Conference Agenda

Session Overview

Date: Tuesday, 12/Aug/2025

2:00pm - 6:00pm

Registration
Location: Silverton Foyer (2nd Floor)

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Welcome Reception
Location: 2nd Floor Prefunction Area

Date: Wednesday, 13/Aug/2025

7:00am - 8:00am

Light Breakfast
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)

7:00am - 5:00pm

Registration
Location: Silverton Foyer (2nd Floor)

8:10am - 9:00am

Keynote: Carl Elefante
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)

9:10am - 10:10am

Dance Partners: How to Gracefully Integrate Building Form and Enclosure with HVAC
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: James Frederick Petersen

9:10am - 10:10am

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

9:10am - 10:10am

Fireside Chat with Carl Elefante
Location: Cripple Creek 2 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Erica Weeks

10:10am - 10:30am

Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables
Location: Silverton Foyer (2nd Floor)

10:30am - 12:00pm

Holistic Carbon Reduction in the Built Environment
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Dave Hubka

10:30am - 12:00pm

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

10:30am - 12:00pm

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

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lunch
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)

1:00pm - 1:30pm

IES Sponsor Tech Talk
Location: Cripple Creek 2 (2nd Floor)

1:40pm - 3:10pm

Integrating Construction, Operations, Utility, and MEP Partners to Get Electrification Done
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Skander Spies

1:40pm - 3:10pm

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

3:10pm - 3:30pm

Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables
Location: Silverton Foyer (2nd Floor)

3:30pm - 5:00pm

Energy Modeling - Tools and Techniques
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Krishnan Gowri

3:30pm - 5:00pm

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

Date: Thursday, 14/Aug/2025

7:00am - 8:00am

Light Breakfast
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)

7:00am - 5:00pm

Registration
Location: 2nd Floor Prefunction Area

7:30am - 8:00am

TRANE Sponsor Tech Talk
Location: Cripple Creek 2 (2nd Floor)

8:10am - 9:00am

Keynote: Building Performance Analysis in the Age of AI
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)

9:10am - 10:10am

ASHRAE Fishbowl
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: E. Mitchell Swann

9:10am - 10:10am

Smart Techniques for Smarter Building Operation
Location: Cripple Creek 1 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Ladan Ghobad

9:10am - 10:10am

Grid-Friendly Buildings of the Future
Location: Cripple Creek 2 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Erica Weeks

10:10am - 10:30am

Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables
Location: Silverton Foyer (2nd Floor)

10:30am - 12:00pm

Generative AI
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Krishnan Gowri

10:30am - 12:00pm

Improving Productivity: Tools, Techniques and Policies II
Location: Cripple Creek 1 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Drew Champlin

10:30am - 12:00pm

Life Cycle Analysis Uncovered
Location: Cripple Creek 2 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Erica Weeks

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lunch
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)

1:00pm - 1:30pm

NEO Sponsor Tech Talk
Location: Cripple Creek 2 (2nd Floor)

1:40pm - 3:10pm

How Goal Setting and Analytics Based Design Lead to Project Success
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Matthew Coulter

1:40pm - 3:10pm

Innovation Jam: Team Problem Solving
Location: Cripple Creek 1 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Richard Walter Fenrich
Session Chair: Samira Mohazabieh

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Autodesk Sponsor Tech Talk
Location: Cripple Creek 2 (2nd Floor)

3:10pm - 3:30pm

Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables
Location: Silverton Foyer (2nd Floor)

3:30pm - 5:00pm

Grid Interactive Buildings
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Ben Simon

3:30pm - 5:00pm

Innovation Jam: Team Pitches and Audience Judging
Location: Cripple Creek 1 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Richard Walter Fenrich
Session Chair: Samira Mohazabieh

3:30pm - 5:00pm

Decarbonization Pathways
Location: Cripple Creek 2 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Dave Hubka

Date: Friday, 15/Aug/2025

7:30am - 8:30am

Light Breakfast
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)

7:30am - 12:00pm

Registration
Location: 2nd Floor Prefunction Area

8:30am - 10:00am

Advanced Workflows for Energy Modeling
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Richard Walter Fenrich

8:30am - 10:00am

Indoor Air Quality
Location: Cripple Creek 1 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Cary Alexander Faulkner

8:30am - 10:00am

Utilizing The Living Building Challenge Framework for Carbon Reduction in Colorado
Location: Cripple Creek 2 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Taylor Roberts

10:00am - 10:30am

Coffee Break + Sponsor Tables
Location: Silverton Foyer (2nd Floor)

10:30am - 12:00pm

Case Studies in Modeling for Decarbonization
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Richard Walter Fenrich

10:30am - 12:00pm

Thermal Comfort
Location: Cripple Creek 1 (2nd Floor)
Session Chair: Erica Weeks

10:30am - 12:00pm

Digital Twins in Action
Location: Cripple Creek 2 (2nd Floor)

12:00pm - 12:20pm

Closing Remarks
Location: Silverton Ballroom 2 & 3 (2nd Floor)