ONLINE • FREE EVENT • 12–3 PM ET
The market is moving beyond the question of whether multifamily buildings can be electrified. The more useful question now is:
What heat pump solutions work for different building types, and what can we learn from projects that have already designed, built, commissioned, and operated them?
This solutions focused symposium organizes that conversation around three building scales—small, medium, and large.
Each scale presents a different set of opportunities and constraints:
Small buildings: packaged systems, distributed solutions, limited mechanical space, simplicity, and product integration.
Medium buildings: system selection, hydronic distribution, central versus distributed approaches, DHW, electrical capacity, and constructability.
Large buildings: complex distribution, refrigerant management, central plants, ground-source systems, heat recovery, roof and equipment space, phasing, and integration with large multifamily operations.
Manufacturer Spec Session + Q&A: Following the building-scale discussions, we'll host a dedicated spec session featuring our supporting manufacturers: Ice Air, Reservoir, Phoenix Energy Supply, and Sensible. Each manufacturer will give a short presentation highlighting their heat pump solutions, key technical specifications, and applications. Attendees will also have opportunities for Q&A directly with manufacturer representatives to explore product capabilities, design considerations, and how these solutions can be applied to real projects.
Drawing on the Heat Pump Solutions Labs held through the Reimagine Buildings Collective over the summer, this symposium brings the key lessons, solutions, and discussions from those sessions back to the broader industry. Rather than presenting technology in isolation, the program uses real projects and solutions explored in the Labs to examine what was selected, why it was selected, what happened during implementation, and what should be done differently on the next project.
Meet Our Speakers:
Dave Frasier and Andrew Peel — Peel Passive
Brynn Cooksey Sr. — Air Doctors Heating and Cooling and HVAC U
Vera Voropaeva — Project Manager, NYSERDA
Patty Chen — Principal, Patricia Chen Architecture
Galen Staengl — Principal, Staengl Engineering
Jordan Bonomo — Senior Project Manager, New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)
Cameron Caja — Director of Operations, Positive Energy
Brandon Pietras — Project Architect and Lead of Decarbonization and Building Health, Bernheimer Architecture
Charlie Bushby — Ecoforest
Heather McKinstry — Studio Director and Senior Associate, Dattner Architects
This is a free, virtual event taking place from 12:00–3:00 PM Eastern on October 23rd. Join us for an afternoon of solutions-focused discussion on heat pumps and multifamily electrification across small, medium, and large buildings, including the opportunity to engage directly with manufacturers on their latest solutions.
Thank you to our valued Stakeholder Partner, NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority), for their continued leadership and support in advancing New York’s high-performance building industry.