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Plenary Speakers

Opening Remarks

Mayor Thomas M. Menino
City of Boston

The City of Boston has demonstrated ongoing leadership with the release of the Mayor's Green Building Task Force Report and its continuing support of green policy and practice. We are pleased to announce that Mayor Menino will initiate the Building Energy '06 conference with opening remarks on Wednesday, March 8.

Keynote Speech

Bob Berkebile, FAIA
Principal

Bob Berkebile is a leading authority in the field of sustainable design and is the founding chairman of the American Institute of Architects’ National Committee on the Environment. He is a Principal of BNIM Architects, and Elements Consulting, and brings  40 years of diverse experience to the profession. Bob currently serves on the boards of The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Building News, The Center for Global Community, Athena and New Earth Organization; he was a member of the US Green Building Council board and currently serves on USGBC’s Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee.  He is highly regarded by fellow professionals for creating beautiful environments that are restorative and pedagogical.  He has conducted numerous sustainable design charrettes and workshops for the White House, DOD, DOE, NPS, FEMA and the Canadian Provincial Architects. He has lectured extensively at universities including Harvard, Cambridge, Stanford and Rice and at international conferences including The Earth Summit in Rio and UN or NSF conferences in Scotland, Sweden and Antarctica. Bob utilizes diverse collaborative teams, integrated design and creates new approaches and tools to restore social, economic and environmental vitality.

Some of his representative projects include the Noisette Development (a 3,000 acre redevelopment) in North Charleston, South Carolina, several benchmark projects for healthy, efficient facilities at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston, a learning center promoting sustainability and conservation ethics at Shelburne Farms, Vermont, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources headquarters in Jefferson City, and the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Urban Conservation Campus in Kansas City.