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Monday, April 7, 2025
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Breakfast & Exhibits

7:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Breakfast & Exhibits

Location: Storyville Hall (Level 3)

7:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Trade Show Open

7:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Trade Show Open

Location: Storyville Hall (Level 3)

7:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Badge Pickup & Onsite Registration

7:00 AM – 6:30 PM

Badge Pickup & Onsite Registration

Location: Empire Foyer (Level 2)

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Morning Workshops

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Air Source Heat Pumps: Best Practices, Proper Sizing, and New Refrigerants

Location: Celestin D (Level 3)

Charlie E. McCracken – CLEAResult

HVAC Strategies

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Attracting, Developing and Retaining Valuable Employees

Location: Strand 11 (Level 2)

John J. Tooley, Jr. – John Tooley, LLC

Workforce Development

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Building America Retrofit Teams: De-risking Scalable Solutions

Location: Strand 12 (Level 2)

Alex Boetzel (he/him/his) – Earth Advantage

Dave Bohac (he/him/his) – Center for Energy & Environment

Lena Burkett – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Bob Hayes (he/him/his) – Steven Winter Associates

Haleh Moghaddasi (she/her/hers) – exp US Services Inc (EXP)

Whole Home Solutions

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Building Science 101

Location: Imperial 5 (Level 4)

Chandler von Schrader – CvS Consulting, LLC

Fundamentals

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Energy Education Basics

Location: Celestin B&C (Level 3)

Suzanne Harmelink – Slipstream

Operating & Delivering Weatherization Programs

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Sales is More than a Signed Contract

Location: Celestin A (Level 3)

Elena Chrimat – Ideal Air Conditioning and Insulation

Keith O'Hara – Eco Performance Builders

Matt Hargrove – Total Home Performance

Running Your Home Performance Business

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

From Program to Practice: Decarbonizing Affordable Multifamily Housing

Location: Strand 13 (Level 2)

Leslie Zarker – National Housing Trust

Danielle Donnelly – Community Preservation Corporation

Julie Klump – Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH)

Affordable Housing & Multifamily

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Insights and Impacts of Credentials: EA, QCI, and Certification Updates

Location: Celestin FG&H (Level 3)

Jal Desai – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Cory Chovanec – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Amanda Hatherly – Building Performance Institute (BPI)

Bill Kent – Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)

Operating & Delivering Weatherization Programs

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Practical Problem-Solving Tools for Businesses and Organizations

Location: Strand 10 (Level 2)

Dick Kornbluth – Dick Kornbluth, LLC

Running Your Home Performance Business

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Summer Moisture: Problems and Solutions

Location: Celestin E (Level 3)

Doug Horgan – BOWA Design-Build Experts

Michael Anschel – OA Design Build Architecture

IAQ & Healthy Homes

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee Break

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

Location: Storyville Hall (Level 3)

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
NHPC25 Opening Session

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

NHPC25 Opening Session: Navigating Uncertainty: Where the Industry Stands in Three Critical Areas

Location: Empire Ballroom (Level 2)

Dr. Janell Hills-Thomas – IREC

Kara Saul Rinaldi (she/her/hers) – Building Performance Association

Peter Troast – Energy Circle

Paul W. Francisco (he/him/his) – Champaign County Regional Planning Commission

Nate Natale – Building Performance Association

Steve Skodak – Building Performance Association

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Strolling Lunch at the Trade Show

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Strolling Lunch at the Trade Show

Location: Storyville Hall (Level 3)

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Afternoon Workshops

1:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Contractor Workshop: Industry Challenges and Opportunities

Location: Strand 11 (Level 2)

Kara Saul Rinaldi (she/her/hers) – Building Performance Association

Skip Wiltshire-Gordon – AnnDyl Policy Group

Home Performance Policy

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

2025 Ventilation Extravaganza

Location: Celestin E (Level 3)

Rick Karg – Residential Energy Dynamics, LLC

Paul W. Francisco (he/him/his) – Champaign County Regional Planning Commission

HVAC Strategies

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Bigger Buildings Want You Too

Location: Celestin A (Level 3)

Torrance Kramer – Accurate-Airtight Exteriors

Ken Allison – IDI Distributors

Building Envelope

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Building Equity: An Interactive Workshop for the Home Performance Workforce

Location: Strand 13 (Level 2)

Maggie Kelley Riggins (she/her/hers) – American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)

Dr. Janell Hills-Thomas – IREC

James Metoyer, III (he/him/his) – EnerCity Collaborative

Workforce Development

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Crawl Spaces, Basements, and Floors Water, Moisture, and Insulation Workshop

Location: Celestin D (Level 3)

Michael Anschel – OA Design Build Architecture

Doug Horgan – BOWA Design-Build Experts

Building Envelope

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Fundamentals of Insulation

Location: Celestin B&C (Level 3)

Pam Lewandowski (she/her/hers) – LaHouse Research and Education Center

Clint Shireman – Knauf Insulation

Building Envelope

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Heat Pump Water Heaters: A 360 Perspective

Location: Imperial 5 (Level 4)

Bruce W. Manclark – Earth Advantage

Ben Larson (he/him/his) – Larson Energy Research

Peter Troast – Energy Circle

HVAC Strategies

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

How to Audit a Multifamily Building If You Have Never Done One

Location: Empire C (Level 2)

Brody W. Vance – ICF

Andy Padian – Association for Energy Affordability

Diagnostics & Audits

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Level up Your Workforce: Boosting Capacity in Building Performance

Location: Celestin FG&H (Level 3)

Kye Garvin – National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP)

Akisha D. Everett (she/her/hers) – Minneapolis Climate Action

Nancy Kaplan – Building Performance Institute (BPI)

Diana McCarthy-Bercury – Earth Forward Group

Mike McMonigal – Clean Energy Center at Penn College

Pagan Poggione – IREC

Workforce Development

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Navigating HUD Environmental Requirements

Location: Empire A&B (Level 2)

Michelle DeGarmo (she/her/hers) – Flatley Read, Inc.

Jeromy McFarren – Flatley Read, Inc.

OLHCHH Track 4

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Optimizing Cold Climate Heat Pump Performance: Design, Sizing and Equipment Selection

Location: Strand 10 (Level 2)

Christopher Haringa (he/him/his) – Abode Energy Management

Eric Fitz – Amply Energy

Tara M. McElhinney (she/her/hers) – NEEP (Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership)

HVAC Strategies

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

The Methods of Moisture Movement

Location: Empire D (Level 2)

Kevin Scott – Piedmont Triad Regional Council

Building Envelope

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Train-the-Trainer - Multifamily Building Measure Selection with MulTEA (WAweb)

Location: Strand 12 (Level 2)

Bill Eckman – ORNL - Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Claire Cressman – ORNL - Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Archana Ghodeswar (she/her/hers) – ORNL - Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Jason Schmidt – ORNL - Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Operating & Delivering Weatherization Programs

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Coffee Break

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Coffee Break

Location: Storyville Hall (Level 3)

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Opening Reception at the Trade Show

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Opening Reception at the Trade Show

Location: Storyville Hall (Level 3)