EVENTS

IES Seminar - Skylighting for Commercial Buildings

Date: 3/18/2009
Time: 8:30am - 11:30am
Location: Chimo Hotel - 1199 Joseph Cyr Street
Price: see below

Description

IES National Capital Section

Seminar and Luncheon Meeting

Heschong Mahone Group

 Skylighting for Commercial Buildings –the pros and cons

The seminar will concentrate on the details of skylighting for commercial buildings, including what types of designs and products are most efficient, where, and why.  Lisa will do a demo of SkyCalc using climate data from a nearby weather station, and compare performance for alternative specifications, building types, and/or locations. She will explain when it is more appropriate to use other simulation tools, such as eQuest, DaySim, AGi, or Radiance to study skylight performance. 

This three hour seminar will precede the IES Luncheon Meeting. 

Seminar Only - IES/ORSA Members - $75
Seminar & Luncheon - IES/ORSA Members $110
Seminar Only - Prospective Members $95
Seminar & Luncheon - Prospective Members $145

Lunch Only - Members $40
Lunch Only - Prospective Members $50

Seminar registration includes continental breakfast.

Luncheon Meeting 

(following the seminar)

"Daylighting: at the Core of Green Buildings"

Lisa Heschong, LC, M. Arch, Principal

Heschong Mahone Group

Daylighting has been shown to be an essential strategy to approaching net-zero energy use in commercial buildings.  Recent research also continues to build evidence that occupants benefit from access to daylight and views.  Lighting designers and manufacturers need to understand how they can profitably support the growing demand for daylit buildings. Lisa Heschong will explain the principals of successful daylighting in commercial buildings, and detail some of the most promising daylighting designs and photocontrol strategies for common building types in Canada. She will provide an overview of resources for further learning, including analysis tools, field studies, guidelines, and current research.

Free parking at the restaurant.

Vegetarian Meals are available. Please indicate if you would like a vegetarian meal when you register to attend.

Bio

Lisa Heschong is a licensed architect and a founding principal of the Heschong Mahone Group, an energy consulting and research firm in Fair Oaks, California. She is author of Thermal Delight in Architecture (MIT Press), a co-author of the Advanced Lighting Guidelines, the Skylighting Guidelines and numerous other publications on energy efficiency. She led the project teams which analyzed the impacts of daylighting on human performance for the Daylighting and Productivity Studies funded through PG&E and the California Energy Commission. She is currently leading a suit of research projects for the California Energy Commission, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance and the New York Energy Research and Development Authority advancing the use of daylighting in commercial buildings. Ms. Heschong is a member of IESNA, and current chair of the Daylighting Metrics Subcommittee. She earned her Master of Architecture degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the AIA Medal. She lives in Fair Oaks, California with her husband, cat, two horses, and large neighbourhood flock of wild turkeys.

Contact Information

Email: iesottawa@magma.ca

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