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Affordable Housing & Multifamily
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

Efficient and Affordable: Expanding Opportunities for Deeper Impacts in Low and Moderate Income Households
Pam Mendelson – U.S. Department of Energy; Pamela Brookstein – Elevate Energy; Britt Pomush – Washington State Department of Commerce; Frank Rapley – Tennessee Valley Authority
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

Designing Multifamily Affordable Housing Programs: Pivoting Towards Success
Brody Vance – Franklin Energy; Alon Abramson – Philadelphia Energy Authority; Tom McAteer – CMC Energy; Louise Sharrow – Elevate Energy
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

Innovation in Multifamily Space: How & Latest Trends
David Beaulieu – TRC; Dan Wildenhaus – TRC
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

Energy Efficiency and Health: Stronger Together
Tammy Wilson – Eversource; Nicola Tran – Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development; Tom McAteer – CMC Energy
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Saving Water & Money in Large Multifamily Buildings
David Beaulieu – TRC; Laureen Blissard – GreenBuilder Coalition; Paul Blissard – LTLB Renovate; Andrew Padian – PadianNYC Consulting
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

Understanding the Low-income Market to Improve Energy Programs
Matthew Lyons – APPRISE; Paula Carmody – Maryland Office of People's Counsel
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

Negotiating with Apartment Building Owners and Investors
Andrew Padian – PadianNYC Consulting
Thursday, Apr 4
8:30 am

Low Income Program Evaluation Insights Informing Program Management and Cost-effectiveness
Jacqueline Berger – APPRISE; Steven Jerue – Philadelphia Gas Works
Afternoon Workshops
Monday, Apr 1
12:00 pm

BE SMART ON SMART! Get on Top of the Next Frontier in Home Performance: the Smart Home* sponsored by Google and ecobee

Lieko Earle – National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Beth Karlin – See Change Institute; Emily Kemper – CLEAResult; Claire Miziolek – NEEP (Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships); Kara Saul Rinaldi – Home Performance Coalition
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

2019 Ventilation Extravaganza
Rick Karg – Residential Energy Dynamics, LLC; Paul W. Francisco – Applied Research Institute
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

Assembling a Zero Net Energy Building
Terry Nordbye – Air Sealing Solutions
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

Quality Management- the Path to Increased Profitability, Customer Satisfaction and Employee Retention
Dick Kornbluth – Dick Kornbluth, LLC
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

Residential Energy Efficiency Programs from the US Department of Energy
Joan Glickman – U.S. Department of Energy; Madeline Koewler – The Building People; Kara Jonas – Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance; Deborah Philbrick – Elevate Energy; Amanda Stinton – National Association of REALTORS; Jonathan Waterworth – AZ Energy Efficient Home
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

Results-oriented Energy Education
Rana Belshe – Conservation Connection Consulting; Suzanne Harmelink – WECC (Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation)
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

Supercharge Your Training
Bill Eckman – The EnergySmart Academy at Santa Fe Community College; Jeffrey Granger – The EnergySmart Academy at Santa Fe Community College; Amanda Hatherly – The EnergySmart Academy at Santa Fe Community College; Anna Sullivan – Interstate Renewable Energy Council; J West – CEDA, Inc; Dan Maksymiw – CEDA, Inc; Adam Romano – Association for Energy Affordability, Inc.; Kelly Cutchin – Simonson Management Services
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

Thermal Comfort: A Radical Approach to Retrofit and Design
Tom Wilson – HOME REMEDIES: Residential Energy Services
Building Bridges for Efficiency
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

Stay Cool, Chicago: Thermal resilience benefits of city-wide weatherization
Eric Wilson – National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

Cancelled: Deep Energy Retrofits: Do No Harm
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

Leadership That Succeeds
John Tooley – John Tooley, LLC
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

A New Blueprint for a Burgeoning Relationship: Energy Efficiency, Meet Real Estate
Pamela Brookstein – Elevate Energy; Julie R. Caracino – Home Performance Coalition; Robin LeBaron – Pearl Certification
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Show Me the Money: Financing Products to Enable Home Performance Projects
Andrew Isaacs – Allegheny Science & Technology; Matt Ewing – Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc.; Peter Krajsa – National Energy Improvement Fund LLC; Todd O'Grady – Michigan Saves
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

Your Time Is Now: Helping Homeowners Make the Connection Between Energy and the Environment
Suzanne Shelton – Shelton Group
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

Energy Water Nexus E=H2O
Beth Baxter – TRC; Bill Eckman – The EnergySmart Academy at Santa Fe Community College; Amanda Hatherly – The EnergySmart Academy at Santa Fe Community College; John Tooley – John Tooley, LLC
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

