TRACK 1:
Framework for Success
We engage a diversity of players to advance the practice of sustainability. By setting the stage before projects are initiated, we develop the conditions for success.
SESSIONS |
Student Work
Wednesday 11:00-12:30
This session will showcase student design projects, research, or case studies from courses that develop green building skills. Presentations will be by students from regional schools of architecture and design.
Session Chair:
Greg Thomson, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Session Speakers:
Students, MIT Department of Architecture
Students, Next Phase Studios
Students, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Students, Department of Architecture, Roger Williams University
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Envisioning Green: How Community Workshops Can Get Green Building Started
Wednesday 2:00-3:30
A commitment to sustainability and green building starts years before an architectural design process takes place. Learn how professionals in the sustainability and urban planning fields include discussions about critical environmental issues in community planning processes that set the framework for successful green building projects. Identification of issues, community education, and strategic thinking that builds constituencies and plans for action will be discussed.
Session Chair:
Christine Scott, Goody Clancy
Session Speakers:
William G. Reed, AIA, LEED, Integrative Design Collaborative
David Dixon, FAIA, Goody Clancy
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Green Building and Energy Policy: City of Boston's Leadership
Wednesday 4:00-5:30
Session Chairs:
Jalal Ghaemghami, PhD, Boston Public Health Commission
Simon Hare, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, Archventures
Session Speakers:
James W. Hunt III, City of Boston
Bradford Swing, City of Boston Environment and Energy Services Cabinet
Jalal Ghaemghami, PhD, Boston Public Health Commission
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From Functionalism to Wholeness: Thoughts on Energy Aesthetics
Thursday 8:30-10:30
The nimby appreciator of wind farms likes their ecological rationality but not their look, and the aesthetic appreciator sees the wind farm as beautiful, in part because of its ecological rationality. Is one of the aesthetic judgments uttered more truthful than the other? In this talk, we shall explore some conceptual resources, including functionalism and complexity theory, for making sense out of these conflicting aesthetic intuitions, in the process shedding light on an ecological concept of beauty applicable to renewable energy systems.
Session Chair:
William L. Stillinger, Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics (PV2)
Session Speaker:
Justin Good, PhD, Emerson College
Solar Rebates and Incentives
Thursday 10:30-12:00
The Panel discussion will provide an overview of and insight into state and federal incentives for solar energy (including PV and solar thermal). CESA will provide an overview PV incentives and KEYSPAN will discuss its new program to support solar thermal. Navigant Consulting will provide a real life example of how a solar customer can profit from state and federal incentives as well as rising energy prices. SEBANE will close with the industry's perspective on the future of solar incentives.
Session Chair:
Jonathan Abe, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Session Speakers:
Paul Gromer, SEBANE
Lisa Frantzis, Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Christopher Beebe, KeySpan Energy Delivery
State Clean Energy Funds: A Progress Report
Thursday 2:00-3:30
In recent years, clean energy funds in states across the country have been powerful vehicles for funding the development of renewable energy. Representatives of four of these funds (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island) will assess their progress, describe their current programs, and discuss future directions.
Session Chair:
Warren Leon, PhD, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Session Speakers:
Warren Leon, PhD, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Lise Dondy, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund
Adele Ferranti, NYSERDA
TBA, Rhode Island Renewable Energy Fund
Faculty Research
Thursday 4:00-5:30
This session will showcase green building research, design projects, and seminars that develop student green building skills. Presentations will be by faculty from regional schools of architecture and design.
Session Chair:
Greg Thomson, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Session Speakers:
Marilyne Andersen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ulker Copur, Roger Williams University
Greg Thomson, Wentworth Institute of Technology