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Technology Days 2018 at NREL - Agenda

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DAY ONE - Tuesday, April 24, 2018 - NREL's Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF)

11:30a          Arrive at NREL’s Research Support Facility (RSF) – Check-in and walk to ESIF

11:45a          NREL Management Welcome - Lunch served

12:00p          Better Plants and Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) Overview

12:30p          NREL Overview

1:00p            Panel – Leveraging NREL’s Analysis for Corporate Sustainability, Water Savings, and Renewable Energy

NREL analysis informs policy and investment decisions that lead to more resilient, reliable, and efficient energy systems. With objective, technology-neutral analysis, NREL aims to increase understanding of energy policies, markets, resources, technologies, and infrastructure to address U.S. economic, security, and environmental priorities. Topics covered may include:

Panelist/Specialty:

2:15p            Networking Break

2:45p            NREL’s Sustainable Campus Design and Operation

NREL is a leader in sustainability. Our goal is to minimize the use of energy, materials, and water while carrying out the laboratory's mission of clean energy research.

Panelist/Specialty:

3:30p            Tours - Research Support Facility (RSF)

The 362,055 ft2 RSF is an award-winning “living laboratory” model for LEED® Platinum, net zero, and high-performance building design that incorporates the best energy efficiency and environmental performance technologies and practices in a commercial office building. 

5:00p            ADJOURN

5:00p            OPTIONAL Networking Dinner (RSVPs required)

DAY TWO - Wednesday, April 25, 2018 - NREL's Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF)

8:00a            Arrive at NREL’s Research Support Facility (RSF) – Check-in and walk to ESIF

8:30a            Breakfast

9:00a            Tours (90-minutes each, two groups)

 Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF)

The ESIF houses an unparalleled collection of state-of-the-art capabilities (such as a high-performance computer and power systems integration lab) to study advanced energy technologies at all scales—from developing and validating individual appliances or components to running megawatt-sized grid simulations. On the tour, Better Plants partners will learn about NREL’s research and speak to experts in topics like:

  • Battery and Thermal Energy Storage
  • Cybersecurity and Resilience
  • High-Performance Computing and Visualization
  • Smart Home & Building Systems

Tour Guides/Labs:

 Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility (IBRF)

The IBRF enables researchers and partners to develop, test, evaluate, and demonstrate process and technologies to produce bio-based products and fuels. In addition to the facility itself, NREL's world-renowned expert staff works with IBRF partners at every stage of process development, from exploratory process R&D through to pilot-scale process runs.

12:00p          Working Lunch - Partnering with National Labs Panel

How and why do companies with with DOE's National Labs? Is it hard to get going? What do I wish I had known when I started? Come hear from industry partners who are successfully leveraging the resources you've seen over the past two days.

1:00p            Wrap-up

1:30p            OPTIONAL Tour (120 minutes; RSVPs required)

 National Wind Technology Center (NWTC); Composites Manufacturing Education and Technology Facility (CoMET)

The NWTC is the nation’s premier wind energy, water power and grid integration research facility. CoMET is one of the facilities focused on the science and engineering of using advanced composite materials to drive innovation in wind energy.