Next month catch Payette Building Scientist Chris Mackey at the 2018 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild on September 26-28 in Chicago, Illinois.
The conference will feature more than 60 presentations and approximately 120 papers by leading industry practitioners and academic researchers. Hear presentations on virtual reality for daylighting design, designing for thermal nirvana, metrics and methods for carbon-neutral and net-zero building design, automated calibration techniques and modeling standards and strategies with the recently released ASHRAE Standard 209 on simulation aided design.
Chris Mackey will discuss lessons learned from recent projects where the Architects and Engineers shared energy models in the design process.
Conference Details:
September 26-28, 2018
Hilton Chicago
720 South Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL
Register by August 11 for early bird pricing.
Cape Cod Community College’s Frank and Maureen Wilkens Science and Engineering Center is a net-positive energy building designed to transform the heart of campus.
The project approaches sustainability through a holistic and global approach, implementing a range of moves including passive solar shading overhangs, air-source heat pumps, high performance materials with low embodied carbon and the expansion of the range of thermal comfort and lighting power density. Combined with on-site photovoltaics, the project achieves net-positive energy use.
The project’s thermally modified wood rainscreen façade is a study of the modern expression of vernacular Cape Cod architecture while reducing embodied carbon. Early lifecycle assessments identified the immense carbon savings of wood over fiber cement. The design team did not stop there, furthering reductions by peeling back unnecessary finishes like carpet and ceilings. Together, these decisions enabled a 19% reduction in embodied carbon.
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