Nick Abreu
Username
Nick Abreu
Proposer First Name
Nick
Proposer Email
nicholas.abreu@clearesult.com
Proposer Last Name
Abreu
Proposer Company/Organization
CLEAResult
Proposer Job Title
Senior Project Manager
Boston 2023 Areas of Focus
Proposed Session Description
Review lessons learned and go through previous large building blower test results. Review set-up tips and tricks to ensure a successful blower door test.
Diversity and Inclusiveness
Utility costs are a vital aspect to the affordability of housing in MA, ensuring that buildings are energy efficient opens up the potential for more home buyers. Also, with the push for electrification, the need to new construction to be energy efficient is vital to not over-taxing an aging electric grid, and allowing for enough housing to be built to start to catch up with need.
Learning Objectives
Review large building set-up, blower door locations, limitations, how to manage central HVAC
Ensure participants are familiar with software used to run multiple blower doors and complete data analysis
Have participants work to set-up a triple blower door set-up
Has this session been presented before?
No
Target Audiences Level of Expertise
Level 1 - No prior knowledge needed.
Session Format
Workshop or skill-building session
Presentation followed by facilitated discussion or breakout groups
Recommended Length
60-minute session
90-minute session
Strongest Content Connection - Boston 2023
Reviewer 1
Nedzinski, Megan
Proposal #
163
Committee Decision
Rejected
Presenters
Full Description
From the viewpoint of sustainability building air tightness is a vital part of how well buildings function and it is something that only really has 1 shot to be done correctly, ensuring that things are done correctly before occupancy is essentially the only chance that building has to perform and function correctly.