28 March 2025 | 10:30 - 12:00 (MDT)
Open Session - HYBRID
Room: UMC Fourth Floor - 425
Organisers: Alexander Zhivov (U.S. Army ERDC-CERL, USA); Jon W. Williams (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health); Robbin Garber-Slaght (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
Session Description:
This sessions will focus on energy resilient building in the Cold Regions. For people to survive in the cold, buildings must be warm and comfortable in normal operations and habitable in a crisis. With rapid climate change, energy security risks and other challenges, it is expected that power outages and energy shortage is possible. To be able to provide a design that is robust, adaptable, and financially viable, it is important to understand the aspects of the building or the buildings’ cluster location that will impact equipment selections, operating hours, and maintenance needs. Another consideration is the building’s ability to withstand a heating plant outage, either locally or from a centralized source. Resilience of buildings, mechanical systems, and energy supply systems in cold climates is especially important. This session invites presentations that address the technical, economic, environmental and societal frameworks necessary for improving the resilience of building communities located in cold climates.