Technical Webinar Series

BOC offers live instructional webinars throughout the year to keep you informed on the dynamic field of facilities management. Learn practical solutions to deal with the energy hogs in your building from industry experts. The 2019 webinars focus on occupational health and safety practices in buildings, utilize energy management information systems to identify and communicate energy savings opportunities, as well as explore advancements in HVAC and lighting.

2019 Live Webinars

• Going Beyond Benchmarking your Building October 23, 2019This webinar will discuss strategies beyond monitoring energy use to looking at data analysis that would impact the whole building.

  Benchmarking the performance of your building only focuses on monitoring energy use.  For most, performance goes beyond monitoring energy bill to include the performance of the whole building that impacts the building occupants’ health and comfort. This webinar will discuss strategies beyond monitoring energy use to looking at data analysis that would impact the whole building.

  Speaker: Benjamin Silverman, Climate and Buildings Program Manager, City of Boston Environment Department

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  Fee: $79

2019 Recorded Webinars

• Latest on Lighting – Luminaire Level Lighting ControlsThis presentation provides an introduction to luminaire level lighting controls, including case studies from buildings that have installed LLLCs.

  Luminaire level lighting controls (LLLCs) combine LEDs, controls, connectivity and data for a flexible lighting product that can improve occupant comfort and space utilization and save substantially on energy use. LLLCs are distinct from other lighting control systems because they have sensors and controls embedded within individual fixtures. LLLCs can be controlled remotely and allow users to adjust the configuration of the lighting without replacing the fixtures. This presentation provides an introduction to luminaire level lighting controls, including case studies from buildings that have installed LLLCs. (Recorded Feb 20, 2019)

  Speakers: Chris Wolgamott, Senior Product Manager, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

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  Fee: $59

• Design for Off: Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems with Heat Recovery as the Fundamental Building Block for Commercial HVAC Systems This webinar will lay out the argument for a shift away from large central all-in-one HVAC systems such as VAV to smaller decentralized zonal heating and cooling equipment with ventilation provided by a separate heat recovery ventilation unit.

  Over the last 30 years we have seen dramatic improvements to envelope insulation, glazing, and lighting systems in commercial buildings. However, we have not seen consequent dramatic reductions in energy usage in these buildings. The primary reason is that although the building loads have changed, the design of the HVAC systems have remained largely the same. This webinar will lay out the argument for a shift away from large central all-in-one HVAC systems such as VAV to smaller decentralized zonal heating and cooling equipment with ventilation provided by a separate heat recovery ventilation unit. (Recorded Mar 14, 2019)

  Speaker: Jonathan Heller, President, Ecotope

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  Fee: $59

• Building Tune-ups in Buildings with a Building Automation SystemThis webinar will discuss the re-tuning approaches of identifying energy efficiency opportunities using a building automation system (BAS).

  Periodic re-tuning of building controls and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems can help improve the building’s energy efficiency through low cost and no-cost operational improvements. This webinar will discuss the re-tuning approaches of identifying energy efficiency opportunities using a building automation system (BAS). (Recorded Apr 23, 2019)

  Speaker: Srinivas Katipamula, PNNL, Staff Scientist

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  Fee: $59

• Energy Management Information Systems: How Do You Track and Communicate Savings Over TimeThis webinar will provide building operators a deeper and faster insight on how to unlock energy efficiency opportunities and how to communicate the energy savings and maintenance costs over time.

  Commercial buildings are full of hidden energy savings potential that can be uncovered with the right analysis. Utilizing a utility bill analysis to energy management information system with fault detection and diagnostics capabilities, this webinar will provide building operators a deeper and faster insight on how to unlock energy efficiency opportunities and how to communicate the energy savings and maintenance costs over time. (Recorded May 15, 2019)

  Speaker: Brian Hanson, MacDonald Miller, BPG Project Development Manager

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  Fee: $59

• Safety Practices in Building Operations This webinar will provide an overview of the regulatory rules and the standards that guide us toward Occupational Health and Occupational Safety practices.

  This webinar will provide an overview of the regulatory rules and the standards that guide us toward Occupational Health and Occupational Safety practices to sustain our most valued organizational assets: Our People! (Recorded Sept 18, 2019)

  Speaker: Larry Price, Safety Professional, Hoffman Construction Company

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  Fee: $59