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Welcome to Wisconsin, Opening Session
Thomas R. Cox, AIA, NCARB, LEED-AP, Principal with Durrant, is responsible for leading the education market sector in Wisconsin. Cox works closely with clients, guiding them through the entire design and construction process from defining the mission to developing the solution. Over the course his 30-year career, Cox has specialized in educational design, completing over 100 projects across the country. His expertise encompasses studies, programming , planning, and the design of new schools, additions and renovations. Additionally, Cox has planned and designed a wide variety of building types including commercial, medical, justice and residential. Cox is also a leader in sustainable design and works to engage both clients and team members in incorporating appropriate natural daylighting, recycled and renewable building materials and environmentally-friendly design. As President for the 2007–08 term, he is also an active member of the Wisconsin Green Building Alliance. In addition, he also served as President of the State of Wisconsin American Institute of Architects in 2003. Cox also has a strong background in fully integrated practice; combining visioning, planning, architecture and construction management together as a delivery model. He received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Nebraska.
Dave Cieslewicz (chess LEV ich) was elected Mayor of Madison in April 2003. Since becoming Mayor, Cieslewicz has focused his priorities on affordable housing, environmental protection, transit, economic development, the arts and civil rights. All of these initiatives are part of the Mayor’s Healthy City plan to make Madison the healthiest, most progressive city in America. Before becoming Mayor, Cieslewicz was the co-founder and first executive director of 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, a non-profit research and advocacy organization focusing on land use and transportation. Before that he was Director of Government Relations for The Nature Conservancy, which followed his service as chief of staff in a state senate office and work for the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. Born in 1959 and raised in West Allis, Wisconsin, Cieslewicz is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He enjoys reading, especially political biographies, and keeping reasonably fit for a guy his age. And about once a month you can find him playing Sheepshead with friends at the Memorial Union. He lives in the Regent Neighborhood with his wife Dianne.
Barbara Lawton’s work as a leader in the Doyle/Lawton Administration focuses on economic development, driving innovations in state government to better support success in a 21st century global economy. Lt. Governor Lawton has taken a leading role nationally in moving toward energy independence and renewable energy. She authored and sponsored a resolution at the National Lieutenant Governors Association 2007 meeting pledging the nation’s lieutenant governors to help their states meet aggressive climate protection goals. Lt. Governor Lawton garnered bi-partisan, nationwide support for the measure – nearly half of the lieutenant governors joined as co-sponsors – and it passed overwhelmingly. Lt. Governor Lawton, as chair of the Wisconsin Arts Board, leads that agency to take a central role in fostering a strong cultural and arts industry, both as a critical business cluster in the creative economy and to animate community and regional development across the state. With her leadership, the Wisconsin Arts Board guided the establishment of Film Wisconsin, a public/private partnership to build Wisconsin’s film and media industry and the state’s bill to create incentives for growth there. Lt. Governor Lawton built an unprecedented public/private/non-profit partnership to launch an economic development initiative to better harvest the talent of Wisconsin’s women. She received national and global recognition for her work establishing Wisconsin Women = Prosperity. Lawton leads a multi-agency project to open new opportunities for growth for disadvantaged, minority and women-owned businesses. And she chairs Wisconsin United for Mental Health, building new partnerships to improve workforce productivity by increasing access to mental health care. Lawton serves on a national leadership council for the American Association of Colleges and Universities, and leads Wisconsin’s pilot of the AAC&U campaign to align higher education outcomes with what students need to compete in this complex 21st century reality. Lawton serves as Vice Chair of the National Lieutenant Governors Association. Lt. Governor Lawton is the first woman elected Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor. She brings to the office a unique perspective as community activist, cross-cultural business consultant, scholar and mother. Lawton graduated summa cum laude from Lawrence University and earned a master’s degree in Spanish at UW-Madison. She and her husband Cal have two children, Amanda and Joseph, both graduates of Green Bay East High School and Macalester College, and four grandchildren. Their permanent home is near Algoma. Keynote Speakers, Opening Session
Sandy Wiggins is founder and principal of Consilience, LLC a national consulting and real estate development firm with a mission to build environmentally, socially and economically sustainable communities. During his three decade career in the real estate development and construction industries, he has worked with project teams through the development, design and construction of projects totaling over one billion dollars. In 2001, he cofounded the Philadelphia based Delaware Valley Green Building Council, an organization devoted to changing the way these industries work in order to regenerate the natural environment and leverage the built environment to improve human health and productivity. Sandy’s vision and leadership have been responsible for the development of more than thirty LEED commercial projects and the nation’s first LEED Gold certified homes, which were also net zero energy consumers. His skillful facilitation has helped birth sustainable master plans for municipalities and institutional campuses as well as sustainable regional public policy initiatives. Projects underway include several mixed use developments that have goals to achieve net zero energy consumption and a project that aspires to include the nation’s first “Living Buildings.” Sandy is the current Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council. He is a member of the LEED for Neighborhood Development Core Committee and serves as a juror for the Delaware Valley Smart Growth Alliance. He is a founding member of the Pennsylvania Green Building Forum, a state-wide collaborative focused on public policy for the built environment. He previously served as the Vice Chair of USGBC and as the founding Chair of the Delaware Valley Green Building Council – a Chapter of USGBC. He has also served as a Director of the Energy Coordinating Agency, Earth Force of Delaware Valley, and the Pennsylvania Resources Council. Sandy is an accomplished Green Building advocate and a frequent lecturer and speaker on Green Building and Sustainable Development at venues such as USGBC’s Greenbuild, World Green Building Congress, India Green Building Congress, Urban Restoration Symposium, Clean Med, Design.
Norman Strong is the managing partner for The Miller/Hull Partnership a 60-person architecture firm located in Seattle. Established in 1977, the firm has been recognized for innovative sustainable design receiving more than 150 design awards, including 80 AIA awards of which 4 are AIA Earth Day Top Ten Awards—and the 2003 AIA National Architecture Firm Award. Norman is also an elected AIA National Vice President focused on the implementation of the AIA’s Strategic Plan for Integrated Practice and Sustainability. Norman is the Chair of the AIA’s Sustainability Discussion Group (or SDiG) which was formed to support of the AIA’s position statements focused on high quality, high performance buildings and sustainable community planning. Their work will be the spring point to identify opportunities for architects to be leaders in the design & construction arena to reach the AIA’s goal of carbon neutral buildings by the year 2030. Keynote Speakers, Closing Session
Jon Foley is the Director of the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) at the University of Wisconsin, where he is also the Gaylord Nelson Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences. Foley’s work focuses on the behavior of complex global environmental systems and their interactions with human societies. In particular, Foley's research group uses state-of-the-art computer models and satellite measurements to analyze changes in land use, ecosystems, climate and freshwater resources across local, regional and global scales. He and his students and colleagues have contributed to our understanding of large-scale ecosystem processes, global patterns of land use, the behavior of the planet's water and carbon cycles, and the interactions between ecosystems and the atmosphere. Foley joined the University of Wisconsin faculty in 1993 as the first Bryson Distinguished Professor of Climate, People and Environment. He has won numerous awards and honors, including the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Award, the Samuel C. Johnson Distinguished Faculty Fellowship, the J.S. McDonnell Foundation's 21st Century Science Award, and the Sustainability Science Award from the Ecological Society of America. In 1997, President Bill Clinton awarded him the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. He has also been named a Vilas Associate and Romnes Fellow of the University of Wisconsin, and an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow of the Ecological Society of America. He is currently the Chief Editor of the interdisciplinary scientific journal, Earth Interactions. In his 13 years on the faculty, Foley has been consistently amazed at the quality and passion of his students, plus the wonderful collegial atmosphere that is unique to Madison. He is extremely thankful for both. Although originally from Maine, Foley considers Madison his home. He can often be found enjoying many of city's pleasures (kayaking, bicycling, gardening or exploring the downtown), usually with his two young daughters leading the way.
Tia Nelson was named Executive Secretary of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands in October 2004. She oversees the management of approximately 78,000 acres of Trust Lands located in northern Wisconsin, the State Trust Fund Loan Program, four Trust Funds valued at over $656 million, and the Original Land Records Program, which includes land survey records dating back to the 1830’s. Since her appointment, she has overseen record Trust Fund earnings totaling $81.7 million to Wisconsin’s public school libraries and a $262.7 million increase in the State Trust Fund Loan Program. She has worked closely with the Legislature to pass legislation allowing the agency to purchase land. Wisconsin Act 352 was passed unanimously by the Legislature and subsequently signed into law by Governor Doyle on April 19, 2006. This authority will help the agency to consolidate its Trust Land holdings for more efficient timber management, reduce forest fragmentation, increase public access, protect unique natural area quality lands, and increase tax revenues for local municipalities. Ms. Nelson was previously with The Nature Conservancy for seventeen years, first in Government Relations and then as Senior Policy Advisor for the Latin America Region. Beginning in 1994 she led The Nature Conservancy’s climate change program. She played a key leadership role in climate change and in developing forest protection and restoration as a climate change mitigation strategy.
Eric Lloyd Wright is an architect and founder of Wright Way Organic Resource Center in Malibu, CA. During Eric's early years in architecture, he was an apprentice to his grandfather, Frank Lloyd Wright and his father, Lloyd Wright. His portfolio includes the restoration and renovation of Frank Lloyd Wright and Lloyd Wright works as well as residences and institutional buildings of his own design. Eric's current focus is on the evolution of Organic Architecture and Green Building design. His design philosophy is rooted in the integration of ecology, social responsibility and beauty. Through Eric's years of design experience, he has developed an understanding that it is not the physical walls and roof, but the space within a building that forms its character - its soul. He gives careful thought to a project's physical, social and spiritual environment, with a focus on appropriate materials, quality, craftsmanship, and careful detailing. Eric believes that one of the most important aspects of the design process is the relationship between the client, the site and the architect. It is the client and site, together with the architect, that shape the design of a project. About the Wright Organic Resource Center. The Wright Organic Resource Center educates and activates people to be creative, aware, and environmentally responsible in all aspects of life. We provide opportunities for people in the Los Angeles area, especially youth, to experience the legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright and Organic Architecture, encouraging the creative integration of Nature, Art and Community. Our goal is to spark the imagination of people who come to land and activate them to envision and participate in building a socially and environmentally connected world. Session Presenters Session 1A Leslie Oberholtzer - Creating Complete, Sustainable Neighborhoods Through Form-Based Codes Leslie Oberholtzer is Director of the Planning Studio at Farr Associates, an architecture, planning and preservation firm in Chicago. With extensive background as a landscape architect and smart growth planner, she concentrates professionally on promoting sustainable communities through such practices as well designed, walkable neighborhoods; availability of alternative transportation and housing choices; supporting local businesses; and preservation of community history and tradition. She authored the first form-based code adopted in the State of Illinois and continues to focus on coding as a key implementation tool for sustainable communities. She started her career in landscape architecture in Austin, Texas, 20 years ago, working on numerous community and parks master plans, and is a registered landscape architect in Texas and Illinois. Upon receiving her Master’s Degree in Community and Regional Planning, she worked for the City of Austin Planning, Environmental, & Conservation Services as their staff urban designer, developing the first Smart Growth Development Matrix. She relocated to Chicago in 2002 and joined Farr Associates. In addition to her work at Farr Associates, she is a member of the APA, ASLA, CNU, the Smart Growth Network, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Sonya Newenhouse, Ph.D., is president of Madison Environmental Group and Community Car. Madison Environmental Group is a creative consulting firm that works with individuals and organizations to improve communities and the environment. Community Car is Wisconsin’s first Car Share Organization, which she founded in 2003. Prior to Madison Environmental Group, Sonya founded WasteCap Wisconsin, a nonprofit organization that provides recycling assistance to businesses. She has also worked as an environmental analyst at Wisconsin Power and Light (WPL) where she developed award-winning environmental programs. Dr. Newenhouse received her Ph.D. from the UW-Madison, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies in 1997 and has a B.A. from Michigan State University, Business School. Madison Environmental Group, Inc. received the Wisconsin Partnership for Clean Air Award in 2003, a Dane County Small Business Award in 2004, and in 2006 was awarded the most meaningful place to work in Madison. Dr. Newenhouse is on the board of the Regional Economic Development Entity, the Madison Community Foundation, and Sustain Dane. She also is the chair of the Mayor’s Solid Waste Advisory Committee. In 2001 she divorced her paid off Honda Accord and now travels by bike and bus to reduce her output of CO2 emissions and save money. On weekends she lives in Viroqua Wisconsin where she travels to and from by bus and carpool rides. Janet Attarian - CDOT’s Sustainable Development Initiatives Session 1B
Ted Krasnesky is a graduate of the Architectural Engineering program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He has been working in the construction industry for 30 years. His projects include Libraries, Hospitals, Manufacturing Facilities, Commercial Office Buildings and Corporate Headquarters. He is currently the Manager of Sustainable Construction for Pepper Construction Company. He became a LEED Accredited Professional in 2003, is a member of the Chicago Chapter of the US Green Building Council, is Chairperson of the Pepper Construction Green Building Committee and recently completed the LEED Platinum Evelyn Pease Tyner Interpretive Center. Rosario J. Milana - Fully Integrated Zero-Energy Buildings Joel Krueger - The Aldo Leopold Center: A Zero Energy Facility Session 1C
Dick Pearson is an ASHRAE Fellow. He has received Distinguished Service Citations from both ASHRAE and the UW-Madison College of Engineering. He is co-author of the Energy Management chapter in the ASHRAE Handbook. He has been lead instructor at the UW Professional Development Energy Audit course for 20 years, and is principal author of the ASHRAE publication “Commercial Building Energy Audits.” Stemming from his chairmanship of the ASHRAE Energy Management Committee in 1978, Dick’s focus on each project has been simplicity and energy efficiency. Dick has teamed with numerous industry professionals to develop simple but effective Energy Management principles.
Stu Carron is Director of Global Facilities and Real Estate for JohnsonDiversey, Inc., based in Sturtevant WI. With responsibilities for over 500 facilities located worldwide, he develops and implements programs to drive the financial and physical performance of this portfolio. He led the project to certify the company's global headquarters under the LEED for Existing Buildings program, and currently serves as Chair of the LEED-EB Committee of the US Green Building Council. Recently voted as ‘Facility Executive of the Year’ 2006 by Today’s Facility Manager magazine. A 1981 graduate of Northwestern University in Chemical Engineering, with over 23 years experience in design, operations, project management, procurement and facility management, Stu is a licensed Professional Engineer in Wisconsin, and a member of the International Facility Management Association. Session 1D
Dick Morse provides complete planning and architectural design services to a broad range of clients and has done so for over 30 years. Clients with whom Dick works include school districts, public housing authorities, state and local governments, religious institutions, residential and community social service providers of all types, private individuals and corporations. He prepares master facilities plans, space plans, new and renovated building designs, historic restorations and adaptations, facilities management plans and urban design solutions for these clients.
Scott Bowman, PE, LEED® AP, is a principal with KJWW Engineering in Des Moines, Iowa. He has worked on $350 million of new construction projects in the past five years including the new Des Moines Central Library and the Wells Fargo West Des Moines Campus. His specialties are in direct digital controls, energy efficiency, sustainable and green design, and systems commissioning. The Central Iowa Chapter of the Iowa Engineering Society named him Engineer of the Year in 2006. He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University and has spoken to many ASHRAE, ASHE and AIA groups.
Jean Ponzi is an educator and communications specialist for EarthWays Center, a division of Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. Her current work promoting Green Building to businesses and homeowners incorporates expertise with topics including recycling and waste reduction, air quality, native plant landscaping, and energy efficiency. She has written for Home Energy, Grist and Missouri Resources magazines and many local publications, and she regularly represents EarthWays Center in print and electronic media coverage. She has also produced and hosted a weekly environmental radio talk show, “Earthworms,” for over 19 years. Session 1E
Mark Matteson - Project Commissioning as a Member of a General Contracting Firm
Ron Duce is a Project Executive with Kiewit Building Group Inc. He works with clients to meet their construction needs and has led the construction efforts on several LEED certified buildings. Ron is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council, Flatwater Chapter in Omaha, NE. Session 1F
Sam is the Chair of the USGBC West Michigan Chapter, and Chairs the Heartland Regional Council. He is the founder of Eco Metrics LLC, a green building consulting firm. He is a member of the West Michigan Environmental Action Council, and the Southeast Michigan Sustainable Business Forum. He is a LEED AP, maintains certification as a Certified Professional Constructor, and is a licensed contractor in the State of Michigan. Sam has 30 years of experience as a construction estimator, making him uniquely qualified to talk about both the practical applications, and the economics of LEED.
Mike Walters leads AEI’s Sustainability practice as a consultant on projects, an internal educator of current and forthcoming sustainable concepts, and as a professional speaker at conferences and educational events. He brings considerable experience and creative initiative in the design, analysis, implementation and certification of sustainable and energy efficient building systems. He has contributed his expertise towards the LEED certification process of AEI’s Madison, Wisconsin, office building project and the development of the Labs21 Program’s Energy Performance Criteria document. Mr. Walters is a frequent presenter at the USGBC’s GreenBuild conference and a guest lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mr. Walters’ keen interests in energy efficient and sustainable design have led to significant experience in renewable energy, distributed generation, daylighting and environmentally sensitive design. His formal education includes a specialty in building electrical power systems, and his unique background in architectural engineering provides a breadth and depth of knowledge that is essential for the successful evaluation and implementation of sustainable design concepts. Session 2A
As a designer, artist and educator, Margot Mazur, Founder and Creative Director of Caerulean Collaborative, has created a design firm founded in a set of principles that will insure beauty, genuine place making, thoughtful attention to the natural world and environmental issues, and a future for all the children. Margot has a fine arts degree from the University of Colorado. Her professional experiences also include being a Montessori teacher, an Education Curator and Exhibit Designer at the Louisiana Arts and Science Center in Baton Rouge, LA and a Creative Director for Retailworks, a retail store design firm in Cedarburg, WI.
Jennifer Henry and a coalition of the nation’s leading progressive design professionals, builders, developers, and environmentalists are working on a national rating and certification system for neighborhood development. Utilizing the framework of the existing LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System, this system will be known as LEED for Neighborhood Developments, or LEED-ND. The system will rate developments’ impact on the environment and community, and will include criteria regarding, density, proximity to transit, mixed use, mixed housing type, and pedestrian- and bicycle- friendly design. Jennifer holds a Masters of Urban Planning from New York University and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She worked with the Natural Resources Defense Council on legislation for New Jersey that would establish a tax credit for smart growth developments, and has also worked with the Trust for Public Land and Madison Metro Bus Transit. She is now based at the U.S. Green Building Council, which administers the LEED family of rating systems, in Washington, D.C.
Wendy Heintz-Joehnk is director of strategies + development for consulting engineering firm, Arnold & O’Sheridan, Inc. and founder + director of the firm’s sustainable division, P3Xcel. P3Xcel is a team of strategists, engineers and researchers with a vision to harness the opportunity resulting from ecosystem fragmentation and create an environment that excels the sustainable balance of people, planet and prosperity. As P³Xcel director, Ms. Heintz-Joehnk develops sustainable strategies, oversees research, manages teams and facilitates EcoCharettes. Sustainable associations include the Sustainable Consortium of the Society for Organizational Learning, the U.S. Green Building Council, Congress for New Urbanism, International Women Leading Sustainability (2006 Dialogue, NIKE, Portland), and Mayor Barrett’s (Milwaukee) Green Team. Session 2B
David is a We Energies Energy Efficiency Project Strategist. He is an administrator for the company's New Construction, commercial and residential energy efficiency programs. David has a Masters in Urban Planning and is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional. He was instrumental in the development, supporting the design and construction of the Milwaukee Idea Home, a prototype for a high performance, energy efficient, urban home that was built as an alternative to sprawling suburban development. David is a Wisconsin Green Building Alliance Board Member and past President of the Board of Friends of Milwaukee's Rivers. He is a life long Milwaukee resident, proudly received his education from MATC and UWM, supports and volunteers for local tree and prairie planting events, and has about 1/3 of his Milwaukee home's lot planted with urban rain gardens.
As Director of Energy and Environmental Affairs for the Building Efficiency business of Johnson Controls, Paul is a member of the senior management team. He develops business opportunities while leveraging the energy efficiency and environmental record of Johnson Controls. Paul manages Johnson Controls High Performance Green Buildings business, which includes structures that are designed, built, renovated, operated, or reused in an economical and resource-efficient manner. Paul was one of the original members and currently is a board member of the U.S. Green Building Council, serving on the Finance Committee. He also has served on the Marketing Committee and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design® (LEED) Steering Committee. Paul was honored with the USGBC’s Leadership Award in 2005 for his work on LEED development. He also is active in the formation and activities of the Alliance for Sustainable Built Environments, a coalition of suppliers of sustainable products and services. As a member of the Executive Council of the Energy Efficiency Forum, co-sponsored by Johnson Controls and the U.S. Energy Association, Paul helps bring together business and government leaders (recent years have included Sen. Hillary Clinton and President George W. Bush) to discuss the implications of energy policy. Session 2C Paul Torcellini - 30% Advanced Energy Design Guides Paul Torcellini is a Senior Engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. Paul is the Team Leader for the commercial buildings research in the Center for Buildings and Thermal Systems. Paul primarily works on research related to energy performance of commercial buildings. The target is to create commercial buildings that reduce energy consumption by over 50%. Paul works with developing design methods such that energy features are integral to the building design and these features are properly implemented. This research studies buildings envelope design, daylighting strategies, control strategies, and HVAC design, as well as establishing metrics for measuring building performance. Paul has been with NREL for 12 years. Prior to joining NREL, Paul was an Assistant Professor at Youngstown State University. Paul holds a Master's degree and Ph.D. from Purdue University specializing in passive solar design and control of commercial buildings. He is also a registered Professional Engineer and Adjunct Professor at the Colorado School of Mines.
