Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Wednesday, 13/Aug/2025
7:00am
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8:00am
Light Breakfast
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
7:00am
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5:00pm
Registration
Location: Silverton Foyer (2nd Floor)
8:10am
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9:00am
Keynote: Carl Elefante
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
9:10am
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10:10am
Dance Partners: How to Gracefully Integrate Building Form and Enclosure with HVAC
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
Chair: James Frederick Petersen
 

Chair(s): James Frederick Petersen

 

Session Presentations

 

What Success Looks Like: HVAC Integrated with the Building Form and Enclosure

Cheryl M Saldanha

 

What Success Looks Like: HVAC Integrated with the Building Form and Enclosure

James Frederick Petersen

Existing Buildings - Efficiency Opportunities
Location: Cripple Creek 1 (2nd Floor)
Chair: Dave Hubka
 

Beyond New Construction: Tailoring Solutions for Existing Building Efficiency

Kim Pierson



Denver Federal Center Building 48 Modernization

Michelle Swanson, Matt Bartels, Jason Sielcken

Fireside Chat with Carl Elefante
Location: Cripple Creek 2 (2nd Floor)
Chair: Erica Weeks
10:10am
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10:30am
Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables
Location: Silverton Foyer (2nd Floor)
10:30am
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12:00pm
Holistic Carbon Reduction in the Built Environment
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
Chair: Dave Hubka
 

Chair(s): Dave Hubka

Presenter(s): Jessica Martinez, Hilary Giffen, Rachel Thompson, Richard Bowden

Let’s Get Busy: Implementing Autonomous Ongoing Commissioning LIVE!
Location: Cripple Creek 1 (2nd Floor)
 

Chair(s): Saheel Chandrani

 

Session Presentations

 

Let’s Get Busy: Implementing Autonomous Ongoing Commissioning LIVE!

Saheel Chandrani, Michael Munson

Advanced Energy Modeling
Location: Cripple Creek 2 (2nd Floor)
Chair: Krishnan Gowri
 

A Comparative Analysis of Central versus Distributed Ground Source Heat Pump Systems

Craig Simmons, Ben Park, Dareum Nam, Matt Mitchell



CFD Analysis as a decision making tool for an auditorium HVAC design

Ronnie Haldar



Integrating Stack Effect Dynamics for Precise Energy Modeling

Aylin Ozkan, Katie Reipas



Modularizing Refrigeration Systems for Scalable and Adaptable Energy Modeling in Building Simulations

Yeonjin Bae, Yeobeom Yoon, Piljae Im, Jason DeGraw, Sungkyun Jung

12:00pm
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1:30pm
Lunch
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
1:00pm
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1:30pm
IES Sponsor Tech Talk
Location: Cripple Creek 2 (2nd Floor)
1:40pm
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3:10pm
Integrating Construction, Operations, Utility, and MEP Partners to Get Electrification Done
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
Chair: Skander Spies
 

Chair(s): Skander Spies

Presenter(s): DJ Hubler, Jennifer Eckert, Alyssa Ferry

Get Ready and Get Ahead with AI Applications
Location: Cripple Creek 1 (2nd Floor)
Chair: Cheryl M Saldanha
 

AI Agent for Early-Stage Building Energy Benchmarking

Fara Foroughi



AI in the Air: Transforming Airflow Analysis for Sustainable Buildings

Ryan S Parker, Dianthé van Weerden



Machine Learning Based Metamodel for Faster Life Cycle Assessment of Large Portfolio of Buildings

Naveen Kumar Muthumanickam, Xin Wang, Sonja Adams, Jingying Hu, Julia Sullivan, Anna Nielsen, Heather Goetsch, Michael Deru

 
3:10pm
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3:30pm
Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables
Location: Silverton Foyer (2nd Floor)
3:30pm
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5:00pm
Energy Modeling - Tools and Techniques
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
Chair: Krishnan Gowri
 

A BIM-BEM based Workflow for Designing Integrated HVAC and Lighting Systems

Michael Poplawski, Ammar H.A. Dehwah



Metascheming with Building Energy Modeling: A Standard 232 Case Study

Jason W. DeGraw



Reevaluating Energy Savings: The Impact of Independent Modelling on Energy Efficiency Measure

Charlotte Nauss

Waste to Wealth; Circularity Is Central
Location: Cripple Creek 1 (2nd Floor)
Chair: Dave Hubka
 

Chair(s): Dave Hubka

Presenter(s): Patricia Lloyd, Misty Bell, Rachel Thompson