GREEN BUILDING
A traditional Greenprints stronghold, this year’s green building sessions will illuminate the latest developments in green construction and design, and explore the issues on the minds of industry leaders.
NET-ZERO: The Future of High-Performance Buildings
Wednesday, March 7 from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Right in our own backyard, Georgia Tech is in the process of building a new facility whose goal and intent is to be a net-zero (site energy use) laboratory building. This 40,000 square foot facility is intended to set a new standard for sustainable design for buildings of its type by optimizing passive energy technologies, reducing electricity load and maximizing the use of renewable energy. The simple yet truly integrated design includes: passive solar, energy recovery, solar desiccant recharge, radiant heating, displacement ventilation and localized exhaust in heat-intensive areas. In this session, the designer of this project describes the design methodology, energy modeling and carbon savings evaluation process, as well as the project's many challenges. Learn how the collaborative design process produced a building that will expand Georgia Tech’s campus-wide initiative to move towards a more natural ecology – dramatically increasing water conservation, efficiency and quality.
CEUs: 2.5 AIA LU/ HSW/ SD Units, 1.5 GBCI Units
Laura Case, Southface
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Laura Case, LEED AP BD+C, joined the Commercial Green Building Team at Southface in May 2011 as a senior project manager. She provides LEED administration, sustainable design and construction consulting and grant management. For the past decade, Laura has been strongly engaged in the green building community, serving on local USGBC boards since their formation. In addition, she serves on the USGBC Sustainable Sites Technical Advisory Group. Laura received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering technology from Southern Polytechnic State College and has over 25 years experience in the building industry, including LEED administration, construction project management, campus planning, facilities management, logistics and space planning.
Princeton Porter, HDR Architects
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Princeton Porter is a senior designer and professional associate at HDR Architecture – Atlanta, Georgia. HDR is a world- renowned firm focused largely on science-,technology- and healthcare-related projects. Porter received his BArch from Tuskegee University School of Architecture in 1999. He has worked on a wide array of research-focused projects including corporate pharma, university and government. His projects employ a rational design process that is focused on creating an architecture that blends sustainable elements as a part of a cohesive whole. He currently has under construction a new project at Georgia Tech that is focused on attaining the goal of net-zero site energy use.
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MANAGING YOUR MELS: Tracking "Miscellaneous Electrical Loads" for Residential & Commercial Structures
Wednesday, March 7 from 8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
While design teams have traditionally considered miscellaneous electric loads (MELs) outside their purview, addressing them is essential in achieving zero energy buildings. After integrating a tight building envelope and reducing lighting and HVAC loads, MELs then become a dominant electricity consumer within a building. Join David Kaneda, the designer of more than a dozen net zero buildings, as he discusses the key issues that have emerged in the drive to design highly energy efficient buildings and explores MEL management options that can help you get your next building to net zero!
CEUs: 2 AIA LU/ HSW/ SD Units, 1 BPI Unit, 2 GBCI Units
David Kaneda, Interactive Design Associates
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David Kaneda is a Managing Principal at the Integral Group. He is a professional electrical engineer, a registered architect and a LEED® Accredited Professional. With three decades of experience in the design and coordination of electrical systems for buildings in a broad range of projects including educational, civic and commercial projects, his specialties include sustainable electrical, lighting and daylighting design. He has been the Principal in Charge for numerous LEED Platinum, AIA COTE Top 10 and net zero energy building designs, and his design for the Integral Group's San Jose headquarters where he works was the first net zero energy commercial office building in the United States.
Sydney Roberts, Southface
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Sydney Roberts, Ph.D. is the Southface Home Services program manager on the Residential Green Building Services team. She manages the team responsible for the SWEET Center, Weatherization and BPI training, Building America and additional residential research, residential client services, Home Performance with ENERGY STAR and the Southface HERS Providership. Dr. Roberts is active in guiding national policy in the home performance industry, including serving on the Building Performance Institute Board of Directors. She has delivered invited and juried lectures on topics of energy efficiency and green building to both expert and lay audiences and has been published on numerous occasions.
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REUSE BEFORE RECYCLE: Bridging a Gap in Sustainable Construction Waste Management
Wednesday, March 7 from 12:45 – 2:30p.m.
