Renée
J. Azerbegi, Cem, Leed-Ap Renée Azerbegi is President
of Ambient Energy, Inc. located in Golden, Colorado. She has nine years of
experience specializing in energy modeling, LEED green building rating documentation,
life cycle costing, renewable energy, energy audits, feasibility studies,
green specifications, and energy efficient mechanical design. Renée
has provided sustainable design solutions to many building projects including
offices, laboratories, courthouses, educational facilities and visitors centers.
Renée is also President of the Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES),
a LEED Accredited Professional, and a Certified Energy Manager. She is an
active member of the US Green Building Council, Colorado Chapter, ASHRAE,
and the AIA Committee on the Environment. Renée has received several
awards from CRES and RMH Group.
She has a Masters of Science in Building Systems Engineering from the University
of Colorado at Boulder, where she quantified both the economic and environmental
impacts of LEED for her Masters Thesis, and a Bachelors of Arts in Environmental
Science and Geography from the University of California at Berkeley.
Renée’s previous experience includes work at RMH Group, ENSAR
Group, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, and Kreider and Associates. Renée’s portfolio includes
numerous presentations, articles and publications on alternative energy sources,
energy conservation opportunities, sustainable mechanical and electrical systems,
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Hank
Baker
Hank Baker is the Senior Vice President for Forest City
Stapleton, Inc., the development company that is transforming the former Stapleton
International Airport into a new community of 12,000 homes, 35,000 jobs and
more than 1,100 acres of parks and open space. Mr. Baker, who opened Forest
City’s Denver office in June 1998, is currently responsible for developing
the overall image of the new Stapleton as well as coordinating the affordable
housing, telecommunication & educational initiatives in the community.
During his 27 years in real estate development, Mr. Baker
has had direct responsibility for the acquisition, design, development and
management of nearly $750 million in urban real estate projects. From 1986
to 1992, Hank was in charge of Forest City’s San Francisco office and,
more recently, spent three years as Vice President of Marketing for a division
of the Irvine Company, owner of the 90,000 – acre master planned Irvine
Ranch in Southern California. Hank is a graduate of Cornell University and
resides with his wife and 8 year old daughter in Denver’s Cherry Creek
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Bob
Berkebile, FAIA – Principal Bob Berkebile
is a leading authority in the field of sustainable design and is the founding
chairman of the American Institute of Architects’ National Committee
on the Environment. He is a Principal of BNIM Architects, and Elements Consulting,
and brings 40 years of diverse experience to the profession. Bob currently
serves on the boards of The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Building News,
The Center for Global Community, Athena and New Earth Organization; he was
a member of the US Green Building Council board and currently serves on USGBC’s
Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee. He is highly regarded by fellow
professionals for creating beautiful environments that are restorative and
pedagogical. He has conducted numerous sustainable design charrettes and workshops
for the White House, DOD, DOE, NPS, FEMA and the Canadian Provincial Architects.
He has lectured extensively at universities including Harvard, Cambridge,
Stanford and Rice and at international conferences including The Earth Summit
in Rio and UN or NSF conferences in Scotland, Sweden and Antarctica. Bob utilizes
diverse collaborative teams, integrated design and creates new approaches
and tools to restore social, economic and environmental vitality.
Some of his representative projects include the Noisette Development (a 3,000 acre redevelopment) in North Charleston, South Carolina, several benchmark projects for healthy, efficient facilities at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston, a learning center promoting sustainability and conservation ethics at Shelburne Farms, Vermont, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources headquarters in Jefferson City, and the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Urban Conservation Campus in Kansas City. Return to Agenda Back to Top
Nancy Clanton,
PE, IALD, LC, LEED AP
Nancy E. Clanton is founder and president of Clanton &
Associates, alighting design firm specializing in sustainable design. She
obtainer her Bachelor of Science degree (Architectural Engineering, Illumination
Emphasis) in 1975 from the University of Colorado, Boulder and is a registered
Professional Engineer in the state of Colorado. Nancy speaks throughout the
nation on topics relating to sustainable and energy efficient design and light
pollution and has been an instructor at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
Nancy was past chairperson of the Illuminating Engineering
Society of North America (IESNA) Outdoor Environmental Lighting Committee.
