Breakfast & Networking

Opening Remarks:
How to Achieve Balance: Are All Green Buildings Healthy Buildings?

Concerns about indoor air quality (IAQ) in buildings first surfaced in the mid 1970’s. IAQ problems were then associated with misdirected efforts to reduce energy use in buildings. Now in the new millennium the real estate development industries are once again faced with a significant energy management challenge. This time the focus of attention is on energy conservation and efficiency to mitigate the disparity between growing demand and declining supply of conventional sources; and to reduce Greenhouse gas emissions to reverse the effects of Climate Change.

Green Renewal: Doing the Right Thing

The assemblies and components making up every building have an expected useful life. The best renewal practices include repairing or replacing assemblies to return them to useable condition, extending its life beyond what would normally be expected. Eventually replacement of an entire assembly is needed. When faced with building repairs or renewal, do Building Owners and Managers have greener options than in the past? Attend this session to learn how to integrate and select needed renewal and repairs to save money and energy, improve durability, and reduce your carbon footprint.

Coffee & Networking

Path to Sustainability

Demand side management initiatives continue to play an important role in helping facility owners reduce energy and operational costs, as well as corresponding reductions in environmental emissions. Energy management priorities in terms of cost, while of primary importance, are being joined by the social pressures of environmental stewardship and sustainability practices. A subject matter expert from the energy services industry will be providing a session to expose facility managers and owners to “The Path to Sustainability” outlining plans and actions vital to establishing a strategic direction around sustainability.

Sustainable Master Planning

Sustainable Master Planning offers a holistic approach to "green" development beyond the Green Building level. In this session, you will learn how SMP blends science, technical expertise and vision to assess how sustainability affects every aspect of the project. Explore why collaboration between developers, owners, urban planners, architects, and engineers from the start is critical to creating healthy communities and delivering exceptional results for your clients.  SMP deals with Sustainability in a large scale where there are several buildings involved.

Lunch & Tabletop Tradeshow

Sustainability and the Bottom Line

Designing sustainability into communities and facility projects is an imperative for future worth, return on investment, and wellness of users and occupants. Paying homage to Philip Crosby’s concept that quality is free, this dynamic presentation and panel discussion tackles the popular notion that sustainability is unaffordable by demonstrating unequivocally that the reverse is true. Expect provocative ideas and lively thoughts on green issues by a leading edge panel including representatives from the architectural, engineering and contracting communities. Led and moderated by a project manager.

Conclusion & Closing Comments