Scott Olsen, PE, is a Senior Engineer at Madison Gas & Electric Company in Madison, Wisconsin. Scott provides energy efficiency, green building, and renewable energy customer support as well as HVAC problem diagnosis. Scott’s experience with performance contracting and HVAC design provides a good foundation for determining energy efficiency options for saving money and protecting the environment. He is experienced with a range of building types and HVAC technologies. He is Professional Engineer, A USGBC LEED Accredited Professional, a CEE member, a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and a member of ASHRAE and IFMA. He also has a Masters Degree. Session 2D Andrea Love - From Your House to Our Holding & Recycling Center: The City of Chicago’s First Collection Center for Recycling Household Materials
Jenna Kunde, Director of Strategic Development for WasteCap Wisconsin, has worked in waste reduction and recycling for fifteen years and is known around Wisconsin and nationally for her and WasteCap’s work in construction and demolition debris recycling. WasteCap Wisconsin has worked on over $2 billion of construction and demolition projects. Her work with construction and demolition debris includes being responsible for managing over 30 successful construction and demolition recycling efforts throughout Wisconsin on residential and commercial projects, both large and small. In addition, she co-authored and serves as a trainer for WasteCap’s day-long Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling Training and Accreditation program. She has given presentations locally, statewide and nationally about WasteCap’s work including recent presentations at: Greenbuild, the national conference of the US Green Building Council; the National Recycling Coalition conference in Fall 2006; Decon, the national conference of the Building Materials Reuse Association; and the 2006 National Environmental Performance Track Conference. She is also a member of the planning committee of Decon ’07 and a member of Wisconsin’s Governor’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Waste Materials Recovery and Disposal. Kevin Coleman - A Deconstruction Reuse and Recycling Success Story Kevin Coleman has a MS in Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development. He works for Madison Environmental Group, a sustainability consulting firm, where he manages reuse and recycling of construction and demolition waste, conducts carbon footprint for businesses, runs a sustainability education program, and incessantly commutes by bike regardless of the weather. He and his wife are currently enjoying adventures in sustainable parenting as they raise their seven month old daughter.
Session 2E
Brad Haeberle is the Vice President of Marketing at Siemens Building Technologies, where he is responsible for the development of solutions that leverage building automation, fire safety, security, energy & environment, HVAC and integration to impact customer business operations and meet their ever-changing needs. Mr. Haeberle has spent nearly 14 years in the building technologies industry with experience spanning sales and marketing for the Building Automation Division and Facility Management Services Division plus the development of customer satisfaction tools and the implementation of SBT e-business applications. Prior to joining Siemens, Mr. Haeberle worked for Mobil/Exxon running operations and developing new customer technology solutions. Mr. Haeberle is a graduate of the University of Iowa with a bachelor’s of business administration in finance and the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management with a master of business administration.
Wade Ross, P.E., is a senior engineer at KJWW Engineering Consultants in Rock Island, Ill. His dozen years experience cover a broad range of mechanical systems, including heating, air conditioning, hot and chilled water distribution, humidification, controls, fire protection, and piping. He specializes in system design for educational, healthcare and commercial facilities. His skills include facility assessments, life safety studies, feasibility studies, master planning, cost estimating and phased developments. Wade has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University. He is chairman of KJWW's Heating Committee.
Kevin Hall is a LEED Accredited Professional and Project Manager with OWP/P, an architecture, design, and engineering firm providing services to healthcare, education, and corporate clients from offices in Chicago and Phoenix. OWP/P employs 315 staff; 75 are LEED Accredited Professionals and 100 are exclusively dedicated to healthcare design and engineering. Kevin is one of the key planners of OWP/P's annual Environmental Awareness Week, which brings together designers, architects, manufacturers, and clients for lectures and educational programs about sustainable design. Kevin's current projects include several medical office buildings for Advocate Medical Group and Advocate Health Care in Illinois. He serves in a leadership capacity within the firm's Environmental Project Advocates Group focusing on the integration of sustainable design into the firm's healthcare work. Kevin has presented at Healthcare Design 06 in Chicago on the topic of sustainability in healthcare and has written an article based on that presentation for Healthcare Design magazine. He has also written a review of Green Guide for Healthcare for the AIA's Committee on the Environment, which has been included in the AIA's collection of Best Practices. Session 2F
Sean Wagner, AIA LEED AP, is the head of Sustainable Design and Building Technology for the firm of Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd. in Minneapolis, MN. He received his Bachelors of Architecture degree from Iowa State University and his Masters of Architecture from Princeton University. Sean’s recent work includes the first LEED registered project in Arkansas the Fayetteville Public Library (LEED Silver), Maple Grove Public Library (MN-B3), Bud Werner Memorial Library (LEED registered), Lochwood Branch of the Dallas Public Library (LEED registered), Schaar’s Bluff Gathering Center (net-zero energy building), Oakdale Nature Center, and the Rapids Lake Visitor’s Center for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. He has contributed to articles for Environmental Design and Construction and Smarter Architecture: energy-efficient communities from the application of practical building designs, construction techniques and materials. He is the chairman of the Forest Lake area chapter of Ducks Unlimited, a member of the Wyoming Township Planning Commission, and has been active in Pheasants Forever and the Isaac Walton League. Sean lives in rural Wyoming Township with his wife, their two children, and his bees.
Nicholas Peckham, AIA LEED AP, is the CEO Peckham & Wright Architects (PWA). PWA joined the U.S. Green Building Council in 1996. Prior to work in Philadelphia with Louis Kahn, and later Buckminster Fuller, Peckham served as Architect Intern with both Lawrence Halprin & Associates and MLTW/Moore-Turnbull in San Francisco from July 1968 to August 1971. His internship began with Edelman Salzman Architects in New York City from July 1967 - July 1968 From August 1974 to June 1981, Peckham served as assistant professor of design at Stephens College. He has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Missouri College Of Engineering. He is presently on the Board of Advisors of the University of Missouri Architecture Studies Department. He is a member, and past-president of the Hammons School of Architecture, Drury University, in Springfield, Missouri. He began a private practice of architecture in Columbia, Missouri in 1974. Brad Wright, AIA, LEED ap, CCS, joined with Nick to form PWA in 1978. PWA is currently working on six LEED NC registered buildings. Session 3A
Don Mills is the Sales Director for Clivus Multrum, Inc., a manufacturer of composting toilets and greywater irrigation systems. He has worked on such projects as the C.K. Choi Building at the University of British Columbia and the Philip Merrill Center, headquarters of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. He is especially interested in furthering the use of composting toilets and greywater systems in commercial structures.
