BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Pacific BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191120T173036Z UID:30B8EBB7-31C7-4DEF-8AA4-150B2EE84005 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20191119T173000 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20191119T193000 DESCRIPTION:This ambitious collaborative effort is putting Spokane's Univer sity District on the world map for sustainable building development!\n\nYo u are invited to register soon\, but due to the upcoming holidays\, IEEE S pokane requests you to please check your calendar for conflicts before reg istering.\n\nInnovators across the globe are working to bring sustainable technology to the world’s buildings\, which now consume 30% of global en ergy and over 55% of the planets electricity. In the Spokane University Di strict’s rapidly developing South Landing expansion area\, the Catalyst and Hub pair of partner buildings --- now under construction --- is pionee ring in this effort. Of the two\, the five-story Catalyst building\, which will be one of the world’s largest zero energy buildings\, is already n oted for its cutting edge sustainable construction\, based on innovative c ross laminated timber (CLT). The neighboring four-story Hub building will host the pair’s central energy plant. This central plant will feature ad vanced energy management capabilities for both buildings\, including each building’s extensive photovoltaic arrays plus thermal and electrical ene rgy storage systems. The center’s energy management operations have been optimized by over 40\,000 energy model simulations run by McKinstry\, whi ch\, in partnership with Avista Development\, is responsible for building construction and operations.\n\nThe Speakers\n\nFeatured speakers for this event will be the two principal engineers responsible for the ongoing dev elopment of the Catalyst/Hub project. Spokane-based speaker John Gibson is currently the Chief R&D Engineer\, as well as Manager of Distribution Sys tems Operations\, at Avista\, and holds BS degrees in both Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Civil Engineering from GU\, plus a Masters in E ngineering Management from WSU. Seattle-based Nick Edney\, CPEng\, is curr ently the Senior Electrical Engineer at McKinstry\, and holds Bachelors’ degrees in both Engineering and in Commerce from the University of Melbou rne.\n\nAgenda: \n5:30 event starts\n\n6:00 Dinner orders taken\n\n6:15 Sp eaker begins\n\nRoom: Upper Conference Room\, Luigi's Downtown Spokane\, 2 45 W Main \, Spokane Wa\, Washington\, United States LOCATION:Room: Upper Conference Room\, Luigi's Downtown Spokane\, 245 W Mai n \, Spokane Wa\, Washington\, United States ORGANIZER:ssimmons@ewu.edu SEQUENCE:20 SUMMARY:Advanced Engineering for Grid-Optimal\, Zero-Energy Buildings: Spok ane's Catalyst/Hub Project URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/207820 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="margin: 0in\; margin-bottom: .0001p t\; background: white\;"><span style="font-size: 18pt\;"><strong><span sty le="font-family: Calibri\, sans-serif\; color: black\;">This ambitious col laborative effort is putting Spokane's University District on the world ma p for sustainable building development!&nbsp\;</span></strong></span></p>\ n<p style="margin: 0in\; margin-bottom: .0001pt\; background: white\;"><sp an style="font-size: 18pt\;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri\, s ans-serif\; color: black\;"> You are invited to register soon\, but due to the upcoming holidays\, IEEE Spokane requests you to please check your ca lendar for conflicts before registering.</span></strong></span></p>\n<p st yle="margin: 0in\; margin-bottom: .0001pt\; background: white\;"><span sty le="font-size: 18pt\;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri\, sans-se rif\; color: black\;">&nbsp\;</span></strong></span></p>\n<p style="margin : 0in\; margin-bottom: .0001pt\; background: white\;"><span style="font-si ze: 14pt\;">Innovators across the globe are working to bring sustainable t echnology to the world&rsquo\;s buildings\, which now consume 30% of globa l energy and over 55% of the planets electricity.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;In the Spok ane University District&rsquo\;s rapidly developing South Landing expansio n area\, the Catalyst and Hub pair of partner buildings --- now under cons truction --- is pioneering in this effort.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Of the two\, the f ive-story Catalyst building\, which will be one of the world&rsquo\;s larg est zero energy buildings\, is already noted for its cutting edge sustaina ble construction\, based on innovative cross laminated timber (CLT). The n eighboring four-story Hub building will host the pair&rsquo\;s central ene rgy plant. This central plant will feature advanced energy management capa bilities for both buildings\, including each building&rsquo\;s extensive p hotovoltaic arrays plus thermal and electrical energy storage systems. The center&rsquo\;s energy management operations have been optimized by over 40\,000 energy model simulations run by McKinstry\, which\, in partnership with Avista Development\, is responsible for building construction and op erations.</span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; margin-bottom: .0001pt\; bac kground: white\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">&nbsp\;< em><strong><u>The Speakers</u></strong></em></span></p>\n<p><span style="f ont-size: 14pt\;">Featured speakers for this event will be the two princip al engineers responsible for the ongoing development of the Catalyst/Hub p roject.&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Spokane-based speaker John Gibson is currently the C hief R&amp\;D Engineer\, as well as Manager of Distribution Systems Operat ions\, at Avista\, and holds BS degrees in both Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Civil Engineering from GU\, plus a Masters in Engineering Management from WSU.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Seattle-based Nick Edney\, CPEng \, is currently the Senior Electrical Engineer&nbsp\;&nbsp\; at McKinstry\ , and holds Bachelors&rsquo\; degrees in both Engineering and in Commerce from the University of Melbourne.</span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>5 :30 event starts</p>\n<p>6:00 Dinner orders taken</p>\n<p>6:15 Speaker beg ins</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR