Day Two
October 28, 2010

8:00 Registration , Continental Breakfast
8:15 Opening Remarks From the Chairpersons
8:30

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Case Study: Establishing Lasting Value in Sustainable Building Retrofits Design and Operations

Kevin Surace,
CEO
Serious Materials
9:20

Case Study: Planning, Financing and Constructing the Posty Cards LEED Platinum Manufacturing and Distribution Center

Erick Jessee,
President,
Posty Cards, Inc

Ruben Alonso,
Executive Director,
Kansas City, Missouri Community Development

10:10 Refreshments  
10:30

Case Study:
The Moscone Convention Center – How We Replicated the Empire State Building Retrofit

Mary Curtiss,
National Energy and Sustainability Director,
Jones Lang Lasalle

11:20

New Financing Techniques for Buildings Retrofits

12:10 Luncheon for Speakers, Sponsors & Delegates
 

Concurrent Sessions: Choose Track “A” or “B”
  Track A: Finance Focus Track B: Retail Focus
1:10

Green Insurance and Lending ProgramsA quick review of available green insurance and lending programs demonstrates that they offer favorable rates and industry participants would be smart to take advantage of them. • What types of environmentally friendly building retrofit projects are lenders active in financing? • How favorable are the terms compared no non-green developments? • How is this market shifting in favor of sustainability?

Steve Bushnell,
Product Director – Real Estate,
 Fireman’s Fund Insurance

 Case Study: Energy Retrofits

Jessica Kennedy,
California Operations Director,
Brightworks Sustainability Advisors
2:00

Renovations and Retrofits: Strategies and Financing



Michael Zimmer,
Energy Corporate Transactions & Securities,
Thompson Hine LLP

Could the Data Center be your hidden Energy Savior?

Chris Merlin,
Technical Director,
Sentilla
2:50 Afternoon Refreshments & Networking Opportunity
3:10

Soft Cost Building Controls

Wayne Wiebe,
Vice President
Kenmark

Energy Retrofit Academic Research and Its Impact on Industry

Birk Jones,
Sustainable Solutions Program Leader,
Yearout Mechanical Inc. and University of New Mexico
4:00 Conference Concludes