Tara Dougherty is a design engineer at Jacques Whitford NAWE, Inc. in White Bear Lake, MN. She is responsible for the evaluation, cost analysis and design of treatment wetlands. Her experience ranges from small scale treatment wetland systems for individual homes to large scale treatment wetlands designed for groundwater treatment. She is currently involved in a wastewater reuse project utilizing treatment wetlands for a LEED research field station in Illinois. She is also involved in the United States Green Building Council on both the local and national level. Session 3B
Mr. Gopaul is Director of Operations and is responsible for new business development at Carbon Solutions Group. He specializes in carbon inventory and risk management, as well as carbon offset and neutrality. Prior to becoming involved in environmental commodities markets he was a proprietary energies and currencies derivatives trader at the Chicago Board of Trade.
Eric Truelove has been an engineer in the energy and construction industries since 1980. His specialties include green building design, sustainable development, life-cycle cost analyses, technical communications, and building commissioning. Since 1989, he has served as an engineering consultant and lead design engineer for commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities located across the country. His work on green buildings, energy conservation, building commissioning, and life-cycle costing has been published by AIA Wisconsin, Environmental Design + Construction, eco structure, MetalMag, the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and Portland Energy Conservation (PECI). Mr. Truelove is a Registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin and Arizona, a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEEDTM) Accredited Professional, and a WasteCap Wisconsin Accredited Professional.
Ravi Maniktala, PE, LEED-AP, CxA is a Principal MEP Designer, LEED Consultant and Commissioning Agent at the M.E. Group, Inc. With his background as a mechanical engineer and former College of Architecture Instructor of Building Systems Integration, Ravi focuses on analyzing the relationship of all building components, facilitating integrated discussions and decision making, and communicating clearly the issues and requirements related to sustainable goals. He has over 35 years of experience and has completed numerous LEED Certified projects throughout the Nation ranging from Certified to Gold levels. Ravi was also one of the authors of the LEED-NC 2.2 Exam and is actively involved throughout the Nation in educating others about sustainable building practices. Session 3C
Zach Obert holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin, a member of ASHRAE, and has nine years of energy consulting and commissioning expertise. Zach joined Focus on Energy in February 2006, where his primary duty is to provide technical support for the Focus on Energy’s energy efficiency programs for businesses in Wisconsin. This has included extensive program planning for incentives, including calculating energy savings and incentive levels, reviewing new technologies, and assisting with incentive application design. In addition, he has headed up planning efforts for the upcoming new construction program for businesses, and will become the program manager when it launches on July 1, 2007. Carter Dedolph received a Master of Science degree in Civil and Construction Engineering from Iowa State University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Construction Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. At Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation (WECC), Carter is the Program Manager for the Multifamily Program. This program facilitates the inclusion of energy efficient measures in existing and new construction for both multifamily and condominium buildings. Carter’s experience in the construction field ranges from tradesperson to project manager. Additionally, he has a research background and several published papers in refereed journals on topics in construction management and building materials. Carter has also taught construction courses at the college level. Carter’s professional experience also includes managing a university research laboratory working in northern Manitoba investigating the effect that global warming will have on boreal forests of northern Canada.
Kevin Little is an information designer and principal of Informing Ecological Design, LLC. With a Ph.D. (statistics, University of Wisconsin—Madison), he develops information tools to help people improve their use of resources. Projects in 2006-7 with the Chicago Public Schools and Wisconsin utilities integrate browser views of energy data with action tables and electronic journals. Little collaborates with a range of professionals to deliver useful and interesting results. Working in 2007 with University of Wisconsin glass artist Steve Feren on a commissioned project, Little developed the software and information content for a glass/LED light sculpture that conveys building performance. Session 3D
Warren L. Lloyd, P.E., LEED® AP, is vice president of KJWW Engineering Consultants. He specializes in sustainable and green design practices and energy-efficient design strategies. His expertise is in engineering-intensive facilities requiring strict control of humidity, temperature and indoor air quality such as laboratories, hospitals, museums, libraries and industrial plants. A graduate of Bradley University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering, he has 34 years of professional experience, 23 with KJWW in Rock Island, Ill. Long afffiliated with ASHRAE, he won that group’s Society Techology Award in 2002 for the geothermal system at Great River Medical Center.
James Scott Brew, FCSI, AIA is a principal architect and senior consultant with the Rocky Mountain Institute located in Boulder Colorado. RMI is an independent, entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization, which fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining. James specializes in High Performance and Sustainable Building Design and is an expert in the LEED® green building certification process. He is an educator, lecturer, researcher and author on issues associated with global environmental building issues. With leadership involvement on over a dozen LEED® projects, he has been involved in most of the LEED® projects in Minnesota and led the entire certification process for one of the first ten, and the largest LEED® certified healthcare project in the USA. He has previously been selected as a presenter at the World Conference on Sustainability in Vancouver, British Columbia, Oslo, Norway and most recently in Tokyo, Japan. Session 3E
John Tintera is a LEED accredited professional with real estate expertise in market research, feasibility analysis, building program analysis, and knowledge of industry best-practices, and a focus on discovering hidden value opportunities. His work experience includes the commercial, healthcare, and seniors housing sectors. Mr. Tintera has a BS in Accounting from Indiana University and an MA from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Christopher P. Perzan is an environmental attorney in Chicago. His practice includes brownfield transactions, planning for climate change risks, assessing environmental issues in alternative energy projects, compliance with environmental laws and litigation. Previously, he served as an attorney with the Illinois EPA and also as an Assistant Attorney General in the Illinois Attorney General’s Chicago environmental bureau. He is a graduate of Washington University School of Law in St. Louis and Knox College. He is also a member of the USGBC, Chicago chapter. His firm website is at www.BrownfieldCounsel.com. Session 3F
Robin Pharo is the President of Healthy Homes, a Green Building consultancy firm in Madison, Wisconsin. She has recently been named Director of the Green Built Home Program, a program that supports voluntary Green Building in Wisconsin. Ms. Pharo has extensive professional and avocational experience in advising builders, contractors and homeowners on best practices for building greener, healthier, more sustainable homes. She is considered an expert in the fields of scientific building technology, sustainability standards, and green products & protocols.
