SPEAKERS

Wendy Heintz-Joehnk — Founder & Owner, studio (re)generate

Title: The Brewery-A LEED-ND Case Study Time: Tuesday, June 2: 10:35 a.m.–11:15 a.m. Track: Economic Revitalization Description: This presentation will outline the private & public story of the sustainable redevelopment of The Brewery, a once thriving, seven block area of Pabst Brewing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This project served as a LEED-ND pilot project and will serve as a symbol and example to future LEED-ND communities. Program Level: Intermediate

David Kelly, PE, LEED AP — Director of Preconstruction, Turner Construction Co. Ken Brandsen, LEED AP — Manager, Facilities Design & Management,   Haworth, Inc. Daniel Sinnott — General Manager, West Michigan, Turner Construction Company Lynley Weston, LEED AP — Project Estimator & Green Champion, Turner   Construction Company

Title: From Routine to Green: The Haworth Model for Corporate-led Sustainability Time: Monday, June 1: 3:50 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Track: Economic Revitalization Description: Hear firsthand from Michigan’s latest success story and understand how sustainability not only transformed a building to LEED Gold, but an entire way of thinking about business: Haworth and Turner Construction Company will present a study on the business decision to go green and the affordability of sustainable construction practices. Program Level: Advanced

Carl Elefante — Principal, Director of Sustainable Design, Quinn Evans Architects

Title: The Greenest Building Is...One That Is Already Built Time: Tuesday, June 2: 8:50 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Track: Economic Revitalization Description: Our nation faces a daunting challenge to respond to climate change. For architects, our “inconvenient truth” is that we cannot build our way to a sustainable future; we must conserve our way to it. Sustainability and climate change response require effective re-use of existing buildings while transforming their environmental performance. Program Level: Advanced

Will Jensen — Vice President, A&E, Ryan Companies US, Inc. JoAnna V. Hicks — Director of Development, Ryan Companies US, Inc.

Title: Two MarketPointe: An Integrated Case Study on Selling Green Speculative Office Time: Tuesday, June 2: 9:45 a.m.–10:25 a.m. Track: Economic Revitalization Description: The recently completed LEED-CS Gold Two MarketPointe building is an experience-leasing success despite a depressed real estate market. Find out how Ryan Companies used its integrated platform and BIM technology to deliver sustainability features that promote employee comfort, productivity, health and wellness. Presenters will walk you through the process from proforma through design and construction to early occupancy and explain the bumps, battles and successes experienced along the way. Program Level: Intermediate

Jeff Gaines, AIA, AICP, LEED AP — Senior Associate, Manager of Programs &   Planning, Albert Kahn Family of Companies

Title: Well-being Considerations in Building Design Time: Monday, June 1: 3:00 p.m.–3:40 p.m. Track: Economic Revitalization Description: We spend upwards of 90% of our time in buildings. This can directly influence our health, safety and sense of well being. This program will explore design and construction techniques that result in built environments that positively affect their occupants — spaces that make them feel good physically and mentally. Program Level: Intermediate

Tracy Koe Wick — Director of Client Services, Neumann/Smith Architecture

Title: How to Successfully Market Your Next Green Facility Time: Tuesday, June 2: 1:35 p.m.–2:15 p.m. Track: Economic Revitalization Description: Green marketing in the real estate world involves attracting end users, investors, and target consumer groups to sustainable facilities. The LEED process ensures that a building is sustainable, but what does that mean to consumers? Who is buying and leasing green facilities? What are their hot button issues? This program will help real estate marketers position their high-performance facilities for success in the marketplace. Program Level: Intermediate

Sarah Pounders — Curriculum & Program Specialist, Creative Change   Educational Solutions

Title: Bringing Youth and Schools to the Table: The Role of Education in Economic Revitalization Time: Tuesday, June 2: 8:00 a.m.–8:40 a.m. Track: Economic Revitalization Description: How can we grow the next generation of informed citizens and redevelopment professionals? What educational practices are needed to inspire leadership and learning towards sustainability? This session highlights a high school program that engages students in the science and economics of sustainable community design, land use policy and brownfields redevelopment. It will describe how this rigorous program introduces students to academic and career pathways in planning and green engineering. Program Level: Intermediate