Put a Label on It: Making the Value of Home Performance Visible to Homeowners
Madeline Salzman – U.S. Department of Energy; Cynthia Adams – Pearl Certification; Pamela Brookstein – Elevate Energy; Julie Saporito – City and County of Denver; Amanda Stinton – National Association of REALTORS
Thursday, Apr 4
8:30 am

Defying Expectations with Net Zero Energy Homes
Emily Kemper – CLEAResult; Jacob Corvidae – Rocky Mountain Institute; Steven Lefler – Modular Lifestyles, Inc.; Brenda Nunes – KW Nunes Group Real Estate; Rebecca Olson – Center for Energy and Environment
Thursday, Apr 4
10:30 am

Climate Change: The Science, Why We Should Care, and What We All Can Do
Donald J. Wuebbles – University of Illinois, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Building Envelope
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

Crawlspaces: The Good – the Bad - & the Ugly
John Tooley – John Tooley, LLC
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

Do Sealed and Insulated Attics Save Energy?
Iain Walker – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

Building a Better Wall: Principles and Practices for a High-Performance Home
Patrick H. Huelman – University of Minnesota
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

What Do You Need to Know About Moisture to Design Durable Envelopes ?
Achilles Karagiozis – National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Freeze-thaw—an Urban Legend?
Bill Rose – U of IL - Applied Research Institute - ICRT
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

Automated House Sealing - Aerobarrier Envelope Sealing of New Homes
Paul Springer – AeroBarrier; Mike Lyon – The Element Group / Midwest AeroBarrier
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

Cost-effective Solutions for Resilient and Efficient Envelope Retrofits
Emily Kemper – CLEAResult; David Heslam – Earth Advantage
Thursday, Apr 4
8:30 am

The Science Behind Insulation: In Cavities and Continuous
Marcus Bianchi – Owens Corning; Achilles Karagiozis – National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Thursday, Apr 4
10:30 am

Best Practices for Basement Insulation (or Not?)
Patrick H. Huelman – University of Minnesota
Business Tools
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

Know Your Numbers: Data Feedback to Maximize Your Business's Profitability and Quality
Amanda Godward – Ecotelligent Homes; Keith O'Hara – Eco Performance Builders, Inc.
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

Energy Audit: Retrofit Contract Legalities and Pitfalls
Stephen Stern – Kagan Stern Marinello & Beard, LLC
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

The Price Is Right......or Is It?
Tom Grandy – Grandy & Associates
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

Doing Home Performance Right: Contractor Showcase
Madeline Koewler – The Building People; Steve Dunn – U.S. DOE, Building Technologies Office; Elena Chrimat – Ideal Energy LLC; Scott Donelson – Home Energy Medics; Jeff Flaherty – Wise Home Energy; Simone Melillo – EDGE Energy; Jonathan Waterworth – AZ Energy Efficient Home
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Sales Strategies to Sell More Jobs
Edward Matos – Healthy Home Energy & Consulting, Inc.; Marc Tannenbaum – Dr. Energy Saver, Inc.
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

Increasing Profits Through Quality Management
Dick Kornbluth – Dick Kornbluth, LLC; John Tooley – John Tooley, LLC
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

Stump da Chumps - The Final Round
Chandler von Schrader – CvS Consulting; Allison A. Bailes, III – Energy Vanguard; Amy Beley – Pearl Certification; Elena Chrimat – Ideal Energy LLC; Chris Dorsi – Habitat X; David Keefe – Vermont Energy Investment Corporation; Edward Matos – Healthy Home Energy & Consulting, Inc.; Keith O'Hara – Eco Performance Builders, Inc.; Rebecca Olson – Center for Energy and Environment; Alice Rosenberg – Consortium for Energy Efficiency; Bill Spohn – TruTech Tools, LTD; Greg Thomas – Performance Systems Development, Inc.; Iain Walker – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Thursday, Apr 4
8:30 am

A Year of Massive Change in Digital Marketing: Understanding the New Online Advertising Landscape
Peter Troast – Energy Circle
Creating Opportunities for your Business
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

How to Leverage the 15 Million Annual Energy-related Home Improvements
Chrissi Antonopoulos – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Madeline Salzman – U.S. Department of Energy
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

Consumer Connection & Common Language: Translating from Energy Geeks and Contractors to Connect with Homeowners
Dan Wildenhaus – TRC; Mark Jerome – CLEAResult; Jacob Corvidae – Rocky Mountain Institute
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

Adding Solar to an Integrated Contracting Business Part 2
Peter Troast – Energy Circle; Tom Bone – CivicSolar
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

Peer Groups - The Power of Learning & Sharing with Non-competitor Business Owners
Keith O'Hara – Eco Performance Builders, Inc.; Amanda Godward – Ecotelligent Homes
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Healthy Homes & Home Performance: Communicating Your Business Offerings
Bob Krell – Healthy Indoors Magazine / IAQnet LLC; Peter Troast – Energy Circle
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