She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association
of Lighting Designers and the International Dark Sky Association. In addition,
she serves on the Advisory Committee of Environmental Building News, is a
member of the Professional Advisory Board for the Engineering Department at
the University of Colorado-Boulder and is a member of the United States Green
Building Council. Nancy was a topic editor for the IESNA Lighting Handbook
and her committee was responsible for the production of the IESNA Recommended
Practices on Outdoor Lighting. She was group leader for the"Greening
of the White House" initiative and received the 1999 "Contribution
to the Built Environment Award" from the Colorado North Chapter of the
American Institute of Architects (AIA). In 2001 Nancy served as a final editor
for the Advanced Lighting Guidelines produced by the California Energy Commission.
Her firm's lighting design projects reflect her sustainable philosophy and
seven of their projects have been named to the AIA Committee on the Environment
Earth Day Top Ten List. Nancy is a LEED 2.0 Accredited Professional. Return
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Mark
Falcone, Managing Director and Founder Continuum Partners, LLC
Mark Falcone founded Continuum Partners, LLC in Denver
in 1997 and is the managing director. Continuum Partners is a real estate
development company born from the belief that there is a critical connection
between long-term value, high quality urban design and ecological sustainability.
The company’s mission reads; Dedicated to Creating Sustainable Human
Habitats of Extraordinary Character and Enduring Value. Continuum achieves
this through an experienced real estate team with a solid base of capital
resources to develop projects which demonstrate the principles of Smart Growth.
Since its inception Continuum has successfully completed nearly 500 million dollars in development. Projects include 16 Market Square, a 350,000 square foot mixed use building in downtown Denver; Bradburn, a 250 million dollar mixed use village in Westminster, Colorado; Belmar, a new 22 city block mixed use precinct in the center of Lakewood Colorado; and Arthouse in downtown Denver which includes 65 units of affordable housing, 13 luxury townhomes and a new 15,000 square foot Museum of Contemporary Art.
Previously, Mark was a partner in his family’s real estate development group, The Pioneer Companies, which he joined in 1987. Mark served as director of operations for Pioneer from 1990-1996, overseeing five million square feet of development across five different states. Prior to joining Pioneer, Mark worked with The Rouse Company’s division of Office and Community Development in Baltimore, MD. He graduated with a BA from Colgate University in 1985.
Currently Mark chairs The Nature Conservancy’s Colorado Chapter Board, is a member of the Colorado Forum, a Founding Director of the Lab – Experiments in Arts and Ideas and the Colgate University Board of Trustees.
Over the years Mark has been actively engaged in the dialog to advance more sustainable settlement patterns within his industry and amongst public policy makers. As Chair of the Onondaga County Commission on Economic Development and Tourism Mark organized a conference series called Onondaga County: Home to the Best Small Towns in America. The four all-day conferences featured a variety of speakers on the subject of community design including Andres Duany and Mayor Joe Riley from Charleston. The conference series was attended by an average of 400 people and have lead to the recently completed update of the County Plan. Mark also co-chaired a study co-sponsored by the Congress for the New Urbanism, the Surdna Foundation and Harvard University focused on developing federal incentives to accelerate the redevelopment of underperforming shopping malls. Return to Agenda Back to Top
Ron
Judkoff
Ron Judkoff Directs the Buildings and Thermal Systems
Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). As such he is responsible
for 30,000 ft2 of laboratory facilities, 45 scientists and engineers, and
an annual budget of roughly $20 million. Previously he was a Senior Architectural
Engineer in the NREL Buildings R&D Program specializing in simulation
and monitoring techniques related to the energy performance of buildings.
He has published over 70 papers, articles, and technical reports in the peer-reviewed
and popular literature. He is the recipient of a number of national awards
related to the design of energy optimized buildings (see below). He led the
team that developed the SERI-RES and SUNREL energy modeling programs, and
holds a copyright for the SUNREL software. He chairs an ASHRAE committee,
and an International Energy Agency (IEA) Experts Group, developing methods
to validate and improve building energy software. He is the primary inventor
of the BESTEST method for testing and diagnosing building energy simulation
software. That method has been adopted as an ANSI/ASHRAE Standard Method of
Test, the first of its kind in the world. Prior to NREL, he had been a staff
scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and a construction project manager
for residential and commercial buildings. He has also been a consultant to
the Agency for International Development (USAID), and the governments of Morocco,
Mali, Tunisia, and Djibouti on energy efficiency in buildings. He served in
the Peace Corps for 3 years in Senegal and UpperVolta (now Burkina Fasso)
as a construction supervisor for rural infrastructure improvement projects.
