Building Energy 2024 (A) | NESEA - Northeast Sustainable Energy Association | 19 March 2024 | Westin Boston Seaport District, 425 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210, USA

This is a conference designed by and for practitioners in the fields of high-performance building and design, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. It brings more than 1,000 industry leaders and emerging professionals together to learn from and share ideas with each other. Sessions are curated by a volunteer content committee to ensure that conference sessions are genuinely useful to attendees. The conference will feature product demonstrations, networking events, and accredited sessions that offer best practices and lessons learned, case studies and proven data, technical "how-to"s, emerging technologies, and innovative policies and programs.

Conference Theme
• Climate Resilience
As the planet warms, the Northeast is already experiencing severe weather events, including prolonged heat waves and cold snaps, strong winds, heavy rains, and coastal flooding. Achieving climate resilience in our built environment will require us to implement a wide array of passive and active solutions to mitigate the effects of these changes. At the same time, we must continue to address the root causes by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. It is also critical to ensure that vulnerable and under-resourced communities do not bear the brunt of these challenges.

As practitioners, we have a multitude of tools to apply to this work, ranging from the tried-and-true to the experimental and cutting-edge. All these tools will be necessary for the task at hand, which will also require bringing together stakeholders from many fields and backgrounds.

2024 Speakers

Andy Allwine
Architect and Passive House Consultant, Passive to Positive

Travis Anderson
Senior Infrastructure and Energy Planner, Boston Planning and Development Agency

Christina Aßmann
Passive House Consultant, Passive to Positive

Cody Berwick
Sales Associate, Bensonwood

Joanne Bissetta
Green Communities Division Director, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER)

Joe Bodine
Project Manager, Sustainable Comfort, Inc.

Matt Bowers
Director of Building Science, AUROS Group

Olivia Brady
Energy Engineer, Karpman Consulting

Christopher Briley
Architect, Director of Sustainability, BRIBURN

Caroline Bruno
Anti-Racism Facilitator, A Feel For Justice

Andy Buccino
Manager of the Energy Division, Stephens and Company, Inc.

Nicole Burger
Regional Manager NE, Senior Energy Consultant, Innova Services

Aidan Callan
Senior Carbon Neutrality Project Manager, City of Boston Environment Department

Ryan Carda
Principal Engineer, Dandelion Energy

Ilka Cassidy
Co-Founder, Principal, Holzraum System

Seth Clarke
Architect | Director of Preconstruction, Bensonwood

Laura Corso
VP, Strategic Growth, WattTime

Iara Cury
Facilitator and Organizer, A Feel For Justice

Jim D'Aloisio
Principal, Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt

Anna Demeo
Strategic and Technical Advisor, Gage Zero

Lisa Dobbs
Program Manager, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)

Neil Donnelly
Senior Energy Engineer, New Ecology

Catherine Earley
Architect, Maclay Architects

Stephen Ellis
Director, Data Analytics, Sustainability, Boston University

Jess Farber
Vice President, CMTA

Mark Ginsberg
Parnter, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects

Matt Golden
Chief Executive Officer, Recurve

Jacob Goldman
VP, Energy Tax Savers

Nate Goodell
Senior Engineer - Commissioning, Taitem Engineering

Christopher Grey
Associate Principal, Simpson Gumpertz and Heger, Inc.

Nancy Hanright
Sr. Director, Real Estate and Space Planning, Boston Medical Center

Chris Hardy
Design Director, MASS Design Group

Christopher Haringa
Director of Decarbonization Programs, Abode Energy Management

Jon Harrod
SVP, Product and Innovation, Snug Planet

Carrie Havey
Principal, The Green Engineer, Inc.

Erik Hegre
Partner, Behnisch Architekten

Michael Hindle
Principal, Passive To Positive

Elaine Hoffman
Director of Sustainability, Goody Clancy

Steven Hopengarten
Product Lead, Future of Electric for Customers, National Grid

Meg Howard
Program Director, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)

Joëlle Jahn
New England Leader, Deep Carbon Reduction, JB&B

Jason Jewhurst
Partner + Principal, Bruner/Cott Architects, Inc.

Jennifer Johnson
Exec. Vice President, Director of Resilience Planning & Design, Nitsch Engineering

Brendan Kavanagh
Project and Performance Manager, Byggmeister, Inc.

