Alternative Building Materials & Design Expo

2010 Speaker Schedule

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	Friday, May 7, 2010
9:30 AM	Developers Go Green Panel will demonstrate how real estate developers are currently and successfully developing highly sustainable projects, proven to be cost effective and well received within a competitive marketplace. Moderator: Wally Geer, President, Greymar Associates Panelists: Dennis Allen, President, Allen Associates Jonathan Budner, Manager of New Construction & Sustainability, Southern California Edison Peter DeMaria, AIA, Principal Architect, DeMaria Design Associates Mike DiGiovanni, CEO, Comstock Homes

10:00 AM West Lobby	Take the LEED: The New Landscape & Irrigation Standards in Santa Monica Discover how the new water-efficient landscape & irrigation standards in Santa Monica set a new bar for green building landscapes. Learn how building to our local code can gain LEED points. Also find out how greywater and rain harvesting fits in the sustainable landscape. Presenter: Russell Ackerman, Water Resources Specialist, City of Santa Monica

11:00 AM	CalGreen: What Does It Mean? This panel will explain the development process of the code, the first in the nation, including particular challenges that this code faced from environmental groups, industry trade groups, and other associations. These experts will explore the relationship of the code measures to LEED: how different code requirements map to LEED credits and what the implications are for jurisdictions with LEED mandates. In addition, the panelists will cover an abbreviated technical review of the code requirements and the implementation of this code, drawing on collaborations with the City of Los Angeles and the experience of the City of Santa Monica, which has had green code requirements since 2000. Moderator: Brenden McEneaney, Green Building Program Advisor, City of Santa Monica Panelists: David Walls, Executive Director, California Building Standards Commission Osama Younan, P.E. Chief of Mechanical Engineering Section & Green Building Unit, City of Los Angeles

12:15 PM	BIA: Financial Rebates & Agency Incentives for Green Building Hear the top experts in the industry discuss the most-up-to date news on governmental and utility company financial incentives for green building and green remodeling. This presentation and Q & A will include the many programs – some new, some old, and some about to begin – that provide financial incentives and rebates that can make an investment in green remodeling more feasible. The panelists will help explain how all in the building industry can understand the myriad of programs that exist and how you can help your clients achieve the best results from their construction or reconstruction. Moderator Holly Schroeder, Director, Building Industry Association (BIA) Panelists: Jonathan Budner, Manager of New Construction & Sustainability, Southern California Edison Howard Choy, Office of Sustainability, County of Los Angeles

1:00 PM West Lobby	AIA COTE: Beyond Prefab - Containers, Dirt & Other Affordable, Green Strategies for Residential Construction. This one hour panel discussion will include three presentations and open Q & A sessions from the state's most innovative and green leading architects and contractors. Presentation will include discussion on the use of indigenous dirt and cement materials to form and build blocks to construct affordable housing; the use and retrofit of recycled ISO containers to build contemporary and affordable homes, and the use of panelized construction on home building. Moderator: Walter Scott Perry, AIA, Co-Chair COTE; Ecotech Design Panelists: Eric Engheben, President, 44 West Construction Inc. Polly Osborne, AIA, Principal, Osborne Architects Kevin Radanovich, President and CEO, Green Walls-US

1:30 PM	Legal Issues for Green Buildings - Issues and Solutions for Success This one-hour presentation will touch on the legal issues in four different areas: Design Professionals Construction Professionals Real Estate Developers and Project Managers Property Management / Leasing The panel will identify some of the most significant legal issues in each of these areas and offer practical risk management solutions. Q & A Session will follow. Moderator: Douglas White, Esq., Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Panelists: Steve Jones, Esq., Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig Shawn Kraatz, Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.

2 :00 PM West Lobby	Build It Green: Green Retrofitting & Remodeling Expand your business. Prepare to take advantage of the robust, energy retrofitting and green building industry being created in California. Federal stimulus money is being used throughout the state to design and implement energy efficient retrofit programs. Learn about the Southern California program being developed now. You will learn: What is the local retrofit program and how do I participate? What financial options will be available to my clients? How to make an energy efficient retrofit into a green home? What training and certifications are available? Presenters: Tenaya Asan, GC - Program Manager, GreenPoint Rated, Build It Green David Blanke, Division Director, Southern California, Build It Green

2:45 PM	AIA: A Focus on Performance, Instead of Points A performance centered approach to designing and retrofitting buildings will not only improve a building's overall quality, with regard to aesthetics, livability, and utility, it will also obviously reduce the amount of energy and water it consumes to the benefit of the environment. This presentation, A Focus on Performance, Instead of Points, is an acceptance and acknowledgment that California's new green building code, Cal Green, is a performance-based approach to sustainable building. Hear discussions on the design and the proper installation of a thermal boundary (thermal envelope) for both new and existing single-family (Type V) homes, plus much more. Moderators: Scott Young, Associate AIA, LEED AP, GC, CGBP, GPR, GPR-EH, President, Restore 2 Green Robert Meiklejohn, AIA, LEED AP, Associate Partner, Hablinski+Manion Architecture Panelists: Wes Harding, CEO, Harding Construction & Sustainable Solutions Judy Rachel, HERS, CGBP, GPR, Green Achers Sustainable Solutions

