A tradition of great thinkers

Keynote experience speaker:
Alex Blumberg, Contributing Editor, NPR’s Planet Money

Photo courtesy of Keppler Speakers

We are excited to have NPR’s Alex Blumberg delivering the BuildingEnergy 13 keynote address. He’ll be bringing his signature wit and clarity to his take on the classic debate in economics about limits to growth and whether environmentalism and economic growth are incompatible.

Alex Blumberg is a contributing editor for NPR’s Planet Money. He is also a producer for the public radio program This American Life, and an adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University. He has done radio documentaries on the U.S. Navy, people who do impersonations of their mothers and teenage Steve Forbes supporters. He won first place at the 2002 Third Coast International Audio Festival for his story “Yes, There is a Baby.” His story on clinical medical ethicists won the 1999 Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) award for best radio documentary.

In 2008, Blumberg collaborated with NPR economics correspondent Adam Davidson on a special This American Life episode about the housing crisis. Called “the greatest explainer ever heard” by noted journalism professor Jay Rosen, the Giant Pool of Money became the inspiration for NPR’s Planet Money.

Blumberg has a B.A. from Oberlin College.

See Conference Chair Paul Eldrenkamp’s announcement of the keynote speaker here.

Workshop and Session Speaker Bios

Speakers are listed alphabetically by last name.
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	John Abrams John Abrams is co-founder and CEO of South Mountain Company, a 37-year-old employee owned design/build and renewable energy company in West Tisbury, Massachusetts. John’s book “Companies We Keep: Employee Ownership and the Business of Community and Place” was published by Chelsea Green Publishing in 2008. Speaking In… Building the Generative Economy (also Session Chair)
	Fiona Aldous Speaking In… Construction Matters: Enclosure design & commissioning through construction
	Robb Aldrich Robb Aldrich received his Masters from the Building Systems engineering program at the University of Colorado. Since 2000 he has been with Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA), a building systems research and consulting firm in Connecticut, Manhattan, and Washington, D.C. At SWA, Robb has researched many residential building systems, and he helps clients design and build homes nearing “zero energy” – effectively integrating energy efficiency and renewable energy. Speaking In… Simplified Space Conditioning Strategies for Low Load Homes (half-day workshop) Session Chair: Multifamily Ventilation Challenges Track Chair: High Performance Mechanicals
	Amelia Amon Amelia Amon is a solar designer with an aesthetic approach to energy. Her company, Alt.Technica, develops solar products and installations, including lighting, freezer carts, fountains, interpretive exhibits for science centers, and solar awnings as Design Fellow at NYU. Speaking In… Sensing Resiliency (also Session Chair)
	Wagdy Anis Wagdy Anis, FAIA, LEED-AP, member ASHRAE, is a Principal with Wiss Janney Elstner Associates, Inc. He consults regularly to building owners, architects, contractors, product manufacturers and the legal profession regarding the design and performance of the building enclosure and lectures extensively on building science and commissioning the building enclosure. He is chairman of the Building Enclosure Technology and Environment Council (BETEC), a council of the National Institute of Building Sciences, (NIBS) and has been instrumental in establishing 27 Building Enclosure Councils around the country; he is board member emeritus of the Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA), serves on the board of the Building Enclosure Council-Boston, serves as chairman of the Energy Advisory Committee in MA. He is chairman of the editorial board of JBED, the Journal of Building Enclosure Design and has served as instructor in building science and technology at MIT and the BAC. He is the principal investigator of ASHRAE project 1478 RP, Measuring the airtightness of mid-to-high rise buildings built after the year 2000. Speaking In… Airtightness Performance of Whole Buildings: Design, Construction & Verifications Testing
	Mitch Anthony Mitch Anthony works where mission meets message. His sweet spot is positioning, messaging, brand strategy and ideation/concept development. He says that “I break it down and make it so simple that your grandmother can tell your story”. He is a brand guy who is convinced after 25+ years in the business that the idea is the new medium. He’s worked with companies big and small, enterprise and non-profit. He is a skilled facilitator and presenter with a track record of finding synergy, traction, and opportunity where fear, over-thinking, and bureaucracy slow others to a crawl. As a client said to him one day “Oh I get it, this is about organizational transformation, isn’t it?”. Today he is a a co-founder and principal at Clarity, a firm that uses the branding, development, design, and editorial processes as tools for visioning, alignment and development. Clarity helps companies use their story as a tool for transformation. He is a past board member of NESEA, and a current board member of the The Conway School, Graduate Program in Sustainable Landscape Design. Learn more about Clarity at clarity-first.com. Learn more about Mitch at linkedin.com/in/mitchanthony/ Track Chair: Moving the Marketplace
	Randall Anway Randall Anway is a registered architect in New York and Connecticut, USA. Having received a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from University of Connecticut, he has been further recognized with professional credentials in Biomimicry, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Sustainable Building Advising and New Urbanism. His varied and broad education and experience working in and on small and large organizations and communities, residential, institutional and commercial building types over more than 20 years has provided him unique perspectives on integrating design across scales from finish materials to urban environments. With personal, professional and volunteer experience encompassing interdisciplinary problem solving, entrepreneurship, and systems research in architecture and facilities, he brings a reasoned and practical voice to for responsible methodology in design thinking. His membership and participation in emerging design oriented innovation networks and communities of practice at local, regional, national and international levels demonstrate his sensitivity and commitment to bringing whole systems design to a broader audience. He is Principal at New Tapestry, LLC, a Connecticut professional services firm. Speaking In… Biomimicry in Action: Applying Nature’s Lessons for Resilient Design
	Lois Arena Lois Arena possesses over 16 years of experience in the building science field. She has extensive experience with new and existing residential buildings including on-site testing and diagnostics, design assistance and energy modeling. Awards presented to her clients include the New Millennium Builder Award and the Gold Energy Value Housing Award from NAHB. Ms. Arena has co-authored and presented training programs about energy efficient building practices to professionals in all sectors of the building industry. As a licensed remodeling contractor, she focuses on an integrated systems approach to building, incorporating both energy efficient and green building technologies. Speaking In… Getting the Most from Condensing Boilers (also Session Chair)

