Poster Competition

The 2019 Rosenfeld Symposium, hosted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is soliciting outstanding posters showcasing technologies and policies related to energy-efficient and grid-interactive buildings. The poster session is an opportunity for student and early-career researchers to participate in networking at the Rosenfeld Symposium while sharing their research. Poster abstracts are due no later than January 15.

SELECTION PROCESS

A committee with broad expertise will select the most compelling poster abstract submissions for participation in the poster session at the Symposium. A panel of experts will then select the top five posters who will be invited to present a lightning-round talk on the day of the Symposium. Notifications of selection decisions will be sent by February 7.

ELIGIBILITY

• The competition is open to undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and early-career researchers within five years of their most recent degree.
• The poster presenter must be currently undertaking the research project presented, and only one presenter may attend the symposium per poster.
• Entrants must be able to attend the full symposium on April 23, 2019 in Berkeley, California, to present their work in person.

REQUIREMENTS

• The presentation topic must relate to energy-efficient and grid-interactive buildings and can be in any of the following areas:
  • Building Technologies (electrical, controls, façades, wind energy, rooftop electric, thermal and electric storage systems)
  • End Uses (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), lighting, appliances, refrigeration, water heating)
  • Grid Integration and Demand Response (communications, control strategies, valuation methods)
  • Design and Operational Systems (smart buildings, design tools and methods, commissioning and operation tools and practices, net zero energy systems, Internet of Things, big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity)
  • Policy and Economics (codes and standards, market analyses, integration of emerging technologies, smart grid)
  • Business models and utility engagement (financing, energy efficiency program design, cost-effective solutions, integrating new and emerging measures)
  • Other, but related to energy-efficient and grid-interactive buildings.
• The research should be well underway, with at least preliminary findings and must be original work.
• If selected, we will request a poster PDF, which should be no larger than 48" x 36" in either orientation (horizontal or vertical). Presenters are responsible for printing and bringing their (unmounted) posters to the symposium.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

• Complete the online application form, which requests:
  1. A 1-minute audio file of you describing your research. The selection committee is seeking applicants who show enthusiasm for their research and can present their work in a succinct and compelling manner.
  2. A description of your research in 300 words or less, which includes:
     • Problem statement
     • Research approach
     • Results/conclusions
     • Implications and broader significance of research results and/or conclusions
• Finalists upload a digital version of their poster when requested.

IMPORTANT DATES

January 15 - Application period closes at midnight: complete the online application form and upload your audio file.

February 7-11 - All applicants receive notification of selection decision, and finalists requested to send electronic version of poster.

March 22 - Top five finalists notified and invited to prepare a 5-minute talk on their research.

April 8 - If finalists wish to have their posters available in our electronic program or website, send a PDF of poster by April 8 to RosenfeldSymposium@lbl.gov (include finalist name in the filename. In the email specify the title of the poster, and if a demonstration item will accompany the poster, include a 5-10 word title).

April 23 - All selected poster presenters attend the symposium all day and present their poster, and lightning-round talk, if invited to do so.

JUDGING CRITERIA

Judging of all posters will consider:

• Clarity of the research question being addressed
• Impact and quality of research:
  • Extent to which research addresses a critical gap in building science
  • Research methods
  • Presentation of results
  • Implications and broader significance of results and/or conclusions
• Potential for transformative solutions