Tuesday, March 31

David L. Lawrence Convention Center

 

7:15 – 8:15 AM: REGISTRATION & EXHIBITS

Visit exhibit booths of green building products and suppliers and visit the ULI bookstore for resource publications.

8:15 – 8:30 AM: WELCOME

8:30 – 9:45 AM: BREAKFAST KEYNOTE

Harvey M. Bernstein, FASCE, LEED AP
Vice President, Industry Analytics, Alliances and Strategic Initiatives
McGraw-Hill Construction

From his Washington, D.C. office, Mr. Bernstein has direct responsibility for McGraw-Hill Construction’s (MHC) green building initiatives, including the first-ever landmark series of SmartMarket Reports, documenting green market research trends in healthcare, education, corporate America, the residential and commercial sectors, and the global green building marketplace. Mr. Bernstein was also instrumental in the launch of MHC’s award-winning GreenSource: The Magazine of Sustainable Design, and in the creation of the company’s China Green Building and Energy Efficiency International Conferences, for which he serves as an organizer and moderator.

9:45 – 11:00 AM:
BREAKOUT SESSION 1A OR 1B

SESSION 1A:
A Tool to Gauge the Sustainability of Communities
in the United States: STAR Community Index

Lynn Barker
Program Director, STAR Community Index
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

In the same way that LEED® has transformed the building industry, the STAR Community Index aspires to transform the way local governments set priorities and how they implement policies and practices to make their cities more sustainable. The Index is a national, consensus-based framework for determining the sustainability and livability of U.S. communities. It will be launched by 2010, and is currently being developed through a partnership between ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, the U.S. Green Building Council, and the Center for American Progress.

SESSION 1B:
The Role of Specifications in Achieving LEED Certification

Ross G. Spiegel, FAIA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP
Associate/Senior Specification Writer/Green Team Leader
Fletcher-Thompson, Inc.

Ross Spiegel literally co-wrote the book on how to prepare specifications for green building projects. Originally published in 1999 and updated in 2006 (with another update coming this year), Green Building Materials: A Guide to Product Selection and Specification, is regularly relied upon as a key resource for architects, engineers and product manufacturers who need to accurately shape their projects and those who need to appropriately describe their products. In this information-rich session, learn what to do – and what not to do – to get the right green products into your LEED projects.

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM: BREAK
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN

12:15 – 2:00 PM: LUNCHEON KEYNOTE & SHADES OF GREEN LEADERSHIP AWARDS

Joe Van Belleghem, LEED AP
Partner
Windmill West

Developer
Dockside Green

Dockside Green in Victoria, British Columbia, integrates principles of New Urbanism, smart growth, green building, and sustainable community design. This 15-acre development is a mixed-use neighborhood of residential,retail, office, and light industrial uses on a former brownfield site along the city's inner harbor. The project will eventually comprise 26 buildings and over 1.3 million square feet, while housing approximately 2,500 people. The development's first phase recently received LEED Platinum certification and, with 63 points, set a new record for the highest number of points achieved in the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED rating system. A model for holistic, closed-loop design, Dockside Green will function as a total environmental system in which form, structure, materials, and mechanical and electrical systems will be interrelated and interdependent.

2:15 – 3:30 PM: BREAKOUT SESSION 2A OR 2B

SESSION 2A:
CASE STUDY: LEED for Existing Buildings, Armstrong World Industries Corporate Headquarters

James S. Baker
Director, Facilities Management
Armstrong World Industrie

Anita Snader, LEED AP
Environmental Sustainability Manager
Armstrong World Industries

Originally built in 1998, Armstrong World Industries’ threestory, 126,000-square-foot building is the only project in Pennsylvania that has received LEED EB Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Project highlights include usage reduction of potable water by 50% (from 800,000 to 420,000 gallons), daylight infiltration that extends to more than half of the building’s regularly occupied spaces, and a campus-wide building automation system that optimizes energy usage and provides continuous performance feedback. Due mainly to these energy savings, the company believes it will recoup its additional investment within three years.

SESSION 2B:
Overview of LEED for Neighborhood Development (ND) and Mellon’s Orchard South

Sophie Lambert
Director, Neighborhood Development
U.S. Green Building Council

Nathan Wildfire
Sustainable Policy Coordinator
East Liberty Development, Inc.

Sophie Lambert will describe the LEED for Neighborhood Development system, which is a collaboration between the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). This certification program integrates the principles of smart growth, new urbanism and green building, and benefits communities by reducing urban sprawl, increasing transportation choices and decreasing automobile dependence, encouraging healthy living, and protecting threatened species. The scope of the LEED for Neighborhood Development program ranges from small projects to whole communities and encompasses a broad set of stakeholders in the process. The new certification program entered its pilot phase in early 2007 and has 248 pilot projects from 39 states and six countries. Nathan Wildfire will describe one of these projects, Mellon’s Orchard South in East Liberty, and explain the reasons behind its implementation.

 

3:30 - 4:30 PM: SPECIAL SESSION

The Obama Stimulus Package and Green Building: What Does it Mean?

Bryan Howard
Manager, Federal Advocacy
U.S. Green Building Council

Bryan Howard, manager of Federal Advocacy from the U. S. Green Building Council (USGBC), will discuss what the recent economic stimulus package means for green jobs, infrastructure projects, and business opportunities in the nation, Western Pennsylvania, and surrounding regions.

3:30 – 5:30 PM: TOUR
East Liberty and Mellon’s Orchard South – Pilot LEED-ND Development

Nathan Wildfire
Sustainable Policy Coordinator
East Liberty Development, Inc.

Join Nathan Wildfire on a tour to learn about the green developments in East Liberty, as well as Mellon’s Orchard South, a LEED ND pilot project. This site includes nine acres of abandoned parking lots and buildings, as well as Garland Park. It will be revitalized with 79 to 85 housing units that include detached, single-family homes, as well as town homes. The units will be designed to architecturally and historically fit within the context of the neighborhood’s existing houses.