Jeffrey Fedewa — Project Manager, The Christman Company

Title: Double LEED Platinum: A Synergy Between Historic Preservation and Sustainable Construction Time: Tuesday, June 2: 12:45 p.m.–1:25 p.m. Track: Economic Revitalization Description: Using the Christman Building, a site in Lansing, Michigan that became the first double LEED Platinum building in the world, as a case study, the presentation will show the value and economics of integrated design and the synergy that is inherent in existing building reuse, historic presentation and sustainable development. Program Level: Advanced

James L. Newman, CEM, LEED AP, CSDP, ASHRAE OPMP —   Owner & Managing Partner, Newman Consulting Group Amy Pillivant, CPM — Senior Vice President and Director, Corporate Real Estate,   Comerica Bank Richard Plewa — Senior Vice President & Director Corporate Sustainability,   Comerica Bank Mark Bennet, Esq. — Climate Change Practice Team Leader, Miller Canfield   Paddock & Stone

Title: Cashing in on the Coming Revolution in Energy & Eco-Technology via Creative Collaboration (Panel Discussion) Time: Tuesday, June 2: 1:35 p.m.–2:15 p.m. Track: Economic Revitalization Description: Join the panelists as they talk about the energy and eco-trends that are re-shaping their approaches to business and the pursuit of opportunity in the emerging low carbon economy. Hear how climate change, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and green building trends are changing the rules of the game and fostering new modes of collaboration. Program Level: Intermediate

Zig Resiak — Program Director, Agresti Biofuels

Title: Practical Advances in Cellulosic Ethanol Time: Monday, June 1: 3:50 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Track: Transportation & Technology Description: Pike County Kentucky has initiated the country’s first County-Wide Strategic Energy Plan. Pike County officials approved AGRESTI’s process for implementation for several reasons, including AGRESTI’s negative carbon footprint, environmentally responsible solution in managing their solid waste, job creation, energy efficiency, and utilization of an abundant feedstock “garbage” for the production of ethanol. This presentation will review the basic components of the mandates and present a cellulosic conversion technology being implemented in Pike County, Kentucky. Program Level: Intermediate

Sue Norman, LEED AP — Founder & Managing Editor of EasytobeGreen.com,   Easy to be Green, LLC.

Title: Assessing Materials: Beyond Single Attributes Time: Monday, June 1: 3:00 p.m.–3:40 p.m. Track: Transportation & Technology Description: This presentation focuses on assessing the sustainable attributes of materials using life cycle thinking. Categories explored are carpet, composite panels and paint. Product options will be presented. Available third party certifications and life cycle assessment tools will be reviewed. Program Level: Intermediate

James L. Newman, CEM, LEED AP, CSDP, ASHRAE OPMP —   Owner & Managing Partner, Newman Consulting Group Robert Stevenson, PE, LEED AP — Senior Vice President/Partner,   GHAFARI Associates LLC

Title: HVAC & Integrated Design — How to Achieve LEED Gold Without Breaking the Bank Time: Tuesday, June 2: 8:00 a.m.–8:40 a.m. Track: Transportation & Technology Description: This presentation will expand the thinking of architects and engineers to consider systems that better integrate with the needs of tomorrow relative to LEED and to the changing standards and laws. Systems addressed will include large thermal energy plants with highly automated controls, geothermal heat pumps, underfloor air distribution, variable refrigerant flow, radiant heating/cooling and dedicated outdoor air systems. Between the two presenters, there are 60 years of experience in HVAC design and application, with emphasis on cutting edge technologies. Program Level: Advanced

Stefan Graf IALD — Lighting Director, Illuminart

Title: Lighting, Energy, LEDs, Sunlight and Our Future Time: Tuesday, June 2: 8:50 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Track: Transportation & Technology Description: Light is the “silent design” aid and a very powerful element in our design decisions. New lighting technology and proven new design techniques are now available to dramatically improve the visual environment and prevent glare, sky glow, light trespass, and improve productivity, human health and energy efficiency. This non-technical presentation will provide the ideas you need to make informed lighting decisions, critical to your project and to the benefit of consumers for years to come. Program Level: Intermediate

Jay R. Guerra, PE, LEED AP — Vice-President, Gibbens Drake Scott, Inc.

