2024 Symposium Schedule

Registration & Breakfast

8:15–9:00am

Generously sponsored by Cranshaw Construction

Opening Remarks

9:00-9:15am

Alexander Gard-Murray, Executive Director, Passive House Massachusetts

Keynote Address

9:15–9:45am

Katherine Antos, Undersecretary of Decarbonization & Resilience, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Session 1: Success Stories from the Field

9:45–11:00am

• Marine Sanchez, Principal, RDH Building Science
• Michael O’Donnell, Principal Building Systems Consultant, Steven Winter Associates

Coffee Break

11:00–11:15am

Generously sponsored by NEI General Contracting

Session 2: Performance Data and Building Operations

11:15am–12:30pm

• Maciej Konieczny, Director of Building Technologies, New Ecology
• Nick Hernandez, Energy Engineer, New Ecology
• Bruce Redman Becker, President, Becker + Becker Associates

Lunch

12:30–1:30pm

Generously sponsored by Dellbrook|JKS

Session 3: MEP Systems

1:45–3:00pm

• JS Rancourt, Principal, DXS
• Galen Staengl, Founder, Staengl Engineering
• Evan Bissonnette, Area Sales Manager, Mitsubishi Electric Trane US

Coffee Break

3:00–3:15pm

Generously sponsored by NEI General Contracting

Session 4: Decarbonization in Massachusetts: Stretch Code, Incentives and Reporting Ordinances

3:15–4:30pm

• Luke McKneally, Architect & Senior Energy Engineer, ICF
• Diana Vasquez, BERDO Review Board Manager, City of Boston
• Ian Finlayson, Deputy Director, Energy Efficiency Division, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources

Concluding Remarks

4:30–4:45pm

• Hank Keating, President, Passive House Massachusetts

Reception

5:00-6:00pm

Generously sponsored by WinnCompanies