Attendee Guide 7.27.16 - Energy Exchange · 3 Energy Exchange Attendee Guide Energy Exchange Agenda at a Glance: Tracks 1–7 Energy Exchange Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade

1 Energy Exchange Attendee Guide

General InformationRegistration Desk HoursLocation: 3rd floor, Rhode Island Convention Center

• Sunday, August 7 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

• Monday, August 8 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

• Tuesday, August 9 7:30 am – 5:00 pm

• Wednesday, August 10 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

• Thursday, August 11 8:00 am – 1:00 pm

Before and after the event, please contact the Energy Exchange mailbox: [email protected].

Trade Show HoursLocation: 3rd floor, Rhode Island Convention Center

• Monday, August 8 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

• Tuesday, August 9 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

• Wednesday, August 10 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

FEMP JUMP Call for Innovation: Solutions for the Federal Sector Location: Energy Exchange Trade Show – 3rd floor, Rhode Island Convention Center

Beginning Tuesday, August 9, following the opening plenary session, you’ll be able to meet the participating finalists from the FEMP JUMP Call for Innovation, which sought out proposed solutions for lighting and/or lighting controls, and packaged HVAC and/or HVAC control systems. Help inform the final judging process by voting on these technologies. These proposed solutions will be presented Wednesday, August 10 from 12:30- 2 pm at the trade show’s technology theater. Cast your vote by 3:30 pm Wednesday, August 10. The winning entry will be announced at Thursday’s clos-ing plenary session.

Lunch & Learn Series August 9 & 10Location: Waterplace Ballroom (2nd floor) – Omni Providence Hotel. Access using walkway connected to the Rhode Island Convention Center.

About: Two additional sessions will offered during the after-noon lunch breaks on Tuesday, August 9, and Wednesday, August 10. Not eligible for IACET continuing education units.

Train Wrecks and How to Get Back on Track

Tuesday, August 9 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm

As use of ESPCs and UESCs increases under the President’s Performance Contracting Challenge and Executive Order 13693, we can and should apply lessons learned to better execute large projects on shorter timelines. Learn how to identify and steer around potential problems in the perfor-mance contracting arena, as well as how to develop practical solutions for getting projects back on track. In addition to case studies and lessons learned, panelists will share infor-mation that can be used to mitigate risk, enhance communi-cation, and improve project work plans.

Panelists

Annika Moman, AECOM John Saams, Siemens Government Technologies Randy Smidt, U.S. Army

Federal Agency Sharing Experience: ESPCs in Continually

Operating Buildings

Wednesday, August 10 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm

Federal mandates, such as those described in Executive Order 13693, are applicable to many critical federal buildings that must operate continuously 24/7. These facilities require special considerations and offer special challenges. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which oversees many such large buildings, will share their experiences implement-ing large-scale energy projects under these challenging circumstances. Panelists will identify strategies to apply VA’s lessons learned to other federal agencies, including the U.S. Army, which has a special interest in these experiences as it searches for ways to improve the energy profile and resiliency stance of their hospitals and other continuously-operating facilities.

Panelists

Lara Gast, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Jeff Means, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Movie RoomLocation: Waterplace Ballroom – Omni Providence Hotel. Access using walkway connected to the Rhode Island Convention Center.

View a series of short films—including documentaries and news stories—that explore themes of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability. Additional information will be provided during the Energy Exchange. Not eligible for IACET continuing education units.

August 10 & 11 LunchLunch will be provided on Wednesday, August 10 and Thursday, August 11. The value of this lunch is $15; federal employees and national laboratory staff attending the Energy Exchange should deduct this amount from their travel vouchers.

Event Guidelines• An Energy Exchange event badge is required to access all

training sessions and the trade show.

• Training session seating is first come, first served.

• Please silence all electronic devices while attending all Energy Exchange training sessions.

• Photography is not permitted during the Energy Exchange training sessions.

Energy Exchange Mobile AppThree ways to access:

SEARCH: The App Store or Google Play for “energy exchange”BROWSE: m.core-apps.com/energyexchange16

SCAN:

Dr. Timothy Unruh Program Director Federal Energy Management Program U.S. Department of Energy

Katherine Hammack Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and Environment U.S. Army

Energy Exchange Attendee Guide 2

Dennis McGinn Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations, Energy, and Environment U.S. Navy

Miranda Ballentine Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment, and Energy U.S. Air Force

Plenary Session SpeakersThe Energy Exchange proudly welcomes the following plenary session speakers.1 Their biographies are available on the Energy Exchange website: http://energy.gov/eere/femp/energy-exchange-plenary-speakers.

Opening Plenary Session

Tuesday, August 9 • 8:30 am – 10:00 am

Closing Plenary Session

Thursday, August 11 • 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Jorge Elorza Mayor City of Providence

1 Confirmed as of July 20, 2016 and subject to change. A finalized lineup will be available onsite and posted online August 9, 2016

Eric Fanning Secretary of the U.S. Army

Session Presentations & Speaker InformationEnergy Exchange speaker presentations will be posted online, shortly following the event. Learn more at: http://www.2016energyexchange.com/training/.

Bios for over 300 federal and industry experts leading this year’s Energy Exchange training sessions have been posted online. Learn more at: http://www.2016energyexchange.com/speaker-bios/.

Continuing Education UnitsInternational Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) continuing education units (CEUs) are available for the majority of the Energy Exchange training sessions. This year’s training will offer:

• 0.1 CEUs for a one hour training session

• 0.2 CEUs for a 1.5 hour training session

How to obtain CEUs

1. Attend a CEU-designated session. The majority of the sessions are eligible; those that are not have been noted throughout the Agenda at a Glance (pages 3–4) or the session descriptions on pages 8–22.

2. Pass a session-specific quiz, shortly following the Energy Exchange with a minimum score of 80% accuracy.

• All quizzes will be posted to the Whole Building Design Guide course portal the week of August 19, 2016.

• Attendees will receive an email reminder with the fol-lowing link to the Whole Building Design Guide course portal. This link will be active beginning August 19, 2016.

• Session quizzes will be available through September 23, 2016.

3. Complete the session evaluation administered through the Whole Building Design Guide course portal.

Session moderators will discuss learning objectives and CEU requirements at the beginning of each training ses-sion. Please contact the Energy Exchange mailbox for more information at: [email protected].

Food and Gifts Federal employees are reminded of the legal limitation on the acceptance of refreshments/gifts provided by a non-federal (private sector) entity. The refreshments/gifts must have a value of $20 or less, including taxes and gratuity, and the total value of the individual gifts, including refreshments, from any one entity cannot exceed $50 in a calendar year (5CFR 2635.204(a)). Federal employees should contact their agency’s ethics office for further guidance.


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Recommended Sessions for Utility Partners

Session Date & Time

OPTION #1 OPTION #2Track Session Title Room Track Session Title Room

1Tuesday10:30 am – 12:00 pm

3. Project Financing

Matching Your Project to a Contracting Vehicle: ENABLE,

ESPC, PPA, UESC

Ballroom D 12A. Utilities Engaging Your Utility

Partner Room 550

2Tuesday2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

4. Energy Resilience to Achieve

Mission Assurance

Partnering with Utilities for Energy Resilience

Ballroom A



Perspectives on Financing Arrangements

Ballroom D 12A. Utilities

How to Implement Successful Utility Energy

Service ContractsRoom 550

4Wednesday8:30 am – 10:00 am

12A. Utilities Utilities Privatization: A Path to DoD Energy Resilience Room 550

5Wednesday10:30 am – 12:00 pm

12A. Utilities Opportunities Presented by the Utility Grid Room 550

6Wednesday2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

7. Policy and Leadership

Legal Challenges Facing Energy Programs* Rotunda


3. Project Financing Case Studies Ballroom

D

13A. Renewable

Energy

Incorporating Renewable Energy into Performance

ContractsRoom 554

8Thursday8:30 am – 9:30 am

1. Energy 101 Third Party Financing Options Room 551 3. Project Financing

Performance Contracting for Smaller Sites

Ballroom D

9Thursday9:45 am –11:15 am

13A. Renewable

Energy

Renewable Portfolio Standard: How to Leverage Attractive

Policies and Utility ProgramsRoom 554

Recommended Sessions for Contracting Officers

Session Date & TimeOPTION #1 OPTION #2

Track Session Title Room Track Session Title Room



Matching Your Project to a Contracting Vehicle: ENABLE,

ESPC, PPA, UESCBallroom D


3. Project Financing Benefits of ESPC Ballroom D



DoD Lawyers Roundtable: Legal Challenges with On-Site

Renewable Projects at DoD Installations*

Rotunda 12A. UtilitiesHow to Implement

Successful Utility Energy Service Contracts

Room 550



Advanced Topics in Measurement and Verification

for ESPCBallroom D 12A. Utilities Utilities Privatization: A Path

to DoD Energy ResilienceRoom 550


3. Project Financing Contracting Officers Perspective Ballroom D



Legal Challenges Facing Energy Programs* Rotunda


3. Project Financing Case Studies Ballroom D



Performance Contracting for Smaller Sites Ballroom D 1. Energy 101 Third Party Financing

