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Past Events / 2011 Speakers

Wednesday, May 25, 2011
7:00-8:00 Registration / Coffee / Expo
8:00-8:30 Opening Remarks
Laura Spanjian, Sustainability Director, City of Houston

8:30-9:30 Keynote Address 
Lance Hosey President and CEO of GreenBlue
- How Beauty Could Save the Planet 
9:30-10:00 Q&A with Lance Hosey
Expo / Coffee Break
10:00-11:30 SESSION 1 (concurrent breakout sessions)
Details - Featured Speaker
- Cradle to Cradle
Jay Bolus, MBDC

Adaptation
- Using the Built Infrastructure to Prepare for the Impacts of a Changing Climate
Adele Houghton, Adele Houghton Consulting, LLC
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- Pathways of Public Policy: San Antonio's "Mission Verde"
Larry Zinn, USGBC Central Texas Balcones Chapter
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Vision
-The AIA 2030 Commitment: Measuring Industry Progress Towards 2030
Bill Worthen and Greg Mella, The American Institute of Architects / SmithGroup
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11:30 Lunch
12:00-1:00 Keynote Address
Alex MacLean Pilot and Landscape Photographer
1:00-1:30 Booksigning with Alex MacLean / Expo
1:30-2:30 SESSION 2 (concurrent breakout sessions)
Details
- Platinum LEED-EB Case Study: Hines - 717 Texas, Houston, TX
Adam Rose, Hines
- NASA's Greenest Building on Earth: A LEED Platinum Case Study
PANEL: NASA/HOK Daniel Mills, Gary Kuzma, Frank Hersom, Charles Noel

Adaptation - Featured Speaker
- Design for Resilience: Lessons from Gulf Coast FEMA Mitigation Assessments
Donald Watson, FAIA, NCARB Architect and Chris Jones, P.E.
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Vision
- Complete Streets and Livable Centers: Why Location Matters
Robin Holzer and Zakcq Lockrem, Citizens' Transportation Coalition (CTC) / Asakura Robinson Company
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- In Search of the Sweet Spot: Dialog on Density
David Crossley, Houston Tomorrow
2:30-3:00 Expo / Coffee Break
3:00-4:30 SESSION 3 (concurrent breakout sessions)
Details
- Energy Modeling Night at the Improv - Featuring the Wizard of SD
Kim Shinn and Kirk Teske, TLC Engineering for Architecture / HKS
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Adaptation
- From Building Local to By-Product Synergies, A Practical Approach to Resource Conservation and Re-Use on the Gulf Coast
Rebecca Bryant, Watershed, LLC, Green Consulting and Education for the Deep South
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- Revisit, Refine, Reduce, Recycle: Sustainable Opportunities Rooted in Structural Engineering
Chuck Naeve, Architectural Engineers Collaborative
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Vision - Featured Speaker
- On the Road to Net Zero, ASHRAE
Richard D. Hermans, PE HFDP, McQuay International
4:30-4:45 Closing Remarks
iPad Winner Announcement / Student Competition Winner Announcement / Book Raffle Winner Announcement

Geared toward attendees with an intermediate to high level of knowledge about building sustainability issues, GCG 2011 presentations will be relevant to the session tracks listed below:
  • Details. Speakers in this track will explore the components of green buildings. This will be defined broadly, and may include elements such as building materials, methods, and systems. 
  • Adaptation.  This track is geared toward the future of existing buildings-- our biggest challenge in reducing the environmental impact of the building sector. Topics in this track might include case studies, innovative operations and maintenance strategies, benchmarking and performance measurement, and energy and water saving techniques.
  • Vision.  This track will explore our long-term and big picture goals. Topics might include meeting the 2030 challenge, future energy sources, smart grids and infrastructure, and the Living Building Challenge.

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