[Ibpsausa] Open Workshop: a Public-Sector Roadmap for Building Energy Modeling - Jan 30/31, Dallas

[Philip Haves]

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    Building Energy Modeling: a Public-Sector Roadmap

An open workshop hosted by the US DOE National Laboratories

Jan 30-31, 2013, Dallas Sheraton Hotel

In the Spring of 2011, Rocky Mountain Institute hosted a two day summit 
that dealt with innovation in building energy modeling (BEM). 
Identifying BEM as a key enabling technology for building energy 
efficiency, the summit aimed to create 2-5 year roadmaps for significant 
aspects of BEM including software platforms, methods and processes, 
supporting resources, market drivers, and education. This workshop will 
attempt to define BEM priorities and strategies for a public sector road 
map of activities for the next 3-5 years. Topics for discussion include:

- Which currently important and emerging use cases of BEM need public 
support?

- Which areas of BEM need additional basic research, measurement, or 
validation?

- What are realistic and strategic goals for EnergyPlus functionality, 
speed, use, and user-support?

- What are realistic and strategic goals for supporting software tools 
like OpenStudio?

- How does the public sector push standards and interoperability?

- How can the public sector collect, vet, and organize data to help BEM 
practitioners?

- How can the public sector help scale BEM education and training?

- What are the most productive ways for public entities to collaborate 
with the private sector?

This open workshop will be held at the Dallas Sheraton immediately 
following the ASHRAE Winter Meeting and all who would like to provide 
input or contribute to the discussion are encouraged to participate. The 
first half-day session will be from 1pm to 6pm on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 
2013. The second half-day session will be from 8am to 12noon on 
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. So that we can get an estimated head count for 
planning purposes, please inform Caroline Hutchinson 
<chutchinson at lbl.gov> if you expect to attend.

-- 
Philip Haves
Leader, Simulation Research Group
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, MS 90R3111
Berkeley, CA 94720-8134
(510) 486 6512 (office)
(510) 486 4089 (fax)

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