Options Room 551



Closing the Deal: ESPC Proposals, Evaluations, and

AwardsBallroom D


Recommended Sessions for Lawyers

Recommended Sessions for Renewable Energy Professionals

Session Date & Time Track Session Title Room


13A. Renewable Energy Renewable Energy Feasibility and Tools to Identify Cost-Effective Projects Room 554


13A. Renewable Energy High Impact Projects: Renewable Energy Success Stories and Lessons Learned Room 554


13A. Renewable Energy Federal Renewable Energy Project Potential Room 554


13A. Renewable Energy Aggregated On-Site Renewable Projects and Purchasing Off-Site Renewable Energy Room 554


13A. Renewable Energy Meeting Energy and Sustainability Goals with Renewables Room 554


4. Energy Resilience to Achieve Mission Assurance Renewables in Action: Recent Projects Ballroom A


13A. Renewable Energy Incorporating Renewable Energy into Performance Contracts Room 554


8. Leadership in Sustainability A Conversation with the Federal Chief Sustainability Officer* Room 553


13A. Renewable Energy Renewable Portfolio Standard: How to Leverage Attractive Policies and Utility Programs Room 554

Session Date & Time Track Session Title Room


8. Leadership in Sustainability

Progress on EO 13693: Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade* Room 553


7. Policy and Leadership Pending Federal Energy Legislation* Rotunda


7. Policy and Leadership DoD Lawyers Roundtable: Legal Challenges with On-Site Renewable Projects at DoD Installations* Rotunda


8. Leadership in Sustainability

Carbon Reduction Strategy Update: COP-21, Clean Power Plan and Federal Implications* Room 553


3. Project Financing Contracting Officers Perspective Ballroom D


7. Policy and Leadership Legal Challenges Facing Energy Programs* Rotunda


7. Policy and Leadership Civilian Agency Roundtable* Rotunda


8. Leadership in Sustainability A Conversation with the Federal Chief Sustainability Officer* Room 553


7. Policy and Leadership DoD DAS Roundtable* Rotunda


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Session 1 • Tuesday, August 9 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Track 1: Energy 101

Room 551

Foundation Building Block 1

This session is the first of several that will cover the foundational elements of building energy management, to help those seeking to be more actively involved in energy projects.

Track 2: Energy Technology

Ballroom B

Federal Technology Programs

Federal Technology Programs are supporting a tremendous amount of demonstration of new, promising, and underutilized energy technologies. Session speakers will explain how major federal technology demonstration programs are structured, including: sources of funding, limitations on the types of projects and levels of technology, annual cycles, expectations of successful participants, examples of successful demonstrations, points of contact, opportunities for participation, and resources for obtaining more information.

Track 3: Project Financing

Ballroom D

Matching Your Project to a Contracting Vehicle: ENABLE, ESPC, PPA, UESC

This session will share information to help federal facility and energy managers and contracting officers match project requirements to the appropriate third party financing vehicle. Session speakers will explain third party vehicle contract options; including ESPCs, UESCs, ENABLE, PPAs, and RESAs.

Track 4: Energy Resilience to Achieve Mission AwarenessBallroom A

Energy Resilience: Policy

Achieving energy resilience at DoD installations is vital to national security. This session will provide an overview of policy and planning efforts within DoD to achieve mission assurance through energy resilience. Hear about energy resilience planning from the perspective of investor-owned utilities, cost-effective energy resilience technologies that support mission assurance, and the integration of energy resilience technologies into an energy resilience plan.

Track 5: Better Building Energy ManagementRoom 552

Lighting Technologies and Controls

Currently, organizations know that LEDs are the “right” technology for energy and O&M savings, but challenges to successful implementation persist, including cost and the abundance of product choices Learn about emerging lighting technologies and their associated controls; including what’s being done to drive interest in the market, and how to transition to a full LED lighting system.

Track 6: People Matter: Institutional Change in Action

Ballroom C

Charting a Path to Success: Context Matters

The session will present an overview of what “institutional change” means, and why it matters in organizations’ efforts to plan and implement strategies for achieving energy and sustainability goals. , Learn how agency mission objectives can be incorporated into sustainability goals for successful organizational change , by drawing on two very different examples: buildings and operational energy in the military. Q&A and discussion will follow.

Track 7: Policy and LeadershipRotunda

Guiding Principles 2016: review for Policy Leadership

The 2016 Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings features some significant differences from previous years’ versions. This session will discuss the changes found in the 2016 Guiding Principles and provide audience members with tools to focus, measure, and lead their organization’s efforts to work effectively and efficiently toward their 2025 goals. CEUs are not available for this session.

Track 8: Leadership in SustainabilityRoom 553

Progress on EO 13693: Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade

This session will update attendees on progress made toward the goals of EO 13693, Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade. A distinguished panel will discuss ongoing implementation activities nation-wide as well as long-term opportunities. The moderated session will afford attendees the chance to be a part of the conversation. CEUs are not available for this session.

Track 9: Energy Intensive BuildingsBallroom E

Quick Impact Fixes in Energy Intense Areas

During this session, attendees will learn simple, cost-effective ways to invest in energy efficiency measures that provide 10%-30% returns, and which may have unexpected benefits like increased employee comfort and productivity, better work environment, and possibly even lower operating costs for equipment. Attendees will develop a checklist of items to look for when assessing a facility’s equipment and infrastructure; learn simple, easy-to-complete adjustments that have a proven record of positive impact; and work to coordinate a plan to target specific equipment to tune, re-commission, and adjust to improve overall system efficiency.

Track 10: Strategic Energy Master Planning: Portfolio, Installation, and Campus

Room 556

Campus Approach to Energy Management

Currently 90% of federal campuses include eight or more buildings, and 60% of federal campuses include 100 buildings or more. Learn effective ways for managing energy use within a campus framework.


Track 11: Integrated EnergyRoom 555

Low/No Cost Solutions through Building Automation System Control Technologies

The expanded use of Building Automation Systems (BAS) and control strategies provides low- and no-cost energy savings solutions. This session will cover these solutions, highlighting energy savings opportunities available through the appropriate use of BAS controls. Attendees will learn the difference between a Building Management System (BMS) and an Energy Management System (EMS), and gain an understanding of how cloud-based predictive energy optimization can close the loop between data collection and automated adjustments to building systems that lead to tangible savings.

Track 12A: Utilities Room 550

Engaging Your Utility Partner

Your utility provider can be one of your greatest champions in helping meet and exceed your energy and environmental goals. Join an esteemed panel of utility representatives to learn about the many ways your utility can offer support for your programs. Panelists will describe partnerships that address energy resiliency and infrastructure modernization, demand response programs, rebates and incentives, and how and why your partnership is important to the greater energy community.

Track 13A: Renewable Energy Room 554

Renewable Energy Feasibility and Tools to Identify Cost-Effective Projects

This session showcases tools for organizations to use to develop a systemic approach with renewable energy to achieve enterprise-wide energy and sustainability goals such as REopt, Geospatial RE tool, and financial scenario models. The session will be valuable for both site-level managers wondering which technologies would be suitable for their site and also headquarters-level managers looking across the whole portfolio of real property to find project opportunities.

