Commercial office buildings spend nearly 29 percent of their operating expenses on utility expenditures; lighting, cooling, and ventilation account for over 60 percent of these buildings’ electricity use. Innovation is the order of the day as we explore energy-efficiency opportunities with two organizations that excel at transforming the workplace environment.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) 218,000-square-foot Research Support Facility has been described as a showcase for energy-efficiency and renewable-energy technologies. Daylighting, natural ventilation, unique workstation design configurations, and a cutting-edge energy-efficient data center are just a few of the energy features of this building. Adam Hirsch, senior mechanical engineer in NREL’s Commercial Building Systems Integration group, will share some of his organization’s efficiency strategies.
Jones Lang LaSalle is the recipient of a U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) 2009 Leadership Award, recognizing the firm for its leadership in the private sector. Gary Graham, director of Energy Services, Energy and Sustainability Services at Jones Lang Lasalle, will share how his firm was noted for its “success in harnessing its size and scope to establish sustainability as smart business; its adoption of green building practices throughout its operations; its leadership in promoting green buildings; and its accomplishment at creating $95 million in energy savings for clients in 2008.”
You won’t want to miss this web conference as we explore the diversity and similarity of building energy-efficiency opportunities emerging from both the research and for-profit sectors and share innovative ways to achieve commercial building efficiency.
Speakers:
Adam Hirsch, senior mechanical engineer in Commercial Building Systems Integration at NREL, has been working on the diagnostic side of global climate change for the past 10 years, developing a forest carbon cycle model to study the impact of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon and developing various methods for calculating greenhouse gas emissions for the Global Monitoring Division at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. In 2008, Hirsch realized that he was more interested in working on the solution side of the global climate problem and moved over to NREL’s Commercial Buildings group.
Gary Graham, director of Energy Services, Energy and Sustainability Services at Jones Lang LaSalle, has spent 30 years in the energy industry with experience in performance contracting, regulated and unregulated utilities, and, most recently, seven years in his current role with Jones Lang LaSalle. He has developed and sold millions of dollars of energy-retrofit and commodity-supply sourcing contracts to both public and private organizations.
You will learn:
- How to incorporate innovate energy-saving technologies into new and existing buildings
- What technologies yield the greatest opportunities for energy savings
- How to transform energy efficiency into a smart business practice
Who should attend:
Service members who select, analyze, or recommend energy-efficient building technologies.
