Day 2: Brilliant Buildings Track
September 18, 2007 8:00 a.m.- 5:30 p.m.
Topics Covered:
9:00 - 10:15 Brilliant Design & Building Innovation: High Value/Low Impact
How are designers uncovering and implementing the best design solutions that simultaneously make buildings more functional, valuable, and sustainable? Hear from leaders in the design community who are shaping directions for others to follow.
- Seattle Department of Planning and Development, Lynn Barker, Green Building Program Manager (moderator)
- HOK Architects, Sandra Mendler, Sustainable Design Principal and Senior Vice President
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL), Steve Selkowitz, Building Technologies Program Leader
- Manasc Isaac Architects Ltd.,Richard Isaac, Principal
10:15 - 10:30 Networking Break
10:30 - 11:00 The Next Generation: Developing the Brilliant Building Workforce
Companies are rapidly searching for ways to recruit and train employees that can meet the clients’ demands for sustainability. What strategies are most effective in educating tomorrow’s high-performance building workforce? How are companies leveraging their sustainability achievements to improve recruitment of high-caliber building professionals?
- American Institute of Architects, RK Stewart, President
11:30 - 1:00 Lunch & Keynote (Plenary)
Squeezing the Ballon - Addressing the PHEV Challenge and Opportunity
P.S. Reilly
1:45 - 2:15 Solution Showcase: Best Emerging Building Innovations
See reviews of the latest and best solutions that are finding their way to the building market> What is here, what's next, and what made the grade? Hear from our 2007 Brilliant Innovation Award Winners.
Envision Solar, Robert Noble, CEO
Greenwood Technologies, James Greenwood, CEO
2:15 - 2:30 Networking Break
2:30 - 3:45 Institutional Giants Leading the Way
Institutional owners have the unique vantage point of being developer, user and owner. As a consequence, they often have an incentive to adopt much earlier than most, and are good indicators of things to come. Senior properties directors from Fortune 500 companies share what unique strategies are essential to incorporate large-scale brilliant solutions into large and diverse real estate portfolios.
- Google, Bill Weihl, Bill Wheihl, Green Energy Czar
- US General Services Administration (GSA), Don Horn, Director of Sustainability
- Microsoft Real Estate & Facilities, Barney Kinzer, Group Manager Americas
3:45 - 5:00 Advancing the Markets for Brilliant Real Estate
Investors, real estate agencies, mortgage companies and financiers who are pursuing high-value/low impact real estate explore how Brilliant Buildings affect portfolio returns and market values for investors.
- Countrywide Home and Loans, David Porter, Division Builder Manager and Senior Vice President, Pacific Northwest
- North Street LLC, Sean Rodrigues, Principal
Who should attend?
Large institutional building owners such as governments, REITs, and corporations: CEO, COO, VP/Manager/Director of Property Management, Operations, Development, Business Development, National Leasing, Acquisition, Regional Directors, Project Director, City manager, VP/Manager/Director, Property manager,
Developers: Managing Directors, Project managers, Director of Business Development, Director of Sustainability/CSR/Environmental Affairs
Architectural and Engineering firms: Principals, Partners, Associates, Director of Sustainability, Director of Design, Project Managers, Planners
Construction: CEO, COO, Construction Manager, Regional Managers, Directors of Sustainability/Environmental Affairs
Building system & materials vendors: CEO, COO, VP/Manager/Director of Business Development, Marketing, Sales, Engineers, Systems Integrators
Government and utility high-performance building programs: City Manager, Program manager, Building Codes Official, Inspector, Universities, Trade Schools
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