TRACK 9:
Making Green and Clean Happen
We offer abundance by improving our ability to effectively deliver capacity to the marketplace. We seek accountability to those who do the work, engagement with our communities and responsibility to the environment.
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Creating Effective Teams
Wednesday 11:00-12:30
New science proves all highly effective work groups go through four developmental stages. Learn these stages and soar, or slog through the trenches struggling with team alignment, leadership, communication, etc. Build the skills to create great building and energy working groups; your green projects go smoother, make more money, and deliver on their promises. Dr. Wheelan is an award-winning teacher, author, the world’s leading expert on teamwork, and an advisor to NESEA's Green Teamwork Award.
Session Chair:
Paul R. Lipke, Room To Maneuver
Session Speakers:
Susan A. Wheelan, PhD, GDQ Associates, Inc.
Paul R. Lipke, Room To Maneuver
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Municipalities Using Clean Energy
Wednesday 2:00-3:30
Municipal government can and must be a leader in the voluntary clean market industry. Fortunately, there are a number of examples throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic that demonstrates that municipal governments are meeting this challenge with commitments to 20% clean energy by 2010, on-site generation, incentive programs and marketing partnerships with their respective residents. At this session the audience will learn about programs that can be emulated in cities and towns across the region.
Session Chair:
Jonathan S. Edwards, SmartPower
Session Speakers:
Amelia L. Ravin, Clean Air – Cool Planet
Bob Wall, SmartPower
Anthony Amato, Eastern Research Group (ERG)
Christopher Warfel, Entech Engineering
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GHNE's Residential Green Building Program - Year 1 Lessons Learned
Wednesday 4:00-5:30
GHNE is a collaborative program whose mission is transforming the Northeastern residential marketplace so that healthy, energy and resource-efficient homes become standard.GHNE employs marketplace leverage encouraging green building products, design, construction and selling practices, increasingly functioning as the focal point for communication on issues related to residential green building. This revealing session compares similar green building programs around the country, and reviews GHNE's early successes and disappointments, to inform, enable and promote further collaboration.
Session Chair:
Robert H. Murray, LEED AP, GreenHomes Northeast
Session Speakers:
David Johnston, What’s Working, Inc. (and Core Team Lead, GreenHomes Northeast)
Robert H. Murray, LEED AP, GreenHomes Northeast
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LEED and GREEN
Thursday 8:30-10:30
Since its introduction in 2001, the LEED Green Building Rating System has directed the design efforts of so many building clients, architects, engineers, and green building consultants alike. Learn how to use the goal of LEED certification not to only to achieve points but more importantly to develop solutions for the critical environmental and energy design issues on your unique project. A detailed look at some of the LEED requirements for site, water, energy, materials, and daylighting credits and case studies of successful high performance LEED projects will be presented.
Session Chair:
Michele Helou, Green Building Services
Session Speaker:
Michele Helou, Green Building Services
Best Built Green Buildings
Thursday 10:30-12:00
This panel will examine the top-performing green buildings – both public and private projects in the state of Massachusetts. Our speakers will address the permitting and construction process, costs and benefits of building green, the difference between new construction vs. remodeling, and the environmental and public benefits associated with clean energy technologies. Our panel will be prepared to speak about “best” built buildings from a variety of important viewpoints. They will consider not only the top-performing projects with regard to health, environmental, and energy performance, but also those that have generated significant impacts to the community, the state, and the region as a whole. Among important considerations are the public perception of large projects (which give rise to support for more building), high-performing smaller projects that may serve as a template to communities, and even pilot projects that advance cutting-edge technologies that will be commercialized in the future. The session should appeal to those who are interested in high-performing buildings and new technologies, as well as professionals in the field and the public at large. With a combination of industry, academic, and governmental perspectives, this panel will assess the state of green building and provide insights for future projects.
Session Chair:
Richard Francis, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Session Speakers:
John J. Duffy, PE, University of MA - Lowell
Brian Jones, M. J. Bradley & Associates
Daniel Anderson, LEED, AIA, Four Architecture, Inc.
Transform Your Firm into a Green Practice in Ten Easy Steps
Thursday 2:00-3:30
Does your firm want to be able to effectively deliver green projects? Success depends on shifting fundamental business practices and aligning current corporate culture with green project delivery. This includes changing your relationship with consultants, budget and staffing practices, transfer of knowledge, metrics, marketing and strategic planning. This session will focus on practical steps to achieve transformation as well as what it takes to set up a firm that is ‘all green all the time’.
Session Chair:
Barbra Batshalom, The Green Roundtable / NeXus
Session Speakers:
Barbra Batshalom, The Green Roundtable / NeXus
Daniel Arons, Architerra, Inc.
Capturing Renewable Energy Locally: Make On-Site Generation Possible
Thursday 4:00-5:30
With the combination of rising energy prices, the relative importance of constant energy source and the relatively small amount of clean energy sources in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, on-site generation at the local level is going to become more and more critical to all segments of the population. This panel is designed to inform the audience of the tools and techniques used to successfully create on-site generation and create positive public relations in the process.
Session Chair:
Jonathan S. Edwards, SmartPower
Session Speakers:
David Chamberlain, Raytheon Company
David Hill, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation
Cameron Brooks, Clean Energy States Alliance
Robert D. Ansin, MassInnovation, LLC