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Keynote Speakers
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Steven Driver, Global Energy Program DirectorSteven’s presentation will familiarize the audience with different financial techniques required to sell energy projects or an entire program to senior management. The overall process from setting the environmental/financial goal, to creating an energy baseline and preforming the critical energy audit is reviewed. Tracking performance is also discussed along with how to make a program sustainable over time.
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Ron Frantzen, Executive Director Facility ManagementRon will present on the need for energy efficiency at the work place. He will discuss methods for identifying these options which include: water conservation measures from sinks to toilets, lighting upgrades verses total fixture replacement, how parking lot LED lighting reduces electrical utilization and Facility Automation with Digital Direct Controllers for your Heating cooling systems that will saves thousands of expense dollars annually.
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Mandy La Brier , Director of Energy ManagementMandy will be presenting about the city’s goals and initiatives to power buildings with 100% renewable energy by 2025 and the opportunities and challenges of public sector facilities renewable energy transition; as well as recent procurement to advance the solar industry through community-solar projects on City owned vacant land.
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Jim Davoux, Director, Global Energy Management & Environmental SustainabilityJim’s presentation title is “Laboratory Lighting and HVAC Savings” which will explain how AbbVie installed LED lighting along with a next generation lighting control system to reduce the electricity spend in one of their large laboratory buildings in the Chicago area. Then leveraged the new lighting control system and the existing building automation system to drive further HVAC energy savings. This presentation will give an overview of the project and highlight the opportunities and challenges.
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Karen York, Chief Sustainability OfficerLiz, appointed as the first CSO for CDC in 2008, establishes sustainability in CDC policy and operations, implements healthy and sustainable work environments, and facilitates staff involvement in sustainability efforts. She has received two White House awards for Sustainability and is an acclaimed Fellow of the American Institute of Architects for her work building healthy environments.
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Nate Verhanovitz, Engineering DirectorMichigan State University has constructed the largest non-utility Carport Solar Array in North America. It consists of five commuter parking lots on MSU’s main campus including 5,000 parking spots and 45 acres. This renewable energy has been successfully integrated into the campus Microgrid together with traditional gas-fired electric generation assets in a central plant. This case study covers the operational details and lessons learned at the central plant from solar operations.
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MaryAnn Ibeziako, Director of Engineering and EnergyMaryAnn oversees a staff of 28 Engineers and Energy Managers and is responsible for the overall energy program. As Director, MaryAnn provides Facilities Management wide engineering support with regard to design standards, commissioning, energy modeling, and the Utility Master Plan.
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Ruby Cruz & Marcus Lewis, Corporate Energy ManagerRuby and Marcus will give you a comprehensive look at the impact that energy efficiency strategies especially NYC H + H’s Energy Management Model has on energy and greenhouse gas reduction efforts at the largest public health system in the country.
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Julie Paquette, Director of Energy ManagementJulie is the Director of Energy Management within the Office of Facilities. In this role, she leads a broad portfolio of initiatives in support of the University’s energy and sustainability goals. Julie has extensive technical experience with high performance building and campus energy systems, and is personally and professionally committed to sustainability innovation, education, and advocacy.
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John Gioioso, Senior Director, Corporate Building Services & Real EstateJohn has dedicated his career to the Facilities/Real Estate industry. He oversees the functions of real estate, design, construction, FF&E, corporate services, and facilities. He holds a BSBA in management from Suffolk University and Masters in Facilities from Cambridge College. In addition, two designations. Certified facilities manager (CFM) and Masters of Corporate Real Estate (MCR).
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Stephanie Benfield, Sustainable DirectorStephanie, a long time environmental advocate and a former state representative from DeKalb County, most recently had been serving as the executive director of Green Law, an environmentally-oriented law firm. She is now the new Director of the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, where she will continue to manage, implement and further develop Mayor Reed’s sustainability plan, as well as support existing projects related to sustainability for the City of Atlanta.
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Joseph K Han, Associate Vice President of FacilitiesJoseph Han has served 26 years in private and public universities. Currently the associate vice president of administration and operations for Cleveland State University, Joseph provides leadership for the University Architect’s Office, Capital Planning & Real Estate, Facility Management & Services, Environmental Health & Safety, Campus Safety, University Police, and Information Services &Technology.
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Jedd Winkler, Energy Program ManagerIn 2008 Aurora Health Care, a healthcare provider in Wisconsin initiated an energy management program for their hospital portfolio to reduce operational costs. This presentation reviews how healthcare providers can internally implement an effective energy program in a changing financial environment with limited capital resources. Building blocks will be shown including gaining management support, policy development, tracking tools, structure, best practice sharing. Case studies at select sites that attained $7MUSD savings will be presented.
Topics
Healthcare
| Government
| Cities & Municipalities
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Commercial & Industrial MicroGrids
| Distributed Energy & Microgrids
| Solar & Energy Storage Systems
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Smart Grid
| Iot-Driven Grid Management Systems
| Anchor Generation for Microgrids
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Asset-Backed Demand Response
| CHP
| Campus
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Delegates
Schedule & Venue
Hotel Info
Venue: Double Tree by Hilton Boston North Shore
Schedule
| Time | Monday May 18, 2020 |
Tuesday May 19, 2020 |
Wednesday May 20, 2020 |
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| 7:00am | Round-Table Networking Breakfast | Round-Table Networking Breakfast | |
| 8:00am - 10:00am | Presentation | Presentation | |
| 10:00am | Networking Coffee Break | Networking Coffee Break | |
| 11:00am | Presentations | Presentations | |
| 12:00pm | Round-Table Networking Lunch | Round-Table Networking Lunch | |
| 1:00pm | Presentations | Presentations | |
| 2:00pm | Exhibitor Setup/Registration | Presentations | Closing Presentation |
| 3:00pm | Exhibitor Setup/Registration | Networking Coffee Break | |
| 3:30pm | Exhibitor Setup/Registration | Presentations | |
| 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Networking Reception & Dinner |
What Our Delegates Have to Say
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- Principia College
- Energy Ambassador
- “Great conference, was able to talk one on one with a lot of vendors. A lot of deep meaningful conversations”.
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- Estee Lauder
- VP Global Facilities
- “The format is very well structured. The speakers are really really good. And I would recommend it to anybody in this field.”
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- General Motors
- Global Energy Manager
- “What I really like about FMA Summits is the quick twenty minute presentations because you are able to cover a wide variety of topics”.
