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Upcoming and Recent Presentations
  • LightFair International Workshop, Prasad Vaidya, Instructor, "Daylight Design, Performance and Commissioning: Challenges for Contemporary Practice," May 26, 2008, Las Vegas, NV
  • American Solar Energy Society (ASES) SOLAR 2008, Shrikar Bhave, "A Method for Analysis of Lighting Environments Using High Dynamic Range Imaging," May 5, 2008, San Diego, CA
  • LEED® Workshop, Prasad Vaidya, Instructor, "LEED-NC Technical Review, " March 21, 2008, San Francisco State University, CA
  • Minnesota Association of General Contractors Safety Day, "Introduction to Green Buildings," Chris Baker, Presenter, February 7, 2008, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2008 Midwest Energy Solutions Conference, "Integrated Design or Else," January 10, 2008, Chicago, IL
  • LEED® Workshop, Prasad Vaidya, Instructor, "Energy Modeling For LEED For New Construction Projects," December 5, 2007, Sacramento, CA
  • AIA Minnesota Convention, "Sustainability and the Ford Site — The History, Unauthorized and Authorized Prospects," November 13, 2007, and "The ANSI-Accredited High-Performance Buildings Standard 189P and the New Minnesota Energy Code," November 15, 2007, Minneapolis, MN
  • MN Climate Cities & Counties: Taking Actions on Climate Change,  Energy Transition and Relocalization, "B3 Benchmarking," November 13, 2007, West St. Paul, MN
  • Pacific Energy Center Workshop, Prasad Vaidya, Instructor, "Role of Design Reviews in Commissioning Daylighting Systems," October 31, 2007, San Francisco, CA
  • 2007 Energy Expo, "Energy Benchmarking and ENERGY STAR Labeling of Minnesota Buildings," October 31, 2007, Minneapolis, MN
  • ASHRAE Cedar Valley Chapter Monthly Meeting, "Building Benchmarking," Jim Douglas, Presenter, October 16, 2007, Cedar Rapids, IA
  • MIT Building Technology Lecture Series, Lara Greden, Presenter, "Design, Reconfigure, and Persist: How Flexibility Enables Ongoing Performance of Environmental Designs," October 1, 2007, Boston, MA
  • LEED Workshop, Prasad Vaidya, Instructor, "LEED-NC Technical Review," September 28, 2007, San Francisco, CA (SOLD OUT)
  • Engineering Green Buildings Conference, "Aggressive Green Mechanical Systems for Educational Facilities," September 17, 2007, Las Vegas, NV
  • Engineering Green Buildings Conference, "Commissioning Results for Energy Conservation Measures," September 17, 2007, Las Vegas, NV
  • Greening the Heartland, "Cash or Credit, What works better?; Comparing Utility incentive programs with LEED." Brian Waas, Presenter, September 13, 2007, Madison, WI
  • ECEEE Summer Study, "Risk Calculations for Energy Conservation Technologies: the likelihood of realizing design-phase expectations in new construction," June 7, 2007, Côte d'Azur, France
  • ECEEE Summer Study, "Integrated Cost Estimation Methodology to Support High-Performance Building Design," June 6, 2007, Côte d'Azur, France
  • 15th National Conference on Building Commissioning, "Making Daylighting Work: applying commissioning to improve the design and implementation process," co-presented with The Deringer Group, May 2, 2007, Chicago, IL
  • 15th National Conference on Building Commissioning, "Implementation Rates of Energy Conservation Measures for Health Care Building," May 2, 2007, Chicago, IL
  • Design Engineers, Lighting Design Workshop, Brian Wass and Jill Dalglish, Co-presenters, May 1, 2007, Cedar Rapids, IA
  • MEEA Tax Incentives Workshop, February 2007, Des Moines, IA
    • "Overview of Commercial Buildings" David A. Eijadi, FAIA, Presenter
  • ASHRAE Winter Meeting, "Net Zero Energy Building Case Study: Science House," January 28, 2007, Dallas, TX
  • MEEA Tax Incentives Workshop, January 22, 2007, St. Paul, MN
    • "EPACT, Lighting and Envelope Initiatives," Jim Douglas, Presenter
    • "Overview of Commercial Buildings," Jason Steinbock, Presenter
  • AIA Minnesota Convention, "Energy Efficiency Persistence," presented by David A. Eijadi, Lara Greden, and Jason Steinbock, November 17, 2006, Minneapolis, MN
  • AIA Iowa Annual Convention, "Energy Conservation in Design: Going Well Beyond Code," Brian Wass and Jim Douglas, Co-presenters, September 27, 2006, Minneapolis, MN
  • Big Ten and Friends Energy Conservation and Management Conference, "Exceeding Advances to Energy Code: Design and Operational Initiatives," Jim Douglas, Presenter, September 26, 2006, Iowa City, IA
  • American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Summer Study, "Zero Energy: Designing and Monitoring a Zero-Energy-Building that Works: The Science House in Minnesota," presented by Jason Steinbock, Co-author, August 18, 2006, Pacific Grove, CA
  • ING Facility Management Congerence, "Energy Efficiency Approaches," Jim Douglas, Presenter, August 16, 2006, Des Moines, IA
  • ASES SOLAR 2006 Conference, "Reducing the Risk of Natural Ventilation with Flexible Design," presented by Lara Greden, Co-author with Leon R. Clicksman and Gabriel López-Betanzos, MIT, July 10, 2006, Denver, CO