Jim McKnight and Mark Klein of Gimme Shelter Construction have been designing and building high-performance homes for over 20 years. Their home projects have been featured in Solar Today, Home Power Magazine, Countryside Magazine, and Wisconsin Trails. They present workshops for the Midwest Renewable Energy Association, Energy Center of Wisconsin, and Energy & Environmental Energy Association, and were panel presenters at the 2007 Menominee Nation Tribal Green Design Summit at the College of Menominee Nation. Mark also recently served on the renewable energy planning committee for the Fox Valley Technical College in Waupaca. Session 4A
Jason Dwyer has been exploring various design and urban planning challenges for nearly 15 years. He began his architectural quest at Wight & Company, interning with the company while in college, and has returned to lead a variety of projects for Wight. He is the senior project manager for a mixed-use residential building in Chicago’s South Loop with multiple sustainable features and is registered with US Green Building Council for LEED Gold. He is also working on several sustainable design projects for Waste Management. Jason’s experience spans multiple project types including facilities for education, municipalities and commercial/office use. He is also a strong advocate for the integrated design-build delivery process believing this to be the best approach to executing projects of the highest quality. Jason received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago and is registered with the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB).
Dr. Bill Retzlaff has BS (Auburn University), MS (Auburn University) and Ph.D. (Clemson University) degrees in Forestry with a minor in plant physiology. He has Post-Doctoral experience in Horticulture (Clemson University), Viticulture (UC Davis), and Environmental Sciences (Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research). He also managed the commercial vineyards at Six Mile Creek Vineyards for six years while in Ithaca, New York. Dr. Retzlaff has published in a variety of journals in forestry, air pollution, horticulture, and environmental issue areas. Dr. Retzlaff is currently the research coordinator of the St. Louis metropolitan area research collaboration (G.R.E.E.N. – Green Roof Environmental Evaluation Network; www.green-siue.com) between Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), Green Roof Blocks a subsidiary company of St. Louis Metalworks Co., Jost Greenhouses, Midwest Trading and Horticultural Supplies, Inc., Midwest Groundcovers, and JDR Enterprises. G.R.E.E.N has been established to evaluate the performance of green roof technologies in the Midwestern United States. Our goal is to evaluate the performance of green roof technology and to make the information available to users for development/establishment of green roofs. Tom Geary - Pervious Concrete Applications & Benefits Tom Geary is the Concrete Division Manager for Tri-North Builders. His primary responsibilities include planning, organizing, scheduling, and executing all flatwork concrete operations. Tom was the first NRMCA certified Pervious Concrete Technician in the State of Wisconsin. Tom is passionate about pervious concrete and the benefits it brings to projects. Session 4B
Bill Abolt, LEED A.P., Chicago District Manager, Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc. Bill Abolt is responsible for all aspects of project management and operations oversight for Shaw’s Chicago offices. Prior to joining Shaw, he served as Environment Commissioner, Director of the Office of Budget and Management, and Chief of Management, Office of the Mayor, for the City of Chicago, where he was responsible for developing Chicago’s strategy to become the greenest city in the United States. Bill is a LEED Accredited Professional with more than 20 years of experience managing complex environmental, energy, and public issues.
Brian Wass is a Program Manager at The Weidt Group, providing Energy Design Assistance to architecture, engineering, and utility clients for high performance buildings. Mr. Wass has consulted to facility owners on long-range planning for sustainable design and he is currently working with several clients pursuing LEED certification for their projects. His previous speaking engagements include the 2006 AIA Iowa Convention, where he discussed energy code changes and design approaches that go well beyond code, as well as several presentations at AIA Minnesota conventions.
Gerrit Reinders is Director of Sustainable Energy Solutions for Johnson Controls Inc., a leading supplier for non-residential facilities of control systems and services including comfort, energy management and security management. Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Milwaukee (WI). Sales for 2004 totaled $26.6 billion. Gerrit’s areas of expertise include advanced marketing, metering, energy information systems, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission management. His current responsibilities include developing and deploying energy management strategies and programs that create superior economic, environmental and social value for commercial, industrial, governmental, healthcare and institutional clients. During his 15+ years with Johnson Controls, Gerrit has held various management positions in the United States and Europe. He previously served as VP Strategic Development for Invensys, a $13-billion global automation, controls and process solutions firm where he was responsible for strategic and corporate planning for business in the Americas. Before that he was Director of Sales for a silicon-valley based start-up wireless communications technology firm. Gerrit sits on the board of directors of the National Association of Energy Services Companies (www.naesco.org) and the Energy Services Coalition (www.energyservicescoalition.org). He also belongs to several other organizations, which over the years have included IFMA, BOMA, AMA, and AMRA. As an expert in energy management, energy deregulation, and energy data collection he has spoken at various national and international speaking engagements, such as the Conference Board, Business Roundtable’s Climate Resolve workshops, California Energy Commission, Automatic Meter Reading Association, NAEM, World Environment Center, California Climate Action Registry, Healthcare Congress in Brazil, etc. He also has published multiple articles on energy management in magazines like: Corporate Real Estate Leader Magazine, Building Operating Management, Consulting-Specifying Engineer and authored articles addressing the utility market landscape published in “The Utilities Project: The Impact of Competition - Volume 2”. Gerrit has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Marquette University and an M.B.A. from Keller Graduate School of Management. A native of The Netherlands, he is fluent in English, Dutch and Spanish and is conversant in several other languages.
