The BEC NEXUS Building Performance is ready for a second season of in person networking and learning sessions in the heart of the Canal District in Worcester. Woo-Ho!
BEC have been involved with many different kinds of projects that incorporate some level of electrification. With new construction, it’s fairly straightforward to go fully electric, it often provides better end-use performance, it can be more cost effective than the fossil fuel-fired alternatives, and there are a number of different approaches to serve nearly every situation. Retrofit provides more challenges for sure (and challenges are where the fun is!) but we see many options for existing buildings to electrify.
But there are many pitfalls to avoid! Electrification done wrong is the opposite of decarbonization.
BEC’s own Chris Kennedy, Wesley Stanhope, and Ken Neuhauser will share some of what we have observed relative to the near misses, blind spots, misinformed assumptions, unintended consequences, stubborn entrenched habits, and, in some cases, brain farts that have made electrification efforts fall short of achieving decarbonization. We offer to share and bare these egregious examples so that they might serve as allegories to warn the earnest practitioners putting themselves and their work on the line to fight the good fight.
Come join in on the discussion. And be prepared for the jokes and one liner jokes (If you plant a light bulb in your garden, does it grow into a power plant?)
Please sign up in advance so that we can prepare for the number of people joining in on the fun, food, and beverages.
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