Location: Danish Canadian Club

Speaker: Sheila J. Hayter, P.E.

Topic: Integrated Renewable Energy Systems in Buildings

Registration: 11:15 AM

Lunch: 11:30 AM - Noon

Speaker: Noon - 1:15 PM

This presentation introduces technical opportunities, means, and methods for incorporating renewable energy (RE) technologies into building designs and operations.  The speaker will give an overview of RE resources and available technologies used successfully in the USA to offset building electrical and thermal energy loads.  Methods for applying these technologies in buildings and the role of building energy efficiency in successful RE projects will be addressed.  Sheila will discuss issues related to connecting RE systems to existing electrical grids and offer tips for implementing successful RE projects. Finally, Sheila will summarize ASHRAE activities related to and/or in support of RE applications in buildings.

Sheila Hayter is currently Society Past President who served her presidential year 2018-19. Her current employer is NREL as laboratory program manager for the U.S. Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP).  In this role, she leads NREL’s portfolio of activities focused on helping U.S. federal agencies identify, implement, and evaluate opportunities related to energy/water resilience and security, facility and fleet optimization, and energy and project procurement. 

It will be Membership Promotion night. We will explain the benefits of being an ASHRAE Member and a Local Chapter Member. There will also be a Prize Draw for those Non-Members who attend, so please encourage your colleagues to come to this event!