Georgians send an estimated 730,000 tons of readily reusable material (25 percent of construction and demolition waste) to landfills each year. Often, these materials could be utilized in their existing form, rather than being recycled through energy-intensive processes. Your role as designer, contractor, building owner or facility manager in resource reuse is critical. Join us as we analyze the costs, benefits and lessons learned in planning and implementing successful deconstruction and material salvage projects. Gain new tools to transform the industry‘s throw-away mentality, including spec language, expedited permitting incentives and more. We’ll also explore the operational strategies guiding Atlanta’s new Lifecycle Building Center.
CEUs: 1.5 AIA LU/ HSW/ SD Units, 1.5 GBCI Units
Adam Deck, Lifecycle Building Center
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Adam Deck is the director of the Lifecycle Building Center (LBC), a new building-materials reuse nonprofit in southwest Atlanta that is focused on sustainable waste management and promoting broader concepts of resource efficiency in the built environment to the community-at-large. In the past, Adam managed what is now one of the largest retail building material reuse centers in the country. He also spent five years at Southface working in both residential and commercial programs. With extensive hands-on experience in the policy and practices surrounding solid waste management issues, he has served on numerous solid waste advisory groups within Atlanta.
Shannon Goodman, Perkins + Will
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Shannon Goodman, AIA, LEED AP has been with Perkins+Will (P+W) since 2007, working within the K-12, Healthcare and Higher Education market sectors. After coordinating a large salvaged building material donation for P+W in 2009, Shannon helped form the Lifecycle Building Center (LBC) in 2010. Through the establishment of both a large-scale, used building material retail facility and community outreach programs, the LBC is working to reduce solid waste disposal, promote resource efficiency, stimulate economic development and empower citizens to improve their own built environment. Shannon earned a M.S. from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B. Arch from Ohio State University.
Lynn Paterson, Kennesaw State University
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Lynn Patterson is a geographer and urban planner who researches sustainable local economic and community development. She conducts research on construction and demolition recycling as a tool for local economic development, and on local economic development strategies and activities to attract green industry. Dr. Patterson earned her Ph.D. in city and regional planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Masters degree and Bachelors degree in human geography from the University of Arizona and Johns Hopkins University, respectively.
Todd Philips, NCM Group
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Todd Phillips is business development manager for the Atlanta branch of NCM Demolition and Remediation, LP, one of the nation’s leading demolition contractors. With over 20 years experience in the demolition industry, he has extensive knowledge in all areas of demolition and decommissioning activities as well as recycling, reuse requirements, waste segregation and disposal. On a recent project, Mr. Phillips managed the waste diversion and donation of over 62 tons of repurposed building material to more than 20 local non-profit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, USGBC Georgia Chapter and Southface, enabling the project to be eligible for LEED Platinum certification.
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INTEGRATING DAYLIGHTING INTO WHOLE-BUILDING SOLUTIONS
Wednesday, March 7 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Of all high performance school design strategies, none will have a greater positive impact than daylighting. As occupants and building management personnel become increasingly aware of the energy, health and productivity benefits associated with controlled daylighting, more and more designers are implementing these proven strategies. Utilizing case studies from sustainable schools designed over the past 35 years, Michael Nicklas will discuss the many lessons learned and strategies employed to better insure success. The projects will present solutions to varying site and climatic conditions common in the Southeast. Considerable data will be presented that summarizes construction costs and energy savings.
CEUs: 1.5 AIA LU/ HSW/ SD Units, 1.5 GBCI Units
Tom Butler, Southface
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In his role as a project manager at the Southface, Tom provides technical assistance in energy-efficient design, daylighting and performance monitoring for residential and commercial projects. With a background in construction and architecture, he brings experience from all phases of building construction to offer effective strategies for reducing the impact of buildings on the environment. Tom was a member of the Georgia Tech Solar Decathlon design team and has presented at conferences held by ASHRAE, the American Institute of Architects, the American Solar Energy Society, the USGBC and the Association for Preservation Technology.
