MN Real Estate Journal's 2019 Building Efficiency & Energy Summit
August 22, 2019 • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Golden Valley Country Club
7001 Golden Valley Rd
Golden Valley, MN 55427
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Cost
89-$129
Contact
info@resummitsinfo.com
8:00 AM Using Energy Efficiency as a Gateway to Smarter Building Operations
Ruairi M. Barnwell, HBDP, LEED AP BD+C, Principal, DLR Group
• New technologies that are impacting energy efficiency and building operations
• The challenge of achieving aggressive energy efficiency goals while maintaining occupant comfort
• We have all of this building data, what do we do with it?...creating actionable intelligence
• Using your building’s data to impact the user experience
8:35 AM Innovative Trends in Energy Savings
Moderator: Jen Bolstad, Business Development and Marketing Director, IMEG
Joanne Gray, Client Ambassador, Honeywell
John Costello, Principal, IMEG
Bridget Geisler, Associate AIA, ESG
• Latest trends in smart control and data logger technology affecting building owners, managers and tenants
• What’s hot and what are the tenants demanding?
• What can smart control automation contribute to health, aesthetics, and energy savings?
• What are the costs and cost savings?
• Implementing many of these new devices and practices to your project
9:30 AM Reduce Utility Expenses Without Wasting Time on Energy Audits
Stephen Todd, Founder, EnergyGuy.com
• Trends in building energy disclosure
• Effective tracking and reporting of monthly energy expenses
• Engaging stakeholders in the collective goal to “waste less”
• Creating and supporting an Energy Cost Reduction “Game Plan
Break 10:05 AM
10:15 AM Profiting from the Sun: How the Commercial Real Estate Market can Benefit from Solar
Moderator: Mike Tobin, Partner, 45 North Group
Tony Signorelli, Sales Director, Sundial Solar
Michael Kraus, Founder & Principal, Kandiyo Consulting, LLC
• Reasons and benefits for solar in the CRE market
• Technology and policy advances and updates
• Development/case study examples of solar in the CRE market
• Future outlook of solar in the CRE market
11:05 Programs, Rebates and Incentives for Improving Buildings
Moderator: Kris Kohls, Product Manager, Xcel Energy
Michael Linder, Loan Officer, Saint Paul Port Authority
Tom Sagstetter, Commercial Account Manager, City of Elk River
Amanda Bednar, Environmental Coordinator, City of Elk River
Julia Gauthier, Xcel Energy, Supervisor, Product Manager
• Funding Programs to help fund efficiency improvement
• Self funding a life cycle of energy improvement in your building
• Using utility rebate programs to your best advantage
• Tracking local, state and federal incentives (tax and other)
• The future of energy mandates and their related cost to owners
12:00 PM Adjourn and Networking