 Welcome—What
Is the "Buildings" Summer Study?
Who
Should Attend?
Where
and When Is Summer Study?
Directions
to Asilomar
What
Are the Housing and Registration Arrangements?
What
Panels and Topics Will Be Covered?
What
Deadline Dates and Schedule Should I Know About (Conference
Calendar)?
2008 Champion of Energy Efficiency Awards
Who
Funds and Organizes Summer Study?
Paper
Preparation Instructions for Authors
Arranging an Informal Session
Welcome
to the 2008 ACEEE Summer Study in Buildings!
The
2008 ACEEE Summer Study is the 14th biennial ACEEE conference
on Energy Efficiency in Buildings and will be held August
17–22, 2008. A diverse group of energy efficiency
professionals from around the world will gather at this
pre-eminent meeting to discuss the technological basis
for, and practical implementation of, reducing energy
use in buildings. Presentations and discussions will
relate to the theme, "Scaling Up: Building Tomorrow's
Solutions." What started out at the Summer Study
nearly three decades ago as a fringe activity is now
mainstream: energy efficiency in buildings. Energy efficiency
now represents our best hope to avoid the worst consequences
of global warming and energy resource depletion. But
to achieve this potential, the energy efficiency "engine"
has to be greatly expanded. New programs, technologies,
and financing sources need to be developed. A new generation
of energy efficiency practitioners, researchers, and
policymakers needs to be trained and deployed to solve
the problems we face. Do you have ideas about how to
make this happen? Come share your ideas and engage in
dialogue about these issues at the 2008 Summer Study.
Exchange ideas with some of the leading thinkers, visionaries,
and luminaries in the field while experiencing the magnificent
natural setting that is Asilomar.
We
invite you to contribute your most creative work in
the following areas:
- energy
technologies and information technologies
- market
transformation
- design
and performance of buildings
- program
design, implementation, and evaluation
- human
and social dimensions of energy use
- utility
regulation, strategies, and policy
- sustainable
communities
- energy
and environmental policy
- energy
efficiency and visions of the future
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Who
Should Attend?
Individuals
interested in promoting energy efficiency in buildings
through innovative technologies, programs, and policies
are encouraged to attend, including representatives
from industries and utilities; architects; builders;
financial and insurance professionals involved with
buildings; clean-tech investors; manufacturers of building
products, appliances and equipment; building owners
and operators; engineers; local, state, and federal
agency personnel; energy researchers and educators;
and consultants. Participants will find the presentations
and opportunities for informal meetings valuable.
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Where
and When Is Summer Study?
The
Summer Study will be held August 17-22, 2008 at the
Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California
(about 100 miles south of San Francisco, just outside
of Monterey). Read about spectacular Asilomar
State Park (part of the California State Park system)
and get directions there.
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What
Are the Housing and Registration Arrangements?
Information
about accommodations at Asilomar is provided at the
registration brochure.
Housing arrangements at Asilomar must be made directly
with their reservations staff using this form.
The
Early Bird Registration Fee for the full conference
is $720; the Regular Registration Fee is $820 (both
fees include a set of conference proceedings). The one-day
fee is $350. All speakers must pay the registration
fee.
The
conference will be conducted in a casual atmosphere
conducive to developing working relationships. Dress
is also casual; jeans and shorts are appropriate attire.
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What
Panels and Topics Will Be Covered?
Abstracts from outside the U.S. are encouraged and will
be included in all relevant panels below.
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Residential
Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis,
and Building Industry Trends
Panel
Leaders: Ren Anderson, National Renewable
Energy Laboratory and Subrato Chandra, Florida
Solar Energy Center
Session
Topics: Residential building science focus
on individual and whole house systems/technologies;
HVAC, thermal envelope, DHW, and other loads;
on-site renewables; design, installation, commissioning,
and maintenance and operations issues in existing
and new housing (including panelized and factory-built
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Residential
Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and
Evaluation
Panel
Leaders: David Carroll, APPRISE and Rob Hammon,
Consol
Session
Topics: How to design and implement effective
residential energy efficiency, renewable energy,
green technology, and load management programs
and policy initiatives, including: trend analyses;
key market drivers and market diffusion models;
consumer behavior and value; training requirements;
new/overlooked energy saving opportunities; lessons
learned: for markets and/or impacts including:
new construction and building retrofits; single-
and multifamily housing; low-income weatherization
programs; innovative financing; and miscellaneous
electric loads; peak loads; hot water distribution
loads; space heating and cooling loads. |
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Commercial
Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis,
and Industry Trends
Panel
Leaders: Philip Haves, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory and Paul Torcellini, National Renewable
Energy Laboratory
Session
Topics: Building science and engineering focus
on retrofitting existing buildings and new construction
technologies; energy-efficient and demand-responsive
equipment and systems for space conditioning,
lighting, daylighting, and water heating; building
systems integration; occupant comfort; design
software and interoperability; performance analysis;
controls; performance monitoring; benchmarking;
commissioning and diagnostics; on-site use of
renewables.
