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Smart Systems

Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
3:30pm to 4:30pm
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Training the Facilities Workforce of the Future

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210 C

Facilities management (FM), a $1.2 trillion global industry, is undergoing a drastic demographic shift, as over 50 percent of facilities managers will retire within the next decade. How will building owners and operators attract a new generation of facilities managers to occupy the vacant positions? Furthermore, how will incoming staff balance the diverging needs of modern and legacy technology systems in their building portfolios?

The built environment is changing rapidly due to tenants' sustainability, public health and occupancy demands. Fortunately, public, private and nonprofit innovators are rising to this challenge by experimenting with new models to attract and train FM talent for the demands of buildings of the future.

Join us to explore challenges and opportunities in attracting and training FM staff to take buildings into the next decade of sustainable operations and how organizations can get ahead of their attrition struggles.

Tracks

  • Smart Systems

Speakers

  • Irene Thomas-Johnson
  • Joe Fullerton
  • Sam Steyer
  • James Morante
  • Maric Munn

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Today's Tech that's Catalyzing Tomorrow's Buildings

Panel
210 D

What should the next-gen building environment look, feel, and sound like? What are the biggest barriers preventing us from getting there? Today’s existing technology can drastically reduce the climate impact of buildings, improve occupant health and well-being, and better prepare for an unpredictable climate. However, the benefits of sustainable buildings have been inequitably distributed and are not being adopted quickly enough. Learn about the innovations that will define tomorrow’s buildings and retrofits, and what it will take to accelerate the scale, scope and speed of change.

Tracks

  • Smart Systems
  • Decarbonized Buildings
  • Healthy Spaces
  • Climate Resilience

Speakers

  • John Picard
  • Joel Makower
  • Sara Neff

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Wednesday, October 26th, 2022
9:00am to 10:00am
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Building Adobe’s Next-Gen Corporate Campus

Case Study
210 D

Corporate campuses are leading the charge in sustainable, healthy buildings. However, as more companies are shifting to hybrid work, they face the added challenges of enticing employees to return to the office, fostering new ways of working, and achieving carbon and waste-free growth across its operations through energy efficiency and renewable energy.

In this session, Adobe will share its journey in building its North Tower headquarters – Silicon Valley’s first all-electric building of its scale powered by 100% renewable energy (scheduled to open in early 2023 in downtown San Jose).

Speakers will discuss design and workplace experience considerations, how the team navigated decisions, and how this initiative fits into Adobe's operational sustainability goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow the negative impacts of climate change.

Attendees will learn best practices from this groundbreaking project on how to design and build more sustainable, innovative and healthy workspaces for employees, while reducing operational costs and increasing productivity through sustainability initiatives.

Tracks

  • Smart Systems
  • Climate Resilience

Speakers

  • Curtis Fong
  • Dylan Siegler
  • Mirit Cohen
  • Scott Hiller

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1:30pm to 2:15pm
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Future Forward Film Premiere: The Future of Buildings

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The Climate Pledge Stage

The cement industry is responsible for seven percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and demand for concrete is constant. Yet one company has a blueprint for a future buildings sector that produces far less carbon. The second documentary premiere on The Climate Pledge Stage tells the story of the vision behind CarbonCure, a fast-growing startup with a solution to the world’s cement emissions. Following the screening, CarbonCure’s CEO will discuss his company’s progress and take your questions. For more on Future Forward, watch the series trailer.

Tracks

  • Smart Systems
  • Decarbonized Buildings
  • Healthy Spaces

Speakers

  • Julia Raish
  • Kaan Yalkin
  • Robert Niven

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2:45pm to 3:45pm
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The Promise of Advanced Building Controls

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210C

The capabilities of building control systems are advancing rapidly. Systems integration, fault detection, diagnostics and the proliferation of IoT devices are empowering buildings to become more efficient, healthy and comfortable. How can your organization leverage the suite of control technologies and services available to reach its sustainability goals? 

Learn from top experts who will share real-world examples about smart devices that are saving building operators time, money and emissions.

Tracks

  • Smart Systems
  • Healthy Spaces

Speakers

  • Prashanthi Sudhakar
  • Peter Rumsey
  • Lindsay Baker

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4:15pm to 5:15pm
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The Magic of Digital Twins

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210D

The ability to create a multidimensional digital model of a building and its components is revolutionizing how buildings are operated, breathing life into analog design. Along the way, these models are unlocking new levels of operational efficiency, including energy use and occupant well-being, making buildings more adaptive, resilient and comfortable. While the benefits of digital twins are undeniable, they are uncommon in the built environment.

This session will explore the how and why of digital twins, opportunities to apply them in the context of your own buildings.

Speakers will showcase demos of real-world digital twins, and share the story of how they came to fruition and what impacts they are currently having.

Tracks

  • Smart Systems
  • Climate Resilience

Speakers

  • Rani Shea
  • Draguna Vrabie
  • Rishi Vaish
  • Troy Harvey

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Thursday, October 27th, 2022
9:00am to 10:00am
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Cooling in a Warming World: The State of Refrigerants

Panel
210C

As the world heats up, cooling isn’t a luxury — it’s a needed form of climate adaptation. Moreover, as we decarbonize and electrify heat, the primary technology solution is heat pumps which are scaling rapidly and globally. More cooling, and more heat pumps, mean more refrigerants in use.  The irony is that these heating/cooling technologies are, in turn, driving climate change, with global AC stock expected to triple by 2050. To meet this demand we will need to rethink the refrigerants, appliances, and design norms to meet our climate and comfort demands. Suffering from undeserved neglect, refrigerants are shifting from obscurity to significance, as a GHG emission. 

This session will look at the growing challenge of cooling, heat pumps and refrigerants, the innovators crafting the future, and how our buildings can adapt without cooking the planet.

Tracks

  • Smart Systems
  • Climate Resilience

Speakers

  • Aaron Daly
  • Aanchal Kohli
  • Tristam Coffin
  • Joel Cesare

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1:30pm to 2:30pm
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Reports to Results: ESG for Commercial Real Estate

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210C

Driven by regulatory and stakeholder pressures, the commercial real estate sector is increasingly devoting resources to ESG reporting. Unfortunately, making sense of the jargon, myriad reporting frameworks, and hype surrounding the topic can make it challenging for practitioners to understand how to make sense of ESG and go beyond “checking the box.”

This session will help real estate professionals manage all of the steps of ESG reporting including collection, managing implementation, and reporting of data. Gain a deeper understanding of each component of “ESG,” as well as how regulations are impacting the real estate investment market. Attendees will gain a better understanding of how their current sustainability efforts fit into ESG reporting and where they may need to turn their attention next.

Tracks

  • Smart Systems
  • Decarbonized Buildings
  • Healthy Spaces
  • Climate Resilience

Speakers

  • James Dice
  • Amath Gomis
  • Becca Rushin
  • Breana Wheeler

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Buildings as a Grid Resource: Unlocking the Value of DER’s

Workshop
210D

As more of us install distributed energy assets, how might connecting them to each other and the grid unlock carbon, resilience, equity, and financial benefits impossible otherwise?  Sharing live international examples, this session dives into practical solutions and explores technological innovations such as blockchain that enable them. Understand why the transition to the clean-energy future requires building owners and operators to evolve from a passive, one-way mindset to a multi-directional and active mindset, in how their buildings interact with the grid.

Tracks

  • Smart Systems
  • Decarbonized Buildings

Speakers

  • Elena Bondareva
  • Jana Gerber
  • Isaac Knipfing

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