HUD's Energy Efficiency Conference

Intensive Workshop on Energy Efficient Maintenance and Operation of Multifamily Housing

Energy expenditures account for as much as 40 percent of total multifamily building operating costs. In the effort to reduce these operating costs attributed from energy consumption, this workshop will illustrate how significant energy savings can be achieved without major capital investments, simply by improving monitoring and maintenance of existing equipment in HUD-assisted multifamily housing.

UPDATES

• "Making Existing Multifamily Buildings Perform More Efficiently" is the official name of this workshop, hosted by F. L. Andrew Padian from Steven Winter Associates, Inc.
• Invitees - In addition to assisted multifamily housing managers and maintenance supervisors, we are inviting all public housing building managers and maintenance supervisors, engineers, and architects to this workshop.
• Registration deadline has been extended to August 2, 2005.
• Updated Agenda. Please note that this workshop begins at 9:30 am, after the main conference plenary session.

Download and mail in the registration form.

This workshop is for assisted multifamily housing managers and maintenance staff.

• Introduction
  • Basics of energy efficiency/ energy management
  • How to quantify energy use in developments
    • Calculating BTUs/sq ft/HDD
    • Analyzing and tracking utility bills
    • Comparing energy use
    • Individual vs. central metering
  • Preventive maintenance and energy efficiency
  
  
• Building Envelope
  • Windows
  • Roofs
  • Reducing infiltration losses - weather-stripping
  
  
• HVAC Systems
  • Working with/replacing temperature controls
  • Balancing heat distribution
  • Ventilation and indoor air quality
  • Maintaining the mechanical plant
  • Reducing water consumption - low flow showerheads/faucets, leaks
  • Individual heating vs. central heating - key strategies
  • Key energy management techniques appropriate to different heating systems: individual furnaces, central boilers/chillers, one-two pipe steam, and hot water.
  • Duct sealing
  
  
• Electricity and lighting
  • Alternatives to incandescent
  • Appliances – washers, dryers
  • Timing devices

We encourage both building maintenance/facilities managers and property managers from the same building to participate in this workshop, with a limit of one of each per development.

Registration will begin at 7:30 am at Duquesne University’s Duquesne Union with training starting promptly at 8:00 am and ending at 5:00 pm.

Download and mail in this registration form

All registration forms should be postmarked and mailed to the HUD office no later than July 22, 2005.

Also please note that the size of this workshop will be limited to approximately fifty (50) participants, so please be sure to register early.