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	Jessica Bailey Jessica Bailey joined the Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority as the Director of Commercial and Industrial Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) in August 2012. Prior to joining CEFIA, Jessica Bailey worked for the last eight years at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), an $800 million foundation based in New York City. She served as the Fund’s program officer for sustainable development, the foundation’s largest program area. In this role, she co-managed a $7 million portfolio of grants focused on combating climate change and promoting clean energy. This work has involved developing strategies, cultivating proposals, and building partnerships. She sits on the board of the New England Clean Energy Council. Jessica is recognized as a thought leader in the clean energy community, bringing a creative and entrepreneurial spirit to her work. Jessica is also broadly networked and respected in the larger climate change and clean energy community, where she serves in board and leadership positions with several key groups and maintains deep connections to the field, including NGOs, business leaders, and policymakers. Before becoming the RBF’s program officer, Jessica launched and directed a foundation-wide cross-programmatic initiative on energy at the RBF. In this role, Jessica used a separate budget allocation to promote collaboration among programs with the goal of embedding energy-related grant making into each of the program areas of the RBF. This work was an important precursor to some of the RBF’s current energy and climate-related grant making in China and on global governance and was widely regarded by staff and trustees as a successful experiment at the foundation. Prior to joining the RBF, Jessica spent time working at the United Nations, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and on a research project in Ecuador. She received her graduate degree from Yale University and undergraduate from the University of Notre Dame. Jessica grew up in Chicago and now lives in Connecticut with her husband Brian and their two children, Luke and Eliza. Speaking In… PACE Financing: Progress and Case Studies
	Gunnar Baldwin Gunnar Baldwin was educated at Yale and Brown Universities and taught Mathematics for 16 years. In 1976 he left teaching to pioneer his interest in water conservation and wastewater reduction. Gunnar started working with TOTO in 1990 when they first opened a subsidiary in the USA, after previously working for their importer for several years lobbying for legislation and incentives for water efficient plumbing fixtures. He served on the ANSI Vitreous China standard committee until TOTO USA was formed. In its’ twenty-two year history Gunnar has served in numerous roles at TOTO and is now the company’s Water Efficiency Specialist. He has represented the company on several green-building committees including the USGBC’s WETAG and is a charter director of the Alliance for Water Efficiency. Speaking In… Advanced water issues: What the pros can teach you
	Everett Barber Everett Barber recently co-authored “Convert your Home to Solar Energy.” He is now writing a design guide for commercial solar thermal systems. His latest solar design project is a large solar thermal/electric system West Hartford, CT. Construction was completed in 2009. In 1972, Mr. Barber began teaching building environmental technologies at the Yale School of Architecture. He retired as an Associate Professor (adjunct) in 1998. Concurrent with teaching, he founded Sunsearch, Inc. in 1975. The company, located in CT, designed, installed, and serviced all types of solar systems in Southern New England. The company was sold in 2007. Speaking In… Solar Heating
	Hilary Beber Hilary Beber is a Policy Advisor in the NYC Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability. The Office is charged with implementing PlaNYC, the City’s 25-year sustainability outline. The initiatives of PlaNYC combine to provide a roadmap for achieving a 30% reduction in greenhouse gases, improvement of air and water quality, and an increase in transportation options. After graduating Cornell University with a degree in Environmental Engineering, Ms. Beber helped develop and pass the Greener, Greater Buildings Plan (GGBP), a package of legislation to address energy efficiency in New York City’s existing buildings. She currently works on implementation and outreach efforts for the GGBP laws. Ms. Beber is also New York City’s C40 representative. The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group is a network of large and engaged cities from around the world committed to implementing meaningful and sustainable climate-related actions locally that will help address climate change globally. She coordinates and works with other cities to exchange policy best practices. In addition, Ms. Beber also participated in and assisted with the management of the Green Codes Task Force, a technical group that identified impediments and proposed improvements for green building in New York City’s construction codes. Ms. Beber was honored as an Urban Green Council Service Award winner for her work on the Green Codes Task Force. Ms. Beber serves as a City representative on BOMA’s Energy and Sustainability Committee as well as ASHRAE-NY’s Sustainability Committee. Speaking In… Planning for Resilience: NYC’s Shoreline and Greater Greener Building Plan
	Chris Benedict Chris Benedict is a licensed Architect in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina and Washington D.C. She is a graduate of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union in New York City. Before starting her own architectural firm in 1995, she managed retail, commercial and residential projects for four architectural firms in New York City. Chris is a sought after public speaker and has presented her projects nationally. She teaches about energy efficiency and sustainable practices to Architects, Engineers, students and Contractors. Speaking In… Managing Heat, Water, Vapor, Air and Light Construction Matters: Enclosure design & commissioning through construction
	Matt Berges As EHW’s Green Housing Manager, Matt contributes to a variety of energy efficiency and healthy home demonstration projects and research studies. Projects include: Deep Energy Retrofit implementation and monitoring (Hud-Funded Deep Green and Healthy study); Home inspections to assess the effectiveness of moisture interventions (Urban Mold and Moisture Program); Home assessment of hazards and interventions for infants, seniors, and other at risk patients; Quality control and follow up inspections for the City-County Healthy House programs. Matt provides design review, technical assistance, and on-site construction review for green housing projects. He is an instructor for EHW’s Greening Your Home educational series, and produced a 40 hour course on Home Energy Efficiency at Cuyahoga Community College.Matt brings to Environmental Health Watch a strong background as a builder and home rehabilitation specialist. In his previous role as a Construction Project Manager with Cleveland Builders and with his current construction company Berges llc, he has constructed and renovated over 100 single family homes. Each home serves as an opportunity to raise the bar on efficiency and green standards. Berges llc has recently completed their first Net Zero Energy home, built to the Passive House Standard, and has been renovating homes with HERS scores in the mid 30s. Speaking In… Taking Deep Energy Retrofits to Scale
	Daniel Bergey Speaking In… Simplified Space Conditioning Strategies for Low Load Homes (half-day workshop)
	Michael Blasnik Michael Blasnik is an independent consultant who has been working for 30 years to improve residential energy efficiency. His work has focused on understanding the actual performance of buildings using measured data, including performing many large scale billing analyses of retrofit performance. Mr. Blasnik invented zonal pressure diagnostics, developed the SIMPLE building energy model, and is a member of the RESNET technical committee, ASHRAE, and the editorial advisory board of Home Energy Magazine. His current projects include leading the energy impact evaluation of the national Weatherization Assistance Program and working with Nest Labs on their smart thermostat. Speaking In… Measured Retrofit Results: 10 Simple Things that Work, 10 Simple Things That Don’t
	Jason Block Jason has a strong background in high performance building envelope, HVAC design and retrofit, general building diagnostics and testing, multifamily housing management and operation, strategic planning and systems engineering. Most recently he has been actively working on numerous NYC multifamily ventilation and air barrier systems in both existing and new construction buildings. Their findings have shed much light onto the subject of ventilation energy savings and air barrier installation which has been generally overlooked in the past. Speaking In… By the Numbers: Energy Data in MF Rehab/Retrofit
	Les Bluestone Les Bluestone has been involved in the real estate development and construction industry for over three decades, focusing almost exclusively on residential development in the New York City area. After formation of Blue Sea Development Company in 1999, he and his partner have dedicated themselves to the development of green and sustainable affordable housing. As a part of this commitment, his firm developed the first affordable Energy Star certified homes in New York State (Sunflower Way 2001), the first affordable LEED Silver homes in New York State (Morrisania Homes 2007), and the first affordable LEED Platinum multifamily building in New York State (The Eltona 2009). A trustee of the Citizens Budget Commission, Les Bluestone is also an active member in the real estate development community. He is a former board chair and current Leadership Council member of Habitat for Humanity New York City, a board member of the New York State Association for Affordable Housing, advisory board member to The Housing Partnership Development Corporation, policy committee member of the Housing First! advocacy group, and a past Vice President of the Queens County Builders and Contractors Association. Other association involvements include the National Association of Home Builders, the New York State Builders Association, the National Brownfield Association, the Long Island Builders Institute, the US Green Building Council, the Real Estate Board of New York, Associated General Contractors of America, and the General Building Contractors of New York State. His knowledge of construction and affordable housing development issues earned him a place on the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee of the Model Code Program that revised the New York City Building Code and is currently a member of the Industry Advisory Committee to the NYC Green Codes Task Force, convened by the Mayor and City Council Speaker, to “green” the New York City Building Code. Speaking In… Combined Heat & Power (CHP) for Multifamily Buildings
	Michael Bobker Speaking In… Combined Heat & Power (CHP) for Multifamily Buildings
	Jordan Bonomo Jordan is a building energy auditor for the best Weatherization agency in the country, NMIC. When he is not banging his head on hot pipes in Washington Heights boiler rooms, he is working on an M.S. in Sustainability Management at Columbia University and planning green building tours for GreenHomeNYC. Session Chair: Large Multifamily Boilers: How to Understand and Manage
	Dana Bourland Dana Bourland is Vice President of Environment at The JPB Foundation. In this role Dana will lead the creation and development of a national environment program with an initial focus on energy efficiency and environmental health. The mission of JPB is to enhance the quality of life in the United States through transformational initiatives that promote the health of our communities by creating opportunities for those in poverty, promoting pioneering medical research, and enriching and sustaining our environment. Formerly, Dana was Vice President of Green Initiatives for Enterprise Community Partners where she led environmental strategy for the national organization. Dana developed and oversaw all aspects of Enterprise’s award-winning Green Communities program including the creation of Enterprise’s multifamily retrofit program and served as managing director of the Green Communities Offset Fund. Speaking In… Green Financing 101
	Kristin Brief Kristin is the Director of Corporate Development and Treasurer of Ambri. Kristin joined Ambri in March 2012, with over nine years of experience in the energy industry. Kristin brings to Ambri a broad base of knowledge on the electric power sector, including wholesale market design and utility regulation. Kristin’s primary focus at Ambri is on market development, and she is also in charge of finance, human resources, and marketing. Prior to joining Ambri, Kristin was a senior manager at EnerNOC, where she focused on developing demand-side management partnerships with utilities and grid operators worldwide. Prior to EnerNOC, Kristin was an analyst in the energy practice of NERA Economic Consulting. Kristin has a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College. Speaking In… The Frontiers of Renewable Resource Technology
	Chris Briley Chris Briley is the principal architect at the Green Design Studio in Yarmouth, Maine, where he practices “architecture for life” specializing in energy efficient, environmentally friendly design. He is also an Advisor and blogger at greenbuildingadvisor.com and co-host of the Green Architects’ Lounge podcast. He is also an enthusiastic participant and part-time moderator for the Building Science Discussion Group in Portland, Maine, a founding member of the USGBC Maine Chapter, and a founding member of the Maine Passivhaus Alliance. His work includes the first LEED gold certified home in New England, a Platinum certified home in Portland, and a Net-Zero Passive house currently under construction in Saco. Speaking In… The Green Architects’ Lounge – “Sprout Follies”
	Ben Brungraber Ben Brungraber has a Master of Science from Colorado State in Timber Structures and a PhD. in Mortise and Tenon Joinery from Stanford. He has taught at Bucknell, Stanford, and University of Connecticut; was for 20 years the head engineer at Benson Woodworking Co; served on the Board of Directors for the Timber Frame Guild of North America; and, most recently, co-founded and is a principal at Fire Tower, one of the timber frame industry’s most ambitious and respected design and engineering firms. Speaking In… Structural Engineering for a Brave New World Standing Up to Extreme Weather
	Tom Butcher Tom Butcher is a research engineer and head of the Energy Conversion Group at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Tom has over 30 years of experience with high efficiency HVAC equipment and has been very involved with both lab and field studies. Speaking In… Getting the Most from Condensing Boilers
	Brian Butler Brian is a general contractor who founded Boston Green Building in 2007. His goal is to establish a model for better and more responsible residential construction and renovation. His passion is for high performance, high comfort, healthy buildings that demand little to no energy in their creation, operation and maintenance. Session Chair: Taking Deep Energy Retrofits to Scale
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	Jane Carbone Jane Carbone is Senior Project Manager for Homeowner’s Rehab. Inc, a non profit affordable housing developer in Cambridge MA, established in 1974. Jane oversees the development of affordable rental and homeownership opportunities. She coordinates all aspects of the project from predevelopment thru construction. She has completed several sustainable developments (new construction and rehab) in Cambridge using green development principles and practices. Ms Carbone also initiated the framework for HRI to incorporate sustainability in all their developments which is over 1,150 units and over 60,000 square feet of commercial space. Ms. Carbone received her BA in Environmental Design and City Planning from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Massachusetts and is a licensed construction supervisor and LEED AP Professional. Speaking In… Investment in Sustainable Building Pays for Itself
	Dennis Carlberg As Boston University’s first Sustainability Director, Dennis Carlberg is collaborating with stakeholders to develop a strategic plan, climate action plan, waste reduction plan, and communications and outreach efforts to build the University’s sustainability program. Previously, Dennis was senior designer and project manager at Arrowstreet, Inc. In 2000 Dennis established and Chaired Arrowstreet’s Sustainability Committee and Chaired Arrowstreet’s Integrated Design Committee through 2009. Speaking In… Leaders in Energy Efficiency Financing
	Jean Carroon Jean Carroon, a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects, is a tireless advocate for stewardship of buildings as the foundation of sustainability, both environmental and social. Jean is the 2012 recipient of The Harley J. McKee Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Association for Preservation Technology International (APT). The award recognizes her significant body of work as a preservation architect, and service as a pioneer in applying sustainable-design technologies to historic buildings. Jean is a principal at Goody Clancy, a Boston based design and planning firm, where her innovative design solutions in a broad range of sectors – including educational, civic and cultural – for clients such as the University of Virginia and the General Services Administration, have transformed existing buildings into vibrant modern places for work and gathering while celebrating heritage and implementing environmental sustainability strategies. A LEED Accredited Professional since 2002, her portfolio of historic renovations includes projects with LEED Platinum and Gold certifications as well as four National Preservation Honor Awards. Appointed by the Commissioner of the United States Public Building Service, Jean serves as a National Peer Reviewer for Design Excellence in Architecture and is the author of Sustainable Preservation: Greening Existing Buildings published by John Wiley & Sons in 2010. She is the 2012 Chair of the AIA Historic Resources Committee and holds BA and MArch degrees from the University of Oregon. Jean is an articulate spokesperson for the intersection of sustainability and preservation, advocating for building stewardship with diverse groups such as the American Planning Association, New Partners for Smart Growth, the New York Municipal Arts Society and Pace University Land Use Law Center. She has lectured and taught on the subject at Columbia, Cornell, the Getty Conservation Institute, Harvard, Pratt, Roger Williams, the Universities of Oregon and Massachusetts, UPenn, and the National Preservation Institute. She is a founding member of the Technical Committee for Sustainability in APT and helped draft the Pocantico Proclamation on Sustainability and Historic Preservation. Jean’s projects and established expertise have increased the visibility of preservation issues and sustainable design opportunities in a variety of media. She has been quoted in the Washington Post, Architectural Record, Preservation, and Environmental Building News, appeared on local television, been featured in three documentary films and been interviewed on National Public Radio about her projects and the intersection of sustainable design and historic preservation – most recently regarding her groundbreaking work at Trinity Church in the City of Boston, which is being profiled as one of “10 Buildings that Changed America.” Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal Business Section, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, House and Garden, Traditional Building, Architectural Record and Engineering News-Record among others. Recently awarded the Clem Labine Award “for a life of purpose dedicated to creating places that foster community, civility and traditional design”, Jean Carroon is a preservation architect, author, educator and environmental activist. Speaking In… Efficiency, Durability or History: Pick Two?
	Coreina Chan Coreina is a Consultant within RMI’s Buildings Practice, currently focused on accelerating deep energy-saving retrofits in the nation,s existing commercial building portfolio sector. She has helped design teams in a wide range of project types to establish efficiency and design goals, and to ensure effective, integrated design processes. She is a key contributor to RMI’s 2012 Portfolio Energy Retrofit Challenge, which will partner the Institute with leading building portfolio owners and apply RMI’s deep energy retrofit process to define energy saving opportunities and cost effective retrofit strategies at the portfolio scale. Coreina specializes in facilitating design and industry charrettes, with technical areas of concentration in daylighting, water conservation, and life-cycle cost analysis. Out of her diverse experience has emerged a passion for improved communication and integration towards the achievement of aggressive sustainability goals. Coreina has planned and facilitated over 20 innovation workshops for individual building projects, each bringing together between 15-40 multi-disciplined stakeholders to set building performance goals and identify viable design strategies. Coreina has spoken at CANDO EnergySmart High Performance Building Workshop (Cheyenne, 2008), US Green Building Council- Northern Colorado Annual Charrette (Fort Collins, 2009), RMI National Solutions Council (Denver, 2010), and the World Renewable Energy Forum (Denver, 2012). Speaking In… Trade Secrets for Getting to Deeper Savings in Commercial Buildings The Portfolio Challenge – how to scale DERs across multiple buildings The Power of a Good Story
