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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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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
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| 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. |
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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
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| 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
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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 |
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| 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
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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
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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