Cool Building Solutions (CBS) Workshop

Agenda

Sunday July 21, 2019

12:00-20:00 Bay Area outing

Monday July 22, 2019 (all times Pacific, UTC-7)

Location: LBNL Building 15, Room 253
08:30-09:00 Registration and Light Breakfast
09:00-09:15 Welcome Remarks: ​Tom Kirchstetter
Director, Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
(​https://forms.gle/LMFb48RnJvVf7Cqs6​)
09:15-09:30 Logistics, History, & Big Picture: ​Ronnen Levinson, Ellen Thomas, Haley
Gilbert
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
09:30-09:45 Participant Introductions
09:45-10:45 Presentation Session 1:​ Cool building solutions to improve human comfort and
health
09:45-10:00 Kaiyu Sun
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
How do Energy Efficiency Measures Influence Resilience? A Case Study
from a Nursing Home in Florida
10:00-10:15 Charlie Ćurčija
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
Emerging Technologies in High Performance Facades
10:15-10:30 Andrea Nicolini

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University of Perugia
Perugia, Italy
Outdoor Curtains and Awnings as Solutions to Improve Thermal Comfort
and Mitigate the Urban Heat Island
10:30-10:45 Discussion
10:45-11:15 Morning Break
11:15-12:15 Presentation Session 2: ​Cool​ ​building envelope and ventilation solutions
11:15-11:30 Chiara Ferrari
(on behalf of Michele Zinzi of the Italian National Agency for New
Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, ENEA)
Rome, Italy
Development and Assessment of Advanced Material Components of the
Building Envelope to Improve the Energy Performances of Buildings and
Thermal Comfort for Users
11:30-11:45 Dana Miller
Center for Built Environment, University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
Move Air, Then Cool It - Integrating Air Movement for Energy Efficient
Comfort
11:45-12:00 Hideki Takebayashi
Kobe University
Kobe, Japan
Implementation Strategies of Adaptation Measures for Extreme High
Temperature
12:00-12:15 Discussion
12:15-13:30 Networking Lunch
13:30-14:00 Breakout Session 1: ​Refine Collaborative objectives and goals; define
Collaborative structure and activities

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14:00-14:30 Group Review and Discussion of Breakout Session 1

14:30-15:00 Lightning-Round Presentations: ​Summaries of related cool building solution
projects
14:30-14:35 Yogendra Joshi
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia
Responsive Control of Urban Thermal Environments – ResCUE
14:35-14:40 Max Wei
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
Cal-Thrives: A California Toolkit For Heat Resiliency In Vulnerable
Environments
14:40-14:45 Haley Gilbert (on behalf of Susan Mazur-Stommen of Indicia Consulting)
Consultant to Indicia & Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Whitefish, Montana, U.S.A.
Engaging Residents in Fresno, California to Optimize Building Cooling
Solutions
14:45-14:50 Ronnen Levinson
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
U.S. participation in International Energy Administration Annex 80
(Resilient Cooling​)
14:50-15:00 Discussion
15:00-15:30 Afternoon Break
15:30-16:30 Presentation Session 3: ​Implementation of projects and policies to cool
communities, buildings, and residents
15:30-15:45 Victoria Ludwig
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Local Cooling Strategies in the U.S.
15:45-16:00 Rajkiran Bilolikar
Administrative Staff College of India
Hyderabad, India
Making Telangana a Cool State: State-Wide Cool Roof Program
16:00-16:15 Shelley Jiang
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District
Sacramento, California, U.S.A.
Spinning Our Wheel: Strategies for Community Outreach On
Experienced Heat & Neighborhood Priorities
16:15-16:30 Discussion
16:30-17:00 Wrap Up
18:30-20:30 Group Dinner (Great China Restaurant, 2190 Bancroft Way, Berkeley)

Tuesday July 23, 2019 (all times Pacific, UTC-7)

Location: LBNL Building 15, Room 253
08:30-09:00 Check-in & Light Breakfast
09:00-10:15 Presentation Session 4:​ Perspectives on international cool building solution
research and implementation
09:00-09:15 Marc LaFrance
Building Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Passive Cooling Policy, Technology and Strategy
09:15-09:30 Gloria Pignatta
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Sydney, Australia

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Urban Climatic Mitigation/Adaptation Activities in the High Performance

Architecture Research Cluster Group at UNSW Sydney
09:30-09:45 Vishal Garg
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
Hyderabad, India
Cool Roof Activities at IIIT Hyderabad
09:45-10:00 Chiara Ferrari
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Modena, Italy
EELab Activities: Focus on Indoor Comfort
10:00-10:15 Discussion
10:15-10:45 Morning Break
10:45-12:00 Presentation Session 5:​ Implementation of supportive policies, programs, and
research in the United States
10:45-11:00 Leah Fisher
California Strategic Growth Council
Sacramento, California, U.S.A.
California Strategic Growth Council: Climate Research Priorities
11:00-11:15 Jason Vargo
California Department of Public Health
Richmond, California, U.S.A.
The Social Dimensions of Urban Heat
11:15-11:30 Nikolas Steinberg
Four Twenty Seven
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
Heat and Health in a Changing Climate—Building Decision Support
Tools
for Public Health Officials

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11:30-11:45 Brandon Kitagawa

Regional Asthma Management & Prevention,
Oakland, California, U.S.A.
A Public Health Approach to Healthier Homes: Energy Efficiency and
Weatherization
11:45-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:15 Networking Lunch
13:15-14:15 Breakout Session 2: ​Identify opportunities for research, implementation, and
sponsorship
14:15-14:45 Group Review and Discussion of Breakout Session 2
14:45-15:15 Afternoon Break
15:15-16:15 Presentation Session 6:​ Effect of local climate and building surroundings on
indoor comfort
15:15-15:30 Marjorie Musy
Cerema
Bron, France
Assessing the Impact of Urban Environment on Comfort in Buildings
15:30-15:45 Masayuki Ichinose
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tokyo, Japan
Retro-Reflective Facade for Inside/Outside Built Environment
15:45-16:00 George Ban-Weiss
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Effect of Heat Mitigation Strategy Adoption on Outdoor and Indoor
Thermal Comfort
16:00-16:15 Discussion

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16:15-16:45 Finalize Collaborative Mission, Goals, Structure, and Activities; Identify

Next Steps: ​Haley Gilbert & Ronnen Levinson
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
(​https://forms.gle/KZhivX8ngigR9XoRA​)
16:45-17:00 Workshop Conclusion
18:30-20:30 Group Dinner (Jupiter, 2181 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley)