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Workshop

Pre-Forum Workshop #1:

Designing, Developing and Financing “Bright Green” Communities

Monday, March 2, 2009 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

A number of trends are converging to change how a neighborhood or community development works.

At the Workshop, you'll learn:

  • A new study from the International Energy Agency warns that the fall in oil prices may only be temporary and that a global oil supply crunch is looming. The end of cheap oil supports the New Urbanist strategies of urban infill and “smart growth.”
  • Technical and financial innovations are changing the way » consumers use energy, from Smart Grid home or web-based energy monitors, time-of-use rates, on-site generation (solar, micro-wind, geothermal), energy storage, and the “smart garage” for charging plug-in electric vehicles.
  • The US Green Building Council is putting the finishing touches on its LEED for Neighborhood Development standard.
  • A rapid increase in green building ordinances and code changes favoring green building.
  • Visionary designers and developers are bundling many of » these features in search of the lowest possible carbon and/ or energy footprint.
If these approaches represent the wave of the future, how will they be financed? What advantages or disadvantages do they have vis-à-vis more conventional models of community-building? What economic and financial models are being developed to quantify the benefits of these various features and qualities? This workshop will profile a number of exciting case-studies and projects from leading edge developers, designers and investors. Together, these presentations will evoke a range of responses in community design to the joint challenges of climate change and high energy prices.

Presenters:
Brodie Bain, LEEP AP, Principal, MITHUN
Mark Edlen, Managing Principal, GERDING EDLEN DEvELOPMENT
Lisa Michelle Galley, Managing Principal, GALLEY ECO CAPITAL LLC
Sean Rodrigues, Principal, NORTHSTREET PARTNERS
Jean Rogers, Principal, ARUP

Pre-Forum Workshop #2:

Financing Efficiency Retrofits

Monday, March 2, 2009 | 1:00 – 5:00 PM

LEED EB retrofits can result in 25-30% operational cost-savings according to the New Buildings Institute. While the practice of assessing properties for efficiency improvements is well established, portfolio-wide assessment tools and financial analyses are still in their early days. This workshop will assemble some of the foremost practitioners to present the best practices developed to date.

Topics to be covered include:

  • ESCO Financing Models
  • BOMA Standardized Contract
  • Underwriting/Transactions
  • Costing & Underwriting Exercise
  • Model Case Decision-making
  • Case-Study: 100 Pine Street LEED EB Retrofit

Moderator:
Jim Coyle, LEED AP, Senior Project Manager, CHARLES PANKOW BUILDERS, LTD.

Presenters:
John Christmas, Senior Vice President, HANNON ARMSTRONG
Margot Crosman, RPA, CCIM, Director of Sustainability & General Manager, UNICO
George Denise, General Manager Facilities, Adobe Systems, CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD INC.
Barry Giles, LEED Faculty, CEO, BUILDINGWISE LLC
Andy Rhoades, LEED AP, Partner, LEEDING EDGE CONSULTING SERvICES, LLC
Laura Rodormer, Manager, Green Consulting Division, SWINERTON MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING
Mike Taylor, Vice President, Sales - Clinton Climate Initiative, HONEyWELL BUILDING SOLUTIONS