He holds a Masters in Architecture degree from Columbia University.
AWARDS
• 2001 Federal Energy and Water Management Award for the Zion National
Park Visitor Center.
• 2001 AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Green Building Award
for Zion National Park VC.
• 2000 Energy User News Efficient Building Award in Sustainability,
1st Place for the Zion National Park Visitor Center.
• 1999 ASHRAE Technology Award, recognizing outstanding achievement
in the design and operation of energy efficient buildings, 1st Place in the
Alternative and/or Renewable Energy Use category for the NREL TTF building.
• 1997 Energy User News Efficient Building Award in Sustainability,
1st Place for New Construction at NREL (SERF, Visitor Center, TTF).
• 1991 Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for increasing the cost effectiveness
of retrofitting manufactured buildings in the National Low Income Weatherization
Program by 500%.
• 1990 NREL Outstanding Achievement Award for developing a method for
rapid thermal testing of manufactured buildings.
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Tom
Hoyt
Thomas R. Hoyt has been the co-owner, CEO and a director of McStain Enterprises,
Inc., a mission-driven “Build a Better World” builder that has
built over 8,000 homes in Colorado, for 35 years. He also has been active
in the community, serving on the board and as chair of the Boulder Chamber
of Commerce, the Boulder HBA and was the first Chair of the City of Boulder’s
Alternative Transportation Task Force. He holds a B.S. in Architectural Engineering
from the University of Colorado.
Tom is currently a board member for the Continental Divide Trail Alliance. He is active in several land conservation non-profits: Grand Canyon Trust, Legacy Land Trust, Sonoma Land Trust, the Montana Nature Conservancy and a Trustee for 9 years with the Colorado Nature Conservancy. Return to Agenda Back to Top
McStain Enterprises has received many recognition awards:
Kelly
Karmel, AIA, LEED AP
Kelly Karmel is an architect, planner and sustainable design
consultant with a national and international practice. She's been involved
in the design field since 1979 and established a specialty in sustainable
design in 1990.Kelly founded Design Balance to work more closely with clients
and design teams on sustainable design issues. She designs and consults on
projects that include day lighting, energy efficiency, environmentally-preferable
building materials, indoor air quality, construction waste management,ecologically-sensitive
site design and resource efficiency. She is active with the AIA Committee
on the Environment, the U.S. Green Building Council and the Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. She ia a LEED Accredited Professional
and consults with designers and building owners to assist them with meeting
the LEED certification requirements. She speaks and writes about the design
challenges facing architects and business leaders as they integrate sustainable
design into their projects and practices. Kelly recently authored the "Architect's
Energy Guide," a design guide for energy efficiency funded by the U.S.
Department of Energy and published by The American Institute of Architects.
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Joe
Lstiburek Dr. Lstiburek has appeared on PBS NOVA ("Can buildings make you sick?") and is the author of numerous books and technical papers on building science, indoor air quality and durability. He is the best selling author of the Builder Guides and has over 50 technical and journal articles to his credit. He has conducted forensic investigations and served as an expert witness on building failures all over the U.S.
He is one of the world's foremost authorities on energy efficient construction techniques and heads one of the four Building America program teams for the U.S. Department of Energy. He is the author of the U.S. DOE Handbook on Moisture Control and a special contributor to the EPA guidance document on Building Air Quality: A Guide for Building Owners and Facility Managers.
He recently concluded a 75 city tour on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Building Owners and Managers (BOMA) conducting seminars on Preventing and Mitigating Indoor Air Quality Problems. Return to Agenda Back to Top
David
W. Madigan, P.E.
Dave brings his clients over twenty years of professional experience in new
and renovated buildings in a number of sectors including colleges & universities,
science and laboratory facilities, and performing arts centers. Vice President
and Principal since 1993, Dave focuses on the unique needs of the client to
ensure each project's successful conclusion. In addition to holding a Master
of Science in Building Energy Engineering from the University of Colorado,
Dave is a LEED™-Accredited Professional, and frequent lecturer on the
practice of sustainable design. He has been utilizing sustainable principals
in his own projects since the early 1980's. Return
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Edward
Mazria, AIA
Edward Mazria is an internationally recognized architect
with a long and distinguished career. His architecture and planning projects
span over a thirty-year period and each employs a cutting-edge environmental
approach to its design.
