Opening Keynote

Making it "Humm": High Performance, Low Energy-Use Commercial Buildings and Systems.
Master Speaker Kim Shinn.

Transform your Boomer approach to building and systems design.  Learn about proven, practical, innovative and integrated architectural, lighting and mechanical systems for today’s high performance and advanced building designs.  Draw from classic, fundamentally good design practices and from modern tools and techniques, like BIM (Building Information Modeling) and energy modeling.  Two short presentations will be followed by an audience-engaging panel session that architects, engineers, builders and building owners will not want to miss!

Kim Shinn, TLC Engineering
John McFarland, moderator, Working Buildings LLC

Lunch

The Existing Building Makeover.

This session will describe how equipment upgrades, commissioning and routine maintenance schedules can improve efficiency, add quality and increase value to Existing Commercial Buildings. Learn how optimal systems performance can reduce utility and maintenance costs, while improving the comfort and well being of the building occupants. Areas of focus will be increased energy and water efficiency and improved indoor air quality.

Carl Lundstrom, EMC Engineers
Danny Orlando, U.S. EPA
Bill Strang, TOTO
Henry Slack, moderator, U.S. EPA

The Color of Money is Green....Exploring the Costs and Benefits of Green Building

This session will provide insights and experiences on the economics of green building from the experts making the transactions, managing the investment funds, and overseeing the finance and operations of green development projects. We will examine strategies to capture the value of green in new construction and existing buildings.

Greg O'Brien, Transwestern
Denis Blackburne, Melaver
Deborah La Franchi, Strategic Devolopment Solutions
George Ledwith, Liberty Property Trust
Seth Coan, moderator, Southface

From the Ground Up: A Contractor's Guide

A contractor’s perspective of what it takes to build a more sustainable building project, from pre-construction through building hand-over.  The panel will discuss construction waste management and landfill waste diversion, buying and sourcing locally available materials, quality control, maintaining healthy indoor air quality through the construction process, and site protection issues such as drainage, water quality and habitat protection.  Architects, developers and constructors will all benefit from the panelist’s experience with the green building process.

Chris Ryan, Hogan Construction Group
Gregory Walker, Houser Walker Architecture
Beth Studley, moderator, Holder Construction Company

The Challenges of Reaching Net Zero: Low-Carb or No-Carb Energy?

What are the challenges of attaining Net Zero Commercial Buildings by 2030, as specified in the Architecture 2030 Challenge. Various definitions of "net zero" will be discussed, as well as the current technologies most readily applicable. All will be presented in the context of design tools, such as the ASHRAE Advanced Energy Design Guide series, to achieve these reductions. The potential for market-ready renewable applications, such as photovoltaic and solar water heating strategies, will also be explored as an approach to filling the gap beyond energy efficiency.

Bruce Hunn, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
Bob Reedy, University of Central Florida
Mike Barcik, moderator, Southface

Sustainable Commercial Interiors: How Specs Can Make or Break a Project.

Interior designers talk about experiences in the material world of specifying products for their green building projects. Learn how they meet the challenges of today's environmental goals while meeting the needs of their clients.

Carlie Bullock-Jones, Ecoworks
Fiona Grandowski, Collins Cooper Carusi Architects
Belinda Morrow, moderator, 2M Design Consultants, Inc