Presentations
February 22-24, 2010
Hilton North Raleigh Hotel
3415 Wake Forest Road
Raleigh, NC 27609
Presenters whose names are blue and underlined have links to their presentations
Sunday February 21
REM/Rate Advanced Users Workshop
Presenter: Rob Salcido, Architectural Energy Corporation
NAHB Research Center Accredited Green
Verifiers for the National Green Certification Program Training
Presenters: Bob Hill,
NAHB Research Center
HERS 101
Presenter: Abe Kruger, Kruger Sustainability Group
WaterSense® New Homes Certification
Provider Training
Presenter: Kim Wagoner, Eastern Research Group
Monday February 22, 2010
Conference Registration
7:00 a.m. - Grand Ballroom Foyer
Continental Breakfast - Exhibits Open
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. - Grand Ballroom
Opening General Session
RESNET Update
Steve Baden, RESNET
The Role of Building Performance in
Addressing the Global Climate Challenge
Donna McIntire, United Nations Environmental Program
Time of Sale Labeling of Homes
Philip Fairey, Florida Solar Energy Center
Invisible Energy - Strategies to
Recover the Economy and Save the Planet
David Goldstein, Natural Resources Defense Council
ENERGY STAR Awards Presentation
David Lee, Environmental Protection Agency
Session 1
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Combustion Safety & Testing: Do No Harm
(Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Track)
Rich Moore, Invisible Energy
Closed Crawl Spaces at the Extremes:
Measured Performance in Cold and Hot/Humid Climates (North Carolina
Energy Star Track)
Presenter: Maria Mauceri,
Advanced Energy
Air Infiltration Prevention - What the
Test Results Showed
Presenter: Robert Hill, National Association of Home Builders
Research Center
Moving Rater Quality Assurance Into the
Future - RESNET's Proposed Changes (2 Back-to-Back Sessions)
Presenter: Daran Wastchak, D.R. Wastchak and chairman of
RESNET Quality Assurance and Ethics Committee
Verifying LEED for Homes Projects:
Calling all Green Raters!
Presenters: Jennifer Owens, USGBC and
Beth Holst, GBCI
Infrared Thermography: Getting Started
Successfully
Presenter: John Snell, The Snell Group
HERS Raters & HVAC
Presenter: Brett
Dillon, IBS Advisors
Session 2
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Streamlining the Diagnostic Process
(Building Performance with ENERGY STAR Track)
Presenter: Rich Moore, Invisible Energy
Training for Work in Existing Homes- A
New Model for Getting the Job Done Right! (North Carolina Energy Star
Track)
Presenter: John Tooley, Advanced Energy
How to Engage and Profit from the
Retrofit Industry
Presenters:
Dallas Jones and Sean Zobaa, Home Energy Team
HUD's Energy Efficient Mortgage
Initiative
Presenter: Michael Friedberg, HUD
WaterSense: Water-Efficient Homes, a
New Era in Building Green
Presenter: Kim Wagoner, Eastern Research Group
Green Building: Past, Present and
Future
Presenter: Don Ferrier,
Ferrier Custom Homes
Teaching Adults Effectively
Presenter: Brett
Dillon, IBS Advisors
Tuesday February 23, 2010
Session 3
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Home Performance Consulting: A Business
Opportunity for Raters (Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Track)
Presenter: Keith Williams, Building Services and Consulting,
LLC
Green Goofs: What Were They thinking?