His published material includes technical papers, articles for professional magazines, and a number of published works including The Passive Solar Energy Book published by Rodale Press. His most recent article It’s the Architecture Stupid! published in Solar Today Magazine, and subsequent article Turning Down the Global Thermostat published in Metropolis Magazine, outline his strategy for addressing today’s most pressing global challenge, climate change
His buildings have been published in Architecture, Progressive Architecture, Metropolis, Architectural Record, Architectural Digest, Process, Kenchiku Bunka, Public Garden, Solar Today, Texas Architect, The Wall Street Journal, The New Mexico Business Journal, and the New York Times.
Mr. Mazria has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America, and has taught architecture at the University of New Mexico, University of Oregon, University of Colorado-Denver, UCLA and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Mexico. Return to Agenda Back to Top
Hillary
Mizia
Originally from Pennsylvania, Hillary Mizia grew up outside of Philadelphia
thinking that water came from the tap, chicken soup came from the can and
that trash went “away.” In 1997 she received a BA from Prescott
College in Experiential Education with a focus on Environmental Studies where
she spent much of her time working with 4th, 5th and 6th graders on environmental
curricula. Following graduation, Hillary continued her work with elementary
school aged kids.
In 2000 Hillary started her employment with New Belgium, and in 2001 created
the Sustainability Outreach Coordinator position at New Belgium Brewing Company.
Through her job with the brewery Hillary has had the opportunity to educate
everyone from the 65 year-old beer drinker with little to no environmental
awareness to the 7th grader studying sustainability. She is also deeply involved
with many organizations that carry and support the environmental beliefs of
New Belgium. This has lead to the creation of some cutting edge action, such
as the Partners for Healthy Watersheds.
In April of 2003 Hillary completed an MA in Environment and Community through Antioch University, Seattle. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Big Thompson Watershed Forum and the Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Association, the Steering Committee for the Rocky Mountain Climate Change Organization, and the Advisory Board for P3 Colorado. Hillary lives, telecommutes and plays with her husband and two dogs in Golden, Colorado. Return to Agenda Back to Top
William G. Reed
Bill Reed, a practicing architect for more than 25 years, is one
of the nation's leading experts on green design. A graduate of Cornell University,
he extends his expertise regularly to conferences, forums, and design-workshops
demonstrating that green architecture makes economic as well as environmental
sense. He approaches regenerative design as the framework from which all technical
and functional decisions are derived; the ultimate goal being the improvement
in the overall quality of the physical, social and spiritual life of our living
places.
His professional career began with energy efficiency and solar design work in New England and moved to large commercial work with the firms of CS&D and RTKL. In 1984, Bill established his own firm, WG Reed Architecture, focusing primarily on institutional and commercial office building interior design and tenant build out. Clients included a wide range of corporate, retail and institutional clients. His firm merged with The Hillier Group to form Hillier-Reed in 1995. Bill sold his firm in 1996.
At Natural Logic, where Bill serves as Vice President - Integrative Design, he focuses exclusively on green building and community planning issues. This includes design, development, consulting and facilitation of whole-system design processes for developers, architects, and government organizations, as well as education and research that emphasizes alternatives to conventional design, building and management of the built and natural environment.
Recent work includes:
Green design training and facilitation for a variety of institutional projects
with the NYC Department of Design and Construction, Acadia National Park and
the Statue of Liberty as well as other parks in the Northeast Region of the
National Park Service. A 720 MW cogeneration plant exceeding its Eco-Industrial
Park standards, program management for determining the environmental carrying
capacity of a County in Maryland, consulting for the development of green
guidelines for the Sabre Corporation, development of standards for the new
courthouse program for the General Services Administration. He led a design
team in an invited competition to design four million square feet of industrial
facilities in an environmentally responsible manner, and a residential development
patterned after a hamlet with high standards of environmental and urban planning
criteria. In addition to architectural projects he is involved in the development
and refinement of benchmarks determining what defines green building. He is
a consultant to the U.S. Green Building Council and the Department of Energy
for the development of the LEED green building rating system. In addition
he was a member of the U.S. team working with the international rating system
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Tim
Van Meter
Tim Van Meter is a founding Partner of Van Meter Williams
Pollack, LLP, an award winning, San Francisco and Denver based Architecture
and Urban Design firm. Tim leads the Denver office. Since 1989, VMWP has focused
its efforts and expertise on the sustainable fundamentals of affordable urban
housing, mixed use neighborhoods, transit oriented developments and urban
design. Our design approach utilizes, technology, creativity and strategic
planning to help restore the social fabric and conserve resources. This strategy
is one of our methods of creating communities of unique places that express
the continuity of our habitation and the interconnectedness of all people
and their physical environment. It is our desire to create places that are
worthy of affection and that can only enhance the surrounding environment.
