<p><b>June 9, 2011</b>
<br><b>11 a.m. - noon (MDT)
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<h3>Realizing Energy Modeling's Potential</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 5px;"><b>Note:</b> An RSVP is required two
days to ensure that we have enough phone lines and/or seats. The speaker
will present from the Golden, Colorado, office. See <a href="http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/seminar/">www.nrel.gov/analysis/seminar/</a> to register. </p><p style="margin-top:0"><b>Ellen Franconi</b>
<br><i>Rocky Mountain Institute</i>
<br><b>Amir Roth</b>
<br><i>Department of Energy</i>
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<p>
NREL's Strategic Energy Analysis Center (SEAC) and DOE/EERE's Office of
Planning, Budget, and Analysis (PBA) will present a seminar discussing
the need to identify best practices and deliver quality tools to perform
in-depth building performance analysis. Local, state, and government
agencies are establishing increasingly aggressive performance targets.
<b>Ellen Franconi</b>, a senior consultant with Rocky Mountain
Institute (RMI), will summarize the key events of the recent Building
Energy Modeling (BEM) Summit and highlight the work plans created to
support the future of energy modeling.
DOE's <b>Amir Roth</b> will present the department's stance on
the current state of BEM and the role of DOE-funded tools as well as
respond to the next steps identified for the industry at the summit.
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