Track 14: Federal Fleet ManagementRoom 557

Federal Fleet Requirements and Deployment of EVs and EVSE

Maintaining a mission-capable fleet while meeting all federal energy-related mandates can be challenging for federal fleet managers. This session will provide an overview of the Federal Fleet program and its sustainability targets, and introduce how electric vehicles (EVs) and associated charging infrastructure can help a fleet meet these requirements. Attendees will gain understanding of plug-in, battery, and fuel cell EVs; how each fits into a fleet’s GHG emission-reduction strategy; and the infrastructure needed to support EVs. This session will also discuss how to develop a mission-responsive, right-sized fleet; achieve increased fuel efficiency regardless of whether vehicles are replaced; and increase the use of alternative fuel. CEUs are not available for this session.

Session 2 • Tuesday, August 9 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Track 1: Energy 101

Room 551

HVAC 101

How does an air conditioner really work? What do psychometrics mean? Why is latent versus sensible heat important? Join this session if you are new to the energy management field or you simply need a refresher on HVAC fundamentals.


Ballroom B

Advances in Renewables and Storage

Recent policy mandates, as well as the need to achieve greater resiliency in federal facilities and on campuses, necessitates increased deployment of renewables and storage. This session will examine the latest innovations in Building Integrated PV, wind, and fuel cells. Speakers will also demonstrate successful implementation of these technologies in federal facilities, highlighting best practices and lessons learned, including proven contracting mechanisms. Attendees will walk away with actionable insights for evaluating the economics of these technologies and implementing these technologies in their own facilities.


Ballroom D

Benefits of ESPC

Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) is more than just a financing tool. ESPC’s also bring many benefits to agencies and taxpayers, and understanding these benefits is very important to decision making. Should we do an ESPC? Should we increase or reduce the term or scope of our project? Should we add appropriations in an ESPC, or buy equipment directly? This session will present information that is essential to answering these and other questions about ESPC projects.

Track 4: Energy Resilience to Achieve Mission Awareness

Ballroom A

Partnering with Utilities for Energy Resilience

Learn how utilities are partnering with federal customers to enhance energy resilience. This panel discussion will bring together utility leaders that are assisting federal agencies in achieving mission assurance, while enhancing grid reliability for local communities. Attendees will learn about successful projects that have the potential to be replicated at other federal facilities, as well as the regulatory environment and associated challenges – including the differing regulatory requirements found in different parts of the country.



BEDES to SEED: Building Performance Tools

This session provides an introduction to several free tools used by energy and facility managers in the private and public sectors for optimizing building performance. Session attendees will have the opportunity to see live demonstrations of DOE’s and EPA’s building performance tools, including BEDES, the SEED Platform, EnergyPlus, ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, and the Buildings Performance Database. Attendees will also learn about hurdles to using these tools and how to integrate them into everyday energy management programs.


Ballroom C

Defining Success and Laying the Foundation to Achieve that Success

Defining “success” at the start of an initiative is essential, but can be deceptively difficult. Programs and initiatives designed to respond to the same federal mandates in EO 13693 and EISA can have very different goals and definitions of “success.” Installing a technology, implementing a program, or even changing behavior may not define “success” as persistent energy savings. During this highly-interactive mini-workshop, speakers and attendees will explore how agency staff can specify goals and then work backwards to identify specific steps for achieving successful, persistent change.

Track 7: Policy and Leadership

Rotunda

Pending Federal Energy Legislation

Major energy legislation is working its way through Congress – the first such legislation to make the rounds since 2007. Learn the latest on draft provisions regarding federal energy efficiency requirements, ESPCs, UESCs, performance standards, smart buildings, and more. Get the facts; alongside expert analysis and commentary. CEUs are not available for this session.


Sustainable Buildings: 2016

During this session, attendees will explore in-depth, the changes found in the updated 2016 Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings. Sustainable Buildings: 2016 will explore various aspects of the new guidance, including the challenges posed by existing buildings as well as sustainability beyond energy conservation. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a Q&A session. CEUs are not available for this session.


High Airflow Applications

Of special interest to facility and energy managers at National Labs, the Veterans Administration, and manufacturers, this session will address HVAC issues (e.g., heat recovery, filter design, VAV concerns, and strategies to minimize airflow) as well as opportunities unique to laboratories, hospitals, and industrial applications. It is intended to provide attendees with practical, effective, methods to save energy and maintain HVAC health. Some areas of review include single pass air, ways to reduce the impact of high flow requirements, and the proper amount of air for the process or operation in question.


Room 556

Components of a Successful Master Planning

This how-to session will focus on the development of installation energy master plans. Greater efficiencies and a higher likelihood of success may be realized by strategic agency portfolio planning and management. Speakers will demonstrate current agency portfolio planning frameworks and lessons learned.


Integration of the Energy Industry

With security issues, diverse equipment, and the need for data-data-data, the energy industry has become – and is becoming – more integrated. The new dynamic underway that is emerging involves integrated energy offerings that facilitate energy security. Onsite generation and storage, and integration with off-site utility provider generation, are dramatically changing the way Utilities, energy service companies, and specialty firms offer and procure energy services. Federal energy managers need to know about these services to achieve their goals of greening the government.


Campus Utility Distribution System Strategies

This session tackles utility distribution problems from the viewpoint of campus energy and facility managers at military bases, universities, and VA hospitals. It will address how to craft a utility master plan, how to work with your Utility to achieve distribution upgrades, lessons learned from a regional VA energy manager using ESCOs and Utilities to solve utility system problems, and insights from the trenches on how to upgrade steam/water distribution systems by retrofitting. Attendees will leave this session with practical ways to improve campus utility systems.


High Impact Projects: Renewable Energy Success Stories and Lessons Learned

This session presents examples of high impact renewable energy projects. Each presenter will showcase successful results and strategies as well as share lessons learned. Featured projects will include the Ft. Hood On-Site Solar and Off-Site Wind project and the Savannah River Site Biomass Cogeneration Facility. Additional renewable technologies such as geothermal and landfill gas will also be addressed.



Working with Utilities to Reduce Barriers that EVSE Infrastructure May Pose to Federal Fleet

Costs associated with acquiring and installing Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) (a.k.a. EV charging infrastructure) has potential to impose barriers on EV deployment. Utilities are beginning to find means to help reduce and even eliminate some barriers, easing federal fleet adoption of EVs. There is no standard model for this process, however: Utilities are taking unique approaches and implementing pilot programs to work with federal fleets to accomplish this feat. This session will explore some techniques and recent and current pilot projects that Utilities are undertaking to help federal facilities and fleets deploy EVSE. CEUs are not available for this session.

Session 3 • Tuesday, August 09 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Track 1: Energy 101

Room 551

Motors, Drives, and Lighting

What is the difference between AC induction motors and DC motors? What is the relationship of efficiency, power factor, and load? How is lighting color determined? How do ballasts really work? What are proven concepts to save energy from electric motors and lighting systems? Join this session if you are new to the energy management field or you simply need a refresher on electric motors and/or lighting fundamentals.


Ballroom B

Advanced Auditing Tools

EISA requires auditing on all federal buildings every four years. Using traditional, on-site auditing techniques, this requirement can be cost prohibitive and extremely time consuming. However, there is more than one way to audit your buildings, identify energy saving opportunities, and comply with EISA 432 requirements. This session will identify time-saving, cost-saving, and innovative approaches to auditing buildings to get the most out of the process and ensure auditing efforts contribute to smart energy investment decisions for federal energy professionals.


Ballroom D

Perspectives on Financing Arrangements

Join an interactive dialogue with industry professionals directly involved with the funding of Federal energy projects. Panelists will share insights on the role of financing in energy projects, including best practices, innovative approaches, and the challenges associated with the different contract mechanisms: ESPCs, UESCs, PPAs, and EULs.

Track 4: Energy Resilience to Achieve Mission Awareness

Ballroom A

Working Together to Achieve Energy Resilience: Energy and Mission Assurance

Planning for energy resiliency cannot be done in a vacuum. Learn how to align your efforts to improve energy resiliency with your organization’s mission. Hear from experienced professionals in the Mission Assurance community who have been working with counterparts in the energy field to identify vulnerabilities to powering critical assets and infrastructure, and to develop projects to mitigate risks and improve overall energy security posture. Attendees will learn how to identify vulnerabilities to powering critical assets and infrastructure, as well as requirements that can assist in the development of projects to mitigate potential risks.