Tim is a graduate of the University of Colorado, and frequently provides lectures and critiques there as well as at the University of California, Berkeley. He has also served many neighborhood community organizations as a community design consultant and as a board member and President of non-profit organizations in the Bay Area. Tim has traveled extensively throughout the world studying design, planning and environmental issues and their effects on diverse communities. Tim lectures throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Colorado’s Front Range on issues of urban and sustainable design and development for a variety of organizations.
Currently, Tim is assisting Continuum Partners on the Belmar and Bradburn developments, providing urban design, design guidelines and architectural design for urban housing and mixed use buildings. Return to Agenda Back to Top
Bill
Wenk
Bill Wenk is founder and President of Wenk Associates, Inc., a Denver-based
landscape architectural firm founded 22 years ago on the belief that created
landscapes should be simultaneously functional, humane, beautiful, and address
a broad range of environmental issues. Through collaboration with engineering,
architectural, and related design disciplines, the firm’s work integrates
civic space with functional aspects of the city, creating urban landscapes
that reinvent the city’s infrastructure and that make overlooked spaces
valuable as amenities.
Bill is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Colorado in Denver, a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and a frequent lecturer on the integration of infrastructure and rivers and streams into the urban fabric. Projects include Menomonee River Valley Redevelopment in Milwaukee, the Near Northside Redevelopment in Minneapolis, and the Lowry Air Force Base Redevelopment in Denver that includes a sports complex, amphitheater, great lawn, formal gardens, wetlands, natural areas, and biking and hiking trails. Return to Agenda Back to Top
Alan
Whitson
A popular author and speaker, Alan Whitson is a green building/financial consultant
who has focused on cost analysis and justification procedures for incorporating
sustainability strategies into commercial projects. He is the lead presenter
at the popular seminar series, Turning Green into Gold™, and is one
of the most highly rated speakers at NeoCon and IFMA's World Workplace.
He led a landmark research project in partnership with Buildings magazine
entitled "Measuring the Success of Green" which established baseline
awareness of green companies, brands, and products. He also is co-author of
the book "365 Important Questions To Ask About Green Buildings."
Whitson began his unique and successful career in corporate real estate in
1972, after leaving the U.S. Navy's nuclear submarine program. His experience
encompasses over 25 million square feet of facilities around the world in
the roles of Asset Manager, Corporate Facilities Manager, Construction Manager,
Development Manager, and Real Estate Broker.
The scope of Whitson's career gives him a keen insight into the real estate
needs of today's corporation, and a unique understanding of the architectural,
construction and real estate industries. He has held positions with:
Whitson holds the professional designation of Real Property Administrator (RPA) from the Building Owners and Managers Institute and was a contributor to BOMA International's handbook on preparing market condition reports. He was an initial member of the organization that went on to become the International Facility Managers Association (IFMA). Today, he serves on the New Buildings Institute's Technical Review Committee for Advanced Building Guidelines. Return to Agenda Back to Top
Come August
From lyrical originals to unique cover songs, Come August displays a blend
of soul and energy that connects instantly with audiences across the Front
Range. Growing out of the Northern Colorado music scene, musicians Karen and
Carl Carrillo (vocals, guitar) Dave Swegan (drums), and Brett Mattson (bass)
lend their style to songs made famous by The Cars, Dire Straits, Jewel, Sonia
Dada, Sting, Shawn Colvin, and many more. Karen, a fourth generation Denver
native adds original songs to the mix to give the group a fresh sound. More
bio and song information is available at
www.comeaugust.com.