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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Breakfast & Exhibits
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Breakfast & Exhibits
7:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Trade Show Open
7:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Trade Show Open
Location: Storyville Hall (3rd floor)
7:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Registration Open
7:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Badge Pick Up & On-site Registration
Location: Empire Foyer (2nd floor)
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Breakout 1
8:30 AM – 12:00 AM
Navigating HUD Environmental Requirements
Michelle DeGarmo
– Flatley Read, Inc.
Jeromy McFarren
– Flatley Read, Inc.
OLHCHH Track 4
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
$8.8B Home Energy Rebates – Where Do We Stand?
Kara Saul Rinaldi (she/her/hers)
– Building Performance Association
Home Performance Policy
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Building Great Contractor Relationships Through a CAP Agency Perspective
Thomas Mcivor
– Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities
Jarob Gallant
– Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities
Amanda Porter
– Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities
Kerrielynn Beard
– R6 Regional Council
Operating & Delivering Weatherization Programs
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Crawlspaces: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
John J. Tooley, Jr.
– John Tooley, LLC
Gary Nelson
– The Energy Conservatory
Building Envelope
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
From Training to Transformation: Empowering Marginalized Communities Through Workforce Development
Derrick Meeking
– Walker-Miller Energy Services
Erika Dominick
– Walker-Miller Energy Services
Amber Anderson
– Walker-Miller Energy Services
Brynn C. Cooksey (he/him/his)
– HVAC U LLC
Workforce Development
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Healthy Homes & Health Disparities: Equity in Healthy Housing
Paul W. Francisco (he/him/his)
– Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
Darnell Johnson
– Urban Efficiency Group
IAQ & Healthy Homes
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Driving Business Growth and Expanding Offerings While Delivering Complete In-House Electrification Solutions
Hal Smith
– Halco
Damian Hodkinson
– Halco
Running Your Home Performance Business
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Insights from Successful Multifamily Programs
Brian Beote
– Action Inc.
David Hannah
– ICF
Heather Hendrickson
– Entergy Arkansas
Greg Pierce
– ICF
Affordable Housing & Multifamily
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Multi-Family Blower Door Testing: Strategies For Complex Buildings
Jake S. McAlpine
– The Energy Conservatory
Collin Olson (he/him/his)
– The Energy Conservatory
Diagnostics & Audits
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
OLHCHH Grantee Session: Strategic Partnerships and Collaborations for Healthy Homes
Kim Nesbitt
– U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes
Johanna Miller (she/her/hers)
– U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes
Michelle Del Rio (she/her/hers)
– Indiana University Bloomington
OLHCHH Track 2
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Optimizing Residential Furnaces and Heat Pumps for 24/7 Filtration
Rhett A. Major
– The Energy Doctor
HVAC Strategies
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Understanding the Relationships Between EE & Social Determinants of Health
Rebeca R. Barrios-Hurst (she/her/hers/ella)
– CLEAResult
Todd Miles (he/him/his)
– CLEAResult
Adam Hammond (he/him/his)
– AES Indiana
Cole Heller
– CLEAResult
Program Operations & Updates
OLHCHH Track 3
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Zone Pressure Diagnostics
Rick Karg
– Residential Energy Dynamics, LLC
Fundamentals
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Breakout 2
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Best Practices for Co-promoting Weatherization and Heat Pumps
Courtney Moriarta
– NYSERDA
Jeff Luoma (he/him/his)
– NEEP (Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership)
Program Operations & Updates
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Blueprint for Growth: Lessons Learned Scaling a Home Performance Contractor
Martijn Fleuren (he/him/his)
– HomeWorks Energy
Running Your Home Performance Business
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Building Science as a Murder Mystery: The BPI Detective Unraveling the Deadly Puzzle of IAQ
Paul H. Raymer
– ICF
IAQ & Healthy Homes
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Building the Home Performance Workforce – What's Next?
Skip Wiltshire-Gordon
– AnnDyl Policy Group
Mary MacPherson (she/her/hers)
– U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Home Performance Policy
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Electrifying Marginalized Communities: Innovative Solutions for Energy Efficiency and Electrification in Affordable Housing
Lucyna de Barbaro
– Energy Efficiency Empowerment
Jim Plantico
– Community Energy Project
Abasi Umoh
– Community Energy Project
Becky Schaaf (she/her/hers)
– VEIC
Affordable Housing & Multifamily
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Heat Pumps: What's Ducts Got to Do with It?