Title: The $Green$ Story of Alternative Energy Time: Tuesday, June 2: 9:45 a.m.–10:25 a.m. Track: Transportation & Technology Description: Every alternative energy project is “unique” project in how much it costs to fully optimize the benefits of energy efficiency beyond the glossy green finish. A veteran of green projects, Mr. Guerra will give a practical presentation of the costs and intricacies of these systems and discusses the “bleeding edge” realities of up-and-coming technologies. Program Level: Intermediate

Heidi McKenzie — Principal Environmental Control Engineer, Ford Motor Company

Title: The Ford Rouge Center Redevelopment: Sustainable Storm Water Design and Implementation Time: Tuesday, June 2: 12:45 p.m.–1:25 p.m. Track: Public Policy & Resource Management Description: Ford Motor Company transformed the Ford portion of the Rouge Manufacturing Complex (an 1,100 acre facility that stands out as one of the world's greatest industrial centers) into a sustainable manufacturing center, and the 67-acre Phase I redevelopment has provided a unique proving ground for Ford and its contractors regarding watershed management. This presentation takes you from concept and master planning to storm water construction and preliminary results. Program Level: Intermediate

Andrew Brix — Energy Programs Manager, City of Ann Arbor

Title: Growing Solar in Michigan: Ann Arbor's Solar America Cities Partnership Time: Tuesday, June 2: 8:50 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Track: Public Policy & Resource Management Description: Learn about the city of Ann Arbor's approach to promoting solar energy. In 2007, Ann arbor was designated a Solar America City by the U.S. Department of Energy and is working to integrate solar energy throughout the community by providing technical assistance, educating residents, monitoring installations, growing the local installer base, and funding demonstration projects. Program Level: Intermediate

Vuk Vujovic, Associate AIA, LEED AP — Director of Sustainable Design & Chair   AIA Chicago Committee on the Environment, Legat Architects Steven Kismohr, AIA, LEED AP — Co-Chair, AIA Chicago Committee on the   Environment, Harley Ellis Devereaux Michael Berkshire — Green Projects Administrator, Department of Planning &   Development, City of Chicago

Title: The Collaborative Approach: Climate Change Mitigation Strategies for the Chicago Region Time: Tuesday, June 2: 10:35 a.m.–11:15 a.m. Track: Public Policy & Resource Management Description: The creation of livable, sustainable communities relies on successful collaboration and an exchange of ideas between municipal governments and design professionals. This presentation will highlight the creation and implementation of municipal policies, design strategies that can be implemented in the region, and dynamic partnership between the City of Chicago, AIA Chicago COTE and USGBC Chicago. Program Level: Intermediate

Virginia L. Russell, FASLA, LEED AP, RLA — Associate Professor of   Architecture, University of Cincinnati, School of Architecture & Interior Design Sue Walpole — City Relations Manager, S.M. Stoller Corp. Adam Luginbill, AIA, LEED AP — Architect, Glaserworks

Title: From Weapons to Wetlands: The Fernald Preserve and Visitors Center Time: Monday, June 1: 3:00 p.m.–3:40 p.m. Track: Public Policy & Resource Management Description: One thousand acres of land contaminated by uranium processing for nuclear weapons have been restored as a nature preserve, and the equivalent of a small town has been removed with one remaining building, a metal warehouse — converted into the Fernald Visitors Center, the first LEED Platinum project in Ohio. Program Level: Advanced

Roger McFadden — Chief Science Officer, Corporate Express: a Staples Company

Title: Value of Greening our Supply Chain to Support Sustainability Objectives Time: Monday, June 1: 3:50 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Track: Public Policy & Resource Management Description: This presentation will show participants how to evolve from traditional supply chain management, which focuses on basic compliance and risk mitigation, to a “greening the supply chain” model, which focuses on creating value, promoting innovation, building credibility and improving productivity in order to reduce the impact on human and environmental health without sacrificing product performance or quality. Program Level: Intermediate

