Ed Mazria; Architecture 2030

Edward Mazria is an internationally-recognized architect, author, educator and visionary with a long and distinguished career. His award-winning architecture and planning projects span over a thirty-five year period and each employs a cutting-edge environment\al approach to design. He is the author of numerous published works, including the ‘bible’ of solar design, The Passive Solar Energy Book, which is currently in use worldwide.

Most recently, Mr. Mazria has reshaped the national and international dialogue on climate change to incorporate building design and the ‘Building Sector’. He is the founder of Architecture 2030, an innovative and flexible research organization focused on protecting our global environment. His numerous awards include AIA Design Awards, AIA Design Innovation Award, American Planning Association Award, Department of Energy Awards, “Pioneer Award” from the American Solar Energy Society, first recipient of the Equinox Award presented on the 50th anniversary of construction of the world’s first commercial solar building, and most recently a 2008 National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation.

Leith Sharp; Harvard Green Campus Initiative

Leith Sharp has worked with universities for the last 15 years to achieve organizational change in pursuit of campus environmental sustainability. Leith was recruited by Harvard in 2000 to found and direct Harvard's Green Campus Initiative and has worked for the last 8 years to build Harvard's program up from a staff of one in 2000 to over 25 professional staff in 2008, providing Harvard with one of the largest, most effective and self funded green campus organizations in the world. As a result, in 2008 Harvard received the highest green campus rankings from the Sustainability Endowments Institute, the Princeton Review, and the Sierra Club. These rankings reflect substantial success in fostering the engagement of the Harvard community in greening its campus, with more LEED projects than any other university in the USA (50+), a proliferation of onsite renewable energy projects, local and organic food in dining halls, alternative fuels in its fleet, wide scale engagement in occupant behavior change, environmental purchasing practices, and significant sustainability and GHG reduction commitments being formally integrated across the entire campus. By combining an entrepreneurial business approach with a range of organizational change management approaches Leith has developed a model to transcend financial, political, human resource and organizational barriers that commonly get in the way of achieving innovation and continuous improvement towards sustainability.

Richard Graves; National Board of Directors, USGBC

Richard Graves focuses his professional life on the relationship of humanity and nature through architecture.

As a principal with WBRC Architect-Engineers in Maine from 2000-2008 he served as the environmental consultant for the first LEED building at the University of Maine, designed a building for the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory that is pursuing LEED Platinum, designed the Presque Isle Middle School, the first High Performance School in Maine, consulted on sustainable master plans for the College of the Atlantic and Maine Maritime Academy and facilitated eco-charrettes across the country. Currently, Richard is a project architect with the Minneapolis office of Perkins+Will.

As a volunteer with the US Green Building Council, Richard founded the Maine Chapter and served as it first chair. Under his leadership the group advocated for the second Executive Order requiring LEED for State buildings in Maine, collaborated on the first green affordable housing standard in the country with Maine State Housing, and certified the first LEED-Home in the country in Freeport. Nationally for the US Green Building Council Richard has served on the Integrated Business Plan Task Force, Upper Northeast Regional Council, Chapter Steering Committee, and the National Board and is currently serving on the Executive Committee as the Board Secretary.

James Brainard; Mayor, City of Carmel

Mayor Jim Brainard is Carmel's first four-term mayor. Under his tenure, Carmel has experienced tremendous growth and prosperity. It is considered one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. The population has grown from 25,000 to almost 70,000 in the last 12 years. Park land, greenspace, and trails have increased from 40 acres to more than 800, including the Monon Trail and Central Park. The creation of a new downtown and the Arts & Design District has breathed new life into forgotten areas of the city. All of these improvements have given the citizens of Carmel increased opportunities for recreation and cultural activities.

Carmel has been honored with many awards for its high quality of life and environmental initiatives. Most recently, the City was awarded first place in the Climate Protection Awards from the U.S. Conference of Mayors and as national runner-up of The Home Depot Awards of Excellence in Community Trees. Carmel has also been the recipient of the Sterling Tree City Award, honorable mention for Municipal Excellence from the National League of Cities and been designated a Bicycle Friendly City. Mayor Brainard is often requested to speak about Carmel's initiatives at regional and national conferences.
 

Brandon Welling; Project Architect for the San Francisco Federal Building, Morphosis Architecture, San Francisco

In 2007, Mr. Welling completed on-site construction supervision for the new San Francisco Federal Building, a 610,000 square foot office building for the U.S. General Services Administration. Located downtown, the project has quickly become a new landmark for the city of San Francisco. With a large emphasis on worker health, the project features innovative environmental control systems, including natural ventilation and day lighting for office interiors. The building is the first post war high rise built without mechanical air conditioning systems.