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Commercial
Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and
Evaluation
Panel
Leaders: Richard Karney, U.S. Department of
Energy and Priscilla Richards, New York State
Energy Research and Development Authority
Session
Topics: Designing and implementing energy
efficiency and peak demand reduction programs
for commercial buildings; lessons learned from
programs targeting commercial buildings; programmatic
challenges in promoting or advancing energy efficiency
and progress towards zero energy buildings; R&D
programs, incorporating advanced/emerging technologies
and strategies into deployment program design
and implementation; commissioning and performance
contracting; efficiency and productivity; renewables
programs.
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Utility
Regulation, Strategies, and Policies
Panel
Leaders: Richard Sedano, Regulatory Assistance
Project and Susan Stratton, Energy Center of Wisconsin
Session Topics: The evolution of utility-sponsored
energy efficiency and demand response programs
in competitive and monopoly systems;; reliability-focused
energy efficiency; energy efficiency as a resource;
the role of advanced metering and rates; regulatory
barriers to comprehensive energy efficiency; and
ESCOs.
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Market
Transformation: Taking Efficiency Mainstream
Panel
Leaders: Linda Sandahl, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory and Marci Sanders, D&R
International
Session Topics: Design, implementation,
and performance of programs that intervene in
markets to cause lasting increases in buyer demand
for, and availability of, energy-efficient products
and services, including: market conditioning;
training; education; financial incentives; technology
procurement; and government procurement initiatives,
as well as market assessment and market research
that inform these initiatives.
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Human and Social Dimensions
of Energy Use: Trends and Their Implications
Panel
Leaders: Ingo Bensch, Energy Center of Wisconsin
and Christopher Payne, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory
Session
Topics: Research on social, cultural, psychological,
economic, or other human factors influencing the
demand for energy, including: the social organization
of energy markets and consumption patterns; organizational
issues in the design, manufacture, distribution,
purchase, and use of energy-efficient technologies;
and the relationship between changes in energy
efficiency and expectations of comfort, health,
safety, productivity, risk management, and /or
profitability.
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Energy
and Environmental Policy: Planning for Greater
Impacts
Panel
Leaders: Paolo Bertoldi, European Commission
and Leslie Black Cordes, Environmental Protection
Agency
Session
Topics: Energy as an element in state, regional,
and national strategies, programs, and plans;
climate policy and CDM as a driver for energy
efficiency; energy efficiency in air quality planning;
the design and impact of energy policies and tools
including building codes, equipment standards,
financial incentives, education and labeling,
voluntary programs, and R&D for energy efficiency;
community-scale and local energy initiatives;
state and national energy efficiency programs;
international experience with and coordination
of energy efficiency policies.
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Strategies
for Appliances, Lighting, Electronics, and Miscellaneous
End Uses
Panel
Leaders: Doug Avery, Southern California Edison
and Ted Pope, Energy Solutions
Session
Topics: Trends and patterns in the use of
appliances, devices, and other products; energy
consumption patterns in the miscellaneous product
sector; research on standby, low power and active
mode(s); trends in new product technology; impacts
on product energy consumption from new network
and communications functionality; product opportunities
to save energy and water; domestic and international
voluntary and mandatory product initiatives; product
labeling efforts; monitoring and testing; improvements
in appliance efficiency and lighting efficacy.
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Visions
of the Future: Big New Ideas for Energy Efficiency
Panel
Leaders: David Goldstein, Natural Resources
Defense Council, Kenneth James, Pacific Gas &
Electric Company, and Paul Komor, University of
Colorado, Boulder
Session
Topics: Energy efficiency has become an important
and cost effective energy resource. Now, with
an emerging consensus about the impact of energy
generation and consumption on climate change and
other environmental problems, diminishing supplies
of oil and gas with volatile prices, and growing
problems with reliability of the power grid, the
demand for energy-efficiency practitioners, programs,
and technologies is skyrocketing. This panel will
focus on the big ideas for meeting this new demand.
The panel will be far-reaching and involve both
interactive and more formal presentations. Some
of the big questions needing big ideas include:
How will we train the needed army of efficiency
practitioners? What new ways of doing business
will help fill the demand? What technologies are
needed and how will they be delivered? Where will
funding come from?
Authors
and presenters are invited to submit ideas for
interactive sessions and activities, abstracts
for roundtable discussions, and abstracts for
presented papers.
