A two-day event held at the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel in Sacramento, California on November 19th and 20th, 2025.
Archived Notes and other Materials
- Agenda
- The Foundational Step Forward Award was introduced in 2024 to acknowledge recent projects that have made a significant impact in BEM advancement. Below are the 2025 nominees:
- (Final Awardee) Streamlining Energy Compliance Modeling in California: Case Studies from BEM Practitioners
- ANSI/ASHRAE/IBPSA Standard 209-2024 Building Performance Simulation Process
- National CORE’S Affordable Housing BEM Process
- CalBEM YouTube Channel with Keynote, Plenary, Panel, Special Topics, Co-Chair Presentations, and Power Talk Recordings
- Access all presentation content at the links below:
- Keynote Address + Q&A: Achieving Building Decarbonization Through Large Scale Data Analysis
- Dr. Eric Fournier, Research Director, California Center for Sustainable Communities, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability at UCLA
- Conversation Catalyst: Growing the Pipeline for Building Performance Simulation in the Age of AI
- Dr. Kyle Konis, University of Southern California
- Conversation Catalyst: Towards BEMGPT:Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Building Energy Modeling Education and Training
- Dr. Liang Zhang, University of Arizona
- Conversation Catalyst: 2025 California Building Energy Compliance Software Update
- Nikhil Kapur, California Energy Commission
- Conversation Catalyst: From Data to Action: Equitable Home Ene:rgy Labeling and Scale
- Mudit Saxena, XeroHome
- Special Topic Presentation: 2028 Title 24, Part 6, LSC Factor Update
- Fangxing Liu, E3
- California Prototypes Development Update
- Rahul Athalye, NORESCO
- Panel Discussion + Q&A: Leveraging Real-World Data and Energy Modeling to Put Building Performance Standards Into Practice
- Gabriel Taylor, Moderator, California Energy Commission
- Harshika Bisht, City of Boston
- Dr. Ladan Ghobad, ENERlite Consulting Inc.
- JoAnna Saunders, California Energy Commission
- Heather Rosenberg, Arup
- Plenary Presentation + Q&A: Affordability and Equity in California’s Energy Future
- Mike Sokol, Director, Efficiency Division, California Energy Commission
- Special Topic Presentation + Q&A: The Future of HPWH Equipment Modeling
- Neal Kruis, Big Ladder Software
- featuring an update from Jim Lutz
- Power Talks
- Capturing the Value of BEM Data for Policy and Programs
- Ben Lalor, NORESCO
- Laboratory Demonstration of Advanced R744 Heat Pump for Simultaneous Heating and Cooling
- Rongxin Yin, LBNL
- CalBEM QA/QC Data Visualization Project
- Greg Collins, ZeroEnvy
- Education Roadmap for IBPSA-USA
- Michael Sawford, A2 Efficiency
- Front Door to MIDAS: A New Tool to Explore Utility Rates in CA
- Matt Zebiak, 2050 Partners
- Performance Trade-off Method for Life Cycle Equivalency
- Jon McHugh, McHugh Energy
- Lab Testing of PCM in Envelope Replicated in Compliance Modeling
- Liam Buckley, IES-VE
- Energy Modeling for Reach Codes Measure Development and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
- Shannenia Sumawan, TRC
- Compliance, Conservation and Code: Using BEM for Market Transformation
- Luke Morton, California Association of Building Energy Consultants
- How Energy Code Ace is Supporting Electrification
- Nick Brown, Build Smart Group
- Air Source Heat Pumps: Indirect Coverage and Right Sizing while Maintaining Thermal Comfort
- Afshin Faramarzi, TRC
- CBECC GitHub Migration – Project Update
- Rob Guglielmetti, Noresco
- Using Video Game Graphics and Scanning Technology to Capture Building Geometry
- Russell King, Coded Energy
- Capturing the Value of BEM Data for Policy and Programs
- Keynote Address + Q&A: Achieving Building Decarbonization Through Large Scale Data Analysis
- Notes from Working Group Breakout Sessions
Notes are provided via the CalBEM Collaborative Workspace. Email info@calbem.org for access.