Abby Francisco
– Elevate
Chris Hughes
– The Energy Conservatory
Joe Medosch
– measureQuick
Dan Wildenhaus
– Center for Energy & Environment
HVAC Strategies
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
How to Perform an Electrification Audit
Adam Romano (he/him/his)
– Association for Energy Affordability
Diagnostics & Audits
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Multifamily Weatherization Peer Exchange
Jonathan Ballew (he/him/his)
– NASCSP
Operating & Delivering Weatherization Programs
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
OLHCHH Grantee Session: OLHCHH Speed Dating - Marketing and Outreach, Workforce Development, Healthy Homes, and Lead
OLHCHH Track 1
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
OLHCHH Grantee Session: OLHCHH Speed Dating - Marketing and Outreach, Workforce Development, Healthy Homes, and Lead
OLHCHH Track 2
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Radon: A Primer
Dick Kornbluth
– Dick Kornbluth, LLC
Fundamentals
OLHCHH Track 3
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Window Retrofits for Efficiency, Affordability, and Disaster Resistance
Sidney Hartz
– Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL)
Christian E. Kaltreider (he/him/his)
– Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL)
Steve Sylvestre (he/him/his)
– Center for Energy & Environment
Building Envelope
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
The Retrofit Challenge Game Show: Workforce Training Edition
Ryan LaPoma (he/him/his)
– Earth Advantage
Caitlin Peerson
– Earth Advantage
James Metoyer (he/him/his)
– EnerCity Collaborative
Sarah Northrup (she/her/hers)
– Center for Energy & Environment
Sage Berglund (she/her/hers)
– Center for Energy & Environment
Workforce Development
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch & Exhibits
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Home Performance Contractor Peer Groups
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Energizing Your Business with a Peer Group
Keith O'Hara
– Eco Performance Builders
Running Your Home Performance Business
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Breakout 3
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Air Tight All Right - Examining How Air Barriers Hold Up
Alex Boetzel (he/him/his)
– Earth Advantage
Building Envelope
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Clean Energy Contractor Continuum of Care: Supporting the Person and Professional
Darnell Johnson
– Urban Efficiency Group
Workforce Development
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Communicating Climatizacion: Discussing & Overcoming Language Barriers
Rogelio Cortes
– MWVCAA
Jose Flores (he/him/his)
– Multnomah County
Operating & Delivering Weatherization Programs
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Demystifying Dehumidification
Allison A. Bailes, III (he/him/his)
– Energy Vanguard
HVAC Strategies
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Disaster Recovery
Jonathan Wilson
– National Center for Healthy Housing
IAQ & Healthy Homes
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Healthy Homes Policy
Paul W. Francisco (he/him/his)
– Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
Amanda Hatherly
– Building Performance Institute (BPI)
Home Performance Policy
OLHCHH Track 4
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Lead Bioaccessibility in Urban Homes: Covariation-mining Based System Dynamic Simulation
Danlin Yu
– Montclair State University
OLHCHH Track 3
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Least-Cost Home Electrification: Getting It Right & Getting It Done
Núria Casquero-Modrego
– Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL)
Jeremy Good
– Montgomery County, MD, Government
Sunita Pathik
– Elysian Energy
Iain S. Walker
– Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Affordable Housing & Multifamily
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Residential Soils for Minimizing Childhood Lead Poisoning
Ganga M. Hettiarachchi (she/her/hers)
– Kansas State University
OLHCHH Track 1
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Seal The Deal! A Comprehensive Discussion To Duct Leakage testing
Jake S. McAlpine
– The Energy Conservatory
Diagnostics & Audits
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
The Sweet Spot: Where Building Science and HVAC Intersect
Rob Minnick
– National Comfort Institute - NCI
Fundamentals
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
U.S. DOE Residential Team Update
Kyle Biega (he/him/his)
– U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Holly Carr
– U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Gilly Plog (she/her/hers)
– U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Alex Rees
– U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Jenny Wiedower (she/her/hers)
– U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Jay Wrobel
– U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Program Operations & Updates
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Unified Teams, Happy Customers: How Customer Relationship Management Systems Connect Teams for Enhanced Customer Experiences
Tami Kerr
– Eco Performance Builders
Elena Chrimat
– Ideal Energy
Keith O'Hara
– Eco Performance Builders
Running Your Home Performance Business
2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
OLHCHH Older Adult Home Mod Grantee Session: Maintenance vs Repair for Home Modification Programs
Taneka Blue
– U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes
David Nuccio
– U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes
David Robbins
– U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes
OLHCHH Track 2
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Breakout 4
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Cockroach Eradication through Community Engagement: Empowering Residents to Improve their Health
OLHCHH Track 1
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Don’t Go Berserk with Your Recirc
Alex Boetzel (he/him/his)
– Earth Advantage
Bruce W. Manclark
– Earth Advantage
HVAC Strategies
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Efficiency Is Decarbonization
Andy Padian
– Association for Energy Affordability
John J. Tooley, Jr.
– John Tooley, LLC
Whole Home Solutions
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Evaluating the Impacts of the Weatherization Assistance Program: Methods for Retroactive Assessment
Bill Eckman
– ORNL - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Archana Ghodeswar (she/her/hers)
– ORNL - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Operating & Delivering Weatherization Programs
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
IAQ Management in Dwellings
Rick Karg
– Residential Energy Dynamics, LLC
Fundamentals
OLHCHH Track 3
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Meeting Consumers Where They Are: Staging Upgrades to Drive Uptake
Jennifer Amann
– ACEEE
Robin LeBaron
– Pearl Certification
Program Operations & Updates
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Powering Progress: Intersectionality in Action – How Diverse Organizations Propel Clean Energy
Dr. Janell Hills-Thomas
– IREC
Darnell Johnson
– Urban Efficiency Group
Maggie Kelley Riggins (she/her/hers)
Workforce Development
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Pressure Diagnostics: Mastering the Manometer
Noah Lawrence
– Retrotec
Diagnostics & Audits
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Smart Homes: Utilizing Smart Connected Systems for Climate Control and Assistive Technology
Lieko Earle (she/her/hers)
– National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Home Performance Policy
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
The Heat Pump and Electrification Trend: How Contractors Can Seize the Opportunity
Peter Troast
– Energy Circle
Running Your Home Performance Business
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Volatile Organic Compounds: Insights from Field Measurements
Will Clagett
– Colorado State University
IAQ & Healthy Homes
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Zero-Energy Ready Manufactured Homes for Resilient Rural Communities
Emily R. Kemper (she/her/hers)
– CLEAResult
Thomas Anreise
– CLEAResult
Affordable Housing & Multifamily
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Reception at the Trade Show
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Reception at the Trade Show
