Presentations and Speaking Engagements

Group14 Engineering is an active voice in the sustainable design community. We have been featured speakers in the following forums.

• Michael Levinson.  “LEED EBOM in Real Life.” A Buildings Magazine Webinar, June 2010

• Aleka Pappas.  “Energy Modeling Accountability.”  Presented at the U.S. Green Building Denver Chapter meeting, June 2010.

• Susan Reilly and Aleka Pappas.  “What’s My Baseline?”  Presented at the ASHRAE Summer Conference in Albuquerque, NM.  June, 2010.

• Aleka Pappas.  “Energy Modeling and Analysis per ASHRAE 90.1-2004 Appendix G and Section 6.”  Presented at the Rocky Mountain ASHRAE High Performance Building Design Professional Exam Prep Conference.  October, 2009.

• Dennis Jones.  “Commissioning Underfloor Air Distribution Systems.”  Presented at the U.S. Green Building Council Colorado Chapter Educational Session on UFAD.  September, 2009.

• Michael Levinson.  “No-Cost Ways to Green Your School.”  Presented at the U.S. Green Building Council St. Louis Chapter – Green Schools Summit.  September, 2009

• Elizabeth Gillmor.  “LED Lighting: Lighting the Way Towards a Green Future.”  Presented at the Illuminating Engineering Society – Arizona Section.  June, 2009.

• Bruce Flynn and Susan Reilly.  “Durango Public Library:  The First LEED Gold Library in Colorado.”  Presented at the U.S. Green Building Council Colorado Chapter Conference.  May, 2009.

• Aleka Pappas.  “Greening Affordable Housing: Energy Efficiency Strategies.”  Presented at the U.S. Green Building Council Colorado Chapter Conference.  May, 2009.

• Elizabeth Gillmor.  “LED Lighting: Lighting the Way Towards a Green Future.” Presented at the U.S. Green Building Council Colorado Chapter Conference.  May, 2009.

• Susan Reilly.  “State of the Simulation.”  Invited Speaker to International Building Performance Simulation Association Meeting.  Dallas, TX. 2007

• Aleka Pappas.  “Energy Performance of a Double Skin Façade: Analysis for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver.”  Presented at the ASHRAE 2007 Winter Meeting.  Dallas, TX.

• Aleka Pappas, and Kalim Cordahi, Arup.  “Valance Heating and Cooling for Dormitory Buildings.”  Presented at the ASHRAE 2007 Winter Meeting.  Dallas, TX.

• Sue Reilly and Aleka Pappas.  EQuest Energy Modeling Seminar.  American Solar Energy Society Conference, 2006.  Denver, CO.

• Pappas, Aleka and Zhai, Zhiqiang (John).  “Energy Simulation of a Double Skin Façade: A Process Using CFD and Energy Plus.”  Presented at the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) SimBuild Conference.  Cambridge, MA.  August, 2006.

• Elizabeth Gillmor.  “Fiberoptic Lighting.”  Presented at the Denver Designer’s Lighting Forum and Illuminating Engineering Society – Rocky Mountain Section, 2003

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Group14 Engineering is a USGBC Education Provider through the LEED Professional Credentialing Maintenance Program. These courses have been reviewed by the USGBC Education Reviewing Body and are approved for credit toward LEED Professional Credentialing Maintenance.

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Life Cycle Analysis and Greenhouse Gas Inventories: How you can use the tools of LCAs and GHG inventories to create a high performance building and to reach optimal operations. Approved for 1 GBCI CE hour.

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Lighting Design for Efficiency: Achieving energy efficient lighting beyond ASHRAE 90.1 requirements. Approved for 2 GBCI CE hours.

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LEED 2.2 to LEED 3.0: Learn the differences in the new rating system.

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Park Avenue Green: A case study of the world’s very first LEED 2009 certified building, and achieving a Platinum rating.

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Zero Energy Buildings: The power of architects to achieve significant energy savings.

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Commissioning and Recommissioning: What can it do for your project?