Agenda and papers
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| Thursday, March 10, 2011 | |
| 9:00 | Welcome Todd Greene, Vice President and Community Affairs Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta William B. Bradshaw, PhD, President, Green Coast Enterprises, and Adjunct Lecturer, Tulane University |
| 9:45 | Session 1A: Underwriting Underwriting Commercial Property Sustainability: Emerging Challenges and Practices Lisa M. Galley, CEO, Galley Eco Capital The Resource Appraisal: A Due Diligence Report for Energy/Resource Performance Retrofit Financing  James Finlay, Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Appraisal Manager, Wells Fargo Discussant W. Whitfield Neill Session 1B: Green Measurement Criteria and Certification Evaluating the Energy Performance of HERS-Rated Homes Using Using Annual Community Baselines Pierce H. Jones, PhD, Director, Program for Resource Efficient Communities/University of Florida The Diffusion of Green Building Policies in U.S. Cities Constantine E. Kontokosta, PhD, Director and Clinical Assistant Professor, PE, AICP, LEED AP, New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate Discussant Jessica Dill |
| Noon | Lunch and keynote speaker Raphael Bostic, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| 2:15 | Session 2A: Portfolio Management Costing Sustainable Capital Projects: A Socio-Enviro-Technical Perspective Annie Pearce, PhD, LEED AP, Assistant Professor, Myers-Lawson School of Construction, Virginia Tech A System Life Cycle Evaluation, SliCESM, for Green Building Technologies Joseph Neal Goodmann, CEM, CEA, LEED AP and BD&C, Research Engineer II, Georgia Institute of Technology Discussant Nils Kok, PhD, Assistant Professor/Visiting Scholar, Maastricht University/University of California, Berkeley Session 2B: Community and Economic Development Policy Energy and Economic Development in the Southeast Jan Youtie, PhD, Manager, Policy Services and Adjunct Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology Enterprise Innovation Institute The Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance Green City Program Ben Taube, LEED AP, Executive