  • ACEEE Summer Study, "Cash or Credit: What works better? Comparing Utility incentive programs with LEED," presented by Prasad Vaidya, Co-author with Lara Greden, Jason Steinbock, and David A. Eijadi, August 13-18, 2006 Pacific Grove, CA
  • ACEEE Summer Study, "Measuring the Success Rate of ECMs in New Construction," presented by Lara Greden an Dick Walker (MidAmerican Energy Company), Co-authors with Prasad Vaidya, James Douglas, Tom McDougall, David A. Eijadi, and Frederick Leuthauser (MidAmerican Energy Company), August 13-18, 2006, Pacific Grove, CA
  • MEEA Tax Incentives Workshop, May 2006, Chicago, IL
    • Overview of Commercial Buildings, David A. Eijadi, Presenter
    • Heating, Cooling, Ventilation and Hot Water Systems, Tom McDougall, Presenter
  • ASHRAE Winter Meeting & Symposium, "Low Energy Building Case Study: Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities Office & Training Facility," January 22, 2006, Chicago, IL
  • AIA Minnesota Convention, November 18, 2005, Minneapolis, MN:
    • "Glass Buildings"
    • A GREEN Case Study: Ramsey County's New Public Works Facility
  • Build Boston, "Daylighting Beyond Architecture," November 17, 2005, Boston, MA (Read about our presentation here in ArchitectureWeek)
  • IFMA Panel Discussion, "Energy Conservation Approaches: Easy and Less So," October 5, 2005, Minneapolis, MN
  • IEPEC Conference, "Performance Persistence," August 18, 2005, New York, NY
  • USGBC-Las Vegas Regional Chapter Monthly Meeting & Educational Program, "Daylight, Energy and LEED®," June 14, 2005, Las Vegas, NV
  • European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) Summer Study, "Getting to Zero: Experiences of designing and monitoring a zero-energy-building: The Science House in Minnesota" Poster Presentation, May 31, 2005, Mandelieu, France. Awarded Most Innovative Project for Method or Results.
  • European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) Summer Study, "Energy Savings: Persuasion and Persistence," June 2, 2005, Mandelieu, France
  • European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) Summer Study, "Making Daylighting Work: Learning from failures to improve the design and implementation process," June 3, 2005, Mandelieu, France
  • Center for Energy and Environmental Education (CEEE) 10th Anniversary Lecture Series, "Designing the First 'Green' Building in Iowa," April 21, 2005, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
  • LIGHTFAIR, "Universities and Libraries," April 10, 2005, New York, NY
  • CSI/IFMA Construction & Facility Showcase: Partnering for Performance, "High Performance Buildings," February 23, 2005, Minneapolis, MN
  • USGBC-Mississippi Headwaters Chapter Quarterly Event, "The Latest LEED® Tools Available," February 15, 2005, Minneapolis, MN
  • ICSC CenterBuild Conference, "When High Performance Buildings are Required" Roundtable, December 9, 2004, Phoenix, AZ
  • Build Boston, November 16, 2004, Boston, MA:
    • "Beyond the Limits of a Guideline-based Approach to High Performance Buildings"
    • "Design Challenges and Performance Results for a Zero Emissions Building"
    • "Learning from the Prairie: The Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities (IAMU) Office and Training Facility"
  • CALA Graduate Class Lecture, "Thinking Integration," December 8, 2004, University of Minnesota College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
  • AIA Minnesota Convention, November 2, 2004, Minneapolis, MN:
    • "Science House at the Science Museum of Minnesota: Design Challenges and Performance Results for a Zero Emissions Building"
    • "Designing to Reduce Climate Change and Improve Everyone’s Bottom-line"
  • Sustainable Energy Efficiency (SE2) Leadership Conference, Advanced Buildings Envelope Track, October 13, 2004, Oconomowoc, WI
  • American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Summer Study, "What’s Wrong with Daylighting? Where It Goes Wrong and How Users Respond to Failure," August 23, 2004, Pacific Grove, CA
  • EnvironDesign8 Conference, April 23, 2004, Minneapolis, MN:
    • "Architects Success with Energy Design Assistance"
    • "Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines: A Regional Approach"
  • AIA Minnesota Continuing Education Seminar, "A New Energy Code in 2005," October 14, 2004, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
  • AIA Minnesota Continuing Education Seminar, "The B3 Project: Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines," June 23, 2004, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
  • IDNR Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Workshop, "Renewable Lighting," June 23, 2004, somewhere in Iowa
  • Greening the Heartland 2004: Beyond Sustainability, "Decades of Integration in the Heartland," March 12, 2004, Columbia, MO
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