Session Schedule
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Sessions on Thursday, March 15
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The Business Case for Green DesignSession Chair: Patricia Cornelison, AIA, LEED® AP, Arrowstreet Session Speakers: Kathy Loftus, CEM, Whole Foods Market - North Atlantic Regional Office Jerry Pucillo, New Boston Fund |
Two Case Studies of Exemplary Historic Rehabilitations
Session Chair: Margo Jones, AIA, Margo Jones Architects Session Speakers: Laurie Soave, AIA, Bruner/Cott Architects Rob Peirce, Stephen Rooney, AIA, LEED® AP, Truex Cullins & Partners Architects |
Rehab and Global Warming:
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Best Practices in Multifamily Rehab and Retrofit
Session Chair; F. L. Andrew Padian, Steven Winter Associates Session Speakers: Chris Yule, Yule Development Company, Inc. Dan Rieber, Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation
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The 22nd Century Home: Build it Today!
Session Speakers: Duncan F. Prahl, RA, IBACOS, Inc. William Zoeller, RA, Steven Winter Associates |
Best Practices in Multifamily LEED® New Construction
Session Speakers: Kevin Grady, Albanese Organization Charlotte Matthews, Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc. |
Good Single Family Rural Houses
Session Chair; Anne Perkins, Rural Development, Inc. Session Speakers: Bill Austin, Austin Design, Inc. Anne Perkins, Rural Development, Inc. |
Green Building Materials: Current Solutions and Future Directions
Session Chair: Dennis Carlberg, AIA, LEED® AP, Arrowstreet Session Speaker:
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Passive Survivability for Buildings
Session Speaker: Alex Wilson, BuildingGreen, Inc. |
Good Green Business and Lead Generation: How to Really Market and Make Money from “Green”
Session Chair: Quincy Vale, PowerHouse Enterprises, Inc. Session Speaker: John Beldock, PhD, Ecobroker International, Association of Energy and Environmental Real Estate Professionals
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Team Building: Why the Architect and Engineer Have to Talk
Session Chair; Chris Benedict, RA, Chris Benedict, R.A. Session Speakers: Chris Benedict, RA, Chris Benedict, R.A. Paul Stoller, LEED® AP , Atelier Ten Consulting Environmental Designers
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Modular? Pre-Fab? The Why and How of Green Components in Green Buildings
Session Chair: John D. Rossi, RA, LEED® AP, PowerHouse Enterprises, Inc. Session Speakers: Steven Winter, Steven Winter Associates Michel Rouleau, Goscobec Modular Home
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Constant Volume HVAC Systems for Sustainable, High Performance BuildingsSession Chair:
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Building Science for Green Buildings
Session Chair: Thomas R. C. Hartman, AIA, Colham & Harman Architects Session Speaker: John S. Straube, PhD, Dept. of Civil Engineering & School of Architecture, University of Waterloo, Ontario |
Building Heating & Energy Sources: Present & Future
Session Chair: Richard Trethewey, RST, Inc. Session Speaker: Harald Prell, Viessmann North America
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Designing for Maintenance & Durability
Session Chair: Thomas R. C. Hartman, AIA, Colham & Harman Architects Session Speaker: Terry Brennan, Camroden Associates |
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Terrestrial Wind Projects
Session Chair: Sally Wright, PE, Renewable Energy Research Lab, UMass/Amherst Session Speakers: Don McCauley, Peter Gish, UPC Wind Management, LLC Kevin M. Schulte, Sustainable Energy Developments, Inc. |
Small Biomass for Buildings
Session Chair: Marybeth Campbell, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Session Speakers: Shashank S. Nadgauda, PhD, PE, Renova Engineering P.C. Rob Rizzo, Mount Wachusett Community College
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The Aesthetics of Energy
Session Chair: William Stillinger, Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics Session Speakers: Justin Good, PhD, Wesleyan University Karen Bartone, Lyme Academy of the Arts Amelia Amon, Alt. Technica Jamie Wolf, Wolfworks, Inc.