Session 4C Jonathan Evans - Experiences with Commissioning for LEED Buildings—The WECC Building
Jason Steinbock is a senior energy modeler at The Weidt Group, providing comparative analysis services for high performance buildings to achieve excellence in energy efficiency and sustainable design. His work includes life cycle analyses, daylighting systems, and monitoring, as well as analysis of completed buildings to verify energy performance goals have been met. Mr. Steinbock has provided energy and life cycle cost analyses for over a dozen projects seeking LEED® certification, including office buildings and schools in the Midwest. His recent speaking engagements include presentations to audiences at ACEEE, ECEEE, ASHRAE, and the National Conference on Building Commissioning. Mark Hanson - Eliminating the Gap between Energy Optimization Expectations and Performance: Lessons from a Platinum, a Gold, and a Silver Building in the Midwest Session 4D Tate Walker and Pravin Bhiwapurkar - Making Small Buildings Count Tate Walker is an Architect with the Energy Center of Wisconsin, a mission driven nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the built environment. Tate utilizes integrated teams and climate specific design to create places that enhance our community and the environment. He writes and lectures extensively on sustainable design, building performance, and energy policy. He is on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Green Building Alliance, a Regional Representative to the USGBC, and an advisor to the local Emerging Green Builder chapter. Pravin Bhiwapurkar investigates the sustainable design of building systems and components, including the unique aspects of dense urban developments. He develops computer models of building energy consumption and cost, and the production of on-site energy by renewable sources. He holds a PhD in Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, and his research focuses on passive strategies for mitigating climate change.
Abby Vogen Horn leads the Energy Center’s commercial daylighting and high performance building design and operation programs. As Senior Project Manager, she is responsible for developing technical research, technical education and outreach programs to support and promote daylighting and high performance building design, construction and operation. Abby led the creation of the Energy Center’s Daylighting Collaborative and developed a technical education and design assistance program to bring a more widespread application of daylighting to commercial and school construction across the country. She brings more than fifteen years of experience in daylighting, energy efficient commercial building design, program development, strategic planning, marketing, and public relations to her current position. Session 4E
Bill Rattunde has professional degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Landscape Architecture and University of Minnesota-Minneapolis in Architecture and graduate program in Urban Design from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture, Copenhagen, Denmark. He has 22 years experience in commercial architecture serving corporate and institutional clients. He leads project design efforts and helps integrate all disciplines in site, building shell, systems and interior design. Bill has been an active proponent of integrated design and sustainability throughout his career. Bill was the LEED Accredited Professional on the Athena Building LEED-EB effort. Mike Olson is responsible for ensuring that PLANNING Design Build’s financial condition remains healthy to support overall business goals and objectives. His team is responsible for providing management and key staff with real time financial information through online access to the company's accounting and project management database. Mike also handles property management duties for the Athena Building and was responsible for all credits related to day to day operations on the site. These included building green clean programs, green exterior site maintenance, building systems maintenance and tracking of LEED EB related purchases. Mike also directly assists clients in developing proformas to analyze project feasibility. Mike's project management and real estate development experience, combined with his engineering and business education, makes him well suited to lead the financial area for PLANNING.
Robert (Bob) Dehne is a Registered Architect, is a member of the American Institute of Architects and Constructions Specifiers Institute, and is currently Architectural Services Manager for Owens Corning. In that capacity, he is responsible for the development and implementation of educational tools to assist the commercial building envelope products businesses in serving the specifier customer base. To that end, Mr. Dehne participates in product development and market introduction, as well as providing technical assistance to both the Owens Corning sales organization and the product specifier. Mr. Dehne is also active in sustainability and energy conservation initiatives inside and outside the company, and was recently a member of the team that is seeking LEED EB Silver Certification for Owens Corning World Headquarters. After undergraduate studies at Lawrence Technological University and graduate studies at the University of Michigan, both in the architectural programs, Mr. Dehne worked in various architectural offices as designer, project manager, associate and principle, and prior to joining Owens Corning was President of GBKB Architects, Inc., a 15 person architectural firm specializing in school and healthcare buildings. Mr. Dehne has worked in several major architectural firms, most notably Minoru Yamasaki Associates in a Senior Designer and Project Manager capacity, and has served as the Facility Manager for three of the eleven hospitals at the University of Michigan Hospitals. Mr. Dehne has also participated in the continuing development of the architectural profession through various professional associations, most notably as President, Northern Michigan Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. You can contact Mr. Dehne by telephone at (419) 248-8943, or via email at bob.dehne@owenscorning.com . Jeffrey E. Griffith - Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center’s Journey to LEED EB Session 4F Michael Krause - Renewable Energy Infrastructure and Sustainable Community Development Michael Krause formed Kandiyohi Development Partners after nine years as director of the Green Institute in Minneapolis, an environmental non-profit that developed one of AIA’s Top Ten green buildings in 1998. Kandiyohi Partners is a development and consulting firm focused on renewable energy projects and urban redevelopment with advanced green building designs. Current projects include a 24-megawatt combined heat and power biomass facility in Minneapolis. Krause has served in policy positions with state and local governments, chaired the Minneapolis Consortium of Community Developers, and served on the regional Transportation Advisory Board and Minneapolis Planning Commission. He is currently a board member of the Minnesota Environmental Initiative and Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. Krause has a bachelors degree from Macalester College in St. Paul and a law degree from the University of Minnesota. James E. Megerson - Case Study: Blue Valley School District IAQ Energy Transformation Program |
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