25 Broadway, 7th Floor,

New York, NY 10004 www.best- iucrc.net

Building Energy Smart Technologies (BEST)

An Industry University Collaborative Research Center (IUCRC)

Planning Workshop

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF)

April 5th, 2019

25 Broadway, New York, NY, 7th floor BEST Flyer

BEST is an NSF Industry University Collaborative Research Center; a partnership between City University of New York, New York University, University of Colorado, and Arizona State University, along with partners from the industry and the government. Our mission is to innovate, develop and evaluate technologies that advance the integration, control, and operation of adaptive and responsive energy systems for the built environment.

On April 5 2019, we meet to plan and discuss the center’s priorities and plan for its activities.

Meeting Agenda

Morning Session

8:30 Arrival and Refreshments

9:00 Welcome by hosts: Jorge Gonzalez (East Site Director, CCNY), Masoud Ghandehari (Center Faculty, NYU)

9:10 Rosemary Wesson, Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering (CCNY)

9:15 Jelena Kovačević, Dean of Tandon School of Engineering, New York University

9:20 Introduction by academic partners U Colorado (Moncef Krarti, West Side Director) & ASU (Agami Reddy, Center Faculty)

9:30 BEST Scope and Goals: J Gonzalez (East Side Director, CCNY), M Ghandehari (Center Faculty, NYU)

9:50 Stakeholder Perspectives (Moderator: Michael Bobker, CCNY)

John Lee, Deputy Director for Buildings & Energy Efficiency, NYC Mayor's Office of Sustainability Eric C. Macfarlane, Deputy Commissioner, NYC Department of Design and Construction Rebecca Isacowitz, Director, Energy Efficient Operations & Maintenance, NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services

10:30 The NSF IUCRC Program, Structure and Benefits Andre Marshall (National Science Foundation)

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10:50 Break and Networking

11:00 Faculty Research (8 min presentation, 5 min feedback on NSF live, Expanded Project List)

Introduction to the NSF Live feedback product (Max Green, NSF Program Facilitator)

Evaluating options to enhance sustainability of energy systems (Agami Reddy, ASU) Demand response performance improvement of buildings (Semiha Ergan, NYU) Enabling smart and energy efficient office buildings based on dynamic occupancy

estimation using existing Wi-Fi infrastructure (N. Madamopoulos, CCNY)

Optimal controls for dynamic building envelope systems (Moncef Krarti, UCB)

Through wall object detection and mapping (Chen Feng NYU)

Self-powered Sensors with Reconfigurable Fluidic Energy Harvesters (Y. Andreopoulos, CCNY)

Electric vehicle charging for urban energy transition (Joseph Chow, NYU)

Sensing the urban environment for energy sustainability (Prathap Ramamurthy, CCNY)

Urban Environmental Sensing for comfort and air quality (Fred Moshary, CCNY)

13:00 Lunch

Afternoon Session

14:00 Stakeholder Perspectives (Moderator: Fred Moshary, CCNY)

14:00 Gerry Dawes, Director, Business Ethics and Compliance, Con Edison

14:10 Richard Mezic, Lead Engineer, National Grid

14:20 Joe Borowiec, Program Manager, Building R&D, NYSERDA

14:30 Alex Vlachokostas, Research Engineer, Building & Connected Systems Group, PNNL

14:40 Francisco Arias, Energy Project Manager, AKF Group

14:50 Break and Networking

15:00 Discussion Moderated by Max Green, National Science Foundation

16:30 Next steps

16:45 Adjourn

17:00 Reception at Ulysses 95 Pearl St. (Optional)

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About the NSF IUCRC The IUCRC program, in operation since 1973, provides seed funding to multiple universities to work together and conduct pre-competitive R&D via a sustained cooperation among industry, universities, and government.

WORKSHOP LOCATION

Center for Worker Education

25 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10004

Transportation

Airports:

John F. Kennedy Airport (Air train to A train)

LaGuardia Airport (most easily accessible by taxi)

Newark International Airport (Air train to NJ transit)

Subway:

#4 and #5 to Bowling Green, across the street from event location.

R and W to Rector Street (3 minutes walk)

J, M, Z to Broad Street; (5 minutes walk)

1 to Rector Street; (5 minutes walk)

Parking:

Central Parking, 17 Battery Place, 212-785-6690, (5 minutes walk)

Edison Parking, 70 Greenwich Street, 212-425-1065, (5 minutes walk)