Shawn Hesse, RA, LEED AP — USGBC Cincinnati Chapter Heartland Regional   Council Representative, emersion DESIGN LLC. Susan Knight — Cincinnati Blue Green Alliance Representative,   Blue Green Alliance

Title: Building a Successful Advocacy Campaign Time: Tuesday, June 2: 8:00 a.m.–8:40 a.m. Track: Public Policy & Resource Management Description: An overview of the Banks Project in Cincinnati — an 18-Acre development in the center of the city's waterfront. After 10 years of planning, ground has been broken and the first phase is officially registered under LEED-NC. This presentation is a case study of what was done and how we got this project to the point of registration. Program Level: Intermediate

Michele Adams, PE, LEED AP — Principal Engineer, Meliora Environmental Design Jose Alminana, ASLA, RLA, LEED AP — Principal Landscape Architects,   Andropogon Associates

Title: Green Infrastructure and Urban Revitalization Time: Tuesday, June 2: 9:45 a.m.–10: 25 a.m. Track: Public Policy & Resource Management Description: This presentation will focus on built examples of green stormwater infrastructure at the public and private level in urban and university campus settings. Program Level: Intermediate

Leslee M. Lewis — Attorney, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Counselors at Law

Title: Crafting Sustainable Contracts: Legal Considerations for Green Building Time: Tuesday, June 2: 12:45 p.m.–1:25 p.m. Track: Regional Best Management Practices Description: Take existing laws, add form contracts, and apply innovative green building products and techniques. The result? Unexpected risks. Learn what you can do to avoid legal disputes later. What are the risks for owners, architects, contractors and consultants? How can you better green the heartland (and keep your green) by crafting sustainable contracts? Program Level: Intermediate

Jonee Kulman Brigham, AIA, LEED AP — Research Coordinator,   Project Co-Principal Investigator, Center for Sustainable Building Research,   University of Minnesota Rachel Hilvert O’Malley — Research Fellow, Center for Sustainable Building   Research, University of Minnesota Korinne Haeffel, LEED AP, CDT — Project Designer & Green Building Specialist,   The Kubala Washatko Architects, Inc. Linda Young — Research Director, Center for Neighborhood Technology

Title: Midwest Green Building Case Study Project: Pilot Phase Results Time: Tuesday, June 2: 10:35 a.m.–11:15 a.m. Track: Regional Best Management Practices Description: Funded by the USGBC, the study will outline investment in green buildings by addressing the knowledge gap in detailed case studies of costs, cost savings, and environmental benefits of operating green buildings in the Midwest. Program Level: Intermediate

Michael Momenee — CP, Mannik & Smith Group John Browning, III, PE — Senior Vice President, Mannik & Smith Group

Title: Brown is the New Green Time: Tuesday, June 2: 1:35 p.m.–2:15 p.m. Track: Economic Revitalization Description: The USGBC Heartland Region contains a large portfolio of brownfield opportunities for potential redevelopment. Many of these opportunities are overlooked due to concerns over severity of contamination, poor comprehension of construction and operating control methods available, and failure to understand the potential project funding benefits to facilitate redevelopment. This presentation will provide a clear understanding of LEED NC SS CR 3 regarding assessment methodologies, control options, range of development team business perspectives, and the availability of support funding through case studies. Program Level: Intermediate

Rand Ekman, AIA, LEED AP — Director of Sustainability, OWP/P Sheri Brezinka — Executive Director, USGBC Mississippi Headwaters Chapter Alan J. Warner, AIA, LEED AP — Principal, GBBN Architects

Title: Heartland Regional Council Task Groups’ Approach to Regionalization Time: Tuesday, June 2: 8:50 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Track: Regional Best Management Practices Description: This session will review the methodologies undertaken to analyze the environmental and habitation forces at plat to better understand regional issues and their influence on design and construction, and thus, to prepare the industry to better align regional concerns with global issues of sustainability. Program Level: Intermediate

Alan J. Warner, AIA, LEED AP — Principal, GBBN Architects Bob Knight, AIA — Project Manager, GBBN Architects