Cancelled: HP & HVAC - The How to Business Guide
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

Worst Practices: How to Put Yourself out of Business
Dan Thomsen – Building Doctors, Inc.; Damian hodkinson – Halco Multifamily Performance; Alex Williams – Ideal Energy LLC
Thursday, Apr 4
8:30 am

Building Business Through Certification: How Contractors Are Leveraging Certifications to Sell Jobs & Strengthen Relationships
Amy Beley – Pearl Certification; Elena Chrimat – Ideal Energy LLC; Mark Lee – Better World Builders, llc
Diagnostics & Audits
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

Getting the Most out of Your Blower Door System
Sam Myers – Retrotec; Jay Bowen – Bowen & Associates, LLC
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

Getting the Most out of Your Manometer: Room Pressures, Static Pressures, CAZ, ZPD & More!
Paul Morin – The Energy Conservatory
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

Tracking Improvements in the Home and Occupant
Joe Medosch – Hayward Score; Kevin Kennedy – Environmental HealthProgram, Children’s Mercy Kansas City; Erin Rose – ThreeCubed; Ellen Tohn – Tohn Environmental Strategies/Brown School of Public Health; Jonathan Wilson – National Center for Healthy Housing
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

Combustion Safety Testing Protocols
Paul W. Francisco – Applied Research Institute; Bill Spohn – TruTech Tools, LTD
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Back and Better: An Interactive and Full Featured Walk-thru of the Future of Audits
Joe Medosch – Hayward Score
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

Best Practices for Energy Audits - From Loss Leader to Profitable Sales Tool
John Birch – Snugg Home; Rob Minnick – Minnick's Inc
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

Air Tightness Testing in Multifamily Buildings
Graham Giovagnoli – Eco Achievers; Emir Jaganjac – CEDA, Inc; Adam Romano – Association for Energy Affordability, Inc.; J West – CEDA, Inc
Thursday, Apr 4
8:30 am

Category I Combustion Vent Systems Simplified
Tom Andrews – Bureau of Community Action & Economic Opportunity & MiTEC
Thursday, Apr 4
10:30 am

After the Audit: Improving Residential Energy Efficiency Assessment Reports
Reuven Sussman – American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE); Harrison Grubbs – KSV; Beth Karlin – See Change Institute; Greg Thomas – Performance Systems Development, Inc.
Evening Session
Monday, Apr 1
5:15 pm

Home Diagnosis Screening
Corbett Lunsford – Home Diagnosis TV Show
Tuesday, Apr 2
6:30 pm

Evening TED style Talks
Debra Little – AJO; Jacqueline Berger – APPRISE; David Heslam – Earth Advantage; Jacob Corvidae – Rocky Mountain Institute; Andy Frank – Sealed; Luis Hernandez – Gaia Sharbel Energy; Beth Karlin – See Change Institute; David Keefe – Vermont Energy Investment Corporation; Noel Merket – National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Keith O'Hara – Eco Performance Builders, Inc.; Achilles Karagiozis – National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Kevin Kennedy – Environmental HealthProgram, Children’s Mercy Kansas City; Steven Lefler – Modular Lifestyles, Inc.; Tom McAteer – CMC Energy; Joe Medosch – Hayward Score; Adam Romano – Association for Energy Affordability, Inc.; Iain Walker – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Tom Wilson – HOME REMEDIES: Residential Energy Services
Wednesday, Apr 3
6:30 pm

Pecha Kucha Night at the HPC Conference
Luis Hernandez – Gaia Sharbel Energy; Bob Krell – Healthy Indoors Magazine / IAQnet LLC; Joe Medosch – Hayward Score; Andrew Padian – PadianNYC Consulting; Larry Zarker – Building Performance Institute, Inc.; Keith M. Canfield – CLEAResult; Bill Spohn – TruTech Tools, LTD
Fundamentals
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

House as a System
David Keefe – Vermont Energy Investment Corporation
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

IAQ Basics
Rick Karg – Residential Energy Dynamics, LLC; Bill Spohn – TruTech Tools, LTD
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

Heat Loss/ Heat Gain
Rick Karg – Residential Energy Dynamics, LLC
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

Air Sealing 101
David Keefe – Vermont Energy Investment Corporation
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Insulation 101
David Keefe – Vermont Energy Investment Corporation
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

Building Science Principles (BSP) Meet Your Partner Healthy Housing Principles (HHP)
Larry Zarker – Building Performance Institute, Inc.; Joe Medosch – Hayward Score; Rick Hall – Building Science Professional Training LLC
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

Comfort Basics: Beyond the Thermostat Set-point
Rana Belshe – Conservation Connection Consulting; Linda M. Wigington – Linda M. Wigington & Associates
Thursday, Apr 4
8:30 am