(North Carolina Energy Star Track)
Presenters: Danny
Gough of Energy Solutions and
Andrew J. Courts, Jr. of
North
Carolina Energy Partners (NCEP)
"Truth Behind the Walls" - Determining
Insulation Quality Installation
Presenter: Peter Hopkins, United Infrared
Why Manual J is Just a Good Start
Presenter: Mark Hutchins,
Conservation Services Group
Federal Retrofit Initiatives - What It
Means to Your Business
Presenters: David Goldstein and Lane Burt, Natural Resources
Defense Council
Set Yourself Apart: Get Green Certified
to the National Green Building Standard
Presenters: Michelle
Desiderio, NAHB Research Center and Kelly Parker, Guaranteed Watt
Savers
The Indoor airPLUS Technical
Specifications: How to Rate It
Presenters: Eric Werling,
Environmental Protection Agency and Casey Murphy, ICF International
A Rater's Primer on How to Write a
Scope of Work
Presenter: Brett Dillon, IBS Advisors
Session 4
10:30 a.m. - Noon
How to Determine a Fair Price (Home
Performance with ENERGY STAR Track)
Presenter: Mike Gorman
Whole-House HVAC Skills for Raters &
Inspectors (North Carolina Energy Star Track)
Presenter: David Slater,
Stream Residential Air and Energy Experts
Air Flow - The Hidden Moisture Mover
Presenter: Steve Easley
Testing the Energy Analysis Tools of
Existing Homes: BESTEST-EX Update by NREL
Presenter: Dr. Marcus Bianchi, National Renewable Energy
Laboratory
COMNET: Supporting Existing Commercial
Building Energy Rating Systems
Presenters: Cliff Majersik, Institute for Market
Transformation, David
Goldstein, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Lane Burt, Natural
Resources Defense Council
ENERGY STAR Qualified Homes 2011 Spec
Training: Overview of New Specifications and Compliance Procedures
Presenters: Sam Rashkin,
Glenn Chinery and Zak Shadid, Environmental Protection Agency
90% Energy Code Compliance - A Dream
Role for Raters
Presenter: Mike Barcik,
Southface Energy Institute
Ethics in the Industry
Brett Dillon,
IBS Advisors
Session 5
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Marketing in a Down Turn (Building
Performance with ENERGY STAR Track)
Presenter: Mike Gorman
Growing From HERs to Multi-Program
Green Verification (North Carolina Energy Star Track)
Presenters: Dona Stankus, NC Solar Center, and Leigh Scott, HBA of DOC
Principals of Residential Ventilation
and Their Role in New and Existing Homes
Presenter: Paul Raymer, Heyoka Solutions
Streamlining Energy Analysis by
Standardizing Assumptions and RESNET Occupied Homes Software Task Force
and Working Group
Presenters: Philip Fairey, Florida Solar Energy Center and
David Goldstein, Natural Resources Defense Council
Texas Home Energy Audit Program
Presenter: Tom
Fitzpatrick, Texas HERO
ENERGY STAR Qualified Homes 2011 Spec Training: Completing Systems:
HVAC
Presenters: Dean Gamble, ICF
International and Ted Leopkey, Environmental Protection Agency
IECC: How to Meet the Requirements and
How It Impacts Home Ratings
Presenter: Chunlin Cao, The Dow Chemical Company
Performing Quality Assurance
Presenter: Brett Dillon, IBS Advisors
Session 6
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Frontline Communication 101: Conveying
Home Performance Benefits (Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Track)
Presenter: Keith Williams, Building Services and Consulting,
LLC
Success with ENERGY STAR for Home
Energy Raters (North Carolina Energy Star Track)
Presenter: Kristi
Matthews, Advanced Energy
Conducting an Infrared Inspection Using
the New RESNET standard
Presenter: John Snell,
The Snell Group - Snell -2 -
IR Standard Article
RESNET National Energy Audit Standard
-
Update
Presenters: Lee O'Neal,
CGE Solutions, Inc, and Dallas Jones, Home Energy Team
The Pros and Cons of Foam vs. Batt for
Interior Basement and Crawl Spaces
Presenter: Dan Tempas,
The Dow Chemical Company
Habitat for Humanity - Sustainability
Initiatives and Progress
Moderator - Janet McIlvaine, Flordia Solar Energy Center
Presenters: Kevin Gobble - Habitat for Humanity International, Thom
Philips - Michigan Sustainable Specialist, Ed Brown - Washington State
Sustainable Specialist, Andy Bell - Alabama Sustainable Specialist
The Evolving Relationship Between
Energy Codes, Beyond-Code Programs, and Home Energy Ratings
Presenters: Z. Todd Taylor
and Dave Conover, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Real-time QAQC - A Continuous Program
Improvement Mechanism
Presenter: Steve Ellison, ICF International
Wednesday February 24, 2010
Session 7
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Estimated Energy Savings That Work
(Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Track)
Presenters: Casey Murphy, Dale Hoffmeyer, Environmental
Protection Agency and Patricia Plympton, Navigant Consulting, Inc
"ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES: Predictions,
Performance and Real-World Results" - What Can We Learn from 160,000
Houses in Houston? (North Carolina Energy Star Track)
Presenter: Shaun Hassel, Advanced Energy
- Copy of Study
Energy Audit Tricks and Techniques
Presenter: Mark Lidd, BareToes LLC
Finding a Home for Independent Raters
Presenters: Steve Byers, EnergyLogic;
Kelly Parker,
Guaranteed Watt Savers; Doug Walter, Energy and Environmental Rating
Alliance
Roundtable on Energy Guides for Homes:
Where are We Going? Who's Doing What?
