TRACK SEVEN
Collaboration in Action
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Track Chair: Jamie Wolf, Wolfworks, Inc.
Conference Room: Cityview 2
Women in Green: Sustainability's Sensibilities
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Wednesday, March 12
Session Chair: Amelia Amon, Alt.Technica, Ltd.
Session Speakers: Amelia Amon, Alt.Technica, Ltd.
Barbra Batshalom, LEED® AP, The Green Roundtable, Inc.
Chris Benedict, RA, Chris Benedict, RA
Brandy H. M. Brooks, Assoc. AIA, NOMA, Community Design Resource Center of Boston
Kira L. Gould, AIA, LEED® AP, William McDonough & Partners
Cassandra L. Kling, Clean Energy Holdings, LLC
Maryann Thompson, Maryann Thompson Architects
“Women in Green” by Kira Gould & Lance Hosey engages the amazing women who are leaders and change agents in our shared search for sustainable practice. We’ll continue the conversations that form the content of the book, revealing the sensibilities that inform these women’s practice and will inspire yours. The questions that serve to organize the content of the book and this session will in turn frame the content of our entire track.
How We Communicate Is How We Sell
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Wednesday, March 12
Session Chair: Jamie Wolf, Wolfworks, Inc.
Session Speakers: Mitch Anthony, Titanium, Inc.
Barbra Batshalom, LEED® AP, The Green Roundtable, Inc.
Paul R. Lipke, Sustainable Step New England
You understand how your practice serves sustainability. Why can’t others? By exploring the foundations of effective communication we’ll help green practitioners understand and overcome obstacles to reaching the people and communities they are anxious to serve. We’ll seek practical techniques to effectively be heard by different audiences and in different mediums by recognizing personal styles, developing collaborative teams, attracting communities to your message, and participating in networks that link intention with practice.
Generations
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Wednesday, March 12
Session Chairs: John R. Abrams, South Mountain Company, Inc., Mark S. Couet, East Guilford Construction, Inc.
Session Speakers: John R. Abrams, South Mountain Company, Inc.
Ryan Bushey, South Mountain Company, Inc.
Susan Coddaire, LEED® AP, studio b architecture
Mark S. Couet, East Guilford Construction, Inc.
James Wrisley, Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.
A new generation of informed, involved, and passionately committed professionals are joining established companies and starting their own. Meanwhile, older companies are transitioning from Generation One to Generation Two. What do young and old offer each other as a legacy of experience is passed on and carried forward? Engage in a dynamic conversation in a unique format with two generations of architects and builders as they share stories and examine their needs and ambitions.
Soul, Place and Community
8:30 AM - 10:00 PM Thursday, March 13
Session Chair: John R. Abrams, South Mountain Company, Inc.
Session Speakers: Robert Leaver, New Commons
Marc Rosenbaum, PE, Energysmiths
Where does a building’s energy and aliveness come from? Why do soul, place, and community matter to what gets built or restored next? Why do some buildings have a vibe and others don’t? This shared conversation explores how people, buildings, and the public realm interact, how each informs the others and neither exists without the other two. The speakers and the audience will participate in exploring these questions together as theorists and practitioners.
Energy Enlivens
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Thursday, March 13
Session Chair: Amelia Amon, Alt.Technica, Ltd.
Session Speakers: Moneer H. Azzam, SolarOne® Solutions
Gregor Barnum, Seventh Generation, Inc.
Natalie Jeremijenko, PhD, New York University
Clean, renewable energy technologies can inspire, animate, and enliven public and personal spaces, while reducing our carbon-load. Photovoltaics, wind turbines, and biological sources enhance our relationship to the natural world by making underlying systems visible. We’ll examine practices that reconnect us with weather patterns, seasonal variations, our place on the planet, and our physical senses. We’ll show how multi-disciplinary collaborations can produce intriguing energy installations that don’t compromise our quality of life or design aesthetics.
Unfolding Wholeness
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Thursday, March 13
Session Chair: Robert Leaver, New Commons
Session Speakers: Justin Good, PhD, Cummings & Good Design
William G. Reed, AIA, LEED® AP, Integrative Design Collaborative
This session will explore various ways in which metaphysics – the study of reality - enters into the theory and practice of sustainability. We’ll begin with an introduction to the work of architect and complexity scientist Christopher Alexander. We’ll then consider the ways that a new metaphysics of sustainability, based on the key concept of natural systems as processes of unfolding wholeness, can help guide and empower communities and individuals working toward sustainable practice.
Collaboration in Action
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Thursday, March 13
Session Chair: Jamie Wolf, Wolfworks, Inc.
Session Speakers: Barbra Batshalom, LEED® AP, The Green Roundtable, Inc.
Paul R. Lipke, Sustainable Step New England
William G. Reed, AIA, LEED® AP, Integrative Design Collaborative
The process and skills of working with others collaboratively are among the most important tools we rely on in the practice of sustainability. We'll explore the activities supporting that necessity, from business models to communication protocols that define project visions and shared goals. We'll look at emerging technologies that facilitate these abilities - and potentially inhibit them! You're invited to conclude the conference as we link together to help each other put Collaboration in Action!