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Conference Schedule: Monday, April 16

 

7:00 am

Breakfast and Registration open

8:40 am – 9:20 am

Concurrent
40-minute presentations

Green Team Spirit: Building a Culture of Sustainability in Athletics
Allison Potteiger, Yale University Office of Sustainability
Room 0101

On the CUSP: Washington, D.C.'s College and University Sustainability Pledge
Joshua Lasky, University of the District of Columbia
Chris O'Brien, American University
Audrey Stewart, Georgetown University
Room 0109

Rocky Branch Revival: Restored Stream Serves as Outdoor Teaching Lab
Barbara Doll, NC Sea Grant
Gregory Jennings, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Dept.
Room Chasen

8:40 am – 10:00 am

Concurrent
80-minute workshops

Get Started with the New, Online Campus Carbon Calculator
Room 0105
Claire Roby, Clean Air-Cool Planet
Julie Paquette and Jeffery Murphy, Sightlines, LLC

Lifecycle: A Holistic Conversation
Room 1105
Peter Larson, Edward McGraw, and Calvin Ahn, Ashley McGraw Architects, P.C.

Optimization Strategies for Classrooms and Class Labs
Room 1123
Christine Albright, Perkins Eastman Architects
Cynthia Linhart, Linhart Consulting

9:30 am – 10:10 am

Concurrent
40-minute presentations

Energy Efficiency Retrofits, Measurement & Education Achieve Savings
Room 0101
Deborah Green, Valencia College

Moving Towards Sustainability: An Administrative Roadmap for the Journey
Room 0109
Cindy Felice, Department of Resident Life and Maria Lonsbury, Division of Student Affairs, University of Maryland

My Actions Impact Yours
Room Chasen
Craig Young and Kathy Myers, MyActions.org
Halli Bovia, University of Southern California (USC)

10:20 am – 11:40 am

Concurrent
80-minute workshops

Global Strategies for Campus Sustainability: An Integrated Approach to Implementation
Room 1123
Brodie Bain, Mithun
Aparna Dial, The Ohio State University

Higher Education’s Role in Adapting to a Changing Climate
Room 0105
David Caruso, Antioch University of New England
Lynne Carter, Louisiana State University
Georges Dyer, Second Nature

Innovative Tools to Build a Dynamic Energy Plan
Room 1105
Jennifer Battle, Lauren Olson, Sarah Herbst, Michigan State University

10:40 am – 11:20 am

Concurrent
40-minute presentations

Advancing Campus and Community Sustainability: Strategic Alliances in Action
Room 0109
Leanne Bilodeau, University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus

Making It Stick: Using Online Pledges to Sustain Behavior Change
Room 0101
Melanie Stewart, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Chris Stratman, Verdis Group

Unique, Universal Learning Environment: Classroom, Campus, and Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Room Chasen
Bruce Manger, Hord Coplan Macht, Inc.
Barbara Viniar, Chesapeake College

11:30 am

Lunch

12:30 pm

Keynote Address:  Who are the Change Makers? 
Leith Sharp, Sustainable Futures Academy

2:00 pm – 2:40 pm

Concurrent
40-minute presentations

Fast, Furious, and Sustainable: Shifting Your Program Into Top Gear
Room 0109
Joshua Lasky and Howard Ways, University of the District of Columbia

Food Security: A Means Towards a Resilient Local Economy
Room Chasen
Peter Hackbert, Kelly Kusumoto, Matthew Callo, Anna Kate McWhorter, Berea College

Performance Contracting for Energy Savings
Room 0101
Dave Anderson, Ameresco
Shane Tedder, University of Kentucky

2:00 pm – 3:10 pm

Concurrent
80-minute workshops

Institutionalizing Green Building: Lessons Learned from 100+ LEED Buildings and Internal Energy Auditing
Room 1105
Andrea Trimble and Kevin Bright, Harvard University, Green Building Services

Sustainability Planning with Deliberative Democracy Techniques
Room 0105
Trina Innes, Lisa Dockman, and Logan McIntosh, University of Alberta

Sustainability Officer Forum: Professional Development Needs Assessment by AASHE
Room 1123
Cynthia Thomashow, AASHE

2:50 pm – 3:30 pm

Concurrent
40-minute presentations

Campus Conservation Nationals: Lessons Learned in Reducing Dormitory Resource Use
Room 0109
Andrew deCoriolis, Lucid, Campus Conservation Nationals
Patrick Lane, Center for Green Schools, US Green Building Council

Strategic Facility Planning for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
Room 0101
Conrad Metcalfe, Performance Systems Development
Christopher Russell, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

The Duke Campus Farm as a Learning Laboratory
Room Chasen
Emily Sloss and Casey Roe, Duke University

3:00 pm

Coffee Break

3:30 pm – 4:50 pm

Concurrent
80-minute workshops

Assessing Your Campus’s Potential for Greening Existing Buildings with LEED
Room 1105
Jaime Van Mourik Van Mourik, Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council
Emily Curley, American University
Christopher Davis, Green Building Certification Institute

Laboratory Sustainablity - Developing a Green Labs Program
Room 1123
Michael Ochs, Arizona State University
Alicia Murchie, Longwood Campus, Harvard University

Limits to Closing the Loop? Overcoming Challenges to Implementing Zero Waste Programs
Room 0105
Cam Weimar, Catholic University
Chris O'Brien, American University

3:40 pm – 4:20 pm

Concurrent
40-minute presentations

How to Implement an Effective Green Office Program
Room 0109
Bryce Bjornson, Guilford College

Linking Campus Sustainability to Hands on Training
Room Chasen
Jen Fournelle, National Wildlife Federation

Living and Learning in TerraHaus, a Passivhaus Residence
Room 0101
Douglas Fox, Unity College

5:00 pm

Plenary Session: The Journey to Transform the Built Environment
Brendan Owens, Vice President of Technical Development, USGBC

6:00 pm

Networking Reception

 

Poster Session (during Networking Reception)

Developing a Sustainability Minor: Model, Lessons, and Community Engagement, by Alexander Wait, Missouri State University

Green Leadership Academy for Diverse Ecosystems: Partnerships for youth development, by Janice Schnake Greene, Missouri State University

Is it Shower Time? Perceived verse Reality Shower Lengths in Residence Halls, by Courtney Washburn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Planning the Net Zero Energy Campus of the Future, by Robert Diemer, In Posse

Sustainability in Research: Recycling Laboratory Plastic, by Lisa Sanzenbacher, University of Illinois at Chicago

Adapting Community-Based Social Marketing for a Resident Student Eco-Rep Program, by Emily Curley, American University

Business Fitness: How Organizations Should Get in Sustainable Shape, by Frank Fogarty and Kelly Pippins, University of Maryland and Smithsonian Institute

This Sucks! Addressing Vampire Energy on College and University Campuses, by Jessica Trotman, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

A University–Community Exploration of Sustainable Farming, by Jennifer Coffman, James Madison University

Blue + Yellow = Green: Environmental Sustainability in the Office of Residence Life at UD, by Rebecca Krylow, University of Delaware