TRACK THREE
Green Buildings: What They Are,
How They Work, What They're Worth
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US EPA - Region 1 |
Track Chair: Quincy Vale, PowerHouse Enterprises, Inc.
What Does it Mean to be "Green:" LEED® and Alternative Systems: What They Mean,
How They Work
11-12:30 Wednesday March 14
Session Chair: Dennis Carlberg, AIA, LEED® AP, Arrowstreet, Inc.
Session Speakers:
Harvey J. Bryan, PhD, FAIA, LEED® AP, Arizona State University
Barbara Batshalom, LEED® AP, Green Roundtable
Level: Entry
This session will explore three prominent benchmarking systems for high performance buildings: LEED®, Energy Star, and Green Globes. These rating systems are intended to create a higher level of consciousness and accountability about projects while protecting property value and resources for future generations. This session will show you how these systems work, how they were created, how they differ in evolution and implementation and what you need to know to apply them.
Architectural Daylighting: Art, Science and Economics
2-3:30 Wednesday March 14
Session Chair: Margo Jones, AIA, Margo Jones Architects
Session Speakers:
David Norris, Carpenter Norris Consulting
Marilyne Andersen, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Level: Intermediate
This session aims at providing an overview of benefits and critical issues of integrating daylighting in a work of architecture, ranging from ecological impact and energy savings potential to aesthetical effects and psycho/physiological aspects. These concepts will be illustrated with case studies and several exemplary buildings will be chosen to show how they have been applied in practice.
Design Advisor: The On-Line Design Tools for Architects and Building Engineers
4-5:30 Wednesday March 14
Session Chair: Dennis Carlberg, AIA, LEED® AP, Arrowstreet, Inc.
Session Speakers:
Leon R. Glicksman, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Leslie Keith Norford, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Level: Intermediate
Introduction and hands on demonstration of Design Advisor developed at MIT for non-specialists in building physics. This tool provides a simple and fast way of exploring the performance of building designs - especially for the early-stage (first six hours) of the design process. Design Advisor allows the user to simulate and compare major design decisions - quickly and with little or no experience. Real-time calculations provide results typically within a minute's time, allowing the user to quickly explore the design space.
Passive Survivability for Buildings
8:30-10:00 Thursday March 15
Session Chair: Alex Wilson, Building Green, Inc.
Session Speaker:
Alex Wilson, Building Green, Inc.
Level: Entry, Intermediate
Good Green Business and Lead Generation: How to Really Market and Make Money from “Green”
10:30-12:00 Thursday March 15
Session Chair: Quincy Vale, PowerHouse Enterprises, Inc.
Session Speaker:
John Beldock, PhD, Ecobroker International, Association of Energy and Environmental Real Estate Professionals
Level: Entry, Intermediate
Building? Buying? Selling? Brokering? What does the real estate industry have in common with Building America, Energy Star, LEED and other market transformation programs? Learn how to use content and substance to influence the success of your green sales and marketing campaigns. Find-out what the market really wants, who is buying it, who is selling it, and how they are paying for it.This will be a lively presentation you can use to your advantage and the planet’s.
Team Building: Why the Architect and Engineer
Have to Talk
2-3:30 Thursday March 15
Session Chair: Chris Benedict, RA, NCARB
Session Speakers:
Chris Benedict, RA, NCARB
Paul Stoller, LEED® AP, Atelier Ten Consulting Environmental Designers
Level: Entry, Intermediate, Advanced
A powerful building design team is more than the sum of its parts. Compartmentalizing professional skills is a thing of the past. The “New Architect” and the “New Engineer” trespass on each other’s turf and have the knowledge to inform each other’s work. But what kinds of questions should Architects and Engineers ask each other? Two practitioners, an Architect and an Environmental Design Consultant who advocate and implement broad collaboration in their projects will show the extraordinary outcome of this kind of teamwork.
Modular? Pre-Fab? The Why and How of Green Components in Green Buildings
4-5:30 Thursday March 15
Session Chair: John D. Rossi, RA, LEED® AP, PowerHouse Enterprises, Inc.
Session Speakers:
Maureen Mahle, Steven Winter Associates
Michel Rouleau, Goscobec Modular Home
Level: Entry, Intermediate
Factories efficiently and effectively produce all manner of goods – but usually not whole buildings or even large parts of buildings. This situation appears to be changing as the domestic marketplace becomes more familiar with advantages of “pre-fab” construction whether as panelized walls, modules, or HUD-code manufactured housing. This panel discussion features experts working within the “pre-fab” industry to enhance the green aspects of these building products and to make them an essential part of the best residential and small commercial green building projects.