BPI's Home Energy Professional and Core Certification Update
John Jones – Building Performance Institute, Inc.; Kelly Cutchin – Simonson Management Services
Thursday, Apr 4
10:30 am

Zone Pressure Diagnostics
Rick Karg – Residential Energy Dynamics, LLC
HVAC Strategies
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

Air Distribution Ducts Performance
Allison A. Bailes, III – Energy Vanguard; Marcus Bianchi – Owens Corning
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

Ventilation Latent Loads Are Real: Psychrometric Weather Data, Ventilation Rates and Mechanical System Performance
Kimberly Llewellyn – Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC LLC
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

High MERV Filters in Central Air Handlers: Opportunities & Challenges
Rhett Major – The Energy Doctor; Brent Stephens – Illinois Institute of Technology; Linda M. Wigington – Linda M. Wigington & Associates
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

Best Practices of Minisplit/multisplit Heatpumps from Retrofit to Performance Homes
Allison A. Bailes, III – Energy Vanguard; Kevin DeMaster – Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC LLC; Mike Schaefer – Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC LLC
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Getting Residential Air-source Heat Pumps Right in Cold Climates
Steve Dunn – U.S. DOE, Building Technologies Office; Mark Jerome – CLEAResult; David Lis – NEEP (Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships); Rebecca Olson – Center for Energy and Environment
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

Best Practices for Ventilation
Paul H. Raymer – ICF; Iain Walker – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

Remediating Duct Leakage: New Duct Sealing Strategies & Techniques
Ken Summers – Comfort Institute
Thursday, Apr 4
8:30 am

Maximizing Electricity Savings with ECM Furnaces
Norman Bair; Scott Pigg – Slipstream
Thursday, Apr 4
10:30 am

When Choosing a Heating or Cooling System, Give Your Customers the Choice to Round Down
Damian hodkinson – Halco Multifamily Performance; Hal Smith – Halco
IAQ & Healthy Homes
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

Can You Use Consumer IAQ Monitors to Create a Healthier Home?
Brett Singer – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Linda M. Wigington – Linda M. Wigington & Associates
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

Energy and Health Program Integration - What's Working
Ellen Tohn – Tohn Environmental Strategies/Brown School of Public Health; Vince Schueler – WSU Energy Program; Erin Rose – ThreeCubed
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

IAQ Science and Science Fiction: Tales from the Field
Paul W. Francisco – Applied Research Institute
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

Indoor AirPLUS Existing Homes & HOMEChem: New Opportunities for Home Performance Contractors
Aaron Johnson – US EPA; Corbett Lunsford – Home Diagnosis TV Show; Paul H. Raymer – ICF
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Healthy Homes, Indoor Air Quality, & Low-income Housing: Results from Chicago & Maryland
Ariel Drehobl – American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE); Jonathan Bluey – Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development; Julia Kalloz – Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development; Anna C. McCreery – Elevate Energy
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

Children’s Health and Their Home Environment: What the Research Tells Us
Kevin Kennedy – Environmental HealthProgram, Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

Keeping the Bad Stuff Out: Dealing with External Contaminants
Zach Merrin – U of IL - Applied Research Institute - ICRT; Stacy Gloss – U of IL - Applied Research Institute - ICRT; Bill Rose – U of IL - Applied Research Institute - ICRT
Thursday, Apr 4
8:30 am

Energy & Healthy Home Assessments at the Same Time! It Is Possible!
Joe Medosch – Hayward Score; Kevin Kennedy – Environmental HealthProgram, Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Thursday, Apr 4
10:30 am

How to Thrive in a More Airtight Box: Indoor Air Quality in Retrofit Homes
Iain Walker – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Paul W. Francisco – Applied Research Institute
Monday Morning Workshops
Monday, Apr 1
8:30 am

Sales Workshop Part 1: Reviewing Different Sales Strategies
Amanda Godward – Ecotelligent Homes
Monday, Apr 1
8:30 am

Airflow Measurements 2019
Bill Spohn – TruTech Tools, LTD
Monday, Apr 1
8:30 am

Electricity Use Implications of Better Indoor Air Quality
Linda M. Wigington – Linda M. Wigington & Associates
Monday, Apr 1
8:30 am

Multifamily Building Auditing for Single Family Auditors and Programs
Brody Vance – Franklin Energy; Andrew Padian – PadianNYC Consulting
Monday, Apr 1
8:30 am

Retrofit Air Sealing-- Wood Frame Buildings
Terry Nordbye – Air Sealing Solutions
Monday, Apr 1
8:30 am

Strategies and Best Practices for Getting a Multifamily Program off the Ground
David Gates – CEDA, Inc; Tiffany A. McFerren – CEDA, Inc; Adam Romano – Association for Energy Affordability, Inc.; Emir Jaganjac – CEDA, Inc
Monday, Apr 1
10:30 am

