Exhibitor Setup - July 27th, 2009

12:00 - 17:00

Registration & Exhibitor Setup

17:00 - 19:00

Exhibitor Welcome Reception and Preview in Exhibition Hall 

Day One - July 28th, 2009

Time

Speaker

Topic/Item

07:30 - 08:30

Registration and Continental Breakfast

08:30 - 09:00

Greg Barker, VP Economic & Community Development, Alabama Power Company

Welcome Address & Opening Remarks

09:00 - 09:45

Prof. Charles J. Kibert Ph.D, P.E., Powell Center for Construction, University of Florida

Beyond the Cutting Edge of Green Building  (1 HSW/SDU CEU)

09:45 - 10:30

Ed Begley, Jr., Actor & Environmentalist

Live Simply so others can Simply Live  (1 HSW/SDU CEU)

10:30 - 11:15

Refreshment Break in Exhibition  Hall

11:15 - 12:00

Kathy Roper,  CFM, CFMJ, MCR, Building Construction Program, Georgia Institute of Tech.

AEC+P+F Integration and Sustainable Buildings  (1 HSW/SDU CEU)

12:00 - 12:45

Karan Grover, Principal, Karan Grover & Associates, India

FIRST DO NO HARM,  Honoring Diversity; Initiating Action; Invoking Peace  (1 HSW/SDU CEU)

12:45 - 14:15

Lunch served in Exhibition Hall

14:15 - 15:15

Parallel Session 1:

Session A:

Overcoming the Challenges of LEED Development in the Southeastern States:
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
Chris Ladner, Chairman USGBC National Chapter & SE Regional Council Co-Chair

Session B:

CASE STUDY:
EcoManor, Atlanta, GA: A Model Green Residence
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
Bill Harrison & Rick Hatch, Principals, Harrison Design Associates

Session C:

The Green Building Underwriting Standard. Financing Green Buildings & Maximizing Return on Sustainability:
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
Dan Winters, Managing Principal, Evolution Partners & LoraxPRO

Session D:

Energizing Appalachia: A Regional Blueprint for Economic and Energy Development:
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
Ben Taube, Executive Director, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance

15:15 - 15:45

Refreshment Break in Exhibition Hall

15:45 - 16:45

Parallel Session 2:

Session A:

Building Envelope: Design, Development & Financial Incentives for High Performance Green Building Envelopes:
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
Dagmar Epsten, President, The Epsten Group

Session B:

CASE STUDY:
GSA – Social Security Administration Building, Birmingham, AL
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
R. Duane Wood, Principal in Charge & Keith Hornsby, Senior Project Manager, Opus South Corporation

Session C:

Clean Water – An Increasingly Scarce Commodity: How to Minimize Consumption and Pollution and Maximize Reuse:
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
Lou Musante, President, Clean Water Pipe Council

Session D:

Tightening our Belt – Sustainable City Strategies from Atlanta’s Beltline.
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
Ryan Gravel, Urban Designer, Perkins + Will

17:00 - 19:00

Cocktail Reception in Exhibition Hall 

Day Two – July 29th , 2009

07:30 – 08:30

Continental Breakfast served in Exhibition Hall

08:30 – 09:15

Llewellyn Van Wyk, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, South Africa

Green Buildings as an Instrument of Transformation (1 HSW/SDU CEU)

09:15 – 10:00

Dominic Sims, COO, International Code Council

The Future of Green Building Codes and the Transformation Process in the Regulatory Environment  (1 HSW/SDU CEU)

10:00 – 10:45

Refreshment Break in Exhibition  Hall

10:45 – 11:30

David Eisenberg, Director, Development Center for Appropriate Technology

Not Your Father’s Building Codes: Creating a Regulatory SYSTEM for the Long Haul (1 HSW/SDU CEU)

11:30 – 12:15

Jeff Dufresne, Executive Director, Urban Land Institute - Atlanta

The City in 2050: The Strategic Role of Green Building  (1 HSW/SDU CEU)

12:15 – 13:30

Lunch Served in Exhibition Hall

13:30 - 14:30

Parallel Session 3:

Session A:  

Green Construction Using Concrete:
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
Dr. Fouad Fouad, Chairman, Civil Engineering Dept., University of Alabama, Birmingham

Session B:

CASE STUDY:
The Green Building, Louisville, KY. Retrofitting a 100+ year-old building to LEED Platinum:
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
Doug Pierson, Principal & Chris Mercier, Principal, (fer) Studio, Los Angeles, CA

Session C:

High Performance Hot Water Systems in Green Buildings:
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
Gary Klein, Managing Director, Affiliated  International Management

Session D:

Sustainability Opportunities throughout the Facility Life Cycle:
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
Debra Gondeck-Becker,
President, ArchEdit, LLC.

14:30 – 15:00

Refreshment break in Exhibition Hall

15:00 - 16:00

Parallel Session 4:

Session A:

Green Prototypes in a Large Scale Landscape & the Impact of the Stimulus Package:
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
Pete Conroy, Director, EPIC

Session B:

Green Communities:
New Orleans, LA: A single Framework to Rebuild the Gentilly Community & Produce Catalytic Results.
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
Chris Giattina, President, Giattina Aycock Architecture Studio &
AIA SDAT Team Leader

Session C:

Sustainable Strategic Thought; Beyond the Green Wave:
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
Colin Coyne, President, The Coyne Group

Session D:

DESIGNhabitat: Prototypes for Affordable Sustainable Homes.
(1 HSW/SDU CEU)
Cheryl Morgan, Director, Auburn University Urban Studio, Justin Miller, Auburn University & Alexander Bell, Alabama Habitat Affiliates

16:15 – 17:00

Prof. Charles J. Kibert Ph.D, P.E., Powell Center for Construction, University of Florida

Closing Remarks

Day Three – July 30th , 2009

09:00 – 15:00

Parallel Session 5:

Session A:

Learning to LEED:
An In-depth overview of the LEED 2009 Standards:
(6 HSW/SDU CEU)
Dr. Charles Kibert, University of Florida & John Chyz, Cross Creek Initiative

Session B:

Introduction to ICC 700: 2008 National Green Building Standard
(6 HSW/SDU CEU)
International Code Council