BAS and Energy Management Integration Technologies

This session will explore how to effectively integrate Building Automation Systems (BAS) with Energy Management Systems (EMS) to achieve maximum impact. Attendees will walk away with a clear understanding of how integrating BAS and EMS enables superior energy management through informed decision-making, as well as next steps for advancing BAS and EMS integration.


Ballroom C

Determining How Your Goals Align with Your Organization: Roles, Rules, and Tools

This session will explore how to use an analysis of institutional context (Rules, Roles, and Tools) to help align energy- or sustainability-objectives with an organization’s mission, to the benefit of both. “Mission” can be interpreted at different scales, including at an agency-wide level, an organizational-unit level, or in terms of smaller groups’ roles and responsibilities. This session will touch on all three, particularly when they compete or conflict with the energy- or sustainability objective. Speakers will discuss how to re-frame the energy or sustainability goals so that they align with mission, followed by Q&A and discussion.


Rotunda

DoD Lawyers Roundtable: Legal Challenges with On-Site Renewable Projects at DoD Installations

DoD installations face unique circumstances related to the development of on-site renewable energy projects. Join experienced DoD energy lawyers as they discuss the latest legal challenges and recent developments concerning renewable energy deployment, including those related to power purchase authority, land use and siting issues, termination rights, environmental issues, the impact of state utilities laws, and FAR compliance, among others. Bring your questions and be a part of the discussion. CEUs are not available for this session.



Greening the Supply Chain

Experts will do a deep dive on the various aspects of greening supply chains, a new challenge for the federal energy sector. Speakers will discuss various approaches to thinking about this requirement, and will share strategies, tools, and information about existing federal efforts to meet the “greening the supply chain” requirement. A Q&A session will afford attendees an opportunity to ask specific question about their individual programs. CEUs are not available for this session.


Data Centers and Electronics

The session will provide case studies and identify available technologies to reduce data center energy consumption and minimize the impacts of distributed servers on facility operations. It will dispel certain myths, such as that air is a good cooling source and that all liquid cooling systems are expensive, messy, rigid, and difficult to maintain. Panelists will address the concerns and limitations of retrofitting efficiency concepts (e.g., hot/cold aisle, airflow, waste heat, etc.) and will review and discuss the acceptable temperature range for optimal operation of required equipment.


Room 556

Integrating Sustainability and Net Zero into Portfolio/Installation Master Planning

As energy and sustainability goals become more complicated and ambitious, the question becomes: why not go for zero? The Federal Government has proven that it can build world-class green buildings, but can it consistently move its entire portfolio of facilities in a sustainable direction? Doing so will require more proactive and strategic planning, involving professions not often highly engaged in sustainability or energy issues: portfolio planning/asset management, budgeting, and contracting. This panel will present examples of best practices and outline a path forward for improved planning, including the prospects for, and value of, net zero energy goals for Federal Government buildings.


District Heating and Cooling: Centralize vs. Decentralize

Have you ever been confronted with the question of whether to maintain a central plant and distribution system or to switch to a decentralized approach? Have you been puzzled by the pros and cons of these systems? Are you wondering if there is a hybrid approach that could be taken? Come and learn from the experts who have faced these issues and developed solutions to reduce energy consumption and improve the reliability of systems. Attendees will gain an understanding of the energy consumption, energy security, and maintenance implications of centralization versus decentralization.


How to Implement Successful Utility Energy Service Contracts

Good partners, good process, and alignment with key stakeholders are essential to successful UESC programs. Randy Monohan and Randall Smidt will provide insights on Marine Corps and Army program priorities and their approaches to UESC initiatives. Randy Wynn of Southern Companies and Tony King, REM at Fort Rucker, will present on their highly successful UESC program at Fort Rucker and demonstrate what a strong UESC partnership looks like. Attendees will receive an overview of practical approaches to winning with UESCs.


Federal Renewable Energy Project Potential

This session explores a recent analysis that identifies the federal government’s potential for meeting its goal of 30% renewable electric and 25% clean energy by 2025. This session will also highlight renewable thermal energy technologies and best locations in terms of markets and market drivers that can support the clean energy goal.

Track 14: Federal Fleet Management

Room 557

Management Information Systems: Moving to ALD

Federal motor vehicle data reporting has grown complex, and the time has come for line-item reporting to fulfill reporting mandates on fleet data. This workshop will highlight what is coming for line-item reporting, as well as what it means for federal agencies. The U.S. General Services Administration Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP) will discuss the upcoming changes and can answer all of your policy questions! CEUs are not available for this session.

Session 4 • Wednesday, August 10 8:30 am – 10:00 am

Track 1: Energy 101

Room 551

Basics of Auditing and Benchmarking

In this session, attendees will obtain a basic understanding of the auditing and benchmarking processes. Session panelists will review different levels of an audit, including the timing for when an audit should be performed. Session panelists will also discuss the differences between an audit, tune-up, and existing building commissioning, as well as what to do once an audit is complete. In the benchmarking portion of this session, panelists will describe the process and timing for EPA’s benchmarking process. This session will conclude by exploring the differences between audits and benchmarking, as well as the laws and executive orders governing when to conduct each.



Ballroom B

Phase Change Material for Building Envelope

Phase change materials are an emerging technology that has revolutionized the way latent heat can be captured and used over a wide range of temperatures, and they have been demonstrated in a variety of DoD and Federal projects to successfully shift cooling or heating requirements to off-peak times. Speakers will help the audience understand the science behind this emerging technology, describe proper applications and the conditions under which it can help building mangers save energy and money, and present case studies of successful deployments.


Ballroom D

Advanced Topics in Measurement and Verification for ESPC

This session is geared towards project champions and will address advanced topics in the area of measurement and verification (M&V), including: managing projects in the performance period, project witnessing, M&V implementation, and sustained M&V reporting to ensure that real energy savings are documented. This session will also cover issues related to the determination of M&V approach and the level of rigor required during project development, installation, and the annual performance period.


Cybersecurity and the Grid

This session will explore cybersecurity issues in the grid and within federal facilities, as well as how these issues impact the overall reliability and security of federal and private industry energy systems. This session will present both federal and utility energy system viewpoints in order to provide a broader perspective of the challenge. In addition, this session will provide an update on the efforts of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS).


Why On-going Commissioning Can Lead to Better Performing Buildings

Energy and facility managers and building operators struggle to make informed decisions, even as they are required to continuously develop strategies to cut down energy waste to reduce baseline operating costs and meet state regulations. A panel of experienced energy and facility managers will discuss how an Ongoing Commissioning (OCx) program can assist building operators with informed decision-making. This session will be structured in a debate format, where each panelist will discuss their perspective on OCx programs and best practices. They will speak to the strategies and smart solutions for reducing energy waste by implementing better technologies and best management practices.


Ballroom C

Developing Your Plan: Taking Small Steps

This session is one of two dealing with developing action plans that, because they are goal-oriented and incorporate institutional context, may prove more effective than plans that are narrowly focused. This session will help attendees avoid or minimize unanticipated institutional barriers, and will present different examples of how to incorporate institutional context into action plans in different kinds of settings. Speakers will address how plans need not be all-encompassing to be successful, and will provide tips on how to design to implement quickly. The session will end with Q&A and discussion.


New Concepts in Climate Resilience Planning and Implementation

This session will provide an overview of policy and activity across the federal government to help attendees prepare for and adapt to the impacts of a changing climate – impacts which are already being felt across the country. A panel of representatives from different agencies will discuss best practices, lessons learned, and continued challenges in the effort to integrate climate resilience into the regular operations of federal programs and offices. CEUs are not available for this session.

Track 8: Leadership in Sustainability

Room 553

Carbon Reduction Strategy Update: COP-21, Clean Power Plan and Federal Implications

Come to this moderated panel discussion on the future of federal carbon reduction strategies. International agreements and national strategies to reduce carbon have an impact on individual agency programs. Learn about the impact that these strategies have on your program, as well as on the federal sector as a whole. CEUs are not available for this session.


Energy Assessment and Improvements in Limited Access Environments

Of particular benefit to energy and facility managers from agencies like as DHS, DoD, DOE, and DOJ, this session will address energy projects in detention and high security areas. Attendees will learn ways to meet agencies’ greening goals while maintaining a secure location. Panelists will highlight key items to remember when maintaining, upgrading, or tuning energy systems in highly-restricted environments, as well as when working in these limited-access areas (i.e., how to get the work done and still allow the operations to function).