	Brian Cheigh Brian Cheigh is currently managing an ARRA-funded, 1000+ unit Weatherization Assistance Program as the Community Weatherization Partners Program Coordinator at Enterprise Community Partners. He was previously a Senior Project Manager at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development, and more recently, the Deputy Director for Housing Development at St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corporation in Brooklyn. While at St. Nicholas, Brian and his team have focused their efforts to ensure the long-term affordability and sustainability of St. Nicholas’ rental housing portfolio through the sale of Inclusionary Housing Benefits and implementation of energy efficient retrofits. Brian holds a Masters Degree in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was awarded the Graduate Student Community Service Award from his Department for his work with the greater Boston community. He wrote his master’s thesis on the economic revitalization impacts of Dominican entrepreneurs in Lawrence, Massachusetts, a small post-industrial just northwest of Boston. Prior to becoming a City Planner, Brian worked for South Brooklyn Legal Services as a paralegal representing low-income households in Brooklyn on tax controversy disputes and providing know-your-rights workshops in immigrant communities all over the City. Brian serves on the board of Community Tax Aid, a non-profit that has been preparing tax returns at no cost for low-income taxpayers since 1969. Speaking In… PartnerPREP: Portfolio-wide Energy Management for Affordable Housing
	Jonathan Child Jon Child is a Worker-Owner at Pioneer Valley PhotoVoltaics Cooperative in Greenfield, MA where he manages the Design and Sales Team. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Bates College and a Master of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The majority of his professional time is invested in meetings with residential and commercial property owners to discuss their current and future goals for energy usage and on-site solar electricity generation. Speaking In… Solar Heating
	Sylvia Clark Sylvia A. Clark is the co-founder of Stonecipher & Clark Environmental Solutions, LLC. She has a passion for the environmental aspect of the engineering field, and enjoys offering a local approach, supporting focus on the Client’s best interests through common sense solutions, while respecting the needs of the environment. She earned her degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont in 2001 and has worked in the past for VTRANS and NHDOT as a civil engineer. Mrs. Clark’s background involves 12 years of experience in planning and engineering. Session Chair: By The Numbers: Energy Data in MF Rehab/Retrofit
	Adam Cohen As an active design/builder and green building expert, Adam Cohen is a principal partner in Structures Design/Build, LLC and Passiv Structures, LLC. In the United States, Mr. Cohen is a leader in commercial Passivhaus design and construction. He designed and built the first US Passivhaus public school and currently has six Passive House projects on the ground with four more in design including five commercial projects. Mr. Cohen is recognized as a national leader in the Passivhaus movement and has presented technical papers at both national and international Passivhaus conferences. His leadership in commercial Passivhaus design has made him a sought after speaker, consultant and teacher of advanced courses in Passivhaus ultra-low energy design. Speaking In… Commercial Passive House Design Principles Three Completed Commercial Passive House Projects: Center for Energy Efficient Design, Malcolm Rosenberg Center for Jewish Life and Hickory Hall
	Caitríona Cooke Caitriona Cooke oversees regional operations of CSG’s consulting and construction programs, and supervises a staff of fifteen. Cooke is on the team providing DOER-sponsored trainings on the new energy code and stretch code to building officials and others in Massachusetts. She also served on the Green Communities Technical Assistance team for southeastern Massachusetts. Prior to her current role, Cooke was self-employed as an Owner’s Representative during all phases of design and construction, primarily for non-profit owners and developers. Her responsibilities included project management, construction oversight and administration, permitting, and contractor selection with an emphasis on energy efficiency and green building. She also was a Senior Associate at Pinck and Company, where she fulfilled Owner’s Representative and Lead Project Manager functions for various construction projects while specializing in energy efficient and green building issues. In addition she served as Project Manager at EMRG, Inc. construction company where she was responsible for all aspects of project management and construction oversight. Previously, Cooke served as a Project Manager and Senior Project Manager for CSG for nine years, performing plans evaluation, site inspections, testing and verification of ENERGY STAR compliance for large affordable housing developments. She provided technical support to architects, builders and developers and served as a liaison with non-profits and other developers of affordable housing. Cooke is a LEED AP, and holds Right-J certification and an Unrestricted Massachusetts Construction Supervisor License. Speaking In… Investment in Sustainable Building Pays for Itself Session Chair: Airtightness Performance of Whole Buildings: Design, Construction & Verifications Testings
	Christian Corson Christian Corson is the owner of EcoCor Design/Build. He is a Builder, Designer, Building Scientist, and a student of life. His concern for the state of the energy balance of the planet, his love of designing and building well performing buildings, coupled with a fascination with building science, is a natural fit with Passive House. After working in Finland on a DER and traveling extensively throughout Europe, Chris came back to the States dedicated to perpetuate the Passive House building energy standard in the United States. Chris has designed several single family PH’s to date and is currently under construction of his fourth. Thanks to his son Xander and his daughter Mila, Chris will, at the end of this next build have enough Popsicle sticks to side EcoCor’s fifth Passive house. Chris is also dedicated to the evolution of building best practices and building methodologies in the United States so that the construction side of things is more aligned with contemporary materials and practices that embrace concepts with low embodied energy. Speaking In… Building Passive House Homes – Details, Process, Lessons Learned
	Darien Crimmin Darien Crimmin is Vice President of Energy and Sustainability for WinnCompanies and is responsible for managing energy efficiency programs across Winn’s portfolio of residential properties. Prior to joining WinnDevelopment, Mr. Crimmin worked for Harvard University’s Office for Sustainability and managed the university’s Green Building Services. He helped to develop Harvard’s largest solar thermal installation, designed training modules for Harvard University’s Operations Services and created utility measurement tools to track energy performance across the university. Speaking In… Multifamily Rehab: LEED, WAP and DER
	Carrie Cullen Hitt Carrie Cullen Hitt serves as Vice President of State Affairs of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), and was President of the Solar Alliance which recently merged with SEIA. Carrie earlier served as Vice President, Renewable Products for Constellation Energy and as Constellation’s Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs. She also worked at Green Mountain Energy Resources as Director of Regional Business Development and has help energy related positions at the Massachusetts Legislature and Harvard University. She holds an undergraduate degree from Clark University and an MA from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Speaking In… Interconnections, Net Metering and Caps
	Francis Cummings Fran’s expertise includes distributed generation, renewable energy, energy efficiency, smart grid planning, and carbon markets. He brings more than 25 years of experience in the energy services field, including 10 years of service to the Commonwealth as Policy Director for the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust and for the Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources, and more than 15 years of experience as an energy consultant, including engagements for Massachusetts cities and public agencies as well as private sector clients. Since joining Peregrine in 2009, Fran has led a contract team working with the City of Boston to facilitate the creation of Renew Boston, a innovative service delivery entity focused on coordinating and tracking energy efficiency and alternative energy activity for Boston’s residents and businesses. Other active consulting projects include: * Analyzing methods for implementing on-bill financing for electric utility customers * Helping to develop a community-based system to create and market carbon offsets from energy efficiency in buildings. Fran is an expert in group facilitation with training in collaborative problem solving and conflict management. He has in-depth knowledge of local, state, and federal energy policies and programs, as well as Massachusetts utility-provided programs and services. He holds a degree in economics from Harvard College. Session Chair: Interconnections, Net Metering and Caps
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	Andrew D’Agostino Andrew D’Agostino is Vice President & Mortgage Officer in the Community Preservation Corporation’s (CPC) Syracuse office, which covers Central & Western New York. In this capacity, Mr. D’Agostino facilitates construction and permanent financing for low-income and market rate rental housing throughout his region. Since joining CPC in 2005, Mr. D’Agostino has closed nearly 50 loans and helped facilitate the financing for over 1,000 affordable housing units. In 2009, Mr. D’Agostino was promoted from Mortgage Officer to Vice President. In 2010, Mr. D’Agostino was appointed as CPC’s sole Weatherization Director. As Weatherization Director, Mr. D’Agostino oversaw Weatherization work funded by a $5 million grant from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) through New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR). He was responsible for deploying this high-profile grant to low-income multifamily buildings in need of Weatherization assistance. Mr. D’Agostino also analyzed energy audits for numerous upstate buildings and formed a vital work scope that increased their energy efficiency. Mr. D’Agostino’s recent CPC endeavor has been with CPC’s Green Financing Initiative. Through this initiative, CPC is able to provide building owners with quick and easy financing solutions with straightforward options for retrofitting existing multifamily buildings to achieve optimum energy efficiency and cost savings. Mr. D’Agostino earned his B.S. and his M.B.A. from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. Session Chair: Blower Door Use in Multifamily (MF) Buildings
	James A. (Jim) D’Aloisio James A. (Jim) D’Aloisio is a Principal with Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt, a 27-person structural engineering, landscape architecture, and building envelope services firm in Syracuse, NY. A 1982 graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Mr. D’Aloisio is a Registered Professional Engineer (NY and MA), Certified by the Structural Engineering Certification Board (SECB), a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP BD+C), and a GPRO (Green Professionals Contractor Training) instructor. He is currently Treasurer of the U.S. Green Building Council’s New York Upstate Chapter, and a member of the ASCE Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Sustainability Committee, where he heads the Thermal Bridging Working Group. This group authored Thermal Bridging Solutions: Minimizing Structural Steel’s Impact on Building Envelope Energy Transfer, published as a supplement in AISC’s Modern Steel Construction’s March 2012 issue, which has reached over 65,000 readers. Jim’s a principal investigator for the Pankow Foundation-sponsored research project “Thermal Break Strategies for Cladding Systems in Building Structures.” Areas of expertise include Structural Insulated Panels, Insulated Concrete Forms, Frost-Protected Shallow Foundations, detailing of foundation insulation systems and details to minimize thermal bridging. He’s a trained infrared thermographer. He has written over 20 articles on the relationship between building structures and sustainability, and has presented over 100 times. Speaking In… Structural Detailing for Energy Efficient Building Envelopes
	John Dalzell At the BRA Mr. Dalzell leads Green Building and Sustainable Development initiatives including sustainability and green building policy development such as the 2007 enactment of Boston’s Green Building Zoning regulations which made Boston the first major city to require private developers to build green to LEED standards. Additionally, Mr. Dalzell focuses City resources on sustainable development through community based planning initiatives and programs. In 2011, Mr. Dalzell launched the Mayor’s E+ Green Building Program to test the feasibility of urban environmental, energy, and equity positive (E+) residential prototypes. The program is redeveloping three infill sites constructing ten new high performance deep green residential homes that will annually generate more energy than they use. In 2012, the Program was expanded to E+ Green Communities with a focus on two large redevelopment sites and broader goals now including neighborhood sustainability and community health. Visit epositiveboston.org. Mr. Dalzell is a member of the US Green Building Council national Board of Directors where he provides perspectives on urban design, city and community development. He served as a nationally elected member of the USGBC’s LEED for Neighborhood Development Core Committee, is co-chair of the USGBC Location & Planning Technical Advisory Group, and a Founding Board Member of the USGBC Massachusetts Chapter. He is a frequent speaker and has presented on sustainability, neighborhood development planning, district revitalization, green buildings and municipal policy at numerous national and local forums. Mr. Dalzell represents the BRA on City Committees, organizes green building trainings, and provides sustainability and green building guidance to project planning and review teams. Speaking In… Avoiding Disaster: Resource Resilience in Energy Systems
	David Del Rossi David received his Bachelors of Architecture in 1999 and started his career at a small Architectural firm in New Jersey. He spent 18 years in the firm which started at six employees and grew to sixty. The primary focus of the firm was in the public school sector. Some of his accomplishments include one of the first LEED schools with roof top PV in NJ, Howell Township. He was also involved with a Magnet High school in Philadelphia that was partially funded by the Bill Gates Foundation. The school included a green roof, water catchment system, PV’s, thermal storage and stained concrete flooring. David joined TD Bank in 2006 where he is part of the Architecture and Design department. The A&D department has lead the way with the TD LEED prototype store, decreasing energy usage by close to 40%, maintaining an average Gold level LEED certification, while all along reducing the construction costs compared to the heritage store costs. Speaking In… Bringing Zero Net Energy from Design to Operation
	Jacob Deva Racusin Jacob Deva Racusin is the co-owner of New Frameworks Natural Building, LLC, a Vermont based design, contracting, and consulting firm specializing in the integration of natural materials into the design and construction of high performance buildings. Jacob teaches a series of natural building and building science courses through the Yestermorrow Design/Build School and other institutions across North America. Jacob is a Certified Passive House Consultant and dual-certified BPI home performance contractor. Speaking In… Resilient Capacity
	Steve Di Giacomo Steve Di Giacomo, PE, CEM, CPMP is EMA’s mechanical Principal Engineer and is a Board Certified Registered Professional Engineer licensed throughout MA, NY, RI, PA, and NJ, as well as a Nationally Certified Energy Manager. Steve has logged over thirty years of specialized Energy Engineering, HVAC auditing, analysis, design, commissioning and facility operations experience with industrial, research, hospital, chemical, pharmaceutical and commercial facilities at both the site and corporate levels. He is also a guest lecturer to the senior class at Wentworth Institute of Technology on Energy Management Techniques. More recently, Mr. Di Giacomo has authored technical papers on CO2 based demand-controlled ventilation (DCV) in both Engineered Systems Magazine and the Journal of Energy Engineering, and serves as Events Chairman and Board Member for the Association of Energy Engineers New England Chapter. He has recently commissioned a number of LEED accredited buildings. Speaking In… Lessons Learned from High Performance Buildings: What Went Wrong? Why Did They Not perform?
	Elizabeth DiSalvo Speaking In… Sensing Resiliency
	Mike Duclos Mike Duclos is a principal and founder of The DEAP Energy Group, LLC, a consultancy providing a wide variety of Deep Energy Retrofit, Zero Net Energy and Passive House related consulting services. Mike was an energy consultant on the Transformations, Inc. Zero Energy Challenge entry, and has worked on a variety of Zero Net Energy, DER and Passive House projects, including two National Grid DER projects which qualified for the ACI Thousand Homes Challenge, Option B, and a feasibility study of a retrofit to the Passive House new home performance standard. Mr. Duclos is a HERS Rater with Mass. New Homes with ENERGY STAR program, a Building Science Certified Infrared Thermographer, a Certified Passive House Consultant who certified the second Passive House in Massachusetts, holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from UMass Lowell, and two patents. Speaking In… Net Zero Energy & Beyond Session Chair: Passive House Standard: Suitability for the Mainstream Market
	Jim Dunn Jim Dunn – CEO and President – Mr. Dunn has a technical and business background and is an expert in the renewable energy field, particularly in photo-voltaics and energy storage. He has over 35 years of experience with large companies like IBM, and Exxon and is a founder of 5 companies, and most recently, was responsible for technology transfer as the Director of NASA’s NE Region Tech Transfer Center, for 15 years. He has been successful in raising capital for several recent energy start-ups, and has a solid knowledge of the solar and renewable energy marketplace. Jim has a BSEE from WPI, and is active in the Renewable Energy field and a frequent speaker at energy related conferences and events Speaking In… Stand-Alone vs. Grid-Connected PV Systems
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	Kristina Eldrenkamp Kristina Eldrenkamp is a design assistant at Albert, Righter & Tittmann Architects and will be enrolling in an architecture graduate program next fall. Session Chair: The Resilient Home; The Green Architects’ Lounge – “Sprout Follies”
	Robert Erb ROBERT ERB is Senior Project Manager at Solar Design Associates. He has expertise in energy-conscious building design, production of construction working documents and building specifications, thermal analysis of buildings, solar electric systems engineering, passive and active solar systems design and modeling, building integration of solar energy systems, supervision of construction and installation of both solar thermal and PV systems. Robert incorporates his extensive hands-on experience in the engineering of solar energy systems. He excels in understanding the detailed requirements of a project as well as dealing with all of the project stakeholders, from the project owner to the installation crew. Over the past few years, Robert has moved into a position of coordinating the architectural design work of the Studio while taking on an expanding role in management of SDA’s commercial solar projects. Among Robert’s projects are the design and engineering of solar canopies for a leading provider of gasoline products for retail service stations across the nation. In this capacity, Robert has completed the due diligence required to ensure that all applicable codes are met, the systems are specified and documented for bid, the contractors are trained and the systems are commissioned. Similarly, Robert has been the project leader for design, engineering and implementation of 300 kW of distributed PV systems under TVA’s Green Power Switch program. Robert has also recently been accepted into NYSERDA’s Eligible PV Installers Incentive program and is working with NYSERDA on Photovoltaic installations throughout New York State. Robert received his Bachelor of Architecture professional (5-year) degree from the University of Miami in 1981, and a Masters of Architecture and Environmental Planning with honors from Arizona State University in 1982. He joined Solar Design Associates in 1983. Speaking In… PV 101: Grid-tied PV Systems for Architects, Engineers and General Contractors Advanced PV Design for Practitioners
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	Henri C. Fennell, Jr., CSI/CDT Henri of H C Fennel Consulting is an architect and building envelope specialist with over forty years of experience in the construction industry. He was a pioneer in the solar industry, introduced the installation technique for field-applied closed-cell cavity-fill polyurethane foam (PUF), developed a pressurized theatrical fog quality assurance technique and protocol, and has designed and constructed a net-zero energy research structure in Antarctica. He has four energy-related U.S. patents and has participated in thousands of high-performance and specialty building projects. His PUF background includes product development, materials testing, manufacturing, contracting, design support, inspections, and PUF performance commissioning. This diverse experience provides Henri with a unique perspective about the use of polyurethane foam in the real-world design and implementation of high-performance building envelopes Speaking In… The Master’s Guide to Designing Spray Foam Insulation Projects & Installing Them Right