Floris Keverling Buisman
CEO, 475 High Performance Building Supply

Dan Kolbert
Owner, Kolbert Building

John Loercher
Phius Certifier/Instructor, Phius

Dr. Marvin Loiseau
Dean of Academics/Chief Academic Officer, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology

Lydia Lowe
Executive Director, Chinatown Community Land Trust

Bill Maclay
Founder/Principal, Maclay Architects

David Madigan
Senior Vice President, Van Zelm Engineers

Pallavi Mantha
Associate, Carbon and Sustainability, Arup

Dylan Martello
Senior Building Systems Consultant, Steven Winter Associates, Inc.

Ace McArleton
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, New Frameworks Natural Design/Build

Jackie Mignone
Architect, Bruner/Cott Architects, Inc.

Al Mitchell
Project Certifier, Phius

Dominic Montalbano
Strategic Development Manager, RH White Construction

James Moriarty
Vice President, Sustainable Comfort, Inc.

Emily Mottram
Owner/Architect, Mottram Architecture

Patrick Murphy
Director of Sustainable Design, Vanderweil Engineers

Kellie Murphy
Project Manager, Sustainable Comfort, Inc.

Aniruddha Nene
Vice President; Director of Operations, Cosentini Associates

Tamir Nir
Decarbonization Program Manager, Abode Energy Management

Heather Nolen
Director, Programs, Association for Energy Affordability (AEA), Inc.

Rylee Noonan
Project Manager, Sustainable Comfort, Inc.

Sayo Okada
Sustainable Design Coordinator, Studio G Architects

Paul Ormond
Efficiency Engineer, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER)

Mike Ostiguy
VP of Product and Technical Services, Abode Energy Management

Andrew Padian
Owner, PadianNYC

Daniel Perez
Sustainability & Passive House Consultant, Petersen Engineering, Inc.

James Petersen
Owner, Petersen Engineering, Inc.

Jacob Deva Racusin
Director of Building Science and Sustainability, New Frameworks Natural Design/Build

Shari Rauls
Sustainability Consultant, Steven Winter Associates, Inc.

Cheryl Saldanha
Senior Project Manager, Building Science Practice Leader, Simpson Gumpertz and Heger, Inc.

Sangeetha Sambandam
Project Manager, WRT

Andrew Shapiro
President, Energy Balance, Inc.

Ryan Shea
Manager, RMI

Jack Sherman
Project Executive, Sunrise Erectors

Neetu Siddarth
Sustainability Manager, Energy & Utilities, Boston Properties

Charlie Simek
Energy Engineer, New Ecology

Jodi Smits Anderson
Associate Director Codes and Policy, New Buildings Institute

Joshua Soble
Director, Business Development, Celsius Energy

Gwendolen St.Sauveur
CEO | Arch & Mechanical HVAC Design Consultant, BTF Designs

Andrew Steingiser
Associate | Senior Project Architect | Passive House Consultant, RDH Building Science

Gail Sullivan
Managing Principal, Studio G Architects

Shu Talun
Senior Facade Consultant, RDH Building Science

Susan Twomey
Director of Construction and Sustainability, HRI

Isabel Varela Gutierrez
Science Director, HEET

Kailash Viswanathan
Director of Energy, Consigli Construction

Louis Vogel
Director of Engineering, Taitem Engineering

Nicole Voss
Director of Sustainability and Associate Principal, Isgenuity

Tracey Weeden
Executive Director, Brockton Behavioral Health Center, Boston Medical Center

Rachel White
CEO, Byggmeister, Inc.

Katie Wholey
Associate | Boston Resilience Leader, Arup

Andy Winslow
Senior Associate, Community Solutions, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP)

Joel Wool
Deputy Administrator, Boston Housing Authority

Brock Yordy
Global Drilling SME & Educator, Developed Well

2024 Sponsors and Partners

SPONSORS:
Daikin
HTS
DXS
Control Technologies
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Bensonwood
Timber PH
Mitsubishi Electric
Brightcore
USGBC
Rockwool
Aeroseal
I-Con Architecture
Sustainable Comfort
NORESCO
Celsius Energy
Abode
Steven Winter Associates, Inc.
Spacepak
Minotair
Verdant
Engineered Woods
Studio Architects
BYGG Meister
ZED
SMMA
South Mountain
Electric Power Research Institute
UNION

PARTNERS:
Passive House Accelerator
Neep
Green & Healthy Homes
American Solar Energy Society
Builders and Remodelers Association
Home Builders & Remodelers Association
NorthEast Home Energy Rating System Alliance
Built Environment Plus
Build GreenCT