3:00 PM West Lobby	Effectively Selling Green Homes Talk confidently and effectively with customers about the benefits of a green house. Learn marketing and advertising techniques and best practices. Research shows your customers are looking for healthier, more comfortable homes that are affordable to operate and easier to maintain. Do you know how to speak with them about how your green home can deliver the goods? In this session we will address: The benefits of green building The value of a green label - GreenPoint Rated and LEED-H Effective selling and marketing techniques Presenter: Marc Richmond, LEED AP, HERS, CGBP, GPR, President, Practica Consulting

4:00 PM	Green Building Council - LA Chapter: Living in LEED... Or Not? Green Homes, LEED Rated or Not - a Designer's and Home Owner's Perspective. Moderator: Erik Lerner, Real Estate Broker, AIA, CGBP, LEED AP, RealEstateArchitect.com Panelists: Glen Boldt, LEED AP, CGBP, GBWorks Marco DiMaccio, Principal, PUNCHouse ecodesign group Kyle Moss, AIA, LEED AP. Principal, Levitt & Moss Architects Warren Wagner, AIA, Principal Architect & Founder, W3 Architects Carl Welty, Principal, Claremont Environmental Design Group



	Saturday, May 8, 2010
11:00 AM	Detroit & Despotism: a plan to save a City After all of this talk in the past decade about the need for green buildings, the question is no longer WHY we need to go green, the question is HOW. American cities are confronting serious issues and are they are in dire need of tangible, deployable & affordable solutions. This talk explores the lost city of Detroit by analyzing its decline from the once great "American Dream City and mapping out a plan for transforming it into an urban oasis of sustainability. The lessons learned here could be applied to every rust belt and industrial city in the country. This "bullet-point free" talk is presented by the acclaimed author of "Green Building for Dummies." Presenter: Eric Corey Freed, Principal, organicARCHITECT

11:30 AM	Sustainable Remodeling & Adaptive ReUse Today's homeowners and commercial property owners wish to remodel in a sustainable, responsible and cost effective manner. This panel will presents ways of integration of recycled materials, building components and building systems that go a long way towards cost effective sustainable remodeling and retrofitting. This panel will also demonstrate cost effective solutions to integrate salvaged and recycled materials into remodeling or adaptive reuse projects. Moderator: Wally Geer, President, Greymar Associates Panelists: Eric Corey Freed, Principal, organicARCHITECT Ted Reiff, President, The ReUse People of America Leland Walmsley, Principal and Founder, everGREEN landscape architects, inc.

1:00 PM	Integrating the Whole System - The practice of Living System and Regenerative Design Sustainability is ultimately about sustaining all life. The current trend of making buildings, cars, light bulbs, products and processes more efficient is simply the beginning point for achieving this goal. Bill Reed introduces the practical concepts of integrating technical and living system design. This is not as hard as it may seem; but it is a real change in the way to think. Learn about it all from the expert. Keynote Speaker – Bill Reed, AIA, LEED, Hon FIGP Internationally Recognized Green Building Expert: Proponent & Practitioner in Sustainability and Regeneration

2:15 PM	Making the Dollars Work - Practical Financial Analysis for Energy Efficiency Retrofits. Distinguished members of the US Green Building Council, Commercial Real Estate and Finance Sub-committee (CRE&F) will offer their perspectives of "Making the Dollars Work", as well as provide outreach, education and networking opportunities. The panel will address the sustainability business case and discuss how residential and commercial property owners may yield a higher return on investment in connection with green building and retrofit initiatives. Moderator: Roger Williams II, Director - Finance Services, SPC Building Services Panelists: Jeff Bricmont, CGBP, Lighthouse Capital Group James Finlay, VP, Wells Fargo Bank Dan Thomsen, President, The Building Doctors

3:15 PM	The Facts about Cisterns, Greywater and Drip Irrigation for Home Gardens These experts will share the information you need to know if you're thinking about installing cisterns, greywater systems or drip irrigation in your garden. Making these changes can save you thousands of gallons of water each year. But a beautiful and sustainable garden can only be achieved when you choose the right products and plants for your garden, understanding laws governing landscaping and irrigation and installing and maintaining it properly. Moderator: Kim O'Cain, Water Resources Specialist, City of Santa Monica Panelists: Pamela Berstler, Founder, Flower to the People, Co-Founder, G3 - The Green Gardens Group Pam Bottaro, Principal, Red Lemon Landscape Design Paula Henson, Designer, Terra Bella Landscape Design Sam Milani, Managing Director, Advanced Waste Water Systems (AWWS)