[E&E seminars] MITEI Seminar Series - Stephen Selkowitz - Zero Energy Buildings: Potentials and Realities - Nov 18th

[Jameson Twomey]

We are pleased to announce the third speaker in the MITEI Seminar Series
sponsored by CERA. We hope you will join us Tuesday, November 18th to hear
Stephen Selkowitz, Department Head of the Building Technologies Department,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

 

Zero Energy Buildings: Potentials and Realities

Stephen Selkowitz

 

Date: Tuesday, November 18th

Time: 4:15 – 5:45 with a reception to follow

Location: 66-110 (Landau Building, 25 Ames Street)

 

Abstract

 

To address growing concerns about energy supply, carbon emissions, and the
workplace, buildings are increasingly asked to meet higher and potentially
more complex levels of performance e.g. net zero energy, sustainable and
green, healthy and comfortable workplaces, grid- friendly, etc. Are these
goals achievable or illusory? To what degree can they be achieved today in
practice; and what innovation (technology, process, financial) is needed to
fully reach these aggressive performance levels in the future?

 

About the Speaker

 

Stephen Selkowitz is Department Head, Building Technologies Department,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he manages 70 technical staff
in a building science R&D program encompassing Windows and Daylighting
Systems, Lighting Systems Research, Simulation Research, Commercial Building
Performance, Demand Response Research and High Tech Buildings.

 

Selkowitz has over 30 years of experience in building energy performance and
sustainable design, with an emphasis on research, development and deployment
of energy efficient technologies and design practices. Projects range from
basic materials research for advanced façades and daylighting, to
development of new energy simulation tools for integrated building design
and operations, and from near term demonstrations of emerging technologies
to research for a new generation of “zero energy” or “carbon-neutral”
buildings. The program balances a state-of-the-art research effort with an
aggressive technology transfer effort so that R&D results are effectively
adopted by the building industry.  Selkowitz participates in a wide range of
building industry, government, and professional activities in the U.S. and
overseas. He is a frequent invited speaker to national and international
audiences on a variety of topics related to building energy efficiency, zero
energy building design, green buildings, sustainable design and the role of
buildings energy use in addressing climate change.  He authored/co-authored
over 170 publications, 3 books and holds 2 patents. His research teams have
won several R&D 100 awards and he was the recipient of the 2002 ACEEE
Champion of Energy Efficiency Award.  Before joining LBNL he was a principal
in a consulting engineering firm and taught courses in Environmental
Controls and Alternative Energy Systems. 

 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Jameson Twomey
at jtwomey at mit.edu or 617-324-2408.

 

 

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