Please see our most recent schedule below.
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| 2024 Forum on Dry Climate Home Performance February 4-7, 2024 | ||||||
| Day | Time | Length | Event | Session Title | Presenters | |
| Sun | 5pm-12am | Symposium | Bar service 5pm to 11pm, Food 6pm to 8pm | |||
| Monday, February 5, 2024 | ||||||
| Mon | 7:30 AM | 90 | Meal | Breakfast | ||
| Mon | 9:00 AM | 30 | Session | Opening Session | Planning Team | |
| Mon | 9:30 AM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Mon | 9:35 AM | 60 | Session | Understanding Dwelling Peak Demand on 12,000 Homes | Brennan Less | Iain Walker |
| Mon | 10:35 AM | 20 | Break | Morning Coffee | ||
| Mon | 10:55 AM | 30 | Session | Barriers to fixing more homes | Keith O’Hara | |
| Mon | 11:25 AM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Mon | 11:30 AM | 30 | Session | Fast Path to Clean Indoor Air: Studying Portable Heat Pumps and Air Purifiers in the CA Bay Area | Emily Higbee | |
| Mon | 12:00 PM | 60 | Meal | Lunch | ||
| Mon | 1:00 PM | 45 | Session | Data Insights From the Central Valley Research Homes | Abram Conant | Mike MacFarland |
| Mon | 1:45 PM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Mon | 1:50 PM | 30 | Session | Performance Data from 60 Harvest Systems in CA homes | Nik Ingle | |
| Mon | 2:20 PM | 20 | Snack | Afternoon Snack & Coffee Break | ||
| Mon | 2:40 PM | 30 | Session | Effectiveness and Longevity of Aerosol Envelope Sealing | Bob Hendron | James Haile |
| Mon | 3:10 PM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Mon | 3:15 PM | 20 | Session | Building Leakage Reductions in Existing Homes | Abby Jenson | |
| Mon | 3:35 PM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Mon | 3:40 PM | 20 | Session | Field Test to Quantify the Effective Thermal Conductance of the Envelope | Bob Hendron | |
| Mon | 4:00 PM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Mon | 4:05 PM | 40 | Session | Net Positive Plus 25% on less than 4kW of PV | David Butler | |
| Mon | 4:45 PM | 75 | Open | Buffer | ||
| Mon | 6:00 PM | 90 | Meal | Dinner | ||
| Mon | 7:30 PM | 12:30am | Symposium | Symposium | ||
| Tuesday, February 6, 2024 | ||||||
| Tue | 7:30 AM | 90 | Meal | Breakfast | ||
| Tue | 9:00 AM | 60 | Session | Going Big/Going Small: Using Big Data on a Large Scale and Tiny Data on a Tiny Scale to Understand How the Built Environment Impacts Children’s Health | Kevin Kennedy | |
| Tue | 10:00 AM | 25 | Break | Morning Coffee | ||
| Tue | 10:25 AM | 45 | Session | Lessons Learned in IAQ and Asthma Pilot for the Pilot | Amy Dryden | |
| Tue | 11:10 AM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Tue | 11:15 AM | 45 | Session | Ever So Much More So: New VCHP Field Results From the Pacific NW | Bob Davis | |
| Tue | 12:00 PM | 60 | Meal | Lunch | ||
| Tue | 1:00 PM | 45 | Session | Dual Fuel Heat Pump: Field Research | Ben Schoenbauer | |
| Tue | 1:45 PM | 30 | Session | Heat Pump Laundry Dryer: Field Research Project | Ben Schoenbauer | |
| Tue | 2:15 PM | 20 | Snack | Afternoon Snack & Coffee Break | ||
| Tue | 2:35 PM | 30 | Session | Measuring Performance of HPWH Retrofits in California | Ian Hammon-Hogan | |
| Tue | 3:05 PM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Tue | 3:10 PM | 30 | Session | Split Heat Pump Water Heater Marriage with HPWH Tank/ HPWH Retrofit in a Multi-Family Setting | Ron Kliewer | |
| Tue | 3:40 PM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Tue | 3:45 PM | 30 | Session | Central Heat Pump Water Heater Distribution Issues | Amy Dryden | |
| Tue | 4:15 PM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Tue | 4:20 PM | 30 | Session | Testing Recirculating Range Hoods | Woody Delp | |
| Tue | 4:50 PM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Mon | 4:55 PM | 30 | Session | Scanning Software Accuracy Check. Can LIDAR Replace Hours of Field Measuring? | Dan Perunko | Zack Peach |
| Tue | 5:25 PM | 35 | Buffer | Buffer | ||
| Tue | 6:00 PM | 90 | Meal | Dinner | ||
| Tue | 7:30 PM | 12:30am | Symposium | Open evening group discussion/overflow from a daily session | ||
| Wednesday, February 7, 2024 | ||||||
| Wed | 7:00 AM | 90 | Meal | Breakfast | ||
| Wed | 8:30 AM | 20 | Session | Hardening High Density Structures to Stand Alone Against Wildfire, Sneak Peak on a Burn Test | Chad Gretzner | |
| Wed | 8:50 AM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Wed | 8:55 AM | 20 | Session | Fire Protecting Ventilation Systems | Dan Perunko | |
| Wed | 9:15 AM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Wed | 9:20 AM | 30 | Session | Filtration for Respiratory Exposure to Wildfire Smoke from Evaporative Cooler Air | Ruben Rodriguez | |
| Wed | 9:50 AM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Wed | 9:55 AM | 20 | Session | Case Study Wildfire Smoke Hazards for Dwelling Occupants | Chrissi Antonopoulos | |
| Wed | 10:15 AM | 20 | break | Morning Coffee | ||
| Wed | 10:35 AM | 20 | Session | Can I Convince You Not to Install AC? Energy Use and Comfort Impacts of a Residential Economizer | Kristin Heinemeier | |
| Wed | 10:55 AM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Wed | 11:00 AM | 20 | Session | Approaches to Air Sealing Electrical Penetrations | Matthew Moeller | |
| Wed | 11:20 AM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Wed | 11:25 AM | 30 | Session | Energy Retrofit 1975 Rental House | Tom Danielson | |
| Wed | 11:55 AM | 60 | Meal | Lunch | ||
| Wed | 12:55 PM | 5 | Transition | Presenter setup | ||
| Wed | 1:00 PM | 30 | Session | Heat Pump Rating Representativeness: How Shining the Data Light on Field Performance is Changing How Heat Pumps Are Rated. | Christopher Dymond | |
| Wed | 1:30 PM | 30 | Closing | Closing Session and Attendee Feedback | Planning Team | |