View this Year’s Conference Sessions!

You won’t want to miss the content at this year’s BuildingEnergy BostonConference + Trade Show, March 14–15 at the Westin Boston Waterfront.

This is our most diverse and envelope-pushing session lineup to date (with topics like prefabricated & offsite construction, carbon-neutral cities, and healthy building materials). View all 45 of this year’s accredited sessions here.

Thursday Session 1 (10:30am–12pm)

• Affordable Multi-Family Housing Net Zero AND Passive House? Challenges, Opportunities, Mistakes & Solutions
• The Cannabis Cultivation Conundrum: Lessons & Insights from the Design Studio to the Growroom
• Connecting the Dots: Aligning Policy, Programs & Funding
• Real-World Lessons in the Design and Application of Variable-Refrigerant Volume (VRF) Systems
• Tools of the Trade for Building Diagnostics
• Getting Schooled in Passive House (Tale of Two Schools)
• Developing Leadership Effectiveness: The Superpower for Excellence in Design

Thursday Session 2 (1:30pm–3pm)

• Healthy for People & Planet: Why Smart Material Choices Are Essential for High Performing Buildings
• The Race Toward Decarbonization
• Capital Improvement Plan: From Concept to Implementation
• When the Grid Goes Down: Saving Lives with Your Building’s Envelope and Backup Power
• The Art + Science of Cost-Effective High-Performance Buildings: How Data Informs Outcomes
• Air Source Heat Pumps: Measured Performance & Best Practices

Thursday Session 3 (3:30pm–5pm)

• Biophilia is in Every Building We Cherish: Re-Discovering Biophilic Design
• Quebec City’s Eco-District: Low-Energy, Affordable, Sustainable & Cost-Effective
• Next Gen Passive House: New Technologies, Strategies & Processes
• Pull Back the Curtain! What is Really Happening in Your Boiler Room?
• Cost and Energy Optimization for Net Zero Multifamily
• Deep Energy Retrofit of a Brooklyn Townhouse

Friday Session 1 (8:30am–9:30am)

• Timber’s Role in Modern Urbanization
• Energy Storage Behind the Meter in Massachusetts: New Incentives, Programs and Economics
• In Pursuit of Performance: A Multifamily Retrocommissioning Case Study
• Airtight, Cellulose-Insulated Assemblies: Simple Advice from the Woods of Maine
• A Commercially Viable Net Zero Office Building: Technology, Beauty & Meaning
• Balancing Energy and IAQ: Case Study of a LEED Home Retrofit

Friday Session 2 (10am–11:30am)

• How Can Public Policy Promote Multifamily Passive House Projects?
• Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel Case Study: Diverting Food Waste for Energy Production
• Carbon Drawdown Now! A Deep Dive into Low-Carbon and Carbon Storing Buildings
• Air Infiltration Reduction Testing: 5 Case Studies for Proven Energy Savings
• Cities as Clean Energy Leaders, Innovators & Practitioners
• The Building Science of Prefabricated / Off-site Construction
• Old IS New: Pathways to a Low Carbon World

Friday Session 3 (1pm–2pm)

• Solar Access for the Underserved
• Dealing with Dust in the Wind: New EPA Guidance for Home Air Cleaners
• Large Scale Passive House: What’s Working
• Smart Homes & Sustainability: Putting Data into Practice
• Pump It Up: Retrofitting Homes through Weatherization, PV, and Heat Pumps
• Local Wood in Practice: A Conversation across the Material Stream
• Clean Energy & Resiliency for Small Towns

Friday Session 4 (2:30pm–3:30pm)

• Resilience Gaps & Clean Energy Solutions at State-Owned Medical & Residential Care Facilities
• A Common Sense Approach to Red List Free Materials
• How Big Is Small? Compact Presentations of More Life in Less Space
• Carbon Free Boston
• The Power of Partnerships: How to Achieve Affordable, Net-Zero Urban Homeownership
• Carbon Drawdown Now! Prefabricated, Carbon-Storing Building Components Built Before Your Eyes

Book a Room & Offset Your Carbon Footprint!

We are partnering with TripZero to offer you the best hotel rates while helping to offset the carbon footprint created by conference travel. NESEA’s room block at the Westin expires February 20, but it may sell out sooner, so make your reservation now through our secure portal.