Sales Workshop Part 2: Putting Sales Strategies into Action
Amanda Godward – Ecotelligent Homes; Hal Smith – Halco; Alex Williams – Ideal Energy LLC
Monday Full Day Workshops
Monday, Apr 1
8:30 am

Full Scope Retrofits for Performance & Profit: The How Tos of the Work & the Business. Part One: Heating, Cooling, and Hot Water
Gavin Healy – Balance Point Home Performance, Inc.; Keith O'Hara – Eco Performance Builders, Inc.; Dan Perunko – Balance Point Home Performance, Inc.
Monday, Apr 1
10:30 am

Full Scope Retrofits for Performance & Profit: The How Tos of the Work & the Business. Part Two: Shell Work
Gavin Healy – Balance Point Home Performance, Inc.
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

Full Scope Retrofits for Performance & Profit: The How Tos of the Work & the Business. Part Three: Ventilation
Dan Perunko – Balance Point Home Performance, Inc.
Monday, Apr 1
3:30 pm

Full Scope Retrofits for Performance & Profit: The How Tos of the Work & the Business. Part Four: Business and Sales Processes of a Deep HP Retrofit Company
Keith O'Hara – Eco Performance Builders, Inc.
Monday, Apr 1
8:30 am

Game of Homes Workshop: You Don’t Need Dragons to Help Your Fellow “Wildlings”- Season 1- Game of Homes Essentials: How to Assess a Castle when the Stark children have Asthma. How to Identify and Manage Asthma With Effective Home Intervention Strategies
Kevin Kennedy – Environmental HealthProgram, Children’s Mercy Kansas City; Joe Medosch – Hayward Score
Monday, Apr 1
10:30 am

Game of Homes Workshop: You Don’t Need Dragons to Help Your Fellow “Wildlings-” Season 2- From King’s Landing to Castle Black, the Essentials Apply in all Homes in the Seven Kingdoms. Actual Case study - Assessing the Home of an Asthma Patient
Kevin Kennedy – Environmental HealthProgram, Children’s Mercy Kansas City; Joe Medosch – Hayward Score
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

Game of Homes Workshop: You Don’t Need Dragons to Help Your Fellow “Wildlings-” Season 3: Game of Homes Environmental Assessment - Think Like a 3 Eyed Raven: You Have to Consider Every Option
Kevin Kennedy – Environmental HealthProgram, Children’s Mercy Kansas City; Joe Medosch – Hayward Score
Monday, Apr 1
3:30 pm

Game of Homes Workshop: You Don’t Need Dragons to Help Your Fellow “Wildlings-” Season 4: Solving a Game of Homes Complex Healthy Castle Case - You Don’t Need to be a “Maester” to Discover what Ails the Occupants. What You See Today May Not Always be the Cause
Kevin Kennedy – Environmental HealthProgram, Children’s Mercy Kansas City; Joe Medosch – Hayward Score
Monday Afternoon Workshops
Monday, Apr 1
12:00 pm

BE SMART ON SMART! Get on Top of the Next Frontier in Home Performance: the Smart Home* sponsored by Google and ecobee

Lieko Earle – National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Beth Karlin – See Change Institute; Emily Kemper – CLEAResult; Claire Miziolek – NEEP (Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships); Kara Saul Rinaldi – Home Performance Coalition
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

2019 Ventilation Extravaganza
Rick Karg – Residential Energy Dynamics, LLC; Paul W. Francisco – Applied Research Institute
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

Assembling a Zero Net Energy Building
Terry Nordbye – Air Sealing Solutions
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

Quality Management- the Path to Increased Profitability, Customer Satisfaction and Employee Retention
Dick Kornbluth – Dick Kornbluth, LLC
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

Residential Energy Efficiency Programs from the US Department of Energy
Joan Glickman – U.S. Department of Energy; Madeline Koewler – The Building People; Kara Jonas – Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance; Deborah Philbrick – Elevate Energy; Amanda Stinton – National Association of REALTORS; Jonathan Waterworth – AZ Energy Efficient Home
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

Results-oriented Energy Education
Rana Belshe – Conservation Connection Consulting; Suzanne Harmelink – WECC (Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation)
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

Supercharge Your Training
Bill Eckman – The EnergySmart Academy at Santa Fe Community College; Jeffrey Granger – The EnergySmart Academy at Santa Fe Community College; Amanda Hatherly – The EnergySmart Academy at Santa Fe Community College; Anna Sullivan – Interstate Renewable Energy Council; J West – CEDA, Inc; Dan Maksymiw – CEDA, Inc; Adam Romano – Association for Energy Affordability, Inc.; Kelly Cutchin – Simonson Management Services
Monday, Apr 1
1:30 pm

