Buildings as Information Systems

January 3 – 6, 2018 | Oakland and Berkeley, CA

Event Page | News Release | Berkeley Lab Recap

Day 1


2018 Green Building Update

Jerry Yudelson, PE, MS, MBA, LEED Fellow, author of Reinventing Green Buildings
Presentation



2018 Green Building Update: Data Analytics 

Aaron Lapsley, former Vice President, Services and Product, Switch Automation


Virtual Tools for Teaching Retro-Commissioning and Controls (Part 1)

Dave Sellers, Senior Engineer, Facilities Dynamics Engineering


Virtual Tools for Teaching Retro-Commissioning and Controls (Part 2)

Dave Sellers, Senior Engineer, Facilities Dynamics Engineering


Virtual Tools for Teaching Retro-Commissioning and Controls (Part 3)

Dave Sellers, Senior Engineer, Facilities Dynamics Engineering


How to program a thermostat using a BAS Emulator

Bob Clark, HVACR Program Coordinator, College of DuPage

 

Day 2

 

Welcome to LBNL and Overview of Presentations and Activities of the Day

Mary Ann Piette, Director of LBNL Building Technology & Urban Systems (BTUS) Division
Presentation

 

Using Energy Management Information Systems (EMIS) to Identify Top Opportunities for Commercial Building Efficiency

Claire Curtin, Program Manager and Guanjing Lin, Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, LBNL

Presentation


Management of Building Systems at California Academy of Sciences

Ari Harding, Operations Manager, FLEXLAB
Presentation

 

Predictive Control Modeling: What Can Be Modeled and How to Do It?

David H. Blum, Postdoctoral Fellow, Building Technology & Urban Systems Division, LBNL
Presentation

 

Effects of Climate Change on Species and Ecosystems

Laura Kueppers, Faculty Scientist in the Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, LBNL and Assistant Professor, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
Presentation

 

Day 3


Overview of Microgrid and Distributed Energy Resources

Craig Wooster, Principal, Wooster Engineering
Presentation


Setting Up Trends in a BAS System

Bruce Alford, Faculty, Lane Community College
Presentation | Trends Info Sheet | Lesson 1 | Lesson 2 | Lesson 3 | Lesson 4

 

Day 4


Integrating BAS into Existing Programs & Capstone Exercises for BAS Students

Mark D’Allesandro, Delaware Technical Community College
Presentation | Capstone Assignment

 

Recruitment of Women for Technical Programs

Dr. Deb Hall, Valencia College
Presentation


Integrating BAS into a Commercial HVAC Program

Rob McNabb, Laramie County Community College
Presentation


Strategies to Engage Students in the Building Automation Systems Program

Earl McFarland, Triatek and GPTC BAS Graduate
Presentation

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