Workshops

Presented By: Blake Billings and Christopher Price, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | An Ho, Weber State University 

This 2-part workshop offers a dynamic blend of classroom learning and hands-on experience. In the first session, participants will engage in interactive training on energy efficiency strategies for large industrial energy users. Topics will include energy savings calculations, measurement tools, utility bills, and key industrial systems such as compressed air, process heating, motors, and steam. The workshop will focus on giving training and tools for energy and utility savings. 

The first session can be taken as a stand-alone workshop, but is a prerequisite for the 2nd session/tour. 

Who Should Attend: Facility managers, engineers, Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) members, manufacturing/industrial facility managers.

Presented By: Blake Billings and Christopher Price, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | An Ho, Weber State University

In the second session of the 2-part Cutting Energy Waste workshop, participants will tour Autoliv, an award-winning industrial facility. The visit will showcase real-world energy efficiency practices, facility and corporate strategies, and provide opportunities to explore large energy-consuming equipment up close. Attendees will also gain practical experience using free and publicly available measurement tools and savings calculators to assess energy use directly within the facility. 

Prerequisite: Cutting Energy Waste: Strategies and Tools for Industrial System – 1st session/instruction. 

Who Should Attend: Facility managers, engineers, Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) members, manufacturing/industrial facility managers.

Presented By: Baja, Resilience Hub Collaborative | Debbie Lyons, Salt Lake City

This workshop is an interactive training that supports participants in different phases of Resilience Hub development including planning, design, assessment, partnership development, and taking action. This workshop builds off the information learned in the keynote session and shifts into a hands-on series of activities that guide participants through every phase of the Resilience Hub development process. The workshop will provide participants with action-based next steps for supporting or managing a Resilience Hub or network of Resilience Hubs. 

Who Should Attend: Individuals interested in proactive resilience-building and neighborhood-scale action, community leaders, youth organizers, community planners, local government staff, emergency management and public health professionals, nonprofit practitioners, facilitators, and their aligned partners.  

Presented By: Emma Kratz-Bailey, Whitney Ward, and Mallory Platt, VCBO Architecture

This workshop will take participants through the LEED v5 Climate Resilience, Human Impact, and Carbon Assessment prerequisites. Join representatives from VCBO Architecture to look at the prerequisite requirements and what you are already doing to be resilient, with highlights from Weber State University icons such as the Noorda Engineering Building. 

Who Should Attend: Facility managers, engineers, architects, design and construction professionals, property managers and property owners, urban planners, government officials, sustainability consultants/LEED enthusiasts, and educators and students seeking to incorporate green building into their education program.