December 5 and 6, 2017.  International Forum at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC (USA) on Energy Master Planning for Resilient Communities with participation of 160 experts from the U.S. government agencies and industry partners from Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, UK and the USA.

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8:30        Welcome - Cameron Oskvig (NAS FFC)

   Introduction – Alexander Zhivov (ERDC-CERL) 

8:45        IEA EBC Program Annex 73 “Towards Net Zero Resilient Public Communities”
               Alexander Zhivov (ERDC) and Rüdiger Lohse (KEA, Germany)

9:05        Advanced Energy Supply Strategies for Resilient Applications. Part 1

Moderator: Alexander Zhivov (ERDC)

• 4th Generation of Energy Supply Systems – Anders Dyrelund (Ramboll, Denmark),
• Advanced Hot Water Systems – Stephan Richter (GEF, Germany),
• Biomass and Fuel Flexible CHP/District Energy Systems – Bob Smith (RMF Engineering, Inc.)
• Steam-to-Hot Water Conversion – Anders Dyrelund (Ramboll, Denmark)
• Advanced Hot Water Piping: Cost and Heat Losses – Jean Laganiere (Georg Fischer Urecon Ltd, Canada)

10:45     Advanced Energy Supply Strategies for Resilient Applications. Part 2

Moderator: Robert Jeffers (Sandia National Laboratories)

• Community-Scale Geothermal Energy Systems – Daniel Dixon (Lincoln Electric System)
• Community Scale Heating/Cooling Systems with Seasonal Storage and Solar Thermal Collectors – Nicole Olsacher (SOLID, Austria)
• Renewable Energy Community-Scale Energy Planning – Thomas Phelps (Stantec)
• Electrical Systems Resiliency with Power Micro Grids – Brad Luyster (IPERC)
• Storage:
  • Power Storage:
    • Daniel Fingleton (Solar Turbines)
    • Richard Brody (Lockheed Martin Energy)
  • Advantages and Costs of Implementation of Seasonal Thermal Storage – Mark Worthington (Underground Energy)

13:15     Energy Planning as a Part of the Installation Master Plan
              Jerry Zekert (USACE HQ)

13:30     Energy supply to Mission Critical Facilities – Lessons Learned from University Campuses

Moderator: Robert Thornton (IDEA, USA)

• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston – Jerry Schuett (Affiliated Engineers)
• University of Texas Austin – Supporting a Fast Track Mission-Critical Campus Healthcare Expansion – Juan Ontiveros (UT Austin)
• Emergency Preparation & Response Lessons from Super Storm Sandy – Ted Borer (Princeton University)
• Energy Supply to the U.S. Capitol - Christopher Potter (Director of Utilities)
• Planning and Optimizing Energy Efficiency at University of Missouri Columbia – Gregg Coffin (University of Missouri Columbia)
• DOE Zero Energy Districts Accelerator – Sarah Zaleski (DOE Building Technologies Office)
• Bjerringbro District Energy - Pete Korzeniewski (Grundfos)

15:30     Business Case for Energy Scenario Selection

Moderator: Robert Thornton (IDEA, USA)

• Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis – Michael Case (ERDC)
• Monetary Value of Resilience – David Tine (HBC RE)
• Funding and Financing Strategies – Baird Brown and Chris Berendt (Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP)
• Kevin Vaughn, Schneider Electric
• Thomas Phelps, Stantec
• Juan Ontiveros UT, Austin
• Serge Zinger,  Thermo Systems

17:20     Conclusions and Closing Remarks