Thermal Comfort: A Radical Approach to Retrofit and Design
Tom Wilson – HOME REMEDIES: Residential Energy Services
Policy
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

Illinois Non-Energy Impacts: the Path to Monetization and Creating New Jobs
Joseph Cullen – Home Performance Coalition; Nick Dreher – Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance; Brian Eakin – Navigant; Jim Fay – ComEd; Patricia Plympton – Navigant
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

Scaling up Electrification of Existing Homes: Fantasy or A New Path to Sustainability?
Sydney G. Roberts – Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM); Linda M. Wigington – Linda M. Wigington & Associates; Richard Faesy – Energy Futures Group, Inc.
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

Federal Policy Update: The Elephant in the Room - 116th Congress
Kara Saul Rinaldi – Home Performance Coalition; Steve Cowell – E4TheFuture; David Nemtzow – U.S. Department of Energy
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

Pay for Performance: What's New and What Are We Learning?
Emily Levin – VEIC; Andy Frank – Sealed; Bruce Mast – Ardenna Energy; Greg Nettleton – Franklin Energy
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

How States & Cities Are Changing the Home Buying Market
Ed Carley – National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO); Ian Finlayson – Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources; Roger Kainu – Oregon Department of Energy; Andy Popp – Missouri Department of Economic Development, Division of Energy; Isaac V. Smith – Center for Energy and Environment
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

Technical Reference Manuals and Additional Analysis Methods to Plan and Evaluate Energy Programs
Caroline Hazard – CHH Consulting, LLC; Jacqueline Berger – APPRISE; Greg Thomas – Performance Systems Development, Inc.
Thursday, Apr 4
8:30 am

What Is Lobbying? Who Should You Be Talking to and What Should You Be Asking For? Getting Engaged & Being Counted (While Still Doing Your Day Job)
Lizzie Bunnen – AnnDyl Policy Group; Audrey Bragg – E4TheFuture; Ryan Weitzel – FLC Energy
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

Utility Data Access: The Utility Role in the Smart Home
Ethan Goldman – Open Energy Efficiency; Kevin Johnson – National Grid; Ann McCabe – Ann McCabe & Associates; Kara Saul Rinaldi – Home Performance Coalition; Scott Taylor – Sense
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

Smart Homes to Shift Loads: A Conversation About DR and TOU Rates
Chris Baker – Arizona Public Service; Rick Counihan – Google; Gamaliel Lodge – OptiMiser LLC; Claire Miziolek – NEEP (Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships)
Program Operations
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

Design Thinking: Employing Behavioral Sciences in Program Design and Service Delivery
David Beaulieu – TRC; Emily Levin – VEIC; Dan Wildenhaus – TRC
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

Aligning Energy Performance Predictions - Harmonizing Home Energy Modeling
Ed Carley – National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO); Noel Merket – National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Cy Kilbourn – Ekotrope; Madeline Salzman – U.S. Department of Energy
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

Changing Habits Through Motivation: Pay for Performance Incentive Structure
Seth Rapoza – ICF; Derek Dombrowski – Total Home Performance, LLC; Nathanael Gillespie – Pepco Holdings; Chris Baker – Arizona Public Service
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

High Performance HVAC Installation: Delivering Comfort, Efficiency & Paying for Performance
Kara Jonas – Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance; Tom Danielsen – Danielsen Construction & Energy Mgmt.; Torsten Glidden – Build It Green; Tom Koby – Emerson
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Lessons Learned from the Field to Promote Quality, Health and Safety
Joe Konopacki – Insight Property Services, Inc.; Janja Lupse – CLEAResult; Donald Swift – CLEAResult; Paul W. Francisco – Applied Research Institute; Kara Jonas – Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

Working Examples of Market Transformation; no really!
David Beaulieu – TRC; Nic Dunfee – TRC; Andy Frank – Sealed; Robin LeBaron – Pearl Certification
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

One-stop for Energy Savings and Jobs: A Comprehensive Support Model
Lee Laney – Opportunity Council; Ryan Moore – OptiMiser LLC; Elizabeth Chant – Optimal Energy
Thursday, Apr 4
8:30 am

Home Performance with ENERGY STAR: All the Ingredients You Need for a Successful Program
Madeline Koewler – The Building People; Steve Dunn – U.S. DOE, Building Technologies Office; Andy Gostisha – CLEAResult; Kara Jonas – Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Thursday, Apr 4
10:30 am

Successful Collaboration Across Multiple Utilities
Lisa Pfitzinger – Black Hills Energy; Lawrence F. Rush, Jr. – UIL Holdings Corporation; Kent Tomlinson – Southwestern Electric Power Company - An AEP Company; Elizabeth Chant – Optimal Energy
The Smart Home
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