	Ian Finlayson Ian Finlayson is the Manager of Buildings and Climate Programs at the Department of Energy Resources in Massachusetts. His current green building portfolio includes development of the Massachusetts stretch energy code, building energy labeling and efficiency pilots and assessment of code compliance for both residential and commercial buildings. Prior to joining state government, Ian worked for a large US affordable housing developer, was a consultant to the United Nations and taught in Japan. He holds degrees from Edinburgh University and MIT. Session Chair: Measured Retrofit Results: 10 Simple Things that Work, 10 Simple Things That Don’t
	David Foley David Foley has worked in environmental building since 1980 as a designer, builder, researcher and teacher. He worked for several architecture firms before joining forces with Sarah. He has a Masters in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, a Masters of Professional Studies in Resource Economics from the University of Maine, and a Bachelor of Arts in Community Design from Dartmouth College. He was the 1994 recipient of the German Marshall Fund to study green building techniques in Europe. He is currently teaching an on-line course entitled “Sustainability as a Way of Thinking” through the Boston Architectural Center. David lives in Northport, Maine with his wife Judy Berk, a communications director for an environmental group. Speaking In… Systems Literacy: What you didn’t know you knew! Acting Like It’s Tomorrow Today: The Future as our Client
	Peter Fourtounis Peter Fourtounis is a Project Manager at Elkus Manfredi Architects in Boston with over two decades of design experience. His recently completed projects include the Health Professions and Student Services Building for North Shore Community College, which is the Commonwealth’s first designed Zero Net Energy Building. He is active in several state and regional initiatives for the development of government policies for high performance buildings. Mr. Fourtounis has won numerous awards for design excellence, including the Leading by Example Sustainable Design Award and has presented on sustainable design at conferences throughout the region. Speaking In… Case Study: The North Shore Community College Health Professions and Student Services Building: Campus Zero Net Energy
	Anamarija Frankic Dr. Anamarija Frankić is a director of the Green Harbors Project at the University of Massachusetts in Boston where she teaches biomimicry. Dr. Frankic’s background in ecology, limnology and marine science translates to her work in coastal ecosystems restoration, adaptation and conservation nationally and internationally. Speaking In… Biomimicry in Action: Applying Nature’s Lessons for Resilient Design Resilient Urban Waterways Systems Literacy: What you didn’t know you knew!
	Eric Friedman Speaking In… Case Study: The North Shore Community College Health Professions and Student Services Building: Campus Zero Net Energy
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	David Gabrielson David Gabrielson is the Executive Director of PACENow, a foundation funded non-profit that provides resources and leadership for the growing number of property assessed clean energy financing programs that are helping make America more energy efficient. He was introduced to PACE while helping to develop Energize Bedford, an energy efficiency financing program for homes in Bedford, New York, where he has served as an elected Councilman since 2008. Before his careers in energy and politics, David spent over 20 years as an investment banker to state and local governments, financing a wide range of capital facilities and programs at national firms including Credit Suisse First Boston and J.P. Morgan. David earned a bachelors degree in Economics at the University of California at Berkeley and holds a Masters Degree in Public and Private Management from Yale University. Speaking In… PACE Financing: Progress and Case Studies
	Eric Gardner Eric Gardner, Energy Efficiency Program Director joined New Ecology, Inc. in 2011. He brings to New Ecology fifteen years of management experience in the fields of construction, real estate development, building science, and energy efficiency consulting. At New Ecology, Mr. Gardner manages the existing building energy efficiency program which aims to improve the efficiency of existing buildings through energy analysis, energy retrofits, research, and policy advocacy. Prior to joining New Ecology, Inc. Mr. Gardner was the founder and President of Bay State Building Technologies, Inc., a company that provided energy efficiency auditing and weatherization contracting services with a specialization in existing building energy retrofits. Mr. Gardner also acted as Director of Development for Sunrise Senior Living and Director of Land Development for Toll Brothers, Inc. managing complex real estate transactions, architectural and land design, regulatory permitting, and construction activities. Mr. Gardner is a Level-One Certified Thermographer and a certified BPI Building Analyst. He holds a Master of Science degree from Virginia Tech and a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Oneonta. Speaking In… By the Numbers: Energy Data in MF Rehab/Retrofit
	Alan Gibson Alan Gibson is a carpenter, building designer, building energy analyst, and general contractor specializing in custom, energy efficient home construction. He has studied environmental science and building science for over 20 years and has been a business owner since 1992. Speaking In… Building Passive House Homes – Details, Process, Lessons Learned Passive House Standard: Suitability for the Mainstream Market
	Jason Gifford Jason S. Gifford, senior consultant at Sustainable Energy Advantage, has over ten years of experience in the development of renewable energy policy, market and financial analysis, and REC market policy and development. Prior to joining SEA, Mr. Gifford served as Industry Investment and Development Manager at the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Gifford was Manager of Regulatory Affairs and Business Development at Green Mountain Energy Company. Jason holds a B.A. from Bates College and an M.B.A. in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Babson College. Speaking In… REC Markets Across the Northeast
	Justin Good Justin Good is a philosopher, community development activist and is the Executive Director of the Sanctuary at Shepardsfield, an environmental education non-profit organization located on a 40-acre land preserve in East Haddam, Connecticut. Mr. Good currently teaches courses at the Sanctuary and at the University of Connecticut. Speaking In… Sensing Resiliency
	Joel Gordes Joel Gordes has been involved in energy efficiency and renewable energy for 35 years. He has worked in research, design and sales of active and passive solar technologies as well as on policy issues such as climate change when he was a State Representative. He has the authored numerous papers, studies and articles on distributed generation, including how decentralized energy can be used to provide power for mission-critical, high-value applications for energy security. Speaking In Skills for Building Resilient Communities Session Chair: Maintaining a Secure Resilient Electric Grid; Stand-Alone vs. Grid-Connected PV Systems
	Ben Graham Ben Graham, BArch, is a designer and a natural builder with a background in permaculture. Ben recently completed the Passive House Training in order to integrate this rigorous approach energy design to his work with natural materials. Being involved in the Transition Town movement has connected Ben to projects that focus on resiliency in a changing world. Speaking In… The Resilient Home
	Scott Greenbaum Scott R. Greenbaum PE, CEM, GBE is the Principal Engineer of Greene Energy Consultants, LLC and is licensed in CT, MA, MD, NJ, NY and PA. Greenbaum has over 30 years of experience as an HVAC engineer, energy auditor, commissioning and retro-commissioning agent, and renewable energy consultant. He has developed energy efficiency projects for commercial and municipal office buildings, hospitals, multifamily buildings, colleges/universities, correctional facilities, K-12 schools, water treatment plants, industrial buildings, public safety buildings, libraries, etc. He has developed renewable energy projects including PV, solar DHW, and small hydro. He has developed central heating and chilled water plants for large institutions. He is currently implementing projects in commercial office buildings, K-12 schools, municipal buildings, small manufactures, and multifamily buildings. Speaking In… Lessons Learned from High Performance Buildings: What Went Wrong? Why Did They Not perform?
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	Stephen Hammer Dr. Hammer is a research scientist and lecturer at MIT. He works internationally on a range of energy planning and technology assessment projects. He is co-founder of the Urban Climate Change Research Network, and was the lead author of the State of New York’s 2011 analysis of how climate change will affect that state’s energy system. In 2009-2010, he ran the Energy Smart Cities Initiative, providing energy policy training to local government officials in China. Speaking In… Avoiding Disaster: Resource Resilience in Energy Systems
	Sarah Hammond Creighton Sarah Hammond Creighton has twenty years of experience in campus greening, campus sustainability, climate change action, green buildings, energy efficiency, and renewables. Currently she is the Director of Sustainability at Endicott College following 20 years in a similar position at Tufts University. She is author of Greening the Ivory Tower: Improving the Environmental Track Record of Universities, Colleges and Other Institutions, and co-author of Degrees that Matter: Climate Change and the University (MIT Press, 1998 and 2006). Sarah holds a B.S. in Physics from Bates College and an M.S. in Environmental Policy and Civil and Environmental Engineering from Tufts. Speaking In… Leaders in Energy Efficiency Financing
	Bruce Harley Bruce Harley is a recognized expert on energy efficient residential construction and retrofit. His 22 years of experience in the field, conducting trainings, and developing modeling software informs his two acclaimed books (Cut Your Energy Bills Now and Insulate and Weatherize – new edition just published!). Harley has received awards from EEBA (2007) and RESNET (2008, 2011) for his contributions to the field. Speaking In… Energy Calculations for Everyone
	Larry Harmon Larry Harmon is the Vice-President of Air Barrier Solutions, LLC. Air Barrier Solutions evaluates and repairs building envelope issues for numerous clients throughout the US in the commercial, residential and institutional sectors. Larry loves the challenge of figuring out what is wrong with a building and how to fix it. Larry believes that if it’s not fun, and you are not passionate about it, why do it? Speaking In… Multifamily Ventilation Challenges
	Lew Harriman Lew Harriman is the Director of Research & Consulting at Mason-Grant in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He is a Fellow of ASHRAE, and has 35 years of experience with humidity control systems in a broad variety of residential, commercial, industrial and institutional applications. Lew was the lead author of both ASHRAE’s Humidity Control Design Guide and the ASHRAE Guide for Buildings in Hot & Humid Climates. He is currently Chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee 1.12 (Moisture Management in Buildings). Lew’s work has been selected for the ASHRAE Journal’s ‘Best Paper’ award twice and he has taught humidity control design and troubleshooting to more than 3,000 professionals in North America, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean in the last 10 years. Speaking In… Should building codes regulate humidity & moisture in buildings? What’s important, what’s not… and how to decide
	Maureen Hart Maureen Hart is the president of Sustainable Measures, which she founded in 1993. Ms. Hart is an expert on sustainability indicators and is the author of the “Guide to Sustainable Community Indicators.” She is also the Acting Director of the Community Indicators Consortium, a network of organizations and individuals using information to foster informed discourse and decision-making about local, regional, national and global priorities. Additionally, Ms. Hart co-founded and directed the International Sustainability Indicators Network (ISIN) and has worked on sustainability issues in both the non-profit, government and private sectors. Ms. Hart holds an MS from Tufts University and a Bachelor of Science degree from MIT. Speaking In… Skills for Building Resilient Communities
	Chris Hawley Chris Hawley is an urban planner at the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning in Buffalo, NY. He is the worker bee behind the Buffalo Green Code, a total rewrite of the city’s zoning ordinance intended to implement smart growth and sustainability principles. An activist turned municipal planner, he has been at the forefront of pushing for a progressive, form-based code that promises to be a model for other cities to follow. Speaking In… What Small Cities are Doing… Buffalo, NY and Northampton, MA
	Jacquelynn Henke In her role, Jackie oversees the environmental strategy of TD Bank’s real estate division from Maine to Florida, which includes contributing her expertise in the design and construction of the bank’s new stores and implementing operations that reduce the bank’s environmental impact. She also oversees the LEED certification process for qualifying TD stores and offices. Jackie’s efforts also span TD’s operations across North America. In addition to her responsibilities with TD Bank, she is currently developing a green buildings program for the bank. The new program will provide guidelines on the design, construction, operation and renovation of TD’s retail and corporate real estate portfolios to create energy-efficient facilities. Jackie has extensive experience in sustainability, real estate and business. Prior to joining TD Bank, she was the sustainability manager and senior project manager for Harvard University’s Allston Development Group, where she guided the sustainability aspects of the school’s Allston campus expansion. She also previously worked for Colliers Meredith & Grew and Turner Construction. Jackie earned a Bachelor of Science in architectural design, a Master of Architecture and a Master of Science in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Speaking In… Bringing Zero Net Energy from Design to Operation
	D. Dickinson Henry, Jr. Dick Henry has been with the Jordan Institute since January of 2007. He brings a broad background in energy and environmental work to Jordan. Dick served for nine years as President of the Audubon Society of New Hampshire, from 1987 to 1995. From 1995 to 1998 he set up and ran the New Hampshire Electric Utility Restructuring Collaborative, a consortium of low-income, small business and environmental interests that developed the groundwork for a systems benefit charge. That charge now produces $20 million per year for electric energy efficiency implementation and another $12 million for low-income fuel assistance. As a consultant Dick worked with Public Service of New Hampshire and developed the original idea to convert one 50 Mega Watt coal-fired power plant to wood using fluidized bed combustion. While at Audubon he was a key participant in the implementation of a Selective Catalytic Reduction system to the Bow Power Plant, the first of its kind in the western hemisphere and now a standard for reducing NOx emissions throughout the country. Dick graduated from Harvard College in 1970 to co-found and become president of the Habitat Institute of the Environment until 1975. He then joined the technical staff at the Massachusetts Audubon Society from 1976-1979 and was a member of the New England Energy Congress. From 1979 to 1984, Dick directed the Lake Waramaug Task Force that installed the first hypolimnetic withdrawal system in North America to restore that highly eutrophic lake. After his tenure at Audubon and PSNH in the late 1980s and 1990s, Dick began a commercial enterprise to implement sheep contract grazing to manage invasive and exotic vegetation. Dick has a thorough knowledge of environmental and energy issues and how they intertwine. He has a strong background working with utilities, regulators, government agencies, business interests, the environmental community, foundations, and private individuals. An innovative and original thinker, Dick believes that climate change is the greatest challenge we face and that significant improvement in the built environment plays a key role in meeting the climate change challenge. Speaking In… By the Numbers: Energy Data in MF Rehab/Retrofit
	Lisa Hiserodt Lisa Hiserodt has been designing and writing, speaking and teaching about sustainable architecture for over 16 years. Hiserodt received her Master of Architecture degree in 1996 with a concentration in energy efficiency and am a United States Green Building Council LEED Accredited Professional.Hiserodt’s article, “Wind Power: An Emerging Choice for Schools,” has been referenced by the National Institute of Building Sciences. Speaking In… Leaders in Energy Efficiency Financing (also Session Chair)
	Paul Huijing Paul Huijing is a trainer at the Center for EcoTechnology where he teaches workshops on high performance construction. Paul is a mechanical engineer and residential general contractor. He holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering Degrees from the Sibley School of Mechanical Engineering at Cornell University and is a Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maryland. Paul founded his own firm in 2004 with a goal of establishing a small personal construction company focusing on service and energy efficient construction. He has written articles for the Journal of Light Construction and taught seminars at the JLC conference in Providence, Rhode Island. Speaking In… Building an Air-Tight Home
	Elizabeth Humstone Elizabeth Humstone, an urban planner for over 35 years, is an expert on smart growth and sprawl development. She is currently a consultant, an instructor at Boston Architectural College’s Sustainable Design Institute, an advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and a columnist for PlannersWeb. Formerly, she directed the Vermont Forum on Sprawl (later Smart Growth Vermont) and ran U.S. programs for the Institute for Sustainable Communities. Ms. Humstone received her Masters in City Planning from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Speaking In… Using LEED Neighborhood Development Standards to Drive Neighborhood Retrofits
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	Jenna Ide Jenna Ide is the Deputy Director of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Buildings Group for the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM). DCAMM manages construction and real estate for over 80 million sq. ft. of buildings and associated land. She has worked at DCAMM on energy and water conservation projects for over ten years. Her experience includes managing over $400 million in energy projects for state buildings, incorporating sustainable design techniques and technologies into new construction/ major renovation projects, and managing the implementation of new energy programs, such as, Clean Energy Investment Program, Demand Response and Zero Net Energy Buildings. She has led the development and implementation of the Accelerated Energy Program for the Commonwealth, which will retrofit 700 facilities in 700 days. Jenna is AICP (American Institute of Certified Planners) and LEED AP certified. Jenna received her Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources Studies from UMass Amherst and received her Master’s from Cornell University in Regional Planning with a focus on Environmental Planning. Jenna resides in Salem where she is on the Renewable Energy Task Force. Speaking In… Leaders in Energy Efficiency Financing
	Margarita Iglesia Margarita Iglesia has over twenty years of experience in the design and planning of sustainable communities throughout New England. She works as an architectural/urban designer at Parsons Brinckerhoff and she is a member of the online faculty at the Boston Architectural College. Margarita grew up in Venezuela, where she completed her studies of architecture, and she earned a Master of Architecture in Urban Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. Speaking In… Using LEED Neighborhood Development Standards to Drive Neighborhood Retrofits
	Tara Ikenouye Ms. Ikenouye holds master’s degrees in Architecture and Historic Preservation with an emphasis in technology and sustainability. Prior to joining Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (WJE), Ms. Ikenouye interned with the National Park Service and participated in several preservation field schools working hands-on to rehabilitate deteriorated historical windows, and wood and stone building elements. She authored and co-authored Historic Structures Reports for two National Park Service buildings. In addition to historic preservation, Ms. Ikenouye is a Passive House Institute United States (PHIUS) Certified Passive House Consultant. After a career in healthcare, Ms. Ikenouye chose to focus on architecture and historic preservation. She believes strongly in the environmental and cultural value of preserving and reusing historical buildings. Since joining WJE, Ms. Ikenouye’s work has included the condition assessments and investigations of distressed materials and assemblies, deterioration, and water infiltration of brick masonry and concrete structures. In addition she has performed hygrothermal modeling and studies for the rehabilitation and insulation of mass masonry structures, and historic preservation projects. Session Chair: Construction Matters: Enclosure Design and Commissioning Through Construction
