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Agenda20^th Annual New York State Green Building Conference

The NYS Green Building Conference has been moved to a virtual webinar series beginning March 31^st and ending April 28 ^th. The Mass Timber Symposium webinars will be held March 28^th to 30^th. The updated agenda is below.

Date	Time(ET)	Title	Presenters	Credits
20^th Annual New York State Green Building Conference Agenda
Thursday, March 31^st	12:00 - 1:30 PM	Keynote: LEED for Cities and Communities: A Catalyst for Change in this Decade of Action	Hilari Varnadore, USGBC	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 CEC/HSW, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Thursday, March 31^st	1:30 - 3:00 PM	On the mitigation alternatives to a warming climate for building energy demands in dense coastal-urban environments	Jorge E. Gonzalez, The City University of New York	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Thursday, March 31^st	3:00 - 4:30 PM	Buildings Chapter of the Climate Action Council Draft Scoping Plan	Maureen Leddy, Director, NYSDEC Office of Climate Change Vanessa Ulmer, Policy Development Team Lead, NYSERDA
Friday, April 1^st	12:00 - 1:30 PM	Engaging Passive House Verification Early: Constructability, Air Barrier Integrity, and Workforce Training	Chris Straile, Sustainable Comfort, Inc. Greg Downing, Sustainable Comfort, Inc.	1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Friday, April 1^st	1:30 - 3:00 PM	Building Enclosure Commissioning - High Performance Buildings	Adam Ugliuzza, Intertek	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Wednesday, April 6^th	12:00 - 1:30 PM	Keynote: NYSERDA's Carbon Neutral Buildings Roadmap - Decarbonizing Central New York's Building Stock	Greg Hale, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority Tom Goodfellow, President, Goodfellow Construction Management Ltd Nina Sharifi, Assistant Professor, Syracuse University, Ryan Wallace, Partner, Geneva Solar Village	Approved for 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Wednesday, April 6^th	1:30 - 3:00 PM	Smart Blue-Green Roofs for Cost-Efficient Stormwater Management	Alan Burchell, Urbanstrong	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 CEC/HSW, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Thursday, April 7^th	12:00 - 1:30 PM	Zero Place - Carbon-Neutral Multi-Family Building: Preliminary Results + Lessons Learned	Pasquale Strocchia, Integral Building + Design Anthony Aebi, ZeroNetNow	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Thursday, April 7^th	1:30 - 3:00 PM	Passive House as a Roadmap for Low-Carbon Affordable Housing	James Moriarty, Sustainable Comfort, Inc.	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Thursday, April 7^th	3:00 - 4:30 PM	Zero Energy Off the Shelf - Revisited	Rick Alfandre, Alfandre Architecture Pasquale Strocchia, Integral Building + Design, Inc	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Wednesday, April 13^th	12:00 - 1:30 PM	E-Code - The Old and the New	Jim D'Aloisio, Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Wednesday, April 13^th	1:30 - 3:00 PM	The FDMP: Better Decisions, Better Facilities	Erik Backus, Clarkson University	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Thursday, April 14^th	12:00 - 1:30 PM	Legal Issues Relating to Sustainable Development	Richard Sobelsohn, Brooklyn Law School	Approved for 1.0 AIA CES LU
Thursday, April 14^th	1:30 - 3:00 PM	The Prospects of Urban Mining in LEED Educational Buildings (Phase I)	Nara Almeida, Lafayette College Leigh Jacobsen, Lafayette College	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Thursday, April 14^th	3:00 - 4:30 PM	Are Rooftop Wind Turbines a Viable Option?	Ken Visser, Clarkson University / Ducted Wind Turbines Inc.	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Wednesday, April 20^th	12:00 - 1:30 PM	"Racism is a Public Health Crisis:" Top 10 Ways the Built Industry Can Take Action Against Environmental Injustice Today!	Lauren Hildebrand, Brightcore Energy Melissa Abramson, Recreational Equipment, Inc. Christopher Bland, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital Arnold Sapenter, Arnold Sapenter Consulting	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Wednesday, April 20^th	1:30 - 3:00 PM	Valuing and Reacting to Varied "Greenness" of Electricity in NYS Buildings	Nicholas Genzel, Frontier Energy Adam Walburger, Frontier Energy	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Thursday, April 21^st	12:00 - 1:30 PM	Ithaca Energy Code Supplement	Nick Goldsmith, Town of Ithaca Ian Shapiro, TAITEM Engineering	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Thursday, April 21^st	1:30 - 3:00 PM	Indoor Air Quality Measurement & Control: Successful Application of Environmental Sensor Platforms	David Gordon, Green Building Partners, LLC	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Wednesday, April 27^th	12:00 - 1:30 PM	Syracuse District Energy Study - Community Heat Pump Program	Brendan Hall, CHA Consulting Chris Carrick, Central NY Regional Planning and Development Board	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Wednesday, April 27^th	1:30 - 3:00 PM	It's Electric: EV Infrastructure Triumphs and Challenges at SUNY ESF	Nicolette Havrish, Nourish Architecture & Interiors Sue Fassler, ESF	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 CEC/HSW, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Wednesday, April 27^th	3:00 - 4:30 PM	Cloud Connected Sensor Networks and Building Reopening in 2022	Edward Stuber, SGS Galson	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW
Thursday, April 28^th	12:00 - 1:30 PM	The Top 10 Ways to Reduce Concrete's Carbon Footprint	Douglas O'Neill, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association	Approved for 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW, 1.0 CEC/HSW
Thursday, April 28^th	1:30 - 3:00 PM	Not-So (or Oh-So) Crazy Ideas	Jodi Smits Anderson, EYP Jim D'Aloisio, Klepper, Hahn and Hyatt	Approved for 1.0 AIA CES LU/HSW