Room 556

Operation Strategies

This session will examine building and campus operating strategies to enhance energy efficiency and promote energy and utility cost savings. Strategies include load control, peak shaving, demand response, fuel switching, ancillary market participation, and other cost-avoidance and revenue-generating techniques. Attendees will learn how to assess and increase a facility’s or campus’ potential and gain a fundamental understanding of the tools and techniques available to reduce energy spend.

Track 11: Integrated Energy

Room 555

Metering Strategies: Opportunity Identification and Implementation Using Energy Data

In this session, attendees will learn how metering can be a powerful tool in an energy manager’s portfolio. Panelists will review the new metering requirements of the 2014 Federal Building Metering Guidance; discuss how others have used interval data; and examine how to track energy reductions and the performance of energy projects with meter data, and then use this data to drive portfolio decisions.

Track 12A: Utilities

Room 550

Utilities Privatization: A Path to DoD Energy Resilience

To date, DoD has over 500 privatized electric, water, wastewater, and natural gas utility systems world-wide. DoD is encouraging installations to partner with Utilities and other Utilities Privatization firms in order to modernize aging campus utility infrastructure and improve resiliency. Join facilitator Rob Kittel and a panel of DoD Utilities Privatization experts to learn what it means to privatize utilities and what’s new and emerging in the utility privatization arena. Discover what challenges you might face, and what unexpected benefits you might realize. Panel participants will discuss current best practices, suggest prospective new practices, and illustrate metrics that are used in the industry to support benefits or reliability.


Aggregated On-Site Renewable Projects and Purchasing Off-Site Renewable Energy

This session provides insight on how agencies are purchasing off-site renewable energy to meet their renewable energy goals and will include innovative efforts to aggregate on-site solar power projects. The session will highlight the various acquisition strategies used to support these efforts as well as lessons learned so attendees can avoid pitfalls of the past.


FAST Agency Administrator Training: Preparing for Asset-Level Data Reporting

This session will cover specific topics that agency fleet administrators should be considering and working on as they prepare their organizations and their fleet Management Information Service (MIS) reports for the upcoming shift toward reporting fleet data at the individual-vehicle level. This session will be specifically geared toward administrative (“Y” level) FAST users and their fleet MIS technical POCs. CEUs are not available for this session.

Session 5 • Wednesday, August 10 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Track 1: Energy 101

Room 551

O&M and Commissioning

This session will explore the new-construction commissioning process from pre-design to ongoing commissioning, the existing-building commissioning process from the current facility report to implementation, the deliverables owners should expect from each process, and why these deliverables are important. In addition, session panelists will speak about which facility staff should be involved in commissioning to ensure O&M is successfully implemented, as well as the equipment needed to incorporate a successful M&V plan. Session attendees will gain an understanding of when it is appropriate to use ongoing commissioning, monitoring-based commissioning, and recommissioning.


Ballroom B

The Internet of Things: Enabling Greater Efficiency and Savings

Federal energy and facilities managers strive to achieve greater energy efficiency to meet mandates, create more resilient campuses, and reduce taxpayer burden. The Internet of Things (IoT) drives greater efficiency by providing deeper visibility and control within building systems and broader connectivity. Understanding the latest innovations in software and smart devices, how they interact in secure and scalable ways, and how to effectively implement them will better enable facilities managers to achieve their goals.


Ballroom D

Contracting Officers Perspectives

Contracting Officers (COs) are critical to the success of your third-party financed project. This session will feature a panel discussion and Q&A session with federal COs with expertise in a variety of third-party financing options. During this session, speakers from FEMP, DLA, GSA, and USACE will share best practices in developing your energy project. COs, lawyers, and others involved in third-party financed projects will benefit from this opportunity to go deep on the contract details of ESPCs and UESCs.



Cybersecurity for Control Systems within Federal Facilities/ Installations

Automated networks of sensors, actuators, and controllers are increasingly connected, thereby enabling both efficiencies and vulnerabilities. Control systems play a critical role in the consumption, production, and measurement of energy in DoD facilities. Additionally, control systems have unique security requirements when compared to those of traditional information systems, such as email. This session will explore the government and commercial solutions that exist to secure control systems, some at little or no cost.

Track 5: Better Building Energy Management

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Integrated Building Performance

This session will walk the audience through techniques of the Ongoing Commissioning (OCx) process for (1) optimizing buildings for better performance and actual – not just potential – cost savings; (2) capturing low/no cost, capital improvements; and (3) M&V contract requirements. Attendees will learn about low/no cost actions that will save money and reduce energy use, as well as how to incorporate operational and retrofit actions into OCx processes in order to implement and track for optimal building performance and savings.


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Capturing Hearts and Minds (and More)

This session is the second of two dealing with developing action plans that, because they are goal-oriented and incorporate institutional context, may prove more effective than plans that are narrowly focused. This session will help attendees avoid or minimize unanticipated institutional barriers by incorporating institutional context into action, especially in situations where there is a mismatch between your energy and sustainability goals and the priorities of the people whose behavior you seek to change. Particularly in these situations, this session will emphasize that information and engagement are weak foundations for an action plan, and will provide examples of how to incorporate institutional context elements into action plans to enhance their effectiveness. Q&A and discussion will follow.


Sustainability Scorecards and Strategic Sustainability Performance Plans

Get the latest results from the OMB Sustainability and Energy Scorecards and federal agency Strategic Sustainability Performance Plans. During this session, you will hear distinguished panelists offer early thoughts about the next End-of-Year scorecard. CEUs are not available for this session.

Track 8: Leadership in Sustainability

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Alternative Water: Sources, Uses, and Case Studies

Session attendees will learn about alternative water and how it can be integrated into ESPC/UESC and water management strategies and will hear from federal and private sector leaders that have implemented successful alternative water projects. CEUs are not available for this session.


Steam and Compressed Air Systems

Of most use for energy and facility managers at military bases, VA hospitals, universities, and other campus environments, the how-to/lessons learned session will discuss the common issues related to steam and compressed air systems: leak detection strategies, response and repair strategies, and maintaining efficiency through “right sizing” systems and operating pressures. Panelists will discuss available retrofit monitoring systems, appropriate insulation, and other upgrade strategies.


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Energy Procurement Strategies in Master Planning: Use of Alternative Financing Tools

Learn how to utilize third-party financing to its full potential as part of acquisition strategies for campus facilities and major capital renovation projects. Learn how energy procurement vehicles can be integrated into facility asset management planning in order to enhance the energy performance of buildings and campuses and extend the reach of traditional maintenance, repair, and capital improvement funding. Attendees will learn about alternative financing tools (e.g., ESPCs, UESCs, PPAs, EULs), understand how these tools can be applied in a campus environment, and gain insight into lessons learned from relevant case study examples.


Planning Large and Small Scale Microgrids and Smart Grids

Using a microgrid as part of an overall energy strategy is critical, but it can be daunting at best. A microgrid can be a key component to ensuring a facility’s energy resilience. Renewables and onsite generation may not be able to provide power in emergency situations without a microgrid to “island” and prioritize loads. This session will provide an overview of microgrid systems – focused on execution and financing – and key operational issues. Federal energy managers will learn how to plan microgrid system installations to help meet federal agency energy efficiency and resilience goals, including the integration of onsite generation.


Opportunities Presented by the Utility Grid

These are exciting times as the utility industry evolves to modernize aging infrastructure and address renewable market penetration, grid congestion, and other challenges. Progressive utilities are rising to the challenge in ways that present real and near-term opportunities for federal agencies. Join industry experts to learn more about how this market is changing, and what that can mean for your energy program.



Meeting Energy and Sustainability Goals with Renewables

This session briefly reviews agencies’ annually required reporting process of renewable energy use and the U.S. government’s progress for meeting energy-related goals through FY15. This session also explores how renewable energy projects and purchases impact agency performance toward E.O. 13693 goals for 1) energy-intensity reduction, 2) renewable electricity use, 3) clean energy use, and 4) greenhouse gas reduction goals. This includes how to leverage on-site projects to get credit for energy-intensity reductions and bonus credit from generation on federal or Indian land toward renewable targets. Strategies for using renewable technologies to meet energy and sustainability goals will be highlighted. By attending this session, attendees will hear from those who played an integral role in drafting E.O. 13693, will become better informed of the government’s progress in meeting the goals of the EO as well as learning creative ways to meet these goals.