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Sustainable
Communities: Systems Integration at the Community
Scale
Panel
Leaders: Therese Langer, American Council
for an Energy-Efficient Economy and Mike Myers,
Lockheed Martin
Session
Topics: Whole community energy and resource
efficiency; community scale renewables and energy
supply; transportation and location efficiency;
community design and building location impacts
on energy use; new urbanism and energy/resources
use; community-wide efficiency programs; water
efficiency, treatment, and planning.
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Display
Presentations
Panel
Leaders: Elizabeth Brown, National Renewable
Energy Laboratory and Pat Love, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory
Display
Items: Interactive software; video displays;
charts and graphs; photographs; etc.
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What
Deadline Dates and Schedule Should I Know About?
CONFERENCE
CALENDAR
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November
2, 2007 |
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Abstracts
due to the ACEEE Summer Study office. |
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January
7, 2008 |
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Authors
notified of abstract status—acceptance letters
and instructions for preparing papers posted. |
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February,
2008 |
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Registration
materials available. |
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March
7, 2008 |
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First drafts of refereed papers due to designated
Panel Leaders. |
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April
18, 2008 |
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Reviewed
drafts sent to authors. |
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May
9, 2008 |
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Papers
due to Panel Leaders for final review. |
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May
16, 2008 |
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Final
refereed papers due to ACEEE. |
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July
17, 2008 |
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Conference
registration deadline (late fee in effect after
this date). |
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August
17–22, 2008 |
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2008
ACEEE Summer Study |
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2008 Champion of Energy Efficiency Awards
ACEEE is proud to announce the opening of nominations for the 2008 Champion of Energy Efficiency Awards. Presented at ACEEE's 2008 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings conference, these awards recognize leadership and accomplishment in the energy efficiency field. Winners will be selected based on demonstrated excellence in the following categories:
Research and Development (R&D). Excellence in research and development including baseline or background research, as well as R&D of products and practices.
Energy Policy. Excellence in energy policy including writing, educating, promoting, or supporting energy efficiency in energy policy, at the federal, state, or local level.
Implementation and Deployment. Effective design and implementation, including achievement of significant impacts on energy use.
Leadership. Exceptional personal leadership demonstrated in the development, implementation, or growth of important energy efficiency initiatives.
Nominations will be made by peers and the final awards will be chosen by the ACEEE Board of Directors Awards Committee. To access the nomination form, please visit
http://aceee.org/about/08sschampform.doc.
For more information on the awards and to read about previous winners in the buildings sector, please visit http://www.aceee.org/about/awards.htm or contact Lori Nachman at Champions@aceee.org.
The 2008 Champions awards will be presented at the 2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings in Pacific Grove, California scheduled for August 17-22, 2008 at the Asilomar Conference Center. The "Buildings" Summer Study is the premier energy efficiency conference in its field, and draws leading academics, energy efficiency professionals, government representatives, researchers, and policymakers. For more information on, and to register for, the 2008 Summer Study, please visit http://aceee.org/conf/08ss/08ssindex.htm.
Please complete the nomination form electronically and e-mail it as a Word file to Lori Nachman at Champions@aceee.org by June 20, 2008. We value your input and appreciate you taking the time to nominate the best leaders in our community.
Who
Funds and Organizes Summer Study?
Host Sponsors
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Southern California Edison
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Sponsors
California Energy Commission
California
Institute for Energy and Environment
Duke
Energy Corporation
Iowa Energy Center
National
Grid
New
York State Energy Research & Development Authority
NStar Electric and Gas
Sacramento
Municipal Utility District
U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office
of Public and Indian Housing
Contributors
American
Electric Power
Bonneville
Power Administration
Columbia
Gas of Ohio
Connecticut
Energy Efficiency Fund & The
Connecticut Light & Power Company
D&R
International
Energy
Trust of Oregon
GDS
Associates
ICF
International
Johnson
Controls
Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory
Lockheed
Martin
National
Renewable Energy Laboratory
North
American Insulation Manufacturers Association
Northwest
Energy Efficiency Alliance
Oak
Ridge National Laboratory
Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory
San Diego
Gas and Electric
Southern
California Gas Company
Supporters
Cardinal Glass Industries
Carrier
Conservation
Services Group
Gas
Technology Institute
Heschong
Mahone Group
Itron
KEMA,
Inc.
Vermont
Energy Investment Corporation
Wisconsin
Energy Conservation Corporation
If
you would like to support the 2008 "Buildings"
Summer Study, contact Ann
Suydam, Development Director.
2008
Summer Study Organizing Committee
Michael
Baechler (Co-Chair), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Rich Brown (Co-Chair), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Rebecca Lunetta, Glee Murray, and Steven Nadel, American
Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
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Funders
Host Sponsors
Sponsors
Contributors
Supporters
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