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	Bomee Jung Bomee provides programmatic and fiscal management support for the daily and long-range activities of Enterprise’s New York office. She oversees initiatives related to sustainability, state & local policy, and housing & services for the most vulnerable populations; leads the development of strategic initiatives; provides direction on knowledge sharing and impact measurement; and supports office-wide resource planning. Over its 25 year history in New York, Enterprise has deployed more than $2.3 billion toward creating 35,000 affordable homes for 116,000 people in New York. Speaking In… PartnerPREP: Portfolio-wide Energy Management for Affordable Housing
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	Jonathan Kantar Jonathan Kantar is Founder and Principal of Sage Builders LLC, a multi award-winning design-build firm concentrating in sustainable residential renovations. A Newton native and resident, Jonathan is chair of Newton’s High Performance Building Coalition, sits on Newton’s Design Review Committee, and is a board member at Historic Newton, where he chairs the Buildings and Grounds Committee. Jonathan serves on the Governor’s Zero Net Energy Buildings Advisory Council, and works to help communities adopt sustainable and energy efficiency practices. Track Chair: Homes
	Phil Kaplan Founded in 2004, Phil Kaplan and his firm, Kaplan Thompson Architects, have emerged rapidly. His firm’s motto, “Beautiful Sustainable Attainable”, reinforces their commitment to creating vibrant, healthy and durable buildings for all. Speaking In… The Green Architects’ Lounge – “Sprout Follies”
	Steven Kaufman Steve has worked in sustainable energy and environmental protection since the 1980’s, developing emissions trading policy for acid rain control with Massachusetts’s Department of Environmental Quality Engineering, and analyzing federal environmental and energy programs with Eastern Research Group. In the 1990’s he helped develop PV-based rural electrification programs in Latin America and the Caribbean with Enersol Associates and Soluz Inc. Since then Steve has facilitated access to the carbon and renewable energy certificate (REC) markets to support renewable energy development. Speaking In… REC Markets Across the Northeast
	Satpal Kaur Satpal Kaur is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and graduated with High Honors from the Architectural Association and University of Nottingham, UK. She has worked at practices in London and Daniel Libeskind Studio and Walter B. Melvin Architects, New York. Track Chair: Fundamentals
	Alison Keay Alison Keay is Project Coordinator at The Jordan Institute, a nonprofit building consulting firm in Concord, NH. She is a graduate of Keene State College with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture with focus in building science. She is a BPI Certified Building Analyst and has worked on Level I and Level II energy audits in commercial, multifamily and residential. She has Level I Thermographer certification for infrared building diagnostics and also works with commercial and residential LEED projects. Speaking In… Multifamily Rehab: LEED, WAP and DER
	David Keefe David Keefe, Manager of Training Services for the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, is a former contractor who now provides consulting and training services related to building performance. As a contractor, he diagnosed and fixed problems with energy efficiency, indoor air quality, durability and comfort in hundreds of existing homes. As a trainer, he has provided more than 1000 technical training sessions to both professionals and homeowners, including building science, energy codes, home energy ratings, low-income weatherization, diagnostic techniques, and installation methods. Speaking In… Building Science 101 Building as a System
	Declan Keefe Declan Keefe is a founding member and co-owner of Placetailor, an employee owned cooperative based in Boston that designs and builds custom-fit energy efficient architecture. As the Strategic Director at Placetailor, Mr. Keefe directs a skilled team of six designers that build. He is a LEED AP and a Certified Passive House Consultant. Speaking In… Building Passive House Homes – Details, Process, Lessons Learned
	Marjorie Kelly Marjorie Kelly is a Fellow with Tellus Institute in Boston, a 35-year-old nonprofit research and consulting firm, where she specializes in ownership and financial design for social mission. She is author of the new book Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution, which looks at the design principles of mission-based ownership, and takes a journey to visit many types. Read a free excerpt at OwningOurFuture.com. Kelly is also Director of Ownership Strategy with Cutting Edge Capital consulting group. See CuttingEdgeCapital.com. Speaking In… Building the Generative Economy
	Gary Klein Gary Klein has been intimately involved in energy efficiency and renewable energy since 1973. One fourth of his career was spent in the Kingdom of Lesotho, the rest in the United States. He is internationally recognized as a speaker and educator. Over the past 15 years he has regularly spoken at conferences in the United States sponsored by ACEEE, ACI, ASHRAE, ASPE, AWWA, CEE, CUWCC, Eco-Build, the Energy Center of Wisconsin, Energy Out West, E-Source, IAPMO, ISH, PG&E, the River Network, Water Smart Innovations, and West Coast Green. His international speaking experience includes Green Plumbers Australia (2005) and Expo Zaragoza (2008). He regularly teaches classes around the United States for utilities and for Green Plumbers USA, and he consults with builders and plumbers around the country sharing with them the principles of energy, water and time-efficient hot water systems. Gary was also involved in developing the hot water distribution system credits used by LEED, NAHB, Build-it-Green, US EPA Water Sense, and other green building programs. Recently completing 19 years with the California Energy Commission, his new firm, Affiliated International Management, LLC, provides consulting on sustainability through their international team of affiliates. Speaking In… Best Practices for Efficient Hot Water Systems in Single & Multifamily Buildings
	Katrin Klingenberg Katrin Klingenberg is Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Passive House Institute US (PHIUS). PHIUS promotes the wide adoption of passive building principles in North America through specialized professional consultant training and certification, project certification, and educational efforts for building professionals and the general public. Ms. Klingenberg designed and built the very first home constructed in the United States using the European passive house standard and design specifications in 2003. She has designed and consulted on numerous passive projects since across North America’s varied climate zones. In addition to her executive role she is the lead instructor for PHIUS Certified Passive House Consultant CPHC training. In that role she directs curriculum. She also directs the technical and research programs of PHIUS, and is a licensed architect in Germany. Speaking In… WUFI Passive Workshop: Next-Gen Modeling Tool for Passive House and Building Professionals in North America
	Jacob Knowles Session Chair: Large Zero Net Energy Projects: Successful Design & Delivery Approaches
	Adam Kohler Adam Kohler, P.E. is a mechanical engineer at Kohler & Lewis Engineering in Keene, NH. Kohler & Lewis provide HVAC design services with a focus on energy efficient systems for high performance buildings. Adam specializes in the design of VRF heat pump systems and has designed over 40 such systems for both commercial and residential buildings throughout New England. Prior to joining Kohler & Lewis Adam spent four years as a lead engineer for Control Technologies, Inc. in Manchester, NH where he designed direct digital control systems for commercial and institutional of buildings throughout New Hampshire. Speaking In… Air Source Heat Pumps
	Kerry Koskinen Kerry is a remodeling carpenter specializing in retrofitting homes to achieve high thermal efficiency. Projects include partial deep energy retrofits on many modern and turn of the century homes as well as two utility sponsored full Deep Energy Retrofits. Session Chair: Standing up to Extreme Weather
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	Wei Lam Joining WJE in 2008, Mr. Lam brings over ten years of experience as a building enclosure consultant and design specialist. Acting as team member, project manager, and senior technical specialist Mr. Lam has gained experience in design peer review, construction administration, testing, investigation and repair design of building enclosure systems for a wide variety of building types, including hospitals, universities, high rise condominiums and hotels, and office buildings. His work includes the investigation and design of complex below grade waterproofing, cladding, fenestration, and roofing systems throughout the United States. Speaking In… Airtightness Performance of Whole Buildings: Design, Construction & Verifications Testing
	Joseph LaRusso Joseph LaRusso is the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Finance Manager for the City of Boston. Prior to accepting his current position in the Office of Environmental and Energy Services, Joe worked in the City’s Treasury Department. During his 18-year tenure in the Treasury Department, Joe coordinated each of the City’s municipal bond and equipment lease transactions. Joe’s exclusive focus now is financing the energy efficiency and renewable energy projects that are being implemented to meet Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s ambitious GHG reduction goals. Speaking In… Leaders in Energy Efficiency Financing
	Robert Leaver Robert Leaver is the convener of New Commons, Inc., a think tank and consultancy in Providence, RI. We go beyond big ideas and reports to the “linking and doing” that produce results. In 40 years Leaver has implemented over 750 projects including plans with Providence and Albuquerque, Martha’s Vineyard and Provincetown, MA and Narragansett, RI. He chaired BE12 and co-created the Whole Systems in Action track. Speaking In… The City is a Whole System (also Session Chair) Session Chair: Avoiding Disaster: Resource Resilience in Energy Systems; Using LEED Neighborhood Development Standards to Drive Neighborhood Retrofits Track Chair: Retrofit for Resilience-Cities
	Jess Lerner Jess Lerner is the founder of Green on the Inside, which specializes in consultations, workshops and research on sustainability and environmental issues. She has worked in the environmental field for over 7 years. Her work focuses on land use, conservation, the development of a sense of place, and habitat restoration. Jess holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies from Brown University. Speaking In… Acting Like It’s Tomorrow Today: The Future as our Client (also Session Chair) Track Chair: Whole Systems in Action
	Vivien Li Vivien Li is President of The Boston Harbor Association, a non-profit, public interest organization founded in 1973 by the League of Women Voters and the Boston Shipping Association to promote a clean, alive, and accessible Boston Harbor. Under Vivien’s leadership, The Boston Harbor Association hosted the first-ever “Boston Harbor Sea Level Rise” Conference and community meetings in 2010, which involved more than 500 participants. As a follow up to the conference, in 2012 the Barr Foundation funded The Boston Harbor Association to prepare a report on Climate Change and Adaptation, which will be released to the public in early 2013. Vivien is involved with numerous organizations, serving as chair of MassDevelopment’s Brownfields Advisory Group; co-chair of the Advisory Council to the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; advisory council member of Harvard University’s Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston; member of the Boston Conservation Commission; Public Director on the Board of Directors of The American Institute of Architects; and a trustee of Eastern Bank Corporation. Vivien has a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University and a joint Masters of Public Affairs/Urban and Regional Planning from Princeton University. Speaking In… Resilient Urban Waterways
	Jessica Lillian Jessica F. Lillian is currently the editor of Solar Industry, a monthly print and daily online publication serving professionals in the solar energy industry. As editor, she leads all content procurement and development, and manages the brand’s social media channels. She has six years of experience in renewable energy journalism and has written more than 200 published articles. Prior to her work with Solar Industry, she was the editor of Commercial Mortgage Insight, a publication serving the commercial real estate finance and investment sector. She holds a degree from Wellesley College. In 2011, she was named to FOLIO: Magazine’s 13 Under 30, an annual award list honoring the top 13 young leaders and innovators in the U.S. publishing industry. Speaking In… Renewable Energy Markets in the Region and Beyond
	Chris Lotspeich Chris Lotspeich (“lot-speech”) is Director of Sustainability Services at Celtic Energy in Glastonbury, CT. From 2001 to 2012 he was founder and Principal at Second Hill Group, an independent consulting and research practice on business, environment, energy, and security issues. Chris was lead author of the Whole-Systems Integrative Green Design Module for the Government of Singapore’s Certified Energy Manager course created in 2010. He was a 2002–2003 Batten Fellow at the Darden business school at the University of Virginia. From 1994 to 2001 he was Executive Assistant to Amory Lovins and a Senior Associate at Rocky Mountain Institute in Snowmass, Colorado, where he worked on six continents and led numerous resource efficiency surveys at industrial facilities and on a Navy warship. He earned two masters degrees from Yale, in public and private management from the School of Management, and in environmental studies from the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He received a B.A. in International Politics from Wesleyan University. Chris served as a wilderness emergency medical technician, firefighter, and hazardous materials technician on volunteer rescue services in Colorado, Connecticut and Maine. Speaking In… Maintaining a Secure & Resilient Electric Grid
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	Laurence Mackler Laurence Mackler, CEO, founded Solaire Generation in 2008 with the goal of making a significant and enduring contribution to the deployment of solar energy by designing and developing economical and aesthetically pleasing architectural solar energy structures. In 2008 this market did not exist; today Solaire is the market leader with over 200 structures installed for Fortune 100 corporations, the US military, universities and national retailers. Mr. Mackler continues to direct Solaire’s product innovation team and has authored eight patents for PV structures. Educated and trained as an architect, Mr. Mackler puts a premium on form, function and performance. Mr. Mackler has successfully created a company culture committed to providing the solar industry the best in design, service and quality. Prior to Solaire Generation, Mr. Mackler was the principal for the acclaimed Mackler Design Studio, which designed and built high-end sustainable commercial and residential projects. Projects included a conference room for Louis Vuitton and a music studio and library for Andre Previn. Mr. Mackler is a member of SEIA, holds a BA from Dartmouth College and a Masters of Architecture from Harvard University, which included courses from the Harvard Business School. Speaking In… Renewable Energy Markets in the Region and Beyond
	Henry MacLean Henry MacLean is an architect, educator, and principal of his firm Timeless Architecture. He has been actively promoting green design with civic and educational institutions in the northeast since 1987. Henry has been an adjunct faculty member at Wentworth Institute and the BAC where he is currently teaching with the Sustainable Design Institute and the Master’s of Design Studies programs. His articles and projects have appeared in several publications including the Boston Globe, the Northeast Sun, Architecture Boston, and Preservation Magazine. He lives and practices in Milton, MA where he serves on the town’s Energy Committee. Speaking In… Resilient Urban Waterways (also Session Chair)
	Chris Mason Mr. Mason, Energy and Sustainability Officer, City of Northampton, MA, is responsible for implementing projects and initiatives to achieve high levels of energy and resource sustainability, reduce climate change emissions, increase energy literacy, and shift to renewable energy sources in Northampton’s municipal, commercial, and residential sectors. Chris holds a Master’s Degree in Resource Management and Administration, a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, and is trained as an elementary and middle school level teacher. Prior to joining the City, Mr. Mason worked for nine years as the Education Director for the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association. Speaking In… What Small Cities are Doing… Buffalo, NY and Northampton, MA
	Kevin Michael McCarthy Mr. McCarthy joined Trinity in 2004 and brings to the company over 35 years of experience in construction management and sustainable development. Since joining Trinity, Mr. McCarthy has successfully completed the four-phase Franklin Hill redevelopment in 2009, a project which included 266 units of affordable housing. Mr. McCarthy also successfully completed the Washington Beech HOPE VI development in Roslindale, MA. Phase one and two of Washington Beech was completed in the spring of 2010 and provided 100 units of LEED Gold certified units of affordable housing. Phase three and four of Washington Beech was completed in 2011 and was the final phase of the redevelopment project providing 206 more LEED Gold certified units of affordable housing. Currently, Mr. McCarthy is serving as the Senior Design and Construction Project Manager on Mattapan Heights Phase Five, a development that is planned to include a total 120 units of affordable housing on what was formerly the Boston Specialty and Rehabilitation Hospital campus in Mattapan. The first sixty units are currently 65% complete and are scheduled for delivery in December 2012. This project is a follow up to Mattapan Phase two, three and four, which included a combined total of 155 units of affordable rental housing. The four Mattapan Heights phases involved the historical preservation and adaptive reuse of existing structures as well as new ground up construction. Mr. McCarthy is also currently serving as the Senior Design and Construction Project Manager on the redevelopment of Northampton Square in Boston, a project which includes 357 units of high rise affordable housing renovations as well as an new high rise tower with 236 market rate units. Prior to joining Trinity, Mr. McCarthy owned and operated his own construction management consulting firm performing quality control management and owner’s representation for developments including Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA and St. Ignatius Gate Residence Hall at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, MA. Mr. McCarthy was also Senior Project Manager with Morse Diesel International Inc. and AMEC and he worked on projects such as the reconstruction of Terminal E at Logan Airport, Boston, MA, the renovation of Wedge One of the Pentagon, Washington DC, as well as the initial phases of the Southeast Federal Center in Washington, D.C. Mr. McCarthy’s earlier years in construction included residential and light commercial general contracting in the New England area. Session Chair: Energy Calculations for Everyone
	Sadie McKeown Sadie McKeown is Senior Vice President and Director of Field Offices. In this capacity, Ms. McKeown provides both leadership and strategic direction to all of CPC’s Regional Field Offices as they continue to foster partnerships with CPC’s headquarters and external community and governmental agencies. Since 2008, Ms. McKeown has spearheaded CPC’s innovative Green Financing Initiative. The program is aimed at greening multi-family buildings in low-income communities throughout the state. The program combines public incentives for energy retrofits with private dollars to reduce a borrower’s energy, heat and water costs as well as lower their carbon footprint. Ms. McKeown has been with CPC since 1996, and previously served as Senior Vice President and Director of Lending in CPC’s Hudson Valley Region. In this position, she oversaw the entire lending process from origination through underwriting, construction supervision and conversion to permanent financing. Prior to this, in 1992, Ms. McKeown started her career at CPC as a Mortgage Originator. In Upstate New York, Ms. McKeown led CPC’s Downtown Main Street initiatives. Under this program, CPC seeks to concentrate its financial products and creativity in support of local revitalization efforts. Ms. McKeown has used these redevelopment tools as a guide for assisting other municipalities with their revitalization plans. Ms. McKeown volunteers as a Board member for several non-profits including Community Capital Resources, a small CDFI loan fund involved in all facets of economic empowerment. She volunteers for organizations which support the creation and maintenance of affordable housing throughout the region. Ms. McKeown is a member of the Moderate Income Housing Board in Tarrytown, where she lives, and is helping to advise on affordable projects and policies in the Village. Ms. McKeown graduated from Fordham University with a B.A. in Communications and earned her Masters Degree in Human Services Administration with a concentration in Housing from Cornell University. Speaking In… Green Financing 101