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Inverters: New Trends and Techniques
Session Chair: William Stillinger, Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics Session Speaker: James Worden, Solectria Renewables, LLC Mark T. Hensley, SatCon Power Systems Vincent Agnihotri, Fronius USA, LLC
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Renewable Credits 101: Voluntary Markets, Compliance Markets
Session Chair: Patricia Stanton, Conservation Services Group Session Speakers: Nubia Pérez, Conservation Services Group Patricia Stanton, Conservation Services Group
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Advanced Environmental Attributes: From White Tags to RGGI
Session Chair: Patricia Stanton, Conservation Services Group Session Speakers: Stephen L. Cowell, Conservation Services Group David Kopans, CPA, CMA, Fat Spaniel Technologies, Inc. Chris James, Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection
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Large Scale Distributed PV: Maximizing Value & Reducing Costs
Session Chair: Fred Unger, Heartwood Group, Inc. Session Speakers: Claire Broido Johnson, SunEdison Jerome Peters, TD BankNorth Thomas Starrs, PhD, Bonneville Environmental Foundation |
Liquid Biofuels
Session Chair: John M. Bradley, Consultant Session Speakers: Thomas B. Reed, PhD, Biomass Energy Foundation Daniel R. Cohn, PhD, MIT, Plasma Technology Division Alvin E. Toombs, PE, Consulting Engineer
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Designing and Building a Zero Net Energy House
Session Chair: William Moomaw, PhD, Tufts University Session Speakers: William Moomaw, PhD, Tufts University Margot S. Moomaw, Consultant Bruce Coldham, AIA, Coldham & Hartman Architects Marc Rosenbaum, PE, Energysmiths Steve Haskins, Haskins Construction
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Climate Change and Sustainability: Some Big-Picture Viewpoints
Session Chair: Steven Winter, FAIA, Steven Winter Associates, Session Speakers: Steven Winter, FAIA, Steven Winter Associates, Deane M. Evans, New Jersey Institute of Technology Harvey M. Bernstein, F.ASCE, McGraw-Hill Construction
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UK Innovations for a Changing Climate
Session Chair; Kirsten Chambers, UK Trade & Investment Session Speakers: The Lord Corbett of Castle Vale; Solitaire Townsend, Futerra, UK Stefan Winkler, British Consulate General |
National Security and Climate Security: The Case for Integrated Climate and Energy Action
Session Chair: Nancy Hazard, Consultant Session Speakers: Sonia W. Hamel, Climate Consultant Joel N. Gordes, Environmental Energy Solutions Rob Sargent, USPIRG: Federation of State PIRGs
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What Excites Us About Buildings and Energy? How Do We Teach It to the Next Generation of Architects and Engineers?
Session Chair: Chris Benedict, RA, Chris Benedict, R.A. Session Speakers: Chris Benedict, RA, Chris Benedict, R.A. Laura Briggs, BriggsKnowles Architecture+Design and Parsons the New School of Design |
Achieving High Performance Design at Colleges and Universities
Session Chair: Julie Newman, PhD, Yale University-Office of Sustainability Session Speakers: Meredith S. Elbaum, AIA, LEED® AP, Sasaki Associates Paul Stoller, LEED® AP, Atelier Ten Kurt E. Teichert, LEED® AP, Brown University |
Degrees That Matter: Climate Change and the University
Session Chair: Patricia Cornelison, AIA, LEED®AP, Arrowstreet Session Speaker: Sarah Hammond Creighton, Tufts Climate Initiative John L. Cusack, New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability |
Energy Sustainability and the Green Campus
Session Chair: Kurt Teichert, LEED®AP, Brown University Session Speaker: Walter Simpson, CEM, CLEP, LEED®AP, State University of New York at Buffalo |
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Healthy Housing: Ways to Improve Resident Health Experience in New and Existing Homes
Session Chair: Naomi Mermin, Naomi Mermin Consulting Session Speakers: Naomi Mermin, Naomi Mermin Consulting Ellen Tohn, ERT Associates
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Climate Instability and Public Health / Our Changing Northeast Climate
Session Chair: Marilyn Strong, RN, Solar Design Associates, Inc., The Healing Garden Session Speakers: Paul R. Epstein, MD, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School Bruce Anderson, Boston University, Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment (NECIA)
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High Performance Hospital Buildings That Heal
Session Chair: Bill Ravanesi, Health Care Without Harm
Session Speakers: Paul R. Lipke, Sustainable Step New England Bill Ravanesi, Health Care Without Harm
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Making Housing Green, Healthy, and Energy Efficient: Realities and Resources
Session Chair: Naomi Mermin, Naomi Mermin Consulting Session Speakers: Rebecca Morley, National Center for Healthy Housing Jay Waterman, Evergreen Communites, LLC
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