Session. Schedule.

Building Energy 2005 features over 70 Sessions in 8 tracks that determine to fully explore the practice of sustainability. The Sessions run for two and a half days beginning at 11AM on Tuesday March 15 following the opening plenary with Bruce Mau and continuing thru to the Business Lunch with Ben Cohen and John Abrams on Thursday.

Select each day's Session Schedule from the Session Menu to review that day's schedule. Click on any Session for a full description, speaker bio's, and over time, links and files related to the session.
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WEDNESDAY >> THURSDAY >>
TUESDAY SESSIONS 11:00-12:30 2:00-3:30 4:00-5:30
WE SUCCEED Overcoming Obstacles to Sustainable Practice The Costs and Benefits of Green Affordable Housing:  Opportunities for Action
Chair and Speaker:
Edward Connelly, New Ecology, Inc.
James Goldstein, Tellus Institute		 Getting Past NIMBY
Chair: Joel N. Gordes, Environmental Energy Solutions Paul Lipke, Sustainable Step New England
Barry G. Rabe, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Michigan
State Government Action
Ambrose Spencer, Consultant
Steven Crowley, Sierra Club Northeast Regional Conservation Committee
Barry Rabe, University of Michigan
Sonia Hamel, MA Office of Commonwealth Dev. Regional Climate Change Action

Financing Renewables to meet RPS Requirements
Chair: Karlynn Cory, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Renewable Energy Trust

Jonathan Winer, Managing Consultant, La Capra Associates
Joseph Rosenthal, Litigation Attorney, CT Office of Consumer Counsel
WE CREATE AND INSPIRE
Beyond Measure: Sustainability’s Arts

Institute Without Boundaries:Collaborative Practice and the Studio
Chair: Jamie Wolf, Wolfworks, Inc. Bruce Mau
Bruce Mau Design
Massive Change
Institute Without Boundaries

 Nature & Community
Chair: Amelia Amon, Alt Technica Tracy Fitz, City Solar/Solar Globe
Wendy Brawer, Green Map. Org

A Sustainable Vernacular: The Emergence of Style
Chair: Robyn Griggs-Lawrence, Natural Home Magazine

Steven Strong, Solar Design Associates
Colin Cathcart, Kiss + Cathcart Architects
John Abrams, South Mountain Co.
WE RESPECT OUR RESOURCES
Renewability, Regeneration, and Responsibility		 Inverters: A Technology Survey
Chair: William L. Stillinger, Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics
James Worden, Solectra
Rob Wills, Intergrid, LLC
Linda Raven, Beacon Power
 The Solar Jigsaw Puzzle
Chair and Speaker: H. Barton Bales, Bales Energy Associates & Solar Works Inc.
Robert W. Chew, Solar Wrights
Kurt Teichert, Urban Environment Lab, Brown University
Steven J. Strong, Solar Design Associates		 Industrial Scale On-Site Wind
Chair: Michael Tennis, Value Added Energy Information Systems, Inc. Bob Bectold, Harbec Plastics
Tom Michelman, Boreal Renewable Energy Group
Dave Kopans, Heartwood Group, Inc.
WE ADVANCE
The Promise of Emerging Practices 		Nanotechnology
Chair: Robert L. Pratt, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Renewable Energy Trust
Daniel McGahn,
Konarka Technologies

The Future of the Body
Chair: Teny Bannick, Associate AIA

Natasha Vita-More, Extropy Institute, Transhumanist Arts and Culture

 NO SESSION IN THIS TIME PERIOD
WE ENGAGE WHOLE SYSTEMS
Building Science is Irresistable

Systems Thinking: Cycles and Layers
Chair: Gregory D. Thomson, Goody Clancy & Associates

Rick Ames, Next Phase Studios
Joseph Hackler, Woods Hole Research Center
Chris Schaffner, Arup

 Team Building: Theory, Schematics & Creation
Chair: Christine E. Scott, AIA, APA, Goody Clancy & Associates Patricia Cornelison, Arrowstreet, Inc.
Andrew Motta, Artists for Humanity
Mark Kelley, The Hickory Consortium
Nick Rodriguez, Artist
Carlo Lewis, Mentoring Architect
Da Thao Nguyen, Artists for Humanity		 Understanding and Connecting Needs, Resources, and Strategies
Chair and Speaker: Marc Rosenbaum, Energysmiths
Andrew M. Shapiro, Energy Balance, Inc.
WE CELEBRATE WHAT’S WORKING
A Look Under the Hood

Designing, Living, and Working in Big Green Buildings
Chair: F.L. Andrew Padian, Steven Winter Associates

David Blittersdorf, NRG Systems
Michael Gubbins, The Solaire, Albanese Organization
Andrew M. Shapiro, Energy Balance, Inc.

Site Design: Water Efficiency
Chair: Gregory D. Thomson, Goody Clancy & Associates

Russ McIntosh, Energy New England
David Del Porto, Ecological Engineering

Building Great Homes Well
Chair: F.L. Andrew Padian, Steven Winter Associates

John T. Walsh, Western Massachusetts Electric Company
Tom Hartman, Coldham Architects
Jonathan Tauer, Pioneer Valley Green Building
WE KNOW WHAT WORKS
Relying on Science		 Que Sera, Sera (But Heat Does Not Rise!)...Basics of Thermal Energy
Chair and Speaker: H. Barton Bales,
Bales Energy Associates & Solar Works Inc.		 Electricity
Chair and Speaker: Henry Gifford,
Gifford Fuel Saving		 Fire and Combustion
Chair and Speaker: Henry Gifford, Gifford Fuel Saving
WE OFFER ABUNDANCE
Business Brings it Home

The Real Cost of Current Energy Use
Chair: Ambrose Spencer, Consultant

Greg Norris, Sylvatica, Inc.

 Why Buy Clean?
Chair: Jonathan Tauer, Pioneer Valley Green Building
Stan Halpern, Healthy Clean Buildings
Quincy Vale, Powerhouse Enterprises
Jonathan Edwards, SmartPower

Connecticut Clean Communities Program: The Importance of Collaborative Marketing
Chair and Speaker: Brian F. Keane, SmartPower

Bryan Garcia, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund

Diane Goss Farrell, Town of Westport, CT

Rabbi Andrea Cohen-Kiener, Inter-religious Eco-Justice Network

Derek Murrow, Environment Northeast