Monday, Dec. 16 – Pre-Conference Workshops

Tuesday, Dec. 17 – Day One of Conference (.6 CEU/6 PDH)

• Opening & Introductions – Tom Fitzpatrick, CATEE Executive Director
• The Hon. Nelson W. Wolff, Bexar County Judge
• Dr. David Claridge, Director, Energy Systems Laboratory
• Dr. Gerald North, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science & Oceanography, TAMU
• Greg Aliff, Vice Chairman and Senior Partner, Energy & Resources, Deloitte LLP
• Introduction of Gov. Ritter – Mike Burke, Founder/Chair, San Antonio Clean Technology Forum
• Keynote: The New Energy Economy – The Hon. Bill Ritter, Jr., Director of the Center for the New Energy Economy, Colorado State University

• EE/RE in the 83rd Texas Legislature – Dub Taylor, Director, State Energy Conservation Office
• EE/RE Impacts on Emission Reductions – Dr. Jeff Haberl, Associate Director, ESL
• El Paso: A City’s Perspective on Sustainability – Marty Howell, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of El Paso
• Making a Difference: Dell’s 2020 Plan – John Pflueger, Principal Environmental Strategist, Dell, Inc.

• Residential Energy Performance – Moderator: Kathy Howard, MASCO Home Services
• • Energy Performance & Home Owner Behavior – Dr. Bing Dong, UTSA
  • Retrofit Analysis of Older, Single Family Housing in San Antonio – Dr. Hazem Rashed-Ali, UTSA College of Architecture
  • Residential Energy Consumption: The Forgotten Variable, People! – Dr. Juan Gomez, UTSA Sustainable Energy Research Institute
  • LEED Certification in the Production Home Building Realm – Steve Saunders, US-EcoLogic
• Commercial & Institutional Green Building Performance – Moderator: Nicole Ferrini, USGBC Chihuahuan Desert Chapter
• • Maintaining Platinum Performance After Platinum Design – Michele VanHyfte, Seton Healthcare Family
  • Quantifying the Integration of LEED Ratings to Military High Performance Sustainable Buildings – Dr. John Walewski, TAMU
  • How’s LEED Doing? – Analyzing the Success of Dallas’ Green Building Initiative – Zaida Basora, FAIA, City of Dallas & Bob Meckfessel, FAIA, Dsgn Associates
  • Leveraging Health Data to Enhance Place-Based Resilience in Green Building Designs – Adele Houghton, Biositu, LLC
• Utility Efficiency Resources, Achievements, Challenges – Moderator: Amy Martin, Frontier Associates
• • PUC’s New Evaluation, Measurement & Verification Framework – Pam Osterloh, AEP Central
  • Investor-Owned Utilities’ 2012-13 Results, 2014 Programs – Billy Berny, AEP
  • Utility-Owned Central Plant Load Management at The Domain – Dennis Lilley, Austin Energy
  • San Antonio’s Save for Tomorrow Energy Plan (STEP) – Jesse Hernandez, CPS Energy

• Learning from Green Schools – Moderator: Dr. Gavin Dillingham, HARC
• • Using Post-Occupancy Evaluation to Inform Design & Improve Performance – Shivani Langer, SHW Architects
  • Jumpstart Green Schools with Campus Eco-Audits + Design Innovation – Gina LaMotte, EcoRise
  • Making the Connection: Green Schools, Student Health & Performance – Dr. Larry Lowry, UT Health Northeast
  • The Benefits of Better Ventilation and Filtration Practices in Schools – Gerald A. Lamping, School Environmental Consultant
• Modeling and Data-Driven Design Tools – Moderator: Dr. Hazem Rashed-Ali, UTSA
• • Real-Time Building Energy Modeling, Fault Detection & Diagnostics for a DoD Building – Dr. Bing Dong, UTSA
  • The Multi-Family Calculator: An Early Stage Tool for Integrated Design Teams – Greg Arcangeli and Cristina Woodings, Austin Energy
  • Residence Hall ROI: The Benefits of Energy Modeling for University Dormitories – Colley Hodges and Alfonso Hernandez, Kirksey Architecture
  • Aggressively Passive – Designing with CFD – Kapil Upadhyaya & Nicola Springer, Kirksey Architecture
• Energy Efficiency & Demand Response: The Future – Moderator: Nelson Nease, Nelson H. Nease, PC
• • ERCOT’s Weather Sensitive Demand Response Pilot – Tim Carter, Constellation New Energy (Chair, ERCOT DSWG)
  • UTSA’s SmartLiving Campus: A Real Time Approach to America’s Future – Martha Wright, UTSA
  • Demand Response Initiatives at CPS Energy – Rick Luna, CPS Energy
  • Consumer Energy Use Insights – Brewster McCracken, Pecan Street Research Institute