Utility Data Access: The Utility Role in the Smart Home
Ethan Goldman – Open Energy Efficiency; Kevin Johnson – National Grid; Ann McCabe – Ann McCabe & Associates; Kara Saul Rinaldi – Home Performance Coalition; Scott Taylor – Sense
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

The Smart Home as a Tool to Engage Your Customers
Emily Kemper – CLEAResult; Dain Nestel – ecobee; Kevin Knight – ICF; Vanessa Morris – Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, an Exelon Company
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

Expanding Access to Smart Technology: Results from Pilots and Low-income Programs
Ben Adams – MaGrann Associates; Michael Blasnik – Nest Labs; Sarah Colvin – ecobee; Peter Yeh – CLEAResult
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

Smart Thermostats – Why Is Everyone Talking About Them?
Ben Adams – MaGrann Associates; Mark Jerome – CLEAResult; Emily Kemper – CLEAResult; Alice Rosenberg – Consortium for Energy Efficiency
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Grid Optimization, Load Flexibility, and AI, Oh My!
Lieko Earle – National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Beth Karlin – See Change Institute; Emily Kemper – CLEAResult; Claire Miziolek – NEEP (Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships); Jamie Peters – Google; Kara Saul Rinaldi – Home Performance Coalition
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

New Strategies to Save Energy with Smart Home Products
Claire Miziolek – NEEP (Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships); Erika Burns – Attachments Energy Rating Council; Dan Fredman – VEIC; Stacy Lambright – Hunter Douglas; Shannon Stendel – Slipstream
Thursday, Apr 4
8:30 am

What's in It for the Homeowner? Empowering Customers in the Smart Home
Beth Karlin – See Change Institute; Kevin Johnson – National Grid; Alice Rosenberg – Consortium for Energy Efficiency; Zach Sussman – Con Edison
Thursday, Apr 4
10:30 am

Using Data to Target Smarter Home Performance Opportunities
Elena Vera – ICF; Peter Griffin – CLEAResult; Kevin Knight – ICF; Claire Miziolek – NEEP (Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships)
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

Smart Homes to Shift Loads: A Conversation About DR and TOU Rates
Chris Baker – Arizona Public Service; Rick Counihan – Google; Gamaliel Lodge – OptiMiser LLC; Claire Miziolek – NEEP (Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships)
Tour
Monday, Apr 1
1:00 pm

Making Multifamily Work- the CEDA and Wentworth Gardens Tour* (Preregistration required)

Emir Jaganjac – CEDA, Inc; David Gates – CEDA, Inc; Gregory Crowley – Crowley Engineering LLC; Dan Maksymiw – CEDA, Inc; John Pady – CEDA, Inc
Weatherization Operations
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

Using Training Retention Activities to Enhance Skills
Suzanne Harmelink – WECC (Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation)
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

Cancelled: Leveraging the Weatherization Assistance Program: Why and How
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

Health & Safety Planning and Education
Amy Klusmeier – NASCSP (National Association for State Community Services Programs); Bruce Hagen – North Dakota Department of Commerce; Brandon Kjelden – SouthEastern North Dakota Community Action Agency
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

DOE WAP Updates
Erica Burrin – U.S. Department of Energy; Derek J. Schroeder – U.S. Department of Energy; Mark Ternes – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

Safety First and Last: How to Educate and Motivate your Customers
Edgar M. Ortiz – CEDA, Inc; Salina Colon – CEDA, Inc; Anna Marrero – CEDA, Inc; Cesar Serrato – CEDA, Inc.
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

Decision Making: Modeled Savings vs Potential and Realized Savings
Ray Judy – Bureau of Community Action & Economic Opportunity & MiTEC; Steve Nall – JobSource
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

Telling the WAP Story: Communicating the Impact of Weatherization
Eric Behna – NASCSP (National Association for State Community Services Programs)
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Helping the Helper: Trauma Exposure in the Field
Britt Pomush – Washington State Department of Commerce
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Revamping WAP - Taking a State to the Next Level of Performance!
Ray Judy – Bureau of Community Action & Economic Opportunity & MiTEC; Kris Schoenow – Bureau of Community Action & Economic Opportunity & MiTEC
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

Overcoming the Hurdles to Solar in Weatherization
Dan Maksymiw – CEDA, Inc; Jocelyn Durkay – Colorado Energy Office; John Pady – CEDA, Inc; Adam Romano – Association for Energy Affordability, Inc.
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

WAP Training Requirements and T&TA Planning
Anna Sullivan – Interstate Renewable Energy Council; Derek J. Schroeder – U.S. Department of Energy
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

Is THAT a Good Energy Audit? What to Look for; in What Order
Glen Salas – Simonson Management Services; Derek J. Schroeder – U.S. Department of Energy; Thom Price – Simonson Management Services
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

