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DAY ONE - Tuesday, April 24, 2018 - NREL's Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF)
11:30 a.m. Arrive at NREL’s Research Support Facility (RSF) – Check-in and walk to ESIF
11:45 a.m. NREL Management Welcome - Lunch served
Noon Better Plants and Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) Overview
12:30 p.m. NREL Overview
1:00 p.m. 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 may include:
- The Clean Energy Manufacturing Analysis Center
- The energy-water nexus
- Building efficiency
- Renewable energy
Panelist/Specialty:
- Emma Elgqvist, REopt
- Jordan Macknick, Energy-Water Nexus
- Ben Polly, URBANopt, Sustainable Districts
- Samantha Reese, Clean Energy Manufacturing Analysis Center
- Kim Trenbath, Server Virtualization
2:15 p.m. Networking Break
2:45 p.m. 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:
- Shanti Pless, Sustainable Building Design
- Michelle Slovensky, Sustainable Campus
- Teo DeVito, Sustainable Campus
3:30 p.m. Tours - Research Support Facility (RSF)
The 362,055-square-foot 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.
5:00 p.m. ADJOURN
5:00 p.m. OPTIONAL Networking Dinner (RSVPs required)
DAY TWO - Wednesday, April 25, 2018 - NREL's Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF)
8:00 a.m. Arrive at NREL’s Research Support Facility (RSF) – Check-in and walk to ESIF
8:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. 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:
- Bethany Sparn, Systems Performance Lab
- Mike Ulsh, Manufacturing Lab
- Maikel Van Hest, Manufacturing Lab
- Mark Stock, Visualization Lab/Insight Center
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.
Noon 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.
- Otto Van Geet, Smart Labs Accelerator
1:00 p.m. Wrap-up
1:30 p.m. 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.