IRCC Workshop Boston, USA 20 October 2010

International Perspectives on the Role of Building Regulation in Responding to the Challenges of Climate Change

Workshop Overview

International Perspectives on the Role of Building Regulation in Responding to the Challenges of Climate Change

Emerging Climate and Energy Realities Require Evolutionary Regulatory Change

– Nils Larsson
   Executive Director,
   the International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment

Building sector strategies for reducing GHG emissions under extreme conditions

– Nils Larsson
   Executive Director,
   the International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment

Break

EPA Energy Star

– Ms Cindy Jacobs,Senior Advisor,
   Commercial and Industrial Buildings Branch,
   Climate Protection Partnerships Division,
   U.S. EPA Office of Air and Radiation
   Energy Star, USA

2010 European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and its Implementation in France

– Prof. Dr. Jean Carassus, Ph.D,
   Professor at Ecole des Ponts,
   Paris Institute of Technology,
   Paris, France

Fighting the Climate Change through Education:The Solar Decathlon competition

– Mr. Javier Serra,
   Deputy Director General for Innovation and Quality in Building,
   Ministry of Housing, Spain,

Educational and Regulatory Approaches in Building to Meet the Climate Change Challenge in Spain

– Dr. Jose A. Tenorio,
   Senior Engineer,
   Torroja Institute, Spain

Development Policy, Building Regulation and a Sustainable Built Environment

– Mr Ong See Ho Deputy CEO,
   Commissioner of Building Control,
   Building Construction Authority,
   Singapore

Break

Adaptation of the Dutch Building Sector to Climate Change

– Dr. IJsbrand van Straalen,
   TNO Built Environment and Geosciences
   The Netherlands

Life Cycle Tower: Energy and Resource Efficient Prefabricated Multi-Storey Timber Houses

– Dr Ulrich Forster
   Rhomberg Bau GmbH, Austria

Codifying the Minimum Tenets of Sustainability

– Mr Darren B. Meyers
   PE, CEM, GBE
   Technical Director,
   Energy Programs,
   International Code Council,
   Architectural & Engineering Services, USA

Climate adaptation in Sweden

– Nikolaj Tolstoy
   Boverkett, Sweden

Although Marc Breslow was unable to make a presentation at the Workshop due to schedule conflicts, the following links are to presentations related to Massachusetts climate-related energy policy and to the energy code and 'stretch code' option in Massachusetts.