Draft Agenda for NIST Workshop on Incorporating Climate Change Data

in U.S. Building Codes and Standards

Workshop Goal: to connect the U.S. building codes and standards development communities with 

agencies and organizations collecting and disseminating climate change data. 

Note: Due to the availability of some speakers, all times subject to change.

10:00 am James Olthoff

NIST

Welcome, Workshop Objectives, Logistics

10:15 am – 10:30

a.m.

Congressman 

Matt Cartwright

Opening Remarks

10:30 am -

11:20 a.m.

Alice Hill

Council on Foreign 

Relations

Building Resiliently in a Changing Climate

 

Moderator: Michael Kuperberg, Department of Energy

11:20 a.m. –

11:30 a.m.

Zoubir Lounis & 

Francis Zwiers

Overview of Canada’s Initiative on Climate-Resilient 

Buildings and Core Public Infrastructure

11:30 a.m. –

12:00 p.m.

BREAK

12:00 p.m. –

1:35 p.m.

Panel 

presentations

Panel I – Overview of SDO Needs for Climate Change Data

Panelists from building code, standards, and state/local 

officials involved in code adoption/enforcement define 

what they need, when they need it, and in what form 

would be most useful

1:35 p.m. -

2:00 p.m.

All

Moderated discussion on climate change data needs in 

building codes and standards

2:00 p.m. -

2:15 p.m.

BREAK

2:15 p.m. –

3:40 p.m.

Panel 

Presentations

Panel II - Available Climate Change Data, Tools

Speakers from Federal Agencies / NGO who can summarize 

data, models, tools, and reports available from their 

agencies or organizations

3:45 p.m. –

4:15 p.m.

All Moderated discussion on available climate change data, 

models, and tools

4:30 p.m. –

4:45 p.m.

Jason Averill

James Whetstone

NIST

Concluding Session - Workshop Summary

Summary of identified gaps, needs, and future actions
Confirmed Panelists

Building Codes Panel (listed in the order of presentation)

• Dominic Sims, CEO, International Code Council

• Jennifer Jurado, Chief Resilience Officer for Broward County, FL

• Don Scott, Senior Principal, PCS Structural Solutions (ASCE 7 Wind Load Chair, Codes/Standards 

Activities Chair) 

• Birgitte Messerschmidt, National Fire Protection Association

• Dru Crawley, Director of Building Performance Research with Bentley Systems Inc (ASHRAE)

• Ann Kosmal, Architect, Strategic Risk Management & Resilience, GSA 

Moderators: Therese McAllister (NIST) and Gordon Gillerman (NIST)

Climate Science Panel (listed in the order of presentation)

• Roger Pulwarty, Senior Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Vito Ilacqua, Environmental Protection Agency

• Michael Wehner, Senior Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

• Jeff Arnold, Lead Climate Scientist, US Army Engineer Climate Preparedness and Resilience 

Program

• Mike Bosilovich, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Moderators: Scott Weaver (NIST) and Claudia Nierenberg (NOAA)

Questions: Email climateandcodes@nist.gov

Slido Participation during the Climate and Codes Workshop:

• To submit speaker or panelist questions: Go to Slido.com and enter #climateandcodes 

• To submit thoughts on gaps between the climate science and building code communities: Go to 

Slido.com and enter #climateandcodesgaps

• To submit thoughts on next steps or follow-up actions after the workshop: Go to Slido.com and 

enter #climateandcodesnext