	Luke McKneally Luke McKneally, AIA, LEED AP is a registered architect at Solar Design Associates, Inc. with 15 years of diverse design experience. A US Green Building Council LEED accredited design professional, he specializes in energy-efficient, environmentally responsive design and the use of renewable energy in buildings. He is involved in all aspects of the firm’s practice including client relations, architectural programming, design and production, project management and LEED certification. During his first decade of practice, Luke became increasingly involved in sustainability and environmental issues and took a sabbatical to expand his knowledge of living systems. He earned his Masters degree in Biology from Harvard, performing his graduate research at the Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Laboratories while also providing weekly presentations at Boston’s Museum of Science to broaden public understanding and appreciation of science. Luke is currently focused on Solar Design Associates’ “Beyond LEED” program to create ultra-efficient buildings powered by integrated renewable energy systems to achieve carbon neutrality, and require little to no fossil fuels. Speaking In… PV 101: Grid-tied PV Systems for Architects, Engineers and General Contractors Advanced PV Design for Practitioners
	Marie McMahon Meehan Track Chair: What the Pros Want to Know
	Megan McNally In 2008, while attending Barnard College, Megan started Buffalo Basics, a project which hosted weekly community workshops on home repairs and gardening. Currently, she is owner of Rusted Grain, a woodworking collective committed to using the ‘waste’ of cities as an invaluable materials resource, as well as co-founder of Net+Positive, a Buffalo-based organization committed to activating models of neighborhood prosperity and self sufficiency through innovations in housing, entrepreneurship and the environment. Speaking In… Resilient Capacity
	Rob Meyers After 13 years of desperately trying to be a carpenter, Rob’s peers at South Mountain Company finally got him out of their hair when he shifted from the field to the office in an energy services & product sales role five years ago. As it turns out, swinging a spreadsheet is a better fit for him (and his peers) than swinging a hammer. Rob has no formal building science education, but relies on an inquisitiveness that is rivaled by only the most tenacious three-year old (“Why? Why? Why?”) and the good fortune of being able to pester both John Abrams & Marc Rosenbaum on a daily basis: how could he not learn something? Session Chair: REC Markets Across the Northeast Track Chair: Renewables
	Alexis Miles Track Chair: Moving the Marketplace
	Tina Miller Tina serves as energy coordinator for the Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA), a high performing housing authority managing 2500 units of housing in Cambridge MA. Her focus at the CHA is on energy procurement, planning and conservation efforts. In 2009, CHA was awarded $29 million of competitive stimulus funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for “transformative” modernization tied to energy conservation and improved sustainability. CHA was able to leverage the stimulus funding to over $100 million of modernization and energy related improvements, greatly reducing our carbon footprint while also improving daily living conditions for low income residents. Tina is also a Principal Partner at inCharge Energy, a retail electricity brokerage and energy management firm providing services to small businesses and municipal clients throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Session Chair: H2OUSE – Everything you ever needed to know about residential water consumption and conservation
	Russell B. (Russ) Miller-Johnson Russell B. (Russ) Miller-Johnson, P.E., is the Structural Group manager for Engineering Ventures, PC in Burlington, VT. He serves on the American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Engineering Institute’s (SEI) Sustainability Committee and their Thermal Bridging Working Group. He is also Vice-President of the Vermont Green Building Network, USGBC’s Vermont Chapter. He has served as the Engineer-of-Record and project manager on several recent LEED Certified or high-performance envelope projects in upper New England that have achieved thermal-break structural connections. He has authored and co-authored recent articles in Structures and Structural Engineering and Design magazines, as well as presenting at ASCE SEI Structures Congress, and the North American Steel Construction Conference on the design and implementation of thermally efficient structural constructions. Mr. Miller-Johnson has 30 years of experience involving a broad spectrum of structural project types and systems in various climates from the U.S.V.I. to Vermont, using alternative and re-used structural materials, throughout his career. He leads his firm’s integration of sustainable measures with their standard design practice. Mr. Miller-Johnson graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology; and has served as Captain of the American Red Cross’ Disaster Action Team in Fulton County (Atlanta), Georgia. Speaking In… Structural Detailing for Energy Efficient Building Envelopes
	Leonard Morse-Fortier Leonard Morse-Fortier has over 30 years of engineering experience. He received his Masters and PhD in Engineering from Princeton, and then went on to teach at both the University of Notre Dame and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Morse-Fortier has worked for Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. since 1996, performing failure investigations and consulting on wind engineering, structural design, renovation, and historic preservation projects. A member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, he was recently the 2008 to 2009 Chair of the Executive Committee of the Technical Council on Forensic Engineering. Speaking In… Structural Engineering for a Brave New World Standing Up to Extreme Weather
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	Ken Neuhauser Ken Neuhauser, LEED AP, is a field architect and project manager at Building Science Corporation. As part of the architectural design team at BSC, Ken participates in designing innovative, high performance buildings. As a project manager and researcher, he advises developers, builders, design professionals, building owners, and utility representatives about energy efficient, durable, and healthful. Speaking In… Deep Energy Retrofits
	Mark Newey Mark Newey oversees the Center for Ecological Technology’s Green Building Services, Multifamily Energy Services, and Training departments. He has worked at CET since 2005 and has extensive experience in the fields of energy efficiency and green buildings. He is certified as a Home Energy Rater Trainer and Quality Assurance Designee, and has taught over 100 workshops on energy efficiency and green building for builders, architects, heating contractors, and real estate agents. Mark’s technical expertise includes energy modeling, energy codes, deep energy retrofits, duct system design and pressure diagnostics. Prior to working at CET, Mark directed residential technical services at Southface Energy Institute in Atlanta, Georgia. He has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. Speaking In… Building an Air-Tight Home
	Heather Nolen As an Energy Consultant for Steven Winter Associates, Inc. Heather conducts energy audits on multifamily buildings, examining the building for sources of energy savings then assisting the project though construction. Having earned her undergraduate degree at Penn State, Heather is now pursing her masters at Southern New Hampshire University. Speaking In… Auditing Multifamily Buildings Session Chair: Combined Heat and Power (CHP) for Multifamily Buildings Track Chair: Multifamily
	Laura Notman Laura Notman is a registered architect in Massachusetts with more than twenty years of experience designing scientific research and education buildings across the US. Ms. Notman strives to create beautiful and technically excellent buildings that sustain the work and health of their occupants and communities. She is actively engaged with local community and school groups in her hometown of Arlington, MA promoting awareness of sustainable energy and building science. Ms. Notman has served on the Boston Host Committee for USGBC Greenbuild and as Track Co-Chair for NESEA 2012 and 2013. Track Chair: Commercial/Institutional
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	Matt O’Malia Matthew O’Malia is an architect and American Institute of Architects Design Excellence Merit and Honor Award winner. He received a Bachelor in Environmental Design from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio in 1993. Mr. O’Malia worked for architects in Frankfurt, Germany and New York City before completing his post graduate studies in architecture at the Staedelschule Kunst Akadame in Frankfurt in 1997. In 2008, Mr. O’Malia founded G O Logic with Alan Gibson. Speaking In… Building Passive House Homes – Details, Process, Lessons Learned Passive House Standard: Suitability for the Mainstream Market
	Mark Orlowski Mark Orlowski is Founder and Executive Director of the Sustainable Endowments Institute, a Cambridge-based nonprofit organization engaged in research and education to advance sustainability in campus operations and endowment practices. Mr. Orlowski heads a team that authors the Institute’s annual College Sustainability Report Card, which evaluates and grades key elements of sustainability at United States and Canadian universities. The Report Cardis designed to help schools learn from each other’s experiences and adapt campus and endowment sustainability policies that work. Since the Institute’s founding as a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors in 2005, Mr. Orlowski has spoken at more than 75 colleges in 30 states and at dozens conferences including the National Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit and the Meeting of the Ohio Business Deans. He has also worked with students, faculty, administrators and trustees at numerous schools on a range of sustainability initiatives. As a member of the board of managers overseeing investments for New England Quaker Meetings, Mr. Orlowski is familiar with fiduciary responsibilities of endowment trustees. He also serves on the board of Proxy Democracy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing accessible proxy information. Mr. Orlowski is an Advisor to the Campus Greening Initiative of Net Impact, a San Francisco-based global membership organization of MBAs, graduate students and business professionals committed to corporate social responsibility. A graduate of Williams College, Mr. Orlowski served on the college’s Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility and chaired its Campus Environmental Advisory Committee. He also received an associate’s degree from Berkshire Community College and earned a master’s degree at Harvard University, where he studied nonprofit management. Speaking In… Financing the Future of Energy Efficiency With Green Revolving Funds (GRFs)
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	Sukanya Paciorek Sukanya Paciorek (Suki) is Vornado Realty Trust’s Vice-President of Corporate Sustainability. In this role, she oversees Vornado’s energy efficiency and sustainability initiatives, including Vornado’s project evaluation, energy management and outreach efforts. She also manages the energy and utilities portfolio for Vornado’s New York division. Suki was instrumental in establishing Vornado’s energy efficiency capital fund in 2011. Since 2009, she also led Vornado’s efforts to LEED certify over 12 million of Vornado’s 30 million square feet of certified space nationwide. Previously, Suki worked in the natural gas industry, and for the US Department of State. She holds a Masters degree from SIPA with a concentration in International Energy Management and Policy. Speaking In… Avoiding Disaster: Resource Resilience in Energy Systems
	F.L. Andrew Padian F.L. Andrew Padian is Vice President for Energy Initiatives for The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC), a not-for-profit affordable housing mortgage lender. There, he is working in the implementation of the Green Loan Program, working with CPC staff and building owners across New York State. He has 30 years of experience in building science and has performed detailed energy analysis on hundreds of buildings across the country. He lives in NYC and is involved in many sustainable causes there, including GreenHomeNYC, the Clinton Community Garden and the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association. He served as the Conference Chair of NESEA’s 2008 BuildingEnergy Conference in Boston and was Vice Chair of the 2009 Conference. In 2010, he received NESEA’s Distinguished Service Award, which has been awarded to only 12 people in the last 35 years. Speaking In… Auditing Multifamily Buildings Multifamily Rehab: LEED, WAP and DER (also Session Chair) Session Chair: Advanced Water Issues: What the Pros Can Teach You Track Chair: Multifamily
	Lesley Patrick Lesley Patrick is the Program Manager of the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities in New York City. Her research focuses on 1) the urban dimensions of climate change including adaptation and mitigation response strategies; 2) the impact of sea level rise on coastal change and flood events; and 3) Geographic Information Science (GIS) mapping of vulnerability and hazards. She co-authored the 1% flood maps of the New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC), co-led the New York State Climate Change Impact and Adaptation Assessment Ocean Coastal Zones chapter, and contributed to the 2013 National Climate Assessment Urban and Northeast Technical Inputs. She received her MS in Geological Sciences from Rutgers University, a BA in Earth Sciences from Boston University and is currently a PhD candidate in the Earth and Environmental Sciences program at the City University of New York. Speaking In… Planning for Resilience: NYC’s Shoreline and Greater Greener Building Plan
	Eberhard Paul With 40 years of experience on countless projects throughout Germany and 20 years at the helm of his own engineering firm, Eberhard Paul is a well-known and respected expert in heat recovery systems for Passive House designs. Speaking In… Heat Recovery Devices: Evaluation criteria for equipment efficiency and heating in a passive house
	Gregory Pedrick Gregory Pedrick is a Project Manager for NYSERDA in the Building R&D Sector. His focus is high performance building construction shells, interest on the retrofit of existing buildings. He has > 25 years of engineering experience in the fields of power, controls, and applied R&D. He has extensive practical field experience with residential buildings, including a high efficient 1,600 sq. ft. timber frame salt box home designed and managed construction for in the Adirondacks of NY State. Speaking In… Taking Deep Energy Retrofits to Scale Deep Energy Retrofits
	Mary Jane Poynter Mary Jane Poynter is a Senior Energy Consultant at the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation. She specializes in commercial, industrial, and multifamily building energy projects, working primarily through the nation’s oldest and leading statewide energy efficiency utility, Efficiency Vermont. A 15-year veteran of the energy efficiency industry, her projects range across the spectrum of new construction and renovation for these building markets, and in the affordable housing market. Mary Jane is a Certified Energy Manager, Certified Home Energy Rater, and a 10-year member of her local ASHRAE chapter. She holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. Speaking In… By the Numbers: Energy Data in MF Rehab/Retrofit
	Duncan Prahl Duncan Prahl has over 11 years of experience at IBACOS assisting builders and developers with implementing high performance housing using Building America research results. His research focuses on process-related barriers in most builders’ organizations with the goal of creating new process models for builders. He is a registered architect in New York. Speaking In… Simplified Space Conditioning Strategies for Low Load Homes (half-day workshop) Simplified Space Conditioning for Low-Load Homes (90 min. session)
	Mark Price Mark is Principal of Price Sustainability Associates in Maynard, MA. He has been collaborating with homeowners, builders, architects, developers, and policy makers for over a decade on homes for an energy-constrained future. His work focuses on very high performance new homes, achieving deep energy reductions in existing homes, and collaborating with the building industry to define and promote building best practices. He is a certified HERS Rater, a LEED Green Rater, and a PHIUS+ Rater. Session Chair: How Much is Too Much? Track Chair: What the Pros Want to Know
	Cador Pricejones Speaking In… Deep Energy Retrofits
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	Kevin Quilliam Kevin co-founded SRECTrade, Inc in 2007. He is a recognized expert in renewable energy markets, speaking regularly at conferences and acting as a lead contributor to research including the GTM SREC Market Monitor. He works closely with utilities who act as SREC buyers, as well as working with regulators and state agencies to help design, refine, and implement state renewable portfolio standards. Kevin runs the Delaware state-wide SREC solicitation program on behalf of Delmarva Power and the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility, and is Vice President, Delaware for the Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association. He also has 15 years of experience as an aircraft maintenance officer and search and rescue helicopter pilot in the Coast Guard. Kevin completed his B.S. Degree in electrical engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. Speaking In… REC Markets Across the Northeast
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	Bernice Radle Bernice Radle works for Buffalo Energy, one of Buffalo’s premier energy consulting firms. For the past six years, Ms. Radle has spent her time retrofitting historic buildings in Buffalo, NY. Several of her retrofits have been recognized by NYSERDA for their higher than average energy reductions. She has a passion for buildings, energy efficiency, cities, urban planning initiatives and historic preservation. Ms. Radle has been chosen as a Women of Green at NESEA BE11 and was a part of the Keynote Experience for NESEA BE12. Ms. Radle is active with NESEA, the Western New York Sustainable Energy Association the Buffalo Young Preservationists and several other organizations. You can follow her work at berniceradle.com Speaking In… The City is a Whole System Session Chair: What Small Cities are Doing… Buffalo, NY and Northampton, MA; Planning for Resilience: NYC’s Shoreline and Greater Greener Building Plan Track Chair: Retrofit for Resilience-Cities
	Lyle Rawlings In 2007 the founder of Advanced Solar Products was called “the founding father of renewable energy legislation in New Jersey,” by New York Times Magazine, and he remains one of the nation’s leading professionals in the field of solar energy. An engineer with 34 years of experience in renewable energy research, design, policy advocacy, and business, Mr. Rawlings has designed and managed some of the most challenging – and some of the most innovative – PV projects in the country. In 2003 Mr. Rawlings served on Gov. McGreevy’s Renewable Energy Task Force, where he successfully campaigned for the creation of the state’s system of Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SREC’s). In 2009, Rawlings was a winner of the Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” award. Lyle Rawlings was also the co-founder of the Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association (MSEIA) where he was instrumental in the creation of the New Jersey solar energy program, which today leads the nation in solar energy industry growth. Mr. Rawlings continues to serve as Vice President and remains active in the creation and improvement of solar energy incentives, regulations and legislation in the region. Mr. Rawlings received a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from West Virginia University. He holds one U.S. patent in photovoltaic module design and has another patent for an improved module mounting system. Speaking In… The Frontiers of Renewable Resource Technology
	Patrick Retelle Patrick Retelle, P.E., PMP is the Director of Energy Engineering at Solar Design Associates, LLC., a group of engineers and architects dedicated to the design, engineering and integration of renewable energy systems which incorporate the latest in innovative technology – especially photovoltaics. Patrick is a Massachusetts Board Certified Registered Professional Engineer, certified NABCEP PV and Solar Thermal installer and IGSHPA installer. His responsibilities at SDA include PV, Solar Hot Water, Wind Turbine and Geothermal system design as well energy modeling and renewable system commissioning. Patrick received his Master of Science in Energy Engineering and his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and his MBA from Rivier University. Speaking In… PV 101: Grid-tied PV Systems for Architects, Engineers and General Contractors Advanced PV Design for Practitioners
	Daniel Rieber Daniel Rieber has 24 years experience working in the field of energy efficiency. For four years Mr. Rieber performed energy audits and was a construction manager, in multi-family buildings for the Weatherization Department of New York City Housing Preservation and Development’s Energy Conservation Division. Currently, Mr. Rieber serves as the Weatherization Director at Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC). In that capacity he continues conducting energy audits and construction management for the Weatherization Assistance Program at NMIC. Dan is also an active board member of the Association For Energy Affordability (AEA) for the last 17 years and for the past five years a member of the NYSWDA board of directors. Dan is certified as an EPA Lead Paint Supervisor and has a BA degree from The State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dan has presented at past ACI conferences, National and Regional WAP conferences, NESEA and at each of the Multifamily Conferences held in NYC and Chicago. Speaking In… Large Multifamily Boilers: How to Undertand and Manage
