Roger Hedrick Senior Engineer, Energy Analysis Group Architectural Energy Corporation Roger will provide an introduction to energy modeling for commercial buildings, with the objective of providing a familiarity with the steps that will be required to meet the modeling requirements of the proposed new energy requirements of the City of Boulder building code. Roger will discuss the basics of energy modeling, the benefits and limitations of modeling, common objectives of an energy model, and some common modeling tools. Then he will describe the step-by-step process that is followed to perform a modeling analysis for a new commercial building. Mr. Hedrick, a senior engineer and project manager within Architectural Energy Corporation’s Building Simulation Group, is responsible for applying state-of-the-art building energy analysis methods to energy research and development and sustainable design assistance projects. Mr. Hedrick has been engaged in building energy analysis and research for over 20 years and is active in ASHRAE research and standards development efforts. Mr. Hedrick is currently vice-chair of ASHRAE SSPC 62.1, and recently managed the preparation of the User’s Manual for ASHRAE Standard 62.2, Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings. He is currently managing a project for ASHRAE to develop procedures for defining hourly weather profiles at design conditions.