Recipe for Effective QC in Low-income Weatherization Programs
James Phelps – Performance Systems Development, Inc.; Terry Petersen – CEDA, Inc; Bradley Wiesneth – CEDA, Inc; Amy Klusmeier – NASCSP (National Association for State Community Services Programs)
Thursday, Apr 4
8:30 am

The Role of State Monitoring in the Weatherization Assistance Program
Eric Behna – NASCSP (National Association for State Community Services Programs); Amy Klusmeier – NASCSP (National Association for State Community Services Programs)
Thursday, Apr 4
10:30 am

Clearing the Confusion: What DOE Means by “Comprehensive” Training
Kelly Cutchin – Simonson Management Services; Derek J. Schroeder – U.S. Department of Energy
Thursday, Apr 4
10:30 am

The WAP Grantee and Sub-grantee Relationship - Why Is It Important?
Ray Judy – Bureau of Community Action & Economic Opportunity & MiTEC; Maddy Kamalay – Bureau of Community Action & Economic Opportunity
Workforce Development
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

Developing the Green Work Force Across the Nation - Setting the Standard
Diana McCarthy-Bercury – Earth Forward Group, LLC; Ryan Miller – North Carolina Building Performance Association; Nancy Kaplan – Building Performance Institute, Inc.; Dan Maksymiw – CEDA, Inc; Thomas Kevin Brauer – Home Performance Strategies
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

Bridging Access to a Clean Energy Economy
Delmar Gillus – Elevate Energy; Jeanine Otte – Elevate Energy; Eya Louis – Elevate Energy; Booker Steven Vance – Elevate Energy; Cynthia Stewart – Sustainable Options for Urban Living (SOUL)
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

What Happens When the Aging Workforce Retires: Hiring a Young Workforce
Larry Zarker – Building Performance Institute, Inc.; Erin McCollum – EGIA; Felicia Rogers – Decision Analyst, Inc.; Clint Shireman – Knauf Insulation
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Strategies for Motivating and Retaining Superior Employees
John Tooley – John Tooley, LLC
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

The Value of Apprenticeships for Energy Efficiency Careers
Ryan Rex – Energy Coordinating Agency; Jeff Coulter – Energy Coordinating Agency
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

A Good Contractor Is Hard to Find
Frank Rapley – Tennessee Valley Authority; Armando Garza – YouScience; Dan Ridings – CLEAResult; Julia Settles – Tennessee Valley Authority
Weatherization Technical
Tuesday, Apr 2
10:30 am

Welcome to WAP
Erica Burrin – U.S. Department of Energy; Kelly Cutchin – Simonson Management Services; Derek J. Schroeder – U.S. Department of Energy
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

DOE WAP Updates
Erica Burrin – U.S. Department of Energy; Derek J. Schroeder – U.S. Department of Energy; Mark Ternes – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tuesday, Apr 2
1:30 pm

Radon & Weatherization
Paul W. Francisco – Applied Research Institute; Dick Kornbluth – Dick Kornbluth, LLC
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

How to Inspect the Hard to Inspect
Chris Clay – The Building Performance Center; Andy Cordova – Colorado Energy Office
Tuesday, Apr 2
3:30 pm

ZPD from A to Z
Cory Chovanec – Slipstream
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

Dust Control Strategies for Energy Upgrades
Cory Chovanec – Slipstream; Eric R. Nelson – ADVOCAP
Wednesday, Apr 3
8:30 am

Field Data Collection Forms: Samples and Best Practices
Caleb Simon – Simonson Management Services
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Bridging the SWS Gap - from Paper to Field
Bill Eckman – The EnergySmart Academy at Santa Fe Community College; Rebecca Y. Eckman – The EnergySmart Academy at Santa Fe Community College; Bruce Hagen – North Dakota Department of Commerce; Jack Wilson – Penn College of Technology
Wednesday, Apr 3
10:30 am

Too Much Pressure!! Testing Protocols to Measure Room Pressures, What the Results Mean, and How to Remedy Imbalances
Randall Olsen – Community Action Organization; Darrell Shoote – Community Action Organization
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

Carbon Monoxide Basics and Combustion Analysis
Tom Andrews – Bureau of Community Action & Economic Opportunity & MiTEC
Wednesday, Apr 3
1:30 pm

Evaluating Garage to Living Space Connection
James Phelps – Performance Systems Development, Inc.
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

ASHRAE 62.2 Compliance in Weatherization
Rick Karg – Residential Energy Dynamics, LLC; Paul W. Francisco – Applied Research Institute
Wednesday, Apr 3
3:30 pm

Success with Manufactured Housing: A Statewide Case Study
Chris Clay – The Building Performance Center; Maurice Gaston – CEDA, Inc.
Thursday, Apr 4
8:30 am

What You Need to Get Ready for the Energy Auditor Certification
Jamie Marshall – Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development (COAD)