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The US Department of Energy (USDOE) and the Alliance to Save Energy hosted an Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) Zero Energy Homes Workshop at the Alliance’s offices on September 22 – 23, 2009.
The Canadian and US organizers of the workshop – Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Net-Zero Energy Home Coalition, USDOE, North American Insulation Manufacturers Association, and Alliance to Save Energy—organized this workshop as the first step in a net zero energy project under the APP, a seven-country partnership committed to accelerating the development and deployment of clean energy technologies. The September workshop and its follow-on activities have been officially endorsed as an APP flagship project.
Notes and action items from the worksop are available in the:
The goals for the workshop were to:
- Agree on a pragmatic approach for reaching internationally applicable definitions of net zero energy and net zero ready homes;
- Begin to develop an international industry community committed to raising awareness and accelerating the adoption of net zero energy homes through information sharing and concrete projects;
- Discuss key challenges that this international community could take on to address barriers to international acceptance and adoption of net zero energy homes (and potentially other types of buildings); and
- Discuss next steps in the implementation of a series of actions under the project, including community scale demonstrations, development of workshop modules or roadmaps, and technology diffusion and deployment (e.g., through workshops, webinars, and design charrettes).
The 36 participants at the workshop represented a mixture of key buildings industry and utility representatives, researchers, and government officials from Canada and the United States.
Contact:
Laura Van Wie McGrory
Director of International Programs
Alliance to Save Energy
Lvanwie@ase.org
Agenda
Tuesday
September 22, 2009
8:30 – 9:00 |
Registration |
9:00 – 9:15 |
Welcoming Remarks
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9:15 – 9:45 |
Setting the Context:
Asia Pacific Partnership NZE Flagship Project
APP Canada’s Net Zero Energy Initiative, Amanda Kramer
Workshop Objectives
APP Net Zero Energy Home Workshop Introduction, Anthony Watanabe |
9:45 – 10:30 |
Definitions of Zero Energy Buildings, Jens Laustsen, IEA
Objective: Consensus on NZE Definition |
10:30 – 10:45 |
Break |
10:45 – 12:15 |
Facilitated Discussion: Challenges to International Adoption of NZE homes
Objective: Identify Key Issues |
12:15 – 1:00 |
Lunch
Speakers: Mark Ginsberg and Lew Pratsch, USDOE |
1:00 – 1:30 |
NZE Case Study: Artistic Homes, Tom Wade |
1:30 – 3:00 |
Facilitated Discussion: Overcoming the Challenges
Objective: Identify best practices, tools, programs, gaps in knowledge |
3:00 – 3:15 |
Break |
3:15 – 4:00 |
Metrics for NZE Homes
Presentation: Bruce Ringrose, ClimateCHECK |
4:00 – 4:45 |
Facilitated Discussion: NZEH Roadmap / Workshop Modules
Objective: Identify Roadmap Modules |
4:45 – 5:00 |
Closing Remarks for Day One |
Wednesday
September 23, 2009
9:00 – 9:15 |
Review of Day One |
9:15 – 9:30 |
Establishing an NZE international industry community
Presentation: Mark Ginsberg, US Department of Energy
Objective: Establish objectives for discussion |
9:30 – 10:30 |
Panel Discussion: Areas of Expertise and Lessons Learned
USA: Building America (Ed Pollock, USDOE)
USA: BeOPT software (Ren Anderson, NREL)
USA:
NEH for New and Existing Homes (Lew Pratsch, USDOE)
Canada: Equilibrium Sustainable Housing Demonstration Initiative
(Peter Amerongen, Habitat Studio and Design)
Canada: NZEH Coalition (Gordon Shields, NZEH Coalition) |
10:30 – 10:45 |
Break |
10:45 – 12:15 |
Facilitated Discussion: Establishing an NZE international industry community
Objective: Identify Areas for Collaboration |
12:15 – 1:00 |
Lunch
Speaker: Harry Wingo, Google |
1:00 – 2:30 |
Facilitated Discussion: Community Scale Demonstrations
Objective: Identify two projects, process, issues to address |
2:30 – 2:45 |
Break |
2:45 – 3:45 |
Facilitated Discussion: A work plan to move forward with collaboration
Objective: Establish action items |
3:45 – 3:55 |
Next Steps |
3:55 – 4:00 |
Closing Remarks |
Resources:
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