Presenters:

Mark Frankel, Technical Director, New Buildings Institute

Jonathan Heller, Principal Mechanical Engineer, Ecotope, Inc.

Feedback on actual building performance is critical for the industry as we try to move toward net-zero energy and water use in buildings. These issues are being approached from many directions, yet there is no consensus on the best tools and methods for collecting and comparing this information. Performance modeling has been relied upon as a method for predicting the energy use of various end uses, but recent Measurement and Verification studies show that without calibration to actual utility bills, modeled results can easily be off by a factor of two or more. This session will focus on the key issues that designers and building portfolio managers need to consider when evaluating actual building performance. Facilitators will provide examples of tools and processes that have been used successfully to generate meaningful building performance feedback, addressing the following questions: WHAT needs to be measured and what can we learn from this? HOW best to measure it? WHO collects and analyzes the data? WHEN does the feedback plan, metering, and analysis need to take place?

 Session Format:  LECTURE

Presenter Bios

Mark Frankel

Mark Frankel AIA, LEED® AP, Technical Director for New Buildings Institute, Chairman of the Board for Cascadia Green Building Council. Mark oversees Advanced Buildings work for the New Buildings Institute. A licensed architect in Washington and Montana, and a LEED Accredited Professional, Mark has been consulting on sustainable design and energy efficiency for 18 years. His career has encompassed a broad range of technical topics, including building and site design, energy use, occupant health, daylighting, and high performance mechanical systems.

Jonathan Heller

Mr. Heller is the lead mechanical design engineer for Ecotope. He has worked at Ecotope since 1986 providing research, consulting, and design on energy and resource efficiency in buildings. His focus is on the interface between Ecotope’s research into cutting-edge energy efficient technologies and their engineering design application in buildings. Mr. Heller served four years on the US Green Building Council’s Energy and Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group.

Alicia is an Architect and passionate advocate for green building with over 15 years of sustainable design experience. As Director of Sustainability at GGLO, Alicia spearheads internal research initiatives and is the firm’s driving force for bringing integrated sustainable design solutions to client-driven projects.  Prior to joining GGLO, Alicia worked in Italy, and practiced architecture in the US Virgin Islands and California. Since 2006, she has served on Cascadia’s Seattle Branch Steering Committee.