Presenters:

Cathy Turner, New Buildings Institute

Lucas Klesch, Air Advice

What to measure and how to measure it in order to understand the real value of green building strategies

This session will take a comprehensive look at the metrics needed for existing building performance assessments, including energy and occupant satisfaction.  Learn how to evaluate and identify green building strategies for optimal performance and greatest return on investment.

Presenter Bios

Cathy Turner is Senior Analyst for New Buildings Institute (NBI), an organization working to improve commercial building efficiency and environment through research, guidelines, and communications.  Her work focuses on measured energy performance feedback:  developing building performance review tools and increasing the availability and usefulness of performance feedback for audiences ranging from program managers to individual building owners. A frequent speaker on both the results of post occupancy evaluations and on managing the challenges of administering them, Ms. Turner combines recent building-efficiency research with a strong business and quantitative-analysis background.

Lucas Klesch holds a Bachelor’s of Chemistry from Portland State University and a Master’s of Chemistry from UC Riverside specializing in toxicity, pollution measurement technology and environmental issues. He has 10 plus years of research and development experience related to human health and indoor/outdoor air pollution. The last 4 plus years he has held the role of Sr. IAQ Chemist at AirAdvice, Inc. where he has helped AirAdvice’s diagnostic monitoring equipment build the largest Indoor Air Quality database in the world using consistent measurement and calibration schemes. The last 2 years he has also held the role of Product Manager where he has been responsible for innovating and implementing development of new diagnostic and reporting products associated with energy management of homes and buildings through the use of wireless sensors and energy modeling software.