Karen Butler, Manager, EnergyStar Program, US Environmental Protection Agency

Karen P. Butler currently manages Commercial Building Design initiative for Energy Star; (the Environmental Protection Agency’s voluntary commercial buildings, homes and products labeling program).
Responsibility includes:

• Marketing outreach and technical support to the architectural design community,
• She manages development of an analytical software tool – Target Finder which establishes energy performance targets for building design projects, and the tool’s interface with Building Information Modeling tools,
• Speaker at many design and sustainability forums, Green Build, Environ Design 7, AIA National and local chapter conferences,
• Participates in LEED-NC, ASHRAE, AIA activates regarding energy use and design
• Continues to work on refining energy performance metrics for building design and its relationship to the environment and climate change
• Master’s of Architecture candidate California Polytechnic University – Pomona

Kevin Owens; Director, Sustainability, Coalesse, San Francisco, CA

For the casual desert tourist, a trip to Arcosanti starts and ends with wind chimes. For self-professed "environment junkie" Kevin Owens, a year-long construction workshop residency at the innovative model city cemented his commitment to sustainability. Green was just another color when Kevin first arrived at Arcosanti in 1980, but he recognized the intelligence of architect Paolo Soleri's "arcology" concept as well as its wide application to almost every aspect of architecture and design. Arcosanti's incorporation of locally sourced building materials, passive solar energy, and extreme conservation has informed every aspect of Kevin's personal and professional life ever since.

As Director, Sustainability, Kevin works across all functions within the Coalesse brand — from Design, to Finance, to Manufacturing and Shipping - all towards a common goal of improving the firms' environmental impact. His efforts range from reducing and reusing the waste stream of manufacturing process to working with new product development teams to achieve new levels of sustainability impact. In 2003, before most Americans could pronounce "polybrominated diphenyl ethers," Kevin convinced their foam manufacturers to eliminate this toxic fire retardant from their products.

Kevin holds a degree in Industrial Design from Humber College of Applied Arts & Technology in Toronto. Over his 35-year career, he has worked in product design, owned his own design firm, and most recently led product development, manufacturing, and "lean" processes at Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers. He joined Metro in 2002 as Product Manager, but quickly found an opportunity to pursue his passion by becoming the leader of environmental strategy in 2003. Indeed, that enthusiasm percolates wherever you find him, whether he's tending the edible container garden at the San Francisco home he shares with his wife Linda, walking around the city, or commuting on his gas-sipping motorcycle.

Bill Eger; Energy Manager, City of Cleveland

Carl (Bill) Eger is the Energy Manager for the City of Cleveland. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, and Master of Science in Engineering from the University of Dayton. He formerly held positions as Lead Engineer for the United States Department of Energy sponsored Industrial Assessment Center, an adjunct instructor for junior- and senior-level mechanical engineering courses in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Dayton, Assistant Director of the Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-learning (ETHOS), and as an energy efficiency consultant for regional commercial, municipal and industrial operations. Bill’s work as the City of Cleveland’s Energy Manager includes managing electricity and fuel consumption for city-operated facilities and operations; with goals of reducing the City’s energy costs and carbon emission through energy efficiency, energy conservation, and renewable energy opportunities, policies, and education.

Dan Probst; Sustainability Director, Jones Lang LaSalle

In his 28 years in the industry and 21 years with Jones Lang LaSalle, Dan has played key roles in several diverse businesses. Dan was the founding member of the Jones Lang LaSalle Global Environmental Sustainability Board, and is now Chairman of Energy and Sustainability Services. Dan was a key leader in the early development of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Facility Management business and while leading the firm’s Engineering and Operations group, Dan launched the firm’s Energy Services and Mobile Engineering Services practices. Dan also has overseen two of the firm’s largest corporate clients, as COO of an account team of 600 employees serving a 35 million-square-foot portfolio, and as the Account Manager in charge of an account team totaling 165 people serving 13 million square feet.

Kevin Perry; Nevue Ngan Associates

Kevin Robert Perry is a nationally recognized leader in successfully integrating stormwater management with high-quality urban design. He has designed over a dozen of Portland¹s most prominent green street and rain garden demonstration projects. Kevin¹s innovative stormwater projects meld the concepts of art, education, and ecological function. His work experience at the Portland¹s Bureau of Environmental Services has helped city policy makers develop a "toolbox" of stormwater design strategies for Portland¹s Green Street Program. His projects have been featured multiple times in Landscape Architecture Magazine, Stormwater Magazine, and in the City of Portland¹s "Landscapes for Rain: The Art of Stormwater" exhibition. Kevin¹s practical experience with innovative stormwater design allows him to speak frequently and inform a wide variety of audiences including: city officials and policy makers, civil engineers, landscape architects, public interest groups, non-profit organizations, and various student groups. Kevin has received national American Society of Landscape Architects Awards of Honor for the Mt. Tabor Middle School Rain Garden, NE Siskiyou Green Street, and SW 12th Avenue Green Street. He has also received Oregon ASLA Visionary Honor Awards for the NE Siskiyou GreenStreet and SW 12th Avenue Green Street. Kevin Robert Perry received his B.S. degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Davis and is now a Stormwater Design Specialist at the Portland-based landscape architecture firm Nevue Ngan Associates.

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