Fleet Toolbox: Fleet Sustainability Dashboard (FleetDASH) and Tools to Aid Decision-making

Join the Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) to learn about the latest version of FleetDASH and discuss the impact that it has had on managing fuel consumption in federal fleets. CEUs are not available for this session.

Session 6 • Wednesday, August 10 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Track 1: Energy 101

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Building Controls and Automation

This session will prepare attendees to develop a master plan for their Building Automation System (BAS), including picking the right control system for the right application and planning for IT security. Session panelists will explore how to use control systems software to manage and evaluate energy use, as well as how to use control systems to analyze a variety of other commercial systems, including lighting, fire and life safety, and renewables. Attendees will also become familiar with the modules and electronics commonly used to implement building automation.


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HVAC Technologies

Are you looking for impactful ways to reduce the energy consumption of your HVAC equipment? Last year’s HVAC session in the Technology Track was the highest attended Energy Exchange session, and this year’s session brings equally compelling and powerful strategies for a variety of HVAC applications. Attendees will learn from creative innovators about variable refrigerant flow (VRF) HVAC systems, various efficiency improvements for (DX) HVAC systems, and revolutionary applications of advanced ground-source heat pump technologies to store thermal energy in the ground on a seasonal basis.


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Tools and Resources

This session will educate energy and facility managers and project contracting officers on the wealth of tools and services available to help them with their financed projects at different phases of project development and execution. E-Project Builder, the ESCO Selector Tool, ENABLE, and the Rate Escalator will all be discussed in this session, alongside other resources.


Renewables in Action: Recent Projects

Renewable energy not only provides clean and sustainable power, but it can increase energy resiliency by keeping the lights on, including at critical facilities in the wake of a natural disaster. In this session, hear from three organizations promoting resiliency for their facilities by implementing renewable technologies under long-term contracts. Learn about the contracting methods and acquisition strategies used to support these efforts, unique aspects of the projects, and lessons learned from implementation.

Track 5: Better Building Energy Management

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Data Center Energy Management Strategies: A Facility Management Approach (“Capability as a Utility”)

Data centers and traditional utility services have a lot in common: mission success for both is defined in terms of uptime and reliability. This “utility” framework provides a common language to promote understanding and improve collaboration between IT organizations and energy managers. This panel discussion will feature facility, energy, and IT managers, and will cover energy-related issues associated with data center management. Attendees will learn how to (1) apply the language of utility management to energy management, (2) manage data center energy without endangering its mission, and (3) win the confidence of IT staff to gain approval for data center energy projects.


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Learning by Doing: Why Failure is an Option and How We Learn from Our Mistakes

This session is the first of two dealing with implementing goal- and institutional context-oriented action plans. This session will explore how to make refinements when rolling out a plan to assure that the plan actually is effective, even when unanticipated events and situations threaten to inhibit success. Speakers will provide examples of learning by doing, and building upon interim “failures” to create longer-term “successes.” Speaker presentations will be followed by a highly-interactive session focusing on trouble-shooting and suggested institutional-context-sensitive refinements to help achieve and maintain desired energy or sustainability outcomes.



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Legal Challenges Facing Energy Programs

Legal issues frequently drive the development and implementation of federal energy projects utilizing a variety of contract and partnership mechanisms, including ESPCs, UESCs, PPAs, EULs, and others. Join this session for an engaging discussion with energy lawyers working the front-line legal and contracting issues associated with federal energy projects. CEUs are not available for this session.


Tracking Federal Energy and Water Performance

This session will provide an overview of federal energy- and water-reduction performance goals for 2025 under EO 13693, as well as federal-wide progress made in FY2015. Panelists will discuss different approaches to metering and benchmarking individual building performance, and attendees will have the opportunity to ask about their own challenges during Q&A. CEUs are not available for this session.


How to Develop an Enterprise Metering System in a Large, Diverse and Complex Environment

This “how to” session will discuss key items to remember when designing, developing, maintaining, and upgrading your metering system in large and diverse environments. Panelists will provide an overview of properly-operating advanced metering systems; possible strategies for ensuring system integrity; suggested maintenance strategies for enhancing system performance; and best practices and lessons learned from assembling a large, diverse system of meters, data-gathering devices, and protocols to monitor and measure enterprise energy consumption.


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What Can We Learn from Higher Ed?

Colleges and universities across the country are working hard to reduce energy consumption and implement renewable energy solutions to reduce emissions, control costs, and enhance the reliability of their utility systems. They are retrofitting buildings, adding renewables, upgrading distribution systems, and in many cases incorporating smart grids and micro grids. Come learn from experts about challenges and successes in higher education that are applicable to Federal Government installations and campuses.

Track 11: Integrated Energy

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How to Set Up/Begin Integrating What You Have

This session will provide training for energy managers on utilizing data gathering, data quality, remote auditing, and cyber information challenges in the analysis and assessment of energy and water use intensity. Attendees will learn how to meet EISA compliance requirements at a fraction of the cost and time, how to turn smart meter data into actionable information, and a standard way of surveying sites across different regions/installations/buildings. Panelists will also explain how to utilize existing systems to maximize efficiency, increase energy efficiency through controls, plan and orchestrate short-term requirements to meet long-term energy goals, and set up appropriate agreements with installations for using a communications backbone.

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Energy Information Systems and Data Management

This session will explore the various components of Energy Information Systems (EIS), as well as advanced EIS capabilities like predictive energy management. Discussion will benefit anyone who leverages data from industrial control systems and business systems to make decisions at all levels, from energy consumers, to facility and energy managers, to the executive making budget-related decisions that impact the enterprise. This session will also provide a foundation for Session 7 in this track, From Data to Dashboards.

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Maximizing FEMP’s Customer Services: How Agencies Work with FEMP to Address an Enterprise-wide Approach to Meeting Energy and Sustainability Goals

This session provides insight on FEMP’s catalog of services available to agencies and examples of agencies working with FEMP to address enterprise-wide approach to meeting energy and sustainability goals. Attendees will understand FEMP’s customer service partnerships and the AFFECT program and be able to apply lessons learned on how to best use best practices and FEMP’s services.


FAST Agency Administrator Training: Using FAST’s Reports to Review Your Submission

FAST offers several reports that can be invaluable to agency fleet administrators in reviewing their fleet submission. This session will go over these reports – including the new EO 13693 compliance and performance report and recent changes to several others – with a focus on using these reports to identify and resolve potential issues in the underlying fleet data. This session will be primarily geared toward administrative (“Y” level) FAST users, although bureau- and fleet-level FAST users will also benefit from learning about many of these reports and their uses. CEUs are not available for this session.


Session 7 • Wednesday, August 10 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Track 1: Energy 101

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Life Cycle Costing

What is the difference between simple payback and life-cycle costing? How can you determine the time value of money? What are the Federal requirements for life-cycle costing methodology? What is a 1391 document? How can feasibility be determined for mutually exclusive energy projects? Join this session if you are new to the energy management field or simply need a refresher on life-cycle costing fundamentals. You will leave prepared for your next Federal funding request.


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Building Automation and Operation Tools

Is your Building Automation System (BAS) making your job easier? If not, join this session to hear from industry and Federal Government experts about opportunities for you to better utilize your BAS. Session speakers will help you understand current industry trends, identify key data trapped in your system, analyze and use captured data, and leverage 3rd-party tools. Attendees will learn how key data collection can assist with Automated Fault Detection and Diagnostics (AFDD) and predictive maintenance to help you manage your facility more efficiently.


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Case Studies

During this session, federal site representatives will present their experiences applying project financing to a unique use to achieve specific goals. Featured case studies will include a combined UESC/PPA project at Fort Campbell, an ENABLE project at a GSA building, and an ESPC project completed with the DOE ESPC IDIQ contract. Attendees will walk away from this session with a real-world understanding of how to take projects from ideation to contract award, and will glean best-practice tips from seasoned professionals who have completed success projects.