	Tom Riley Session Chair: Should Building Codes Regulate Humidity and Moisture in Buildings? What’s Important, What’s not…and How to Decide
	J. Craig Robertson Since 1990 Craig has been the principal of J. Craig Robertson Building & Fine Carpentry, a small residential design-build firm working to make energy efficient buildings. In the past five years the company has specialized in comprehensive renovations and additions with large-scale integrated solar thermal space and hot water heating systems. Craig is also part owner and president of Heliocentrix, Inc, a solar thermal contracting company installing systems in western Massachusetts. Most recently he has been working on a team designing a project that hopes to achieve Living Building Challenge certification and, through Integrated Eco Strategies, on a feasibility study of for large scale campus solar thermal installations. His areas of endeavor include thermal energy storage, low temperature heating distribution, solar-aware building design, the remote display and monitoring of solar thermal systems, understanding geothermal system design and function and all things related to energy efficiency. Speaking In… Solar Heating
	Matt Root Matt Root is a senior project manager for Conservation Services Group’s (CSG) consulting and construction group. Currently, Matt is focused on delivering CSG’s exterior enclosure commissioning services, which includes specification writing, construction oversight, and diagnostic testing for all building types. Matt joined CSG in 2004, serving as a HERS rater performing third-party verifications under the ENERGY STAR Homes and LEED for Homes programs. He has extensive experience in large building testing; blower door, duct blaster, and pressure differential testing, as well as infrared scanning and measuring air flow in ventilation systems. Matt holds M.S. and B.S. degrees from Brown University in mechanical engineering. Track Chair: Fundamentals
	William Rose William B. Rose is Senior Research Architect at the Prairie Research Institute, part of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research is in building performance, particularly the heat and moisture performance of building envelopes. For 12 years he was the Handbook Chair for the ASHRAE Handbook chapters on building envelopes. In 2005 he authored Water in Buildings, published by Wiley & Sons. His current research is with US Department of Housing and Urban Development, to determine concentrations of common air compounds in homes that are weatherized and mechanically ventilated. Mr. Rose was recently named an ASHRAE Fellow. Speaking In… Conflicts Between Performance and Compliance: What it takes to make high performance buildings Efficiency, Durability or History: Pick Two? Should Building Codes Regulate Humidity and Moisture in Buildings? What’s Important, What’s Not… and How To Decide
	Marc Rosenbaum Marc Rosenbaum, of South Mountain Company, is well known in NESEA circles as one who never lets ignorance stand in the way of expressing a firmly held opinion. He is a long time student of making good buildings and continues to be amazed that his clients put up with him. He blogs at Thriving on Low Carbon; he’s a frequent contributor to Green Building Advisor blogs; and here’s South Mountain’s website: South Mountain Company Speaking In… The Resilient Home
	Timothy Roughan Tim Roughan is the Director of Energy and Environmental Policy for the National Grid companies which serve 6.8 million electric and gas customers in NE and NY. His prior positions include Director of Product Management, Business Services Vice President, and the Director of Distributed Resources. He has been with the company or it’s predecessors for 30 years. In his role, Tim works in the regulatory arena to promote balanced approaches to distributed generation issues (e.g. net metering, integration of renewables with the transmission and distribution (T&D) system, interconnection issues, etc.), non-wires alternatives to standard T&D investments using various customer-side resources, and certainty and consistency of these policies throughout the Company’s service territory. He is a graduate of WPI. Speaking In… Maintaining a Secure & Resilient Electric Grid Interconnections, Net Metering and Caps
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	Tom Sahagian Tom Sahagian currently works at Enterprise Foundation. He has more than 30 years of experience auditing and designing multifamily heating systems. He speaks and teaches widely on this and many other energy-efficiency topics. Speaking In… Large Multifamily Boilers: How to Understand and Manage
	Grant Salmon Grant Salmon is a Sr. Energy Consultant within Steven Winter Associates’ Multifamily Energy Group. Mr. Salmon has audited, retro-commissioned, and performed energy analyses on over 7,000 units and 10M square feet of multifamily, hospitality, and mixed-use properties during his time at SWA. Prior to joining SWA, he was a construction superintendent and a small home energy auditor/home performance contractor. Current responsibilities at SWA include managing projects to achieve compliance with NYC’s landmark Local Law 87 (which requires Level II energy audits and systems retro-commissioning), performing IAQ studies, and managing projects within NYSERDA, ConEd, and NJ-PSEG energy efficiency programs. Mr. Salmon holds a BA in Government & Politics from the University of Maryland, College Park and an MS in Construction Management from Stevens Institute of Technology. His favorite hand tool is a manometer. Speaking In… Multifamily Ventilation Challenges
	Carolyn Sarno Carolyn Sarno manages Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships’ (NEEP) High Performance Building team. She assists states with the development and implementation of strategies to improve energy code compliance and promote operational energy savings in retrofits and new buildings. Carolyn is the Vice Chairman of the Collaborative for High Performance Schools Board of Directors. She currently Chairs the Town of Bedford, MA Energy Task Force and Chaired MA Governor Deval Patrick’s Net Zero Energy Task Force for Public Buildings. Carolyn has over 11 years of hands on Facilities Management experience most recently with the City of Newton, Mass. where she managed and coordinated all facilities operations and maintenance activities for 85 public buildings, including 22 schools. Carolyn has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Salem State College and is a Certified Building Operator. Session Chair: Case Study: The North Shore Community College Health Professions and Student Services Building: Campus Zero Net Energy
	Chuck Schwartz Chuck Schwartz, an engineer and entrepreneur with over 3 decades of experience, presently is Director of LI Green. A local not for profit launched out of research at Stony Brook University, LI Green has helped over 1800 Long Island families to lower their energy use in the past 4 years. Chuck also provides technical assistance to LIFE, the NY State Low-Income Forum on Energy, manages the EnergySmart LI program in conjunction with the Oil Heat Institute of LI and is a board member of the Social Enterprise Alliance, LI Chapter. Speaking In… Creation of a Mass Market for Energy Efficiency on Long Island
	R. Carter Scott Carter Scott is President of Transformations, Inc., a sustainable development and building company in Townsend, MA. His company specializes in developing and building Zero-Energy communities, building Zero-Energy custom homes and installing solar electric systems on existing buildings. He is currently a member of Governor Patrick’s Zero Energy Building Advisory Council. Speaking In… Net Zero Energy & Beyond
	Jesse JW Selman Jesse Selman is a designer and project manager at Coldham and Hartman Architects where he shares a passion to restore, re-build, and transform the built environment in the Northeast. His focus is the creation of regenerative agriculture infrastructure design. Mr. Selman lives in western Massachusetts where he builds resilience, soil, and community with insulation and insolation. He teaches locally and at Yestermorrow Design/Build School and his day job is at Coldham & Hartman Architects Speaking In… Resilient Capacity (also Session Chair)
	Andy Shapiro With a B.A. in engineering from Brown University, Andy Shapiro, through his company Energy Balance, Inc, has been providing energy consulting and design services to a wide variety of clients since 1988. He works with homeowners, architects, engineers and builders, as well as towns, landlords, non-profit housing organizations, and electric utilities. Services range from house-doctoring to sustainable building design and include research projects as well as utility program design and impact evaluation. He is the author of The Homeowners Complete Guide to Add-On Solar Greenhouses and Sunspaces (Rodale Press, 1985). He became VEEP’s energy scientist in 1994. Shapiro provides a level of technical expertise unusual in classrooms and along with Barhydt is helping to enhance science teaching in New England schools. Andy lives in Montpelier. Speaking In… Mechanical Systems Session Chair: Heat Recovery Devices: Evaluation criteria for equipment efficiency and heating in a passive house
	Carl Shapiro Carl Shapiro is a Building Systems Engineer with Steven Winter Associates, Inc., where he works on the Department of Energy’s Building America Program. He received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Swarthmore College. He has experience evaluating residential energy systems, with specific emphasis on energy efficiency. His expertise includes design, testing, and monitoring of home energy systems. Speaking In… Heat Pump Water Heaters in Cold Climates
	Kristen Simmons Ms. Simmons is currently a consultant with ICF, where she develops and manages a Massachusetts multifamily energy efficiency incentive program. Kristen Simmons is an architect from Boston, Massachusetts and is one the founders of Passive House New England. Since receiving her Master of Architecture from the University of Florida, Ms Simmons has focused on residential and institutional projects which include adaptive re-use, historic preservation, and sustainable design components. Ms. Simmons is also the principal of her own firm, Kristen Simmons Architects. She is a member of the American Institute of Architects and is accredited by the U.S. Green Building Council as a LEED AP BC+C. Speaking In… Deep Energy Retrofits Session Chair: The Portfolio Challenge – how to scale DERs across multiple buildings Track Chair: Commercial/Institutional
	Margaret Song Margaret Song, Residential Program Manager at the Cape Light Compact, has over 10 years of experience in the energy efficiency industry. Working on a variety of programs from lighting to green buildings to whole house retrofit programs, she has participated on the board of NEHERS Alliance and DOE’s CALiPer Advisory Committee. She is currently the Vice-Chair of the Residential Management Committee in Massachusetts as she completes her second bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern and a masters degree in History at Harvard Extension. Session Chair: Heat Pump Water Heaters in Cold Climates
	Carl Spector Carl Spector is Executive Director of the City of Boston’s Air Pollution Control Commission, where he enforces the City’s air and noise regulations and coordinates climate mitigation and adaptation policies. Before joining City Hall, he worked on a wide variety of environmental and energy issues at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. General Accounting Office, and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, and in private industry. He holds degrees in physics and environmental science. Speaking In… Avoiding Disaster: Resource Resilience in Energy Systems
	David Stecher Dave Stecher leads IBACOS’s research effort in innovative space conditioning strategies for low load homes that are economical to install and provide equal or better occupant comfort than traditional methods. Dave has a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and seven years of experience in low load building design, implementation and performance assessment. Speaking In… Simplified Space Conditioning Strategies for Low Load Homes (half-day workshop) Simplified Space Conditioning for Low-Load Homes (90 min. session) Track Chair: High Performance Mechanicals
	Kate Stephenson Kate Stephenson is the Executive Director of the Yestermorrow Design/Build School, a non-profit educational institution in Waitsfield, Vermont dedicated to providing hands-on education that integrates sustainable design and construction as a creative, interactive process. She is an experienced non-profit manager focused on providing post-secondary educational programs with an emphasis on experiential, collaborative learning environments. Her experience includes planning and facilitating workshops on sustainability education, restoring historic gardens, researching bioenergy projects in developing countries, and promoting land conservation. Kate is a Senior Fellow of the Environmental Leadership Program. Speaking In… Resilient Capacity
	Bill Stillinger William Stillinger is President of PV Squared, a worker owned cooperative and renewable energy system integrator. He serves on the board of directors of the Solar Energy Business Association of New England (SEBANE). He was chairman of the 2004 Building Energy conference and served on the NESEA board for several years. Session Chair: Renewable Energy Markets in the Region and Beyond; The Frontiers of Renewable Resource Technology Track Chair: Renewables
	John Straube John F. Straube, Ph.D., P.Eng., is a principal at Building Science Corporation and a professor of building science in the Civil Engineering Department and School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Speaking In… How Much Is Too Much?
	Steven Strong Steven J. Strong is President of Solar Design Associates, LLC, a group of engineers and architects dedicated to the design, engineering and integration of renewable energy systems which incorporate the latest in innovative technology – especially photovoltaics. Over the past 3 decades, Steven has earned his firm an international reputation in pioneering the integration of solar energy in architecture. His work includes: the world’s 1st grid-connected, zero-net all-solar residence, 1st solar-powered neighborhood, 1st solar-powered Olympics, 1st solar-powered US Embassy, 1st Zero-net college academic facility, 1st solar-powered network TV studio and the 1st solar-powered, major-league sports stadium. He also designed and oversaw construction of three solar energy systems at the White House. His firm has been responsible for over 150 MW of utility-scale PV systems. Steven has represented the US on the International Energy Agency’s working group on Solar Electricity in the Built Environment and served as an advisor on energy and environmental issues to 3 governors, 8 US Senators, 3 congressmen and 4 presidential candidates. The American Solar Energy Society presented him with its Charles Greeley Abbot Award – the Society’s highest honor for outstanding achievement in the advancement of solar energy and, TIME Magazine named him an “Environmental Hero of the Planet”. Speaking In… PV 101: Grid-tied PV Systems for Architects, Engineers and General Contractors Advanced PV Design for Practitioners
	Erica Suarino Session Chair: PartnerPREP: Portfolio-wide Energy Management for Affordable Housing
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	Alexander “Sandy” Taft Sandy Taft is an environmental professional with 26years of experience. Serving the first three years in the consulting industry for Haley & Aldrich, Inc., an environmental and geotechnical consulting firm and the last 23 in the utility industry. This work included serving as the Director of Environmental Management for Boston Gas Company and then for KeySpan Energy Delivery’s New England Territory. With the acquisition of KeySpan by National Grid in 2007, Sandy has focused on climate change and sustainability policies and is now serving as US Director of Energy and Sustainability Policy in the Strategic Planning and Corporate Development Group. Sandy has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from St. Lawrence University and a Master of Science in Geology from Kent State University. Sandy is a past Chair of the American Gas Association’s Environmental Matters Committee. And recently served as the first Chair of the newly created Environment and Energy Committee of the New England Chapter of the British American Business Council. In addition Sandy represented National Grid on the New Hampshire Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership as Treasurer. Sandy served on the Massachusetts Climate Change Adaptation Advisory Committee as well as several adaptation working groups in New York and is presently serving on the Rhode Island Climate Commission. Speaking In… Avoiding Disaster: Resource Resilience in Energy Systems
	Peter Temple Peter Temple has been teaching courses in Building Science and Energy at Keene State College for more than 20 years. He began his career as a physicist, and is a professional engineer who worked for an architecture and engineering firm specializing in solar buildings before teaching at KSC. He also works as an energy consultant and engineer on both residential and commercial scale projects. Speaking In… Fundamentals of Energy and Buildings: Calculating and Understanding Heating Loads
	Adam Thurrell Adam Thurrell is the Head of Operations and Worker Owner at Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics Cooperative (PV Squared), a 10 year old worker-owned renewable energy cooperative located in Western Massachusetts that installs grid-connected and off-grid PV systems, solar thermal and small-scale wind energy conversion systems. PV Squared is a licensed electrical contractor specializing in commercial and residential solar engineering, procurement, and construction in Massachusetts, Vermont, and Connecticut. Adam brings a breadth of off grid and bimodal PV system design experience in the New England region, and has worked with a wide diversity of clients and needs. He has developed design tools and strategies to help customers grasp the realities of living with solar power when the grid isn’t there. Adam also has a solid grasp of the costs and benefits associated with battery backup technology, and what grid tied, off grid, and bimodal solar technology is accessible in the marketplace today. Speaking In… Stand-Alone vs. Grid-Connected PV Systems
	Ellen Tohn Ms. Tohn is an environmental and health consultant with over 25 years of experience. She is the founder and principal of Tohn Environmental Strategies and a nationally recognized expert in housing based environmental health threats, green and healthy housing, indoor air quality, and lead poisoning prevention. Ms. Tohn works with housing developers, owners and managers to create green and healthy housing. She has assisted health advocates catalyze effective policy solutions; designed green and energy efficient programs that incorporate health protections; developed Federal and local training courses; and managed environmental health research studies. Ms. Tohn served as an advisor on indoor air quality issues to the US Green Building Council’s LEED program, Enterprise Green Communities, EPA, the Department of Energy, and numerous other green building programs. Ms. Tohn is a nationally recognized trainer on green and healthy housing. She received her BA from Cornell University and holds a Masters of City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is a member of the Wayland MA Energy Initiatives Advisory Committee. Speaking In… Protecting Occupant Health During Energy Upgrades: Latest Guidance and Research
	John Tooley Speaking In… Advanced water issues: What the pros can teach you
	Peter Troast Peter is Founder & CEO of Energy Circle, where in his day job he provides marketing and internet support to hundreds of energy efficiency contractors, builders, trainers and programs in 46 states. He’s a passionate student and advocate for using all forms of communication to drive residential energy efficiency. He championed the Mallett Deep Energy Retrofit project as a volunteer with the goal of proving the compatibility of historic preservation and deep energy reductions, and testing social media communications as tools for energy efficiency storytelling. Speaking In… Historic Preservation Meets Building Science: The Mallett Deep Energy Retrofit
	Catherine Tumber Catherine Tumber is an independent scholar and journalist, and is currently a fellow with the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth Gateway Cities initiative. She holds a doctorate in U.S. social and cultural history from the University of Rochester, where she studied with renowned social critic and historian Christopher Lasch. She has taught U.S. history at the University of Rochester, Syracuse University, and St. Lawrence University, and has worked as an editor for the Boston Phoenix and the Boston Review. Her essays and reviews have appeared in both publications as well as in Book Forum, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, the Nation, the Washington Post, Wilson Quarterly, In These Times, Commonweal, and American Literary History, among others. Tumber researched and wrote Small, Gritty, and Green while a Research Affiliate with the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning’s Community Innovators Lab, from 2009 to 2011. She was a resident fellow of Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, from 1998 to 1999. Small, Gritty, and Green has been named among the best 15 books of 2011 by the American Society of Landscape Architects, and has been nominated for the C. Wright Mills and Sidney Hillman Awards. Speaking In… What Small Cities are Doing… Buffalo, NY and Northampton, MA
