Seminar 67 -- Back to the Future on High Efficiency Design and Operation

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This seminar presents the lessons learned from the past building envelope and high performance buildings designs and operations, and discusses the need for an integrated building envelope and HVAC design approach to maximize energy saving. The contents of the presentations are based on research findings, and analysis of case studies and current practices. The process for successfully developing zero energy buildings and districts; the impact of energy codes on HVAC and envelope design; and the pros and cons of adding insulation on energy and durability performances of envelope systems is discussed in detail in this session.

• 1. The Evolution of Zero Energy Architecture at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
  Ron Judkoff, Member, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
• 2. For Better Performance of the Building Envelope: Improvement and Complexity
  Wahid Maref, Ph.D., Member, ETS-Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
• 3. HVAC and Envelope: Energy Savings through Integrated Design
  Peter Adams, P.Eng., Member, Morrison Hershfield Ltd, Toronto, ON, Canada