Michael Nicklas, Innovation Design
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Since 1977, Michael Nicklas has been the president of Innovative Design, which is responsible for over 4,750 energy-efficient, environmentally sound solar buildings, saving the owners the equivalent of 124 megawatts of peak electricity. He served on the board of directors of the North Carolina Solar Energy Association, the American Solar Energy Society and the International Solar Energy Society every year from 1979 to 2005. In addition, he led many of these organizations’ most significant efforts – from implementing solar tax credits in the North Carolina Legislature to ensuring language supportive of energy efficiency and solar energy was included within the United Nations Earth Summit’s Agenda 21.
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WHAT MAKES "CENTS:" Retrofit Strategies for Commercial Buildings
Wednesday, March 7 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Energy and water savings can be achieved in nearly every existing building. Only rarely is the problem engineering; often, it is other factors such as financing, data or institutional inertia. In this session, business professionals will explain how they have overcome the economic and financial barriers to retrofit projects, while green building experts will share strategies ranging from behavior changes to equipment replacement in a variety of building types.
CEUs: 3 AIA LU/ HSW/ SD Units, 3 GBCI Units
Barry Abramson, SCIenergy
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Barry Abramson has devoted his professional life to improving the energy efficiency, environmental impact and economic performance of buildings. As senior vice president of SCIenergy, based in Atlanta, he has provided energy and sustainability consulting services for over 30 years. In addition, he served as principal investigator for a major ASHRAE research project on HVAC equipment service life and maintenance costs, the results of which were published in the ASHRAE Handbook. He has consulted on over 50 LEED® for Existing Buildings projects around the country and is a nationally recognized expert in ENERGY STAR® benchmarking.
Theddi Wright Chappell, Cushman Wakefield
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Theddi Wright Chappell, CRE, MAI, FRICS, AAPI, LEED AP is a senior managing director and national practice leader of the Green Advisory Practice within Cushman & Wakefield’s Valuation and Advisory group. She serves as the Ambassador of Sustainable Initiatives for the Appraisal Institute; is a director of the Green Building Finance Consortium, and was an organizer and presenter at the international Vancouver Valuation Accords I and II. In collaboration with the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) and Cushman & Wakefield’s Research Group, Theddi developed the Green Building Opportunity Index, the first office market assessment tool to provide weighted comparisons of top U.S. office markets on the basis of both real estate fundamentals and green development considerations.
Victor Olgyay, Rocky Mountain Institute
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Using integrated environmental design consulting activities, Victor aims to help transform the built environment into a sustainable built ecology. A registered architect, he has contributed to the design of hundreds of successful green building projects worldwide. He has worked independently and with several private and state firms producing architectural design, programming, post-occupancy evaluations and design guidelines. Victor is currently the principal architect directing Rocky Mountain Institute’s buildings practice, which demonstrates how businesses can gain a durable advantage by changing how they address energy challenges, specifically through deep retrofits of existing buildings that bring significant cost and energy savings.
Andrea Pinabell, Starwood Hotels & Resorts
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Andrea Pinabell is the global director of global citizenship at Starwood Hotels and Resorts. In this role, Ms. Pinabell works hand-in-hand with Starwood’s nine brands. Currently, Starwood has set an aggressive goal of 30 percent reduction in energy use and 20 percent reduction in water consumption per available room by 2020 for globally owned, managed and franchised hotels. Having joined Starwood in August 2011, Ms. Pinabell brings over 18 years of diverse sustainability and environmental experience and perspective to the hospitality industry. Prior to Starwood, Andrea was most recently the director of the Sustainable Cites Institute and managed the Sustainable Community Development program at The Home Depot Foundation.
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WATER: At the Interface of Building & Landscape
Wednesday, March 7 from 2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Indoor and outdoor water demands have traditionally been viewed as disconnected issues with separate solutions. However, ongoing water quality and water supply challenges are changing the way designers, builders, building operators and citizens think about the building-landscape interface. This session will examine the connections between buildings and landscapes, and will explore how water use is being rethought and redesigned in the built environment. Speakers will highlight local projects that were developed with integrated water design approaches and demonstrate how landscape elements can contribute to building efficiency and human benefits.