	Kendra Tupper Kendra Tupper is a Senior Consultant within RMI’s Buildings Practice, currently focused on deep retrofits of existing buildings, whole building energy analysis, energy efficient HVAC design, and life cycle cost analysis (LCCA). At RMI, Kendra has combined project management and technical expertise to drive many deep retrofit projects, including the Empire State Building and the Byron Rogers Federal Office Building. She has also partnered with the General Services Administration and many large energy service companies (ESCOs) to develop workshops and participate in pilot projects that redefine the typical ESCO model to realize deeper energy savings. Kendra’s current energy modeling work at RMI focuses on creating tools and templates to streamline processes, developing content for education and training programs, and providing industry outlook and planning guidance within the larger energy modeling community. Kendra currently serves on the ASHRAE TC 7.6 Committee (Building Energy Performance), the ASHRAE Energy Position Document Committee, and teaches professional training courses on modeling fundamentals and best practices. Kendra is frequently called on to speak at conferences; her presentations typically focus on how to effectively use energy modeling as part of an integrated design process and how to cost effectively achieve deep retrofits. Speaking In… Trade Secrets for Getting to Deeper Savings in Commercial Buildings The Portfolio Challenge – how to scale DERs across multiple buildings The Power of a Good Story
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	Kohta Ueno Kohta Ueno is a senior associate at Building Science Corporation, a building science consulting and architecture firm with offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Waterloo, Ontario. His responsibilities at Building Science Corporation include forensic field investigations, energy and hygrothermal modeling, building science research, and field testing. His undergraduate education was in Materials Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been with BSC since 1998, and completed his Masters degree with the Building Engineering Group under John Straube at the University of Waterloo in 2007. He is also conveniently sized to fit into attics and crawl spaces, which is markedly useful in this field. Speaking In… Historic Preservation Meets Building Science: The Mallett Deep Energy Retrofit Simplified Space Conditioning Strategies for Low Load Homes (half-day workshop)
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	Brody Vance Brody Vance, a Senior Program Manager at Franklin Energy Services, currently manages the Focus on Energy Multifamily field programs, including direct install, existing buildings, and new construction. He has experience overseeing daily operations and energy auditing and modeling work for high end condos as well as affordable housing properties. Brody has worked on multifamily weatherization programs for the Wisconsin Department of Administration, and also serves as a Subject Matter Expert for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), providing multifamily housing guidelines for home energy upgrade professionals. His program’s success using multiple blower doors to test infiltration of entire buildings is quite the coordinated effort. Mr. Vance is a Certified Energy Manager and received his B.S. in Biology with an emphasis on Ecology, from the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. Speaking In… Blower Door Use in Multifamily (MF) Buildings Technology
	Frank van Mierlo Frank van Mierlo is the CEO of 1366 Technologies, a solar technology company he started together with MIT Professor Emanuel Sachs in 2008. The goal of 1366 Technologies is to make silicon based solar cells competitive with coal generated electricity. Van Mierlo’s previous venture was Bluefin Robotics Corp., a company that enjoyed double digit growth and was always profitable under his leadership. Bluefin became the leading robotics company in its field and is known for its technical competence and a customer-centric approach. The company maintained a strong balance sheet, a healthy cash flow and a team of highly qualified engineers. In May 2005 the company was sold to Battelle. Frank holds engineering degrees from MIT and Stanford and a business degree from Insead. Speaking In… The Frontiers of Renewable Resource Technology
	Lee Vardakas Lee Vardakas, General Manager, joined Aegis Energy Services Inc. in 1986. He is responsible for all facets of the growing organization including project sales and financing and has been instrumental in Aegis Energy’s success as leader in small-package cogeneration in the Northeast. Mr. Vardakas also acts as liaison with many state government energy departments and regulatory commissions. Mr. Vardakas received a degree in Economics from the University of Rochester in 1986. Speaking In… Combined Heat & Power (CHP) for Multifamily Buildings
	Tom Vitale In the mid 70′s I have began my involvement in the Building Trades estimating and sales mostly to residential customers to reduce energy consumption by installing Blown Cellulose and Fiberglass for attic insulation and we offered Cellulose and Urea-Formaldehyde Foam for sidewall applications. As the number of Insulation Contractors increased and market demand fell off. I migrated lathe General Construction Industry to include Interior & Exterior Basement Drainage. Grading. House Jacking, Foundation Repairs. Radon was invented in the mid 80′s where I was introduced and trained by Terry Brennan to meet USEPA Compliance to service Radon in Homes to include System Testing. DOH Building Diagnostics and Mitigation. During the late 80s we had a financial meltdown, banks were foreclosing on commercial properties with untreated environmental problems We provided lenders, buyers and sellers with Phase I Environmental Risk Assessment Reports. Phase 2 Soil. Air and Water Testing, and negotiated Site Clean Up and Site Closure as per DEC Requirements. In 2001 NYSERDA invented a slot called The Bedding Scientist and I became involved with the Training and BPI Certifications required to offer Building Performance Services to include Solutions for Existing Single Family Homes and Multifamily along with Design and Testing Services to Contractors and Building Owners seeking Code & DHCR Compliance to include EPA Energy Star for Single and Multifamily in Low and High Rise Buildings. I have had the good fortune to measure Building Tightness in Single Family, Townhouses, Scattered Site from two to 12 Family along with Low Rise and High Rise Buildings. Speaking In… Blower Door Use in Multifamily (MF) Buildings
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	John Walsh John Walsh, Supervisor of Residential Conservation and Load Management Programs for Western Massachusetts Electric Company, has been involved in the residential conservation sector for nearly twenty five years. He has worked on a variety of projects focusing on new construction and retrofit. John is a past Chairman of the NESEA board. Session Chair: Air Source Heat Pumps
	Guy Warner Guy Warner is the founder and CEO of Pareto Energy LTD, a platinum partner of the US Conference of Mayors that designs and finances peer-to-peer energy networks known as microgrids. Trained as a financial economist, Guy worked for 7 years with the Washington National Tax Service of Price Waterhouse, before founding his own company in 1990. Guy has worked on more than 100 energy and infrastructural planning engagements and provided financial and strategic planning advice to a number of electric and gas utilities in the United States, Europe and South America. He has served as an economic and energy expert before federal courts and state public utility commissions. Since 1995, Guy has concentrated his work on developing new energy efficiency, renewable energy and on-site power projects, working on more than 40 such projects in North, Central and South America. Finally, Guy has a long history working on climate change projects. He helped found and fund a not-for profit organization that sponsored a year of youth expeditions that were featured at the 1992 United Nations Climate Change Convention in Rio de Janeiro. Guy also served as a financial advisor on bilateral carbon trades that were successfully registered as part of the US State Department’s Joint Implementation initiative. Speaking In… Maintaining a Secure & Resilient Electric Grid
	Peter Warren Peter Warren developed a fascination with construction at a very young age. His first jobs were in that field, and for the past 35 years he has devoted his creativity and energy to every aspect of the industry through commercial, residential and institutional construction projects. Peter’s clients and colleagues know him for his honesty, high standards, and willingness to challenge the participants to ensure successful results in our projects. His determination and attention to detail are apparent in every project under his management. Prior to founding Warren Construction Group, Peter had a successful career as a project manager with construction companies in Maine and Colorado. He took responsibility for commercial and institutional projects budgeted between $150,000 and $12,500,000, with a total managed value of over $100,000,000. In 1999, Peter decided to use his experience and his abilities to think with, listen to, and motivate a group of like-minded individuals, and formed a team whose members have complementary working values and skills. Together, they comprise Warren Construction Group, LLC. Since its inception, WCG has, whenever possible, used renewable and reclaimed materials as well as energy saving processes and systems. Peter has remained true to the esthetic and design wishes of his clients while incorporating new more efficient technologies and green products. Speaking In… Historic Preservation Meets Building Science: The Mallett Deep Energy Retrofit
	Donald Watson Donald Watson, FAIA, is an architect and author. His current focus is community and regional planning for climate risk preparedness and resilience. Mr. Watson was Visiting Professor and Dean of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1990 to 2000. He received the 2008 Leadership Award from the US Green Building Council as an AIA/COTE founder and also received the 2002 Distinguished Professor Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Among many publications, Mr. Watson is the editor of “Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design” (McGraw-Hill, 2002) and co-authored “Design for Flooding: Architecture, Landscape and Urban Design for Resilience to Climate Change”. Speaking In… Skills for Building Resilient Communities
	Ellen Watts Ellen Watts a principal and co-founder of Architerra, a Boston architecture firm specializing in high performance buildings. Best known is the award-winning Garthwaite Center at the Cambridge School of Weston, a 2008 AIA/COTE Top 10 Green Building. Architerra’s recent and current projects include four large institutional zero net energy buildings. Ellen chaired the MA Governor’s Zero Net Energy Building Task Force commercial working group. Speaking In… Large Zero Net Energy Projects: Successful Design & Delivery Approaches
	Andrew Webster Andrew Webster is a Designer and Project Manager at Coldham & Hartman Architects, where he focuses on deep energy reductions in existing homes. He is now a veteran of two Deep Energy Retrofit pilot programs, co-wrote and taught “Zero Energy Homes: How, Why and If” for the Boston Architectural College, and enjoys being an energy geek. Session Chair: Historic Preservation Meets Building Science: The Mallett Deep Energy Retrofit
	Janus Welton Janus Welton is a registered architect in New York, New Jersey and California. She combines sustainability, energy efficiency, building biology, bio-geometry and Biomimicry in architecture, interior design, and planning. She holds a Master of Architecture degree (M. Arch) from the University of Colorado in Denver, CO, a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) from Virginia Commonwealth University, certification in Building Biology Environmental Consulting from the International Institute of Building Biology and Ecology, certification in Sustainable Building Advising (CSBA),and LEEDAP BD+C, Leader in Energy and Environmental Design. She lectures at conferences internationally and has produced several guidebooks on holistic architectural design: notably EcoArchitecture: the Living Elements of Sustainable + Healthy Design, and the Foundation of Conscious Architecture- the Union of Spirit and Form. She is a Biomimicry Specialist (BSP) and a Passive House certification candidate. Ms. Welton is President of her firm EcoArchitecture DesignWorks, PC. focusing on sustainable architecture, design, consulting and education in New York. She instructed the first Certificate program in Sustainable Building Advising in NY, is currently a Lead Instructor for SUNY Ulster SBA program, is developing a Pilot SBA program for Brazil, and is the Director for the SBA Sustainable Building Advisor Certificate Program in NYC. Speaking In… Biomimicry in Action: Applying Nature’s Lessons for Resilient Design
	David White David White has been practicing, studying, and teaching building energy efficiency since 1998. Through his office Right Environments, he designs enclosures and mechanical systems for state-of-the-art residential buildings, including ten Passive House standard projects completed or underway in the NYC area. He is an assistant professor at Parsons the New School for Design, where he teaches environmental technology to architecture students. He has taught the Passive House Planning Package and THERM software to professional trainees since 2009, and is currently collaborating with the German Passive House Institute on adaptation of the PHPP for humid climates. Speaking In… Heat Pump Water Heaters in Cold Climates
	Rachel White Rachel White is Owner and Principal of Greener Every Day, which provides consulting and education services to advance energy efficiency and sustainability in residential building. She works with building professionals to integrate and align sustainability principles with core business practices; to build capacity to consistently deliver healthy, resource efficient, and durable projects; and to effectively communicate their commitments. Track Chair: Homes
	Linda Wigington Linda Wigington is the founder and director of deep energy reduction initiatives for ACI (Affordable Comfort, Inc.). She has been a technical consultant for residential utility programs throughout the country and received the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy’s 2002 Champion of Energy Efficiency Award. Linda leads the effort to demonstrate the feasibility of achieving deep energy reductions in existing dwellings through the North American Thousand Home Challenge, currently in its pilot phase. In this capacity, she has direct knowledge of residential energy initiatives that are delving beyond business as usual to achieve 70 percent reductions and beyond. Speaking In… Deep Energy Retrofits Taking Deep Energy Retrofits to Scale Heat Pump Water Heaters in Cold Climates
	Alex Wilson Alex Wilson is founder of BuildingGreen, Inc., the Brattleboro-based publisher (since 1992) of Environmental Building News, the nation’s oldest and most respected publication on green building. He is a widely published author on energy, building technology, and the environment. His books include The Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings (9th edition, 2007) and Your Green Home (2006). His articles have appeared in Fine Homebuilding, Architectural Record, the Journal of Light Construction, and Popular Science. Since 2005, he has written numerous articles on resilience and passive survivability, including the 2012 Fine Homebuilding article, Making the Case for Resilient Design. He has also written a series of books on quiet-water paddling for the Appalachian Mountain Club. Alex served as executive director of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association from 1980-85 and received NESEA’s first annual Distinguished Service Award in 1993. In 2009 he received the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership Award for Education, and in 2010 he received the Second Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing. In 2012 Alex founded the Resilient Design Institute, through which he is working to advance resilient design as a motivation for creating highly energy-efficient buildings and communities. Speaking In… Skills for Building Resilient Communities
	Jonathan Wilson Mr. Wilson has almost 20 years experience as an evaluator of healthy homes. He is currently studying the health impact of ventilation upgrades in multifamily buildings and previously examined the effects of both energy retrofit work and lead-safe weatherization. Speaking In… Protecting Occupant Health During Energy Upgrades: Latest Guidance and Research
	Jamie Wolf Jamie Wolf operates Wolfworks in Avon, CT, a residential design build company striving to understand how best to create homes that look good, work well, and feel good to be in. We endeavor to build responsibly; we believe this is good building, not green building. Speaking In… Systems Literacy: What you didn’t know you knew! (also Session Chair) Closing Forum Track Chair: Whole Systems in Action
	Samantha Wood Samantha Wood is a Designer and Project Manager at Coldham & Hartman Architects where she enjoys working on residential Deep Energy Retrofits and multi-family residential developments that are high performing and enjoyable. Session Chair: Protecting Occupant Health During Energy Upgrades: Latest Guidance and Research
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	Peter Yost Peter Yost is the Director of Residential Services for BuildingGreen, LLC in Brattleboro, Vermont. He has been building, researching, teaching, writing, and consulting on high performance homes for more than twenty years. His expertise ranges from construction waste management and advanced framing to energy efficiency and building durability. Peter is currently Technical Director for GreenBuildingAdvisor.com, an instructor for the Boston Architectural College’s Sustainable Design Certificate program and an adjunct faculty member of the University of Massachusetts Department of Building Materials and Wood Technology program in Amherst. Speaking In… H2OUSE – Everything you ever needed to know about residential water consumption and conservation
	William Zoeller William Zoeller is a Registered Architect and Senior VP with Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA). He has over 30 years experience in building design, construction, post-construction evaluations, tech-transfer and training, and building materials product development. He has consulted on product development and marketing analysis work for major building material suppliers including Dupont, Dow, Owens Corning, Simpson Strong-Tie, BASF, Georgia-Pacific, and CertainTeed. Mr. Zoeller occupies the Energy-Efficiency seat on the State of Connecticut Codes & Standards Committee and is a frequent speaker and trainer on cost-effective high- performance building at national conferences and educational workshops. Speaking In… Multifamily Rehab: LEED, WAP and DER

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Keynote experience speaker: Alex Blumberg, Contributing Editor, NPR’s Planet Money

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John Abrams

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Fiona Aldous

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Robb Aldrich

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Track Chair: High Performance Mechanicals

Amelia Amon

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Wagdy Anis

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Mitch Anthony

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Randall Anway

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Lois Arena

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Jessica Bailey

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Gunnar Baldwin

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Everett Barber

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Hilary Beber

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Matt Berges

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Daniel Bergey

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Michael Blasnik

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Jason Block

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Les Bluestone

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Michael Bobker

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Jordan Bonomo

Dana Bourland

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Kristin Brief

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Chris Briley

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Ben Brungraber

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Tom Butcher

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Brian Butler

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Jane Carbone

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Dennis Carlberg

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Jean Carroon

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Coreina Chan

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Brian Cheigh

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Jonathan Child

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Sylvia Clark

Adam Cohen

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Caitríona Cooke

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Christian Corson

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Keynote experience speaker:
Alex Blumberg, Contributing Editor, NPR’s Planet Money