Mark Schow
Username
Mark Schow
Proposer First Name
Mark
Proposer Email
mark.schow@elevateddesign.boston
Proposer Last Name
Schow
Proposer Company/Organization
Elevated Design Inc.
Proposer Phone
(724) 561-6329
Proposer Job Title
Principal

Boston 2023 Areas of Focus

Proposed Session Description
Bruce Becker will discuss the conversion of the formerly vacant Pirelli Building in New Haven into Hotel Marcel, a 165-room LEED Platinum all-electric boutique hotel and conference center which is anticipated to be the first Passive House certified, and net zero hotel in the United States. Part of the discussion will include: • No use of fossil fuels (including 100% of HVAC, hot water, kitchen, and laundry) • Electric buildings (no natural gas connection) • Power usage over Ethernet (POE) for all Lighting and Shades • Micro-grid creation for resilience with 1 megawatt-hour of battery storage
Learning Objectives
Participants will learn how all-electric and on-site renewable technologies can be incorporated into projects.
Participants will learn about incorporation of high performing envelopes, air-source heat pumps for HVAC and domestic hot water, and a one-megawatt-hour battery.
Participants will learn how these can be incorporated into commercial development to enhance economic performance and market demand.
Participants will learn about lessons learned from the design and construction.
Has this session been presented before?
Yes
When and Where?
10/6/22 - Eversource Zero Net Energy Conference - online conference
Session Format
Presentation followed by facilitated discussion or breakout groups
Recommended Length
60-minute session

Strongest Content Connection - Boston 2023

Comments about your speaker roster
At this time it is envisioned as just Bruce presenting. But another speaker could be brought on board. Open to ideas including getting the engineer on the project to present with Bruce or having Mark Schow present a portion of the project or present on another energy efficiency project.
Reviewer 1
Rosenbaum, Marc
Reviewer 2
Schow, Mark
Curator
Schow, Mark
Proposal #
198
Session #
204
Committee Decision
Accepted

Presenters

Full Description
As a cutting edge but complete project, this brings lots of data and lessons learned on how this project became successful.