Wednesday, Dec. 18 – Day Two of Conference (.6 CEU/6 PDH)

• The Hon. Rafael Anchia
• The Hon. John Raney

• Implementing PACE in Texas: PACE in a Box – Moderator: The Hon. Kip Averitt
• • Program Design: PACE in a Box – Steve Wiese, Clean Energy Associates, LLC
  • Program Underwriting Standards – Steve Minick, Texas Association of Business
  • Program Technical Standards – Dub Taylor, State Energy Conservation Office
  • Funding Platforms – John C. Fleming, Law Offices of John Fleming
  • Education and Marketing – Calley Pace, Way Services Ltd.
• The Big Enchilada: Existing Buildings – Moderator: David Dollihite, Deloitte Consulting
• • Meeting Energy Reduction Requirements at Joint Base San Antonio – Bruce Dschuden & Frank Thomas, Resource Efficiency Managers, JBSA
  • Continuous Commissioning at Alamo Community College District – John Strybos, Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities, ACCD
  • Managing Energy in San Antonio Public Buildings – Philip Gates, Energy Manager, City of San Antonio
  • Building Operator Certification – Dennis Lilley, Austin Energy
• Advancing Energy Codes – Moderator: Kate Zerrenner, EDF
• • Texas Energy Code Compliance Collaborative – Chris Herbert, SPEER
  • 2012 IECC – Maureen Gutman, Alliance to Save Energy
  • Top 10 Considerations of 2012 IECC and IgCC in Dallas – Zaida Basora, FAIA, City of Dallas
  • 2015 IECC: What’s new in next edition? – Shirley Ellis, Energy Systems Laboratory

• Innovative Technologies and Techniques – Moderator: Andrew Trickett, San Antonio Clean Energy Incubator
• • Variable Refrigerant Flow HVAC – Steve Jones, Mitsubishi
  • Taking a Bite out of Lighting Loads – Stephen Williams, Toshiba LED Lighting Systems
  • Behavior Modification as a Sustainable Design Technique – Erik Norwood, Curb Inc.
  • Solar Cogeneration for Commercial Rooftops – Arun Gupta, Skyven Technologies
• Collaboration is the Key – Moderator: Peter Bella, AACOG
• • SA 2020 – Scott Storment, Mission Verde Alliance
  • Sustainable Places Project/Project Connect – Rob Spillar, City of Austin, and Javier Arguello, Capitol Metro
  • Waller Creek Urban Redevelopment – Stephanie McDonald, Waller Creek Conservancy
  • SPEER: Building a Regional Energy Efficiency Partnership – Doug Lewin, South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource

• Alternative Financing for Energy Efficiency – Moderator: Eddy Hugh Trevino, LoanSTAR Program Manager, SECO
• • Investor Confidence Project – Matt Golden, EDF
  • Qualifying Energy Conservation Bonds – Josh Briggs, Green Campus Partners
  • High Performance New Construction – Michael Flores, McKinstry
  • Performance Contracting for Public Sector Improvement Projects – A. Denise Malloy, Johnson Controls, Inc.
• Energy/Water Nexus – Moderator: Kim Stoker, CPS Energy
• • CPS Energy Water Use – Louisa Eclarinal, CPS Energy
  • Collecting & Using Condensate on Site – Dr. Diana Glawe, Trinity University
  • Irrigation Load Management Pilot – Russell Bego, AEP
  • Water for Energy in the Eagle Ford – Dr. Calvin Finch, TAMU Water Conservation & Technology Center