Title: So You Say You Want a Revolution? Transforming Large Complex Institutions Toward a Path of Sustainability Time: Monday, June 1: 3:50 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Track: Regional Best Management Practices Description: This session will review models of change that allow large complex institutes to self-revolutionalize in a manner consistent with the organization’s vision, mission and culture. By knowing who they are and where they are, large institutions can effectively redefine a sustainable model of operation that extends their legacy by building on inherent capabilities. Program Level: Intermediate

Neil B. Myers — Principal, Williams Creek Consulting Daniel Hellmuth — Principal, Hellmuth + Bicknese Architects Neal T. Schaeffer, LEED AP — Project Manager, Washington University

Title: The Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center: A Living Building Challenge Time: Tuesday, June 2: 10:35 a.m.–11:15 a.m. Track: Regional Best Management Practices Description: Through this panel presentation, attendees will learn about the reasons behind taking on the Living Building Challenge Certification, the design process and lessons learned about facilities designed to achieve this Certification and how the site and building can be used as part of the curriculum. Program Level: Intermediate

Levi Gardner — Director of Sustainability, Integrated Architecture Mark F. Miller — Senior Architect and Planner, Nederveld Inc.

Title: Lessons Learned from the New Urbanism: Various Applications of LEED-ND Time: Tuesday, June 2: 8:00 a.m.–8:40 a.m. Track: Regional Best Management Practices Description: This presentation will discuss many of the tenants driving new urbanism while focusing on two specific studies. It will illustrate lessons learned, identify the importance of applying new planning and design standards to the varying contexts of urban settings, and responding directly to the individual needs for those developments. Program Level: Intermediate

Matthew Tunnard, PE, CCP, LEED AP — Senior Engineer, Horizon Engineering   Associates, LLP John Ballew — Director of Facilities Planning, University of Michigan   Health System

Title: Taking Hospitals Green: A Case Study Time: Tuesday, June 2: 1:35 p.m.–2:15 p.m. Track: Regional Best Management Practices Description: This presentation will address some of the issues in selecting, designing and building a modern, environmentally friendly hospital that does not compromise patient care. The presentation will address how the University of Michigan worked with LEED NC 2.2 and how LEED for healthcare affects designing a modern, full-service hospital. Program Level: Intermediate

Scott Bowman, PE, LEED AP — Principal, KJWW Engineering Consultants David A. Eijadi, FAIA, LEED AP — Principal, The Weidt Group

Title: 100 Projects-100 Results-Looking at Real-Time Decision Making and Actual Results in Energy Design Time: Tuesday, June 2: 9:45 a.m.–10:25 a.m. Track: Regional Best Management Practices Description: This presentation will review 10 years of an integrated project delivery process with results for cost-effective energy/carbon reductions. Data from 100 institutional and commercial buildings are put into context across the landscape of code changes and technological development. Intended strategies and predicted performance are compared to actual results. Program Level: Advanced

Jim Meredith — Gensler Bill Hartman — Vice President & Managing Director, Detroit Office, Gensler Christopher Beck, AIA, LEED AP — Gensler Peter Capozucca — Deloitte

Title: Leaner and Greener Retail — The Path to Profitability Time: Tuesday, June 2: 12:45 p.m.–1:25 p.m. Track: Regional Best Management Practices Description: The credit crisis of 2008 has exposed a long-recognized but seldom-addressed issue in automotive retailing: the absence of sustainable policies, practices, planning and design. This program will cover current industry trends and a sustainable strategy for construction, demolition and renovation projects. This presentation will explore how automotive retail planning and design can be a major enabling influence in the satisfaction of the environmental, social and economic interests now emerging as a forefront interest of companies, consumers and communities. Program Level: Intermediate

James Halter — Segment Vice President, Waste Management, Inc.

Title: Sustainable Best Practices and Innovation in Construction, Demolition and Renovation Time: Monday, June 1: 3:00 p.m.–3:40 p.m. Track: Regional Best Management Practices Description: This program will cover industry trends and a sustainable strategy for construction, demolition and renovation projects. Mr. Halter will also review innovative products and processes surrounding C&D recycling and case studies of sustainable best practices being used in field projects. Program Level: Intermediate

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