Microgrids for Resiliency

Hear from a broad spectrum of experts on what is happening in the world of microgrids, and how microgrids support energy resiliency at varying levels of operations: from a single building up to cities and regions. Learn about the different programs designed to support microgrid development, these programs’ challenges, and where they have been the most successful. Come away with a better understanding of the different types of microgrids; challenges encountered with microgrid design, funding, and operation; and how microgrids ensure energy resiliency.


O&M Strategies: A Rock to Rockstar!

Energy audits consistently demonstrate that almost 40% of building performance improvements are achieved by tightening building controls and schedules, as well as instituting policies to maintain these schedules. This session will explore evolving sustainability initiatives that deliver cost-effective, quantitative and qualitative results across a building portfolio. Attendees will learn how industry experts use a “playbook of systematic recommendations” to achieve annual savings and drastic reductions in energy and water usage. Attendees will also learn common, non-budgetary obstacles to good O&M, as well as tips for getting staff to focus on what is important and not just what is urgent.


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Learning from People Like You

This session is the second of two dealing with implementing goal- and institutional context-oriented action plans. Speakers will share “success stories” and concrete examples of how institutional context elements were addressed and contributed to success, providing attendees with ideas they can apply in their own institutional settings. Speaker will provide a quick overview of the program/initiative goal under discussion and the institutional context in which the program/initiative was deployed, and then emphasize how key aspects of institutional context were addressed by, and helped contribute to, successful program implementation. Q&A and discussion will follow.


Civilian Agency Roundtable

Join energy leaders from civilian agencies as they discuss their organizations’ latest strategies and programs. This will be a moderated session with substantial opportunity for Q&A with the Energy Exchange speakers. Active audience participation is highly encouraged! CEUs are not available for this session.


Engaging Your Entire Organization to Affect Change

Everyone has a part to play in sustainability. Engage employees, starting at the top. Leverage all (and hidden) talent. Change perspectives towards sustainability. During this session, experienced experts will start you with behavior science principles, add messaging tips, and demonstrate a tool to make implementation less mysterious, so that everyone in your organization says “Sustainability (just like safety) is everyone’s job.” CEUs are not available for this session.



Project Financing for Industrial Energy Projects

This session will provide an overview of successful, third-party-financed projects within government industrial production and hospital facilities. Case studies will highlight the difficulties and differences that come with working in active production and industrial environments, as well lessons learned in energy savings performance contracts at several industrial sites. Learning from these examples will help attendees avoid pitfalls in financing industrial energy projects.


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Integrating Renewable Energy on a Federal Campus/Large Installation

We all want to do our part by deploying renewable energy systems at our installations. However, most of us don’t actually understand what it takes to integrate renewable energy into our existing distribution systems. What are the system impacts of renewable energy? What limits the sizing of the generating equipment? How can we overcome challenges? What is needed to provide resilience and energy security? Come learn from experts that have successfully completed projects for large scale renewable energy implementation and integration.


Integrating Multiple Energy Projects

In this session, attendees will learn how to implement an integrated energy project using tools and techniques to ensure successful project execution. Panelists will describe how upfront coordination and planning with multiple stakeholders and programs is critical to integrating several ongoing energy projects. In addition, attendees will learn how to design individual projects to increase interoperability; decrease impacts to other projects; and avoid conflict, pitfalls, and delays by sharing data, submittals, and lessons learned from all projects.

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From Data to Dashboards

In this session, attendees will learn about common difficulties faced when aggregating meter data, as well as proven solutions. Panelists will address the issue of imperfect data and discuss how you can still use these data to help achieve your goals. The session will conclude with a discussion about transforming data into actionable information, and how to make your dashboards useful at all levels of energy management.


Incorporating Renewable Energy into Performance Contracts

This session provides examples, best practices, and case studies of renewable energy included in ESPC and UESC projects. It will also provide answers to challenges to and misconceptions about the use and value of these projects as well as savings beyond those identified in contract documents.


GSA Fleet Drive-thru and FedFMS

This session will expose attendees to GSA’s Fleet Drive-thru and Federal Fleet Management System (FedFMS). Attendees will learn about the new Drive-thru, including its functionality and features which can help with fleet management. Speakers will also demonstrate how FedFMS enables an agency to manage its fleet resources for maximum effectiveness and efficiency while still complying with federal reporting requirements. Panelists will also provide an update on GSA’s efforts with the Asset Level Data (ALD) initiative, and what we’re doing to prepare for this upcoming requirement. CEUs are not available for this session.

Session 8 • Thursday, August 11 8:30 am – 9:30 am

Track 1: Energy 101

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Third Party Financing Options

In this session, attendees will obtain a basic understanding of the requirements of different third-party funding vehicles, including Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPC), ESPC ENABLE, Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESC), and Power Purchase Agreements (PPA). Session panelists will describe each of these third-party funding options and identify where to get support for these programs. Time will be reserved for Q&A, so come prepared with questions about these funding programs!


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Rapid Deployment of Innovative Technologies

Identifying new and underutilized technologies is just the first step….validating and deploying these technologies is a whole new challenge! In this session, attendees will hear from ORNL on a current Green Proving Ground study of water-cooled chiller designs along with early test results. After the demonstration process, however, there are still numerous challenges to implementing technologies, including acquisition paths, FAR, standards compliance, sole-sourcing, funding, marketing, culture, momentum, risk, and status quo ideology that must be overcome. GSA will share information on how they have successfully overcome these challenges to rapidly deploy promising technologies across their portfolio.


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Performance Contracting for Smaller Sites

This session will highlight methods that allow performance contracting to work for smaller sites. Both the ENABLE program and use of UESCs for smaller projects will be presented. This session welcomes federal energy managers, facility managers, and contracting officers who have small federal sites in their portfolio of responsibilities. Session attendees will gain insights on how to align stakeholders, reduce cycle-time, rapidly effect repairs for energy-consuming equipment, and bundle energy conservation measures in small-site projects.



Regional Resiliency Planning in the Federal Sector

Regional resiliency planning is intended to bring together federal agencies and local communities to advance preparedness planning and resilience by assessing and planning for region-specific vulnerabilities as well as interdependencies associated with the impacts of climate change. This session will focus on the lessons learned, challenges, and best practices for regional resilience planning. Panelists will describe initiatives currently underway within the Federal Government, Utilities, and communities.


Technology Is Great, but What if We Can’t Manage It?

This session will focus on best practices for ensuring that expensive investments in “greener” equipment deliver results. A panel of speakers will speak about specific efficiency-improving technologies, and discuss hurdles to achieving expected, long-term results. Attendees will learn how to predict the amount of implementation support a technology will require, better understand the importance of training in these new technologies, and receive tips for incorporating technology implementation support into program plans and budgets.


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Measuring and Evaluating Success: What Works?

This session is one of two dealing with measuring and evaluating institutional context-sensitive initiatives that aim to achieve lasting energy or sustainability goals. Speakers will discuss how the selection of metrics is affected by alternative ways of thinking about “success”, as well as alternative ways of thinking about what one wants to gauge. Speakers will share how they have incorporated measurement and evaluation into their plans to achieve energy or sustainability goals through institutional change approaches. Presentations will be followed by Q&A and discussion.


Perspectives in Sustainability

Come to a moderated conversation with Dr. Timothy Unruh, DOE Federal Energy Management Program Director, and David Nemtzow, DOE Building Technologies Office Director (Acting). These experts will discuss the two biggest obstacles to improving energy efficiency in buildings: the required behavior change of humans involved and technological barriers. CEUs are not available for this session.


A Conversation with the Federal Chief Sustainability Officer

During this moderated Q&A session, take advantage of this unique opportunity to ask the Federal Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) every question you have ever had about sustainability. The Office of Federal Sustainability is responsible for promoting sustainability and environmental stewardship throughout Federal Government operations. Created by Executive Order in 1993, the Office is housed inside the President’s Council on Environmental Quality, is administered by EPA, and stewards the interagency Steering Committee on Federal Sustainability. CEUs are not available for this session.


Hazardous Industrial Environments

This session will discuss unique considerations for the implementation of energy projects in hazardous environments. Topic will include identifying hazards that are present, special training and equipment needs, coordinating development/construction with scheduled downtimes, and designing the system to meet the needs of the application (e.g., reduce/simplify O&M in the hazardous environment).


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Greater Energy Savings through Implementation of ISO 50001

ISO 50001 is the new, first-of-its-kind, international Energy Management Standard. ISO 50001 was modeled after a range of national and regional standards, including EN 16001, and was designed for implementation by any organization, regardless of size or geographical location. Attendees will hear about the value of Energy Management Systems, including ISO 50001 and Superior Energy Performance; explore the results of the Air Force Air Logistics Center ESPC, with the inclusion of no-cost, process-change energy savings for the agency and the mitigation of long-term performance risk for the ESCO; and learn from other organizations implementing ISO 50001.


Integration of Energy Systems: Legacy and New Systems

Facility managers require data and information in order to effectively manage energy use and maintenance. Building Automation Systems (BAS) can be integrated with Energy Management Control Systems (EMCS) to make this data and information available. In this session, attendees will learn how to properly consider the myriad variables involved in integrating new and existing systems to develop a functional and useful EMCS. In addition, panelists will explain the cyber requirements of communicating on installation networks and the cyber issues involved with integrating multiple manufacturers’ products into an operational EMCS.



What the Government Needs from Utilities

Governments are asking more from their utility providers, and utilities are increasingly willing to deliver innovative solutions that drive the success of energy initiatives. Join energy leaders from Veterans Affairs and DoD HQ program offices to learn what they need from their utility providers to improve energy efficiency, achieve renewable energy goals, and ensure the continued operation of mission-critical facilities during prolonged energy outages.


Federal Buildings Management Training

This session provides an overview of the energy-related portions of the Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act (FBPTA) that are most salient to federal building managers and operators as well as identifying the array of tools, training, and resources that are available to help people operate buildings better. The session will go beyond simply listing competency-related tools, etc., to involve the audience in discussions about issues involved in translating technical competence into “normal practices” that are effective in achieving and sustaining energy-efficient building operation.


GSA Fleet Sustainability and Telematics

Executive Order 13693 requires that 20% of all new passenger vehicle acquisitions be zero emission or plug-in hybrid vehicles by December 31, 2020 (up to 50% by 2025), and that each agency reduce greenhouse gas emissions 30% by 2025. This session will provide motor vehicle leasing and purchasing customers with tools, contracts, and solutions to help them become more sustainable, thereby contributing to these energy and environmental mandates. In addition, attendees will learn about mandates concerning telematics, as well as options that may be available for different agencies to satisfy these requirements. CEUs are not available for this session.

Session 9 • Thursday, August 11 9:45 am – 11:15 am

Track 1: Energy 101

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Tools and Resources: Your Knowledge Center

This session will focus on a publicly-available tool called the Universal Translator, as well as the tools and resources provided by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) and the General Services Administration’s Green Proving Ground (GPG). The topics discussed in this session will include the field-based evaluation of new and underutilized technologies that have been assembled as a part of GPG.


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Advanced Lighting and Lighting Controls Technologies

Are you having trouble keeping up with the latest developments in lighting technology and advanced lighting controls capabilities? Lighting technologies continue to rapidly change and evolve. Learn about the latest in LED lighting, new advanced lighting controls innovations, and when LED and advanced controls make good, financial sense for your facility. Hear case studies from GSA buildings, including the obstacles encountered, the great results achieved, and the best steps to take to ensure successful project implementation.


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Closing the Deal: ESPC Proposals, Evaluations, and Awards

With the Presidential Performance Contracting Challenge well underway, agencies are working to meet the ambitious goals set forth therein. Federal sites energy managers, facility managers, energy service companies, and contracting officers who have pending third-party financed projects at the proposal development stage will benefit from attending this session. Attendees will receive training on developing a crystal clear proposal, evaluating the proposal, negotiating to “yes,” and awarding the task order.


Enabling Technologies for Energy Resilience

Combined heat and power, fuel cells, and battery storage are just some of the systems and technologies that lend themselves to enabling energy resilience. In this session, learn more about these technologies to better understand how they work, where they are being installed, and the common challenges they face. Also learn about special funding programs, credit towards presidential goals, and why one of these technologies might be right for your facility.


Moving from Metering to EMIS

Where do we currently stand on metering our buildings in government and industry? How do we make the “black hole” leap from metering, to reading data, to using our Energy Management Information Systems (EIMSs) for greatest impact? Session attendees will learn best practices for identifying the appropriate level of metering in a building, strategies for starting and finishing metering projects, and the process for installing metering infrastructure and identifying additional technologies that may be required.



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“Baking It In”: Working Toward Lasting Change

This session is the second of two dealing with measuring and evaluating institutional context-sensitive initiatives that aim to achieve lasting energy or sustainability goals. This session will draw the entire institutional-change process together by focusing on persistent changes—“baking” the changes into organizational operations or personal behaviors—and continuous improvement. Measurement and evaluation is essential to (a) assuring that long-term change is occurring and achieving the desired energy or sustainability results and (b) identifying what is or is not working to in order to guide refinements and modifications. Speakers will present different examples from national laboratory-, agency-, and White House-perspectives. Q&A and discussion will follow.


DoD DAS Roundtable

This session will offer attendees an opportunity to hear the latest news and development on DoD energy programs from the Deputy Assistant Secretaries for Energy from each Military Service and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. This will be an interactive Q&A session, during which audience members can ask panelists about new initiatives as well as progress in ongoing programs. CEUs are not available for this session.


Approaching Net Zero Water, Energy, and Waste

There is a lot of talk about and interest in Net Zero, but what does it all really mean and how is it accomplished? Learn directly from those who are taking Net Zero from an idea to a reality. During this session, expert speakers will discuss what Net Zero is all about, and share proven strategies to help you chart your own path towards achieving Net Zero energy, water, and waste. CEUs are not available for this session.


High MERV/HEPA Filtration

In this session, attendees will learn about the impact of cleaner filtration technologies and strategies to minimize the energy impact of those systems. Panelists will discuss the various types of filters and filtration systems; the applications for which they are best suited; and how increasing the level of filtration can reduce pressure change, fan power, and O&M requirements.


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CHP Applications for Drastic GHG Reductions and Energy Security

This session will cover the benefits of CHP as an energy resource; Army and NASA initiatives will be highlighted. This sessions will also explore potential technologies and CHP applications for achieving greater energy resilience. Attendees will learn which technologies are right for their installation and the common challenges of implementing these technologies.


Long-term Energy Efficiency: It Takes a Village

In this session, attendees will learn how to use all available resources to ensure long-term success for energy projects and capital investment strategies. Speakers will describe how adopting a long-term view allows you to see the entire picture, and to develop capital strategies that address execution in a logical and sequential manner over the long haul. Speakers will also discuss building partnerships, the importance of helping to educate one another, and the merits of taking a holistic, systems approach in order to leverage every tool in the energy portfolio and align projects with the optimal acquisition tools.


Reinventing Energy Use Intensity (EUI)

Energy Use Intensity (EUI) is the cornerstone measure of building energy efficiency. But do BTUs/square foot capture all we need to know about energy use? As the federal “Reduce the Footprint” policy leads to more people per square foot, do we need to factor occupant density into EUI? And how about the transportation energy used during commutes to and from buildings? GSA’s Green Building Advisory Committee has been developing and testing new EUI metrics for this purpose as add-ons to traditional EUI. Join the thought-provoking debate about whether and how to upgrade EUI, and how it can help federal agencies better track their real energy use and impacts.


Renewable Portfolio Standard: How to Leverage Attractive Policies and Utility Programs

This session provides an overview of how Renewable Portfolio Standard programs work, how they may change over the coming decade, and examples of opportunities that are mutually beneficial between federal agencies and the private market through RPS programs. Instances where they may not be the best solution will be presented as well.


The Future of Vehicle Allocation Methodology

Vehicle Allocation Methodology (VAM) is a requirement outlined in 41 CFR 102-34 (‘Motor Vehicle Management’) to help agencies reach their optimal fleet size and structure. This workshop will outline actions implemented by the Federal Government, the outcomes expected, and how it all can be incorporated into each agency’s Vehicle Allocation Methodology (VAM) process. This workshop is for attendees at all levels of fleet management, from the field to the Agency Fleet Manager. CEUs are not available for this session.

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