Session Schedule
Conference Sessions on Wednesday, March 12
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| Track Title | 9:00- 10:30AM Opening Plenary from Alex Wilson |
11:00-12:30 | 2:00-3:30 | 4:00-5:30 |
It’s an Interactive Load Calc Party!
Session Chair: Andrew W. Arsenault, PE, LEED® AP, Alfieri-Proctor Associates Marc Rosenbaum, PE, LEED® AP, Energysmiths |
Deep Green & Clean
Session Chair: Michael Bruss, Bruss Construction, Inc. Session Speakers: Chris Benedict, RA, Chris Benedict, RA |
There’s a Hole in My Building, Dear Terry, Dear Terry…
Session Chair: Richard Renner, AIA, LEED® AP, Richard Renner Architects Session Speaker: Terry Brennan, Camroden Associates, Inc. |
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LEED® Platinum on a Steel Budget
Session Chair: Gregory Burns, LEED®, Consigli Construction Company, Inc., Leland D. Cott, FAIA, LEED®, Bruner/Cott & Associates, Inc., Thomas Vautin, Harvard University Operations Services |
Re-Visioning the Design Process: Managing for Regeneration
Session Chair: Jeremy M. Toal, AIA, LEED® AP, Dietz & Company Architects, Inc. Session Speakers: William G. Reed, AIA, LEED® AP, Integrative Design Collaborative |
Daylighting Analysis: Tools for Modeling and Simulating Performance
Session Chair: Dennis Carlberg, AIA, LEED® AP, Arrowstreet, Inc. Session Speakers: Dennis Carlberg, AIA, LEED® AP, Arrowstreet, Inc., Leo Dwyer, CNI Tram Law, Inc. |
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Offshore Wind: The Path Forward
Session Chair: Patrick Quinlan, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Greg Watson, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Stephen Wood, ESS Group, Inc. |
Large Wind in New England: It Happens
Session Chair: Jason Gifford, Sustainable Energy Advantage, LLC Session Speakers: Ryan Chaytors, UPC Wind Management, Kristen Goland, PPM Energy, Harley C. Lee, Endless Energy Corporation |
We're All Business: Cases for Renewables
Session Chair: Elizabeth Kennedy, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Renewable Energy Trust Session Speakers: Brian Fairbank, Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, Pedja Kostic , Iggy’s Bread of the World, Deborah Stein-Sharpe, Extrusion Technology |
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Solar Thermal and PV Performance
Session Chair: Robb A. Aldrich, PE, Steven Winter Associates, Inc., Everett Barber, Sunsearch, Inc. |
Picking a Winner in 2008, Solar Thermal Options
Session Chair: Henry K. Vandermark, Solar Wave Energy, Inc. Session Speakers: Bob Fisher, EnerWorks, Inc., Brad Hunter, Dawn Solar Systems, Fariborz Mahjouri, PhD, Aurora Energy, Inc., Thermomax USA |
Innovative Policy Solutions for States & Municipalities
Session Chair: Wilson Rickerson, MEEP, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC Session Speaker: John Byrne, PhD, Center for Energy & Environmental Policy, Tria Case, JD, Center for Sustainable Energy, Bronx Community College, Bradford Swing, MPA, JD, City of Boston, Office of the Mayor |
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State of the States: State Policies to Accelerate Clean Energy
Session Chair: John F. Moskal, EPA, New England Session Speakers: David W. Cash, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Robert B. Wall, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund |
Energy, Climate & Values
Session Chair: Joel N. Gordes, Environmental Energy Solutions Session Speakers: Marty Bauman, Classic Communications Brian F. Keane, SmartPower, Inc., Solitaire Townsend, Futerra
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Cities On the Clean Energy Frontier
Session Chair: Missy Stults, ICLEI U.S.A. Northeast Regional Capacity Center Session Speakers: Jeanette Brown, PE, Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority, Jeffrey Fournier, Carlin Contracting, Ellen Katz, City of Cambridge, MA, Bob Quinn, City of Quincy
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Healthy Homes: Practices for Improving Indoor Air Quality and Health of Occupants in Residential ConstructionSession Chair: Naomi Mermin, Naomi Mermin Consulting Session Speakers: Greta Eckhardt, AIA, LEED® AP, CSI/CCS, PhD, Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott, Naomi Mermin, Naomi Mermin Consulting, Bill Walsh, Healthy Building Network
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Nuclear Power is Not the Answer to Climate Change; Pathway Out of Nuclear Dependency
Session Chairs: Marilyn Strong, Solar Design Associates, Inc. Session Speakers: Linda Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, Sally Shaw, Indy Activist |
Healthy Cleaning and Building Maintenance Practices
Session Chair: Naomi Mermin, Naomi Mermin Consulting Session Speaker: Heather Clark, WinnCompanies, Ellen R. Tohn, Tohn Environmental Strategies, LLC, Monica Chianelli, Vida Verde House Cleaners Cooperative |
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Women In Green: Sustainability's Sensibilities
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 |
How We Communicate is How We Sell
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
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Generations
Session Chair: 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. |
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Re-use, Retrofit & Renew(able): The Three Green R's for Resuscitating & Renewing Existing Buildings
Session Chair: Bart Bales, PE, MSME, RISE Engineering Session Speakers: Julian Astbury, PE, Arup Partners, Bart Bales, PE, MSME, RISE Engineering, Martine Dion, AIA, LEED® AP, Symmes Maini & McKee Associates, Steven J. Strong, Solar Design Associates, Inc. |
Multifamily Ventilation Performance and Upgrade Results
Session Chair: Terry Brennan, Camroden Associates, Inc. Session Speakers: Marc Zuluaga, Steven Winter Associates, Inc.
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Water: Our Most Wasted Resource: How to Save it
Session Chair: Maya Agarwal, The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education Session Speakers: Maya Agarwal, The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, Warren C. Liebold, New York City Department of Environmental Protection
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Retrofitting Existing Single Family Homes
Session Chair: Peter Talmage, PE, Energy & Design Session Speakers: Larry Harmon, Air Barrier Solutions, LLC, Peter G. Talmage, PE, Energy & Design |
Building America: This Year's Best HomesSession Chair: Luke Falk, LEED® AP, NYSERDA Session Speakers: Robb A. Aldrich, PE, Steven Winter Associates, Inc., Betsy Pettit, AIA, Building Science Corporation, Duncan F. Prahl, RA, AIA, IBACOS, Inc. |
It Ain't Sustainable if It Don't Perform: Doing It Right the First Time
Session Chair; F. L. Andrew Padian, Steven Winter Associates, Inc. Session Speakers: John Tooley, Advanced Energy |