Moderator - Steve Baden, RESNET
Panel Members: Richard Faesy, Vermont Energy Efficiency Corporation;
Philip Fairey, Florida Solar Energy Center, Diane Ferington, Energy
Trust of Oregon; Sean Penrith, Earth Advantage; and
Greg Thomas,
Performance Systems Development
Air Sealing: The Impact on Home Rating
and Energy Savings
Presenters: Kate Johnson
and Chunlin Cao, The Dow Chemical
Company
Be Careful What You Wish For:
Opportunities to Support Stimulus Grantees in Using ARRA Funds
Effectively
Presenter: Bill Prindle, ICF International
Session 8
10:30 a.m. - Noon
Home Performance with ENERGY STAR:
Today & Tomorrow (Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Track)
Presenter: Chandler von Schrader, Environmental Protection
Agency
Performance of Revised Duct Design,
Save Money and Cool Customers (North Carolina Energy Star Track)
Presenters: Bruce Eugene Davis, Jeff Tiller, Sean Gray, and Porras -Appalachian State University, Energy Center
Update on RESNET National Building
Registry
Presenters: Steve Byers, Chair of the RESNET Building
Registry Task Force and Randy Martin of R.L. Martin and Associates
Air Leakage Testing: Quicker Easier &
Funner
Presenter: Colin Genge, Retrotec Energy Innovations Ltd.
Introduction to the New RESNET Standard
for Performance Testing
Presenters: Lee O'Neal, CGE Solutions, Inc.;
Kelly Parker, Guaranteed Watt
Savers, Inc; and Rogge Miller, Guaranteed Watt Savers, Inc.
The Proposed Home Star Program
Presenters: Efficiency First -
Home Star Call to Action
What Every Rater Needs to Know About
Insulated Siding
Presenters: Pat Culpepper, Progressive Foam Technologies, and
Tim Holt, Progressive Foam Technologies
The State of Green Real Estate and
Where the Next Opportunities Are
Presenter: Dr. John Beldock, EcoBrokers
Session 9
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Growing Your Business with BPI (Home
Performance with ENERGY STAR Track)
Presenter: Larry Zarker, Building Performance Institute
Upcoming North Carolina Residential
Code (North Carolina Energy Star Track)
Presenter: Chris Mathis, Mathis Consulting Company
Realizing the Full Potential of HERS
Ratings
Presenters: Glenn Pease and
Eurihea Speciale, Southface
Energy Institute
Insiders Tips on the U.S. Department of
Energy's Builders Challenge: Building and Differentiating High
Performance Homes in a Competitive Marketplace
Presenters: Edward Pollock, U.S. Department of Energy and
James Lyons, Newport Partners, LLC
Infrared Business Tips & Insight
Presenter: Jay Bowen, Infrared Training Center
EEMs & EIMs - The Next Generation
Presenters: Allison A. Bailes III, PhD, Energy Vanguard;
Geoff Ferland, EcoLend; and
Charlie Brister, Frontier Energy Services
Building Performance and National
Energy Legislation
Presenters: Steve Baden, RESNET and
Lane Burt, Natural
Resources Defense Council
The New Partnership: Auditors and Real
Estate Professionals
Presenters: Candace Lightner, REALTOR, Energy Smart Real
Estate Specialist, and Lee O'Neal, CGE Solutions
Session 10
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
The Role of the German Passivhaus
Standard in America
Presenter:
Katrin
Klingenberg, Passive House Institute US |
Home Performance with ENERGY STAR in NC
(North Carolina Energy Star Track)
Presenter: Brian Coble, Advanced Energy
Using Fully Automated Energy Audit &
Energy Rating Systems
Presenters: Ken Riead, Hathmore Technologies, LLC and
Sharla
Riead, Accurate Rater Network
Advanced Lighting: The Next Energy
Frontier
Presenter: Jeff Schwartz, ICF International
Lessons Learned- ENERGY STAR 2011 Pilot
Program
Presenters: Mike Berry, Steve Ellison, and
Geoff Hartman, ICF
International
