource, and Boston Properties for moderating and making our education tracks a success, as well as our presenters, whos fascinating presentations lit up the night.
Photos of the event
Building Tech Forum 2018 Presentations
EVERSOURCE & NATIONAL GRID TRACK
USGBC National – Brendan Owens
O brawling love! (let’s talk about LEED)
HTS – Mark LaFrance
Reducing Energy Consumption with High-Efficiency HVAC Products
ICON Architecture – Nancy Ludwig
Get Serious about Energy with the Passive House Standard
The Green Engineer, Inc. – Christopher Schaffner
B Corps – a Tool for Change
CoolGreenPower – Joe Mueller
Use Less Through Smarter Cooling
Envenio – Adam Green
High-Performance CFD
SolaBlock – Patrick Quinlan & Jason Laverty
The Next Direction in Solar
Jacobs – Vinay Shekar & Betty Liu
Net Zero/Positive Design
Zehnder America – John Rockwell
Ventilation: Why Efficiency Matters
Auburndale Builders – Nick Falkoff
The Studio for High-Performance Design and Construction
Eversource and National Grid – Mark Stafford & Kim Cullinane
See Presentation
BOSTON PROPERTIES TRACK
NESEA – Paul Eldrenkamp
NESEA’s Bottom Lines
Stacks and Joules – Mike Conway
The Net Positive Workforce
Ampion – Stephen Condon
Distributed Generation (“DG”) Programs
Mitsubishi Electric Cooling and Heating – Dan Swanson
Heating and Cooling Net positive Energy Buildings
BuildingGreen – Brent Ehrlich
5 Reasons to be Optimistic About Solar
View Dynamic Glass – Joe O’Brien
Electrochromic Glass Technology
Embue – Robert Cooper
Building Intelligence & Net Zero Apartments
USG – Sandy Mulkern
SMMA – Elizabeth Galloway
Highly Glazed Facades, Myths, and Realities
ReVision Energy – Malcolm Sonnett
100% Solar Household
BR+A – Jacob Knowles
See presentation
Boston Properties – Ben Myers
WSP EDUCATION TRACK
Living Building Challenge Collaborative – DiAnn Mroszczak
A Visionary Path to a Regenerative Future
OpenDataSoft – Rachel Han
How to Create Public and Private Value from Energy Data
Conservation Solutions Corporation – Dan Cook
Bio-Based Phase Change Materials Reducing HVAC Energy Use,
Reducing Peak Demand and Improving Building Comfort
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center – Beverly Craig
MassCEC Clean Building Initiatives
Solar Design Associates, Inc. – Steven Strong
Renewable Energy for Energy Positive Buildings
Daikin – Mike Ragan
VRF System Innovations Contributing to Net Positive Energy Buildings
NRGTree – Abdu Elrefaiy
Own My Solar: Streamlining Commercial Solar
BuroHappold – Julie Janiski
Community Catalyst: Targeting a Net-Zero Energy Workforce
Development & Training Center
Linnean Solutions, LLC – Jim Newman
Monitoring for Impact
Viessmann Manufacturing – Matthew Freitas
Viessmann DNA
Touloukian Touloukian Inc – Ted Touloukian
Context Enriches Craft
WSP – Julia Rogers
Winthrop Square
Presenters and Sponsors

PE | Associate, LeMessurier
Vice President, AEW’s Architecture & Engineering group
Interior Designer, Jacobs, Boston
Senior Vice President, Market Transformation and Development U.S. Green Building Council
AIA LEED AP BD+C | Senior Associate, Gensler Boston
LEED Fellow, WELL AP | Founder and Principal, Ecoworks Studio
LEED AP BD+C | Environmental Sustainability Manager, Armstrong World Industries
Sustainability Director, Steven Winter Associates
Assistant Professor of Exposure Science | Director of the Healthy Buildings program
Managing Director, Harvard University Office for Sustainability
Principal & Director of Certifications and Consulting, Epsten Group, Inc.
Vice President of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Jamestown
Founder and Principal, Linnean Solutions | LEED AP, O+M; EcoDistrict AP
Associate Principal, BuroHappold Engineering
Senior Vice President, Sustainability at Kilroy Realty Corporation
Co-Founder, Facilitator at The Laurentia Project | LEED AP BD+C, LFA
Founder and President, Board of the Healthy Building Network
Building Technology Director, Kingspan North America
LEED® AP ID+C, BD+C, USGBC Faculty, WELL® AP, WELL Faculty and Fitwel Ambassador
Workplace Strategy Expert and Researcher, EYP
Principal, Integrated Ecostrategy
Senior Vice President, International WELL Building Institute
AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
Principal, Bruner/Cott
Architect, Associate, and Sustainability Design Leader, Stantec Architecture and Engineering
FAIA, LEED Fellow, Long Green Specs
Products & Materials Specialist, BuildingGreen
Director of Acquisitions and Development
Director of Restorative Enterprise, Interface
Vice President of Sustainable Development, Shaw
Sustainability Manager, Consigli Construction Company
Global Head of Sustainability, Superior Essex