CEUs: 1.25 AIA LU/ HSW/ SD Units, 1 GBCI Unit
Joy Hinkle, Southface
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Joy specializes in water efficiency and green infrastructure initiatives for green building and community projects, and is the principal trainer for Southface’s WaterSense New Homes providership. She also manages Southface’s Radon Education Program. Joy has previously worked on regional, state and national environmental policy and planning efforts for the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, the Georgia Conservancy, and the National Wildlife Federation. Ms. Hinkle earned a Bachelor of Science in geography from Western Kentucky University and a Master of Public Administration from Georgia State University.
Alfred Vick, University of Georgia
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Alfred Vick is an associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Georgia. His work focuses on preserving and enhancing the functioning of natural systems while effectively and attractively integrating human use. His academic research focuses on green infrastructure and sustainable site design, native plant communities and American Indian ethnobotany. He continues to practice professionally, and his work has included several LEED-certified buildings, including the LEED Platinum headquarters of the Southface Energy Institute in Atlanta, Georgia. Alfred is Chair of the Sustainable Sites Technical Advisory Group for the U.S. Green Building Council and is on the Board of Directors of the Athens Land Trust.
Howard Wertheimer, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Howard S. Wertheimer, AIA, LEED AP, is the director of capital planning and space management at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he has strategic oversight of the Campus Master Plan, Landscape Master Plan, campus-wide sustainability initiatives and most things that are visually exposed. As part of the Space Management portfolio, Howard has strategic oversight of over 200 centrally scheduled classrooms and instructional spaces on campus. Prior to joining Georgia Tech in November 2006, Howard was a principal at Lord, Aeck & Sargent Architects, where he focused on the planning, programming and design of technically sophisticated college and university facilities.
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LESSONS FROM LEED®: The Path to Platinum
Thursday, March 8 from 8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
The state of Georgia is home to approximately 303 commercial LEED-certified projects, 136 of which are located in Atlanta. Out of these 136 projects, only 10 are certified as or tracking the distinguished LEED Platinum status. Join our panel of architects to discuss lessons learned through their work on Atlanta-area LEED Platinum projects, as well as the obstacles they encountered while pursuing certification. Specific project case studies include the Georgia Tech Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, Perkins + Will’s adaptive reuse of their existing office building and the Trees Atlanta Kendeda Center.
CEUs: 1.5 AIA LU/ HSW/ SD Units, GBCI Pending
David Murray, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
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A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University, David Murray has practiced architecture in Philadelphia and Tokyo. Since joining Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in 1998, Mr. Murray has managed projects for a variety of academic, civic and corporate clients, from a new building for UPenn’s School of Dentistry to an office tower in suburban Washington, D.C., a master plan for Philadelphia’s North Broad Street to Apple Computer’s first overseas retail store. The Clough Commons is his most recent project, his second at Georgia Tech following his work on the Marcus Nanotechnology Research Center, and it will be discussed in detail during this session.
Markham Smith, Smith Dalia
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As a founding principal of Smith Dalia Architects, Markham Smith’s commitment to responsible and sustainable architecture extends to every level of practice at Smith Dalia Architects. For thirty years, Markham’s work in the field of design and development has focused on building more sustainable, mixed-use urban communities, both new and existing. From the early days of his practice as an architect, Markham recognized the importance of understanding architecture and development from a more holistic perspective; both how the numbers work and potential impact on surrounding environs in terms of viability as sustainable urban communities.
Paula Vaughan, Perkins + Will
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As co-director of Perkins+Will’s firmwide Sustainable Design Initiative (SDI), Paula Vaughan ensures that sustainable ideas are an integral part of the firm’s projects and practices. She coordinates sustainability efforts across the international firm’s 23 offices, teaches sustainable design workshops, and speaks frequently on sustainable construction, business practices and visioning. A registered architect and member of LEED® Faculty, Paula also serves on the USGBC National Education Development Committee and chairs the USGBC Georgia Board.
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A BREATH OF FRESH AIR: Applying Ventilation Standards to Commercial Buildings
Thursday, March 8 from 8:30 – 10:15 a.m.
ASHRAE 62.1 defines the ventilation airflow rate for many of today's commercial buildings, yet to many, it is a misunderstood and misapplied standard. This session will discuss the evolution of ASHRAE 62.1, dissect the two compliance paths – the indoor air quality method and the ventilation rate procedure, discuss 62.1's role in the LEED standard and highlight the means, methods and economics of ventilation airflow delivery in modern HVAC systems. Included will be an interactive dive into the ASHRAE 62MZ calculation tool. Laptops are encouraged.
CEUs: 1.75 AIA LU/ HSW/ SD, 1.5 GBCI Units
Stanton Stafford, Newcomb & Boyd
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Stanton Stafford is a senior associate and director of energy and sustainability services for Newcomb & Boyd, an Atlanta-based consulting firm. Mr. Stafford received his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia and has 12 years of mechanical engineering and project management experience in the design and construction industry. His background includes building energy modeling, sustainable design consulting, facility commissioning and the design of mechanical systems for new and renovated office buildings, hospitals, laboratories, academic buildings and federal government facilities.
Paul Kitchens, Newcomb & Boyd
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A 2006 graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Mr. Kitchens has more than six years of experience in mechanical engineering design and project management for institutional and commercial projects totaling over 5,000,000 square feet. His experience includes both new and renovated facilities located on academic, corporate and healthcare campuses. Mr. Kitchens began working with Newcomb & Boyd in 2004 and was named a Senior Associate in 2012.
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RESIDENTIAL RETROFITS IN THE SOUTHEAST: A Performance Update
Thursday, March 8 from 10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
Ten homes in metro Atlanta underwent deep energy upgrades with goals of achieving 30-50% reductions in energy consumption all while improving overall comfort, durability and indoor air quality. Southface partnered with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and home performance contractors to provide technical assistance throughout the assessment and renovation process. Improvement measures included upgrades to mechanical systems, building envelopes, lighting and appliances, and ventilation. This presentation will provide an update on these residential retrofits in a mixed -humid climate. A summary of energy efficient measures and their associated impact on important home performance metrics will also be discussed.
CEUs: 1 AIA LU/ HSW/ SD Unit, 0.5 BPI Unit, 1 GBCI Unit
Eyu-Jin Kim, Southface
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Eyu-Jin Kim is a project manager for Southface’s residential team, specializing in work with existing homes. She manages and implements various residential energy efficiency programs, leveraging relations with local home performance contractors. In addition, she provides research for Oak Ridge National Laboratory for single-family and multi-family projects.
Joe Thomas, Renewal System Solutions
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In 2009, Joe Thomas co-founded Renewal System Solutions, a home performance contracting company in Atlanta. A strong advocate for the home performance industry, Joe relishes any opportunity to promote residential energy efficiency. In addition to the deep energy retrofits case study with Southface and Oak Ridge National Laboratories, he has also participated in a business case study conducted by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Joe is a certified BPI Building Analyst who regularly shares his expertise on energy efficiency with local and trade publications and at related events.
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2020 VISION: It's Not If, It's When
Thursday, March 8 from 1:00 – 4:15 p.m.
Join international building scientist Gord Cooke for an exciting session on planning for the coming changes in the residential building industry. It’s not if code and design regulations will increase in stringency, it’s when. How are you preparing today for what’s to come tomorrow? Which technologies are worth learning more about, and which ones will be obsolete as soon as you have them plugged into your design standards? What can you learn from other builders’ successes (and flops) in leading today’s market transformation? Participants will leave this session with a better understanding of how their businesses can and should evolve to meet the challenges of the next decade.
CEUs: 3.25 AIA LU/ HSW/ SD Units, 1 BPI Unit, 3 GBCI Units
Gord Cooke, Building Knowledge, Inc.
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For the past two decades, Gord Cooke has been an effective and passionate educator and advocate for better building practices, improved indoor air quality and energy efficiency. Gord’s building science training curricula run the gamut, from creating and delivering basic and advanced building science principles through managing indoor air quality to HVAC system design. He has pioneered new training programs designed to assist builders in the sales and marketing of higher performing, more energy-efficient housing, helping builders increase their margins and sell more homes.
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EARTHCRAFT LIGHT COMMERCIAL VERSION 1.0: A New Regional Green Building Program
Thursday, March 8 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Now available region-wide, EarthCraft Light Commercial (ECLC) is the first tailor-made program that focuses on the specialized needs of small-scale commercial design and construction. ECLC is an affordable program that combines project administration, prescriptive criteria, field verification and performance testing to ensure project goals are met. Learn from program participants as they share real-world experience with their first ECLC certified project, Cliff Valley School Classroom and Gymnasium.
CEUs: 1.5 AIA LU/ HSW/ SD, 1.5 GBCI Units
Charles Baxter, Gay Construction
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Charles Baxter graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor degree in building construction and began working in the construction industry in 1976. Since 1995, Charles has worked for Gay Construction Company, where he is currently a senior project manager, and since 2009, Charles has been a LEED Accredited Professional in Building Design & Construction. He worked with Southface as a program development advisor on the EarthCraft Light Commercial program. In addition, Charles managed the renovation and new construction of ASHRAE’s national headquarters, which was awarded one of the first LEED Platinum certifications in the state of Georgia.
Sandy Cooper, Collins Cooper Carusi Architects
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Sandy received his Bachelors of Architecture degree from the University of Florida in 1985 and his Masters of Architecture from North Carolina State University in 1988, where he also received the William Henley Dietrick Fellowship for Design Excellence. Sandy applies his design expertise to various projects including public and private K-12, college and university, healthcare, recreation, urban development religious, adaptive reuse and office projects.
Caren Innis, Collins Cooper Carusi Architects
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Caren Innis is a registered architect with Collins Cooper Carusi Architects in Atlanta. During her seven years at the firm, she has had experience on a variety of projects, ranging from K-12 academic and athletic buildings to community recreational facilities and university work. She also has extensive experience in contract administration and LEED design and certification. She
graduated from Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture in 2001.
Brandon Jones, Southface
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As the director of Commercial Green Building Services at Southface, Brandon oversees commercial consulting services, LEED project administration, trainings and education programs, the Earthcraft Light Commercial program and commercial grant programs. Brandon also serves as Southface’s representative to the board of both the Atlanta branch of the USGBC and the Southeast Regional Council of the USGBC. Brandon received his B.S. in building science with a minor in architecture from Auburn University and has spent over 17 years in the design and construction industry.
Bourke Reeve, Southface
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Bourke Reeve is a project manager on the Commercial Green Building Services team at Southface. Bourke’s responsibilities at Southface include LEED project management, education training, grant management and development of the ECLC standards. In 2004, Bourke received a Master of Heritage Preservation degree from Georgia State University. Prior to joining Southface, he worked locally as a project manager with Main Street, the National Trust for Historic Preservation commercial district revitalization program.
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HEALTHY BUILDINGS, HEALTHY PEOPLE
Thursday, March 8 from 2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Americans spend up to 95 percent of their time indoors, so it is no surprise that the quality of the buildings that we work, live and learn in directly influences our productivity and health. Implementing healthy building strategies, including scheduled inspections, preventive maintenance, comfort (humidity) control, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and green cleaning creates a triple net benefit: improved occupant health, better housing stock and neighborhood quality and green job creation. This session will explore how two currently available tools, the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative and the EPA Tools for Schools Tool Kit, can help schools, businesses, and families achieve and maintain healthy buildings.
CEUs: 1.25 AIA LU/ HSW/ SD Units, 1 GBCI Unit
Ruth Ann Norton, the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
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Ruth Ann Norton has served as executive director of the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning since 1993. She also serves as the executive director for the Coalition’s Green & Healthy Homes Initiative. She has been engaged with the management, design and technical assistance for 35 federally funded lead and healthy homes programs with an aggregate value of $137 million. Ms. Norton regularly serves as an advisor to cities and states, helping them to develop and implement strategies to blend complementary programs to maximize outcomes and effectively engage impacted communities.
Paula Vaughan, Perkins + Will
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As co-director of Perkins+Will’s firmwide Sustainable Design Initiative (SDI), Paula Vaughan ensures that sustainable ideas are an integral part of the firm’s projects and practices. She coordinates sustainability efforts across the international firm’s 23 offices, teaches sustainable design workshops, and speaks frequently on sustainable construction, business practices and visioning. A registered architect and member of LEED® Faculty, Paula also serves on the USGBC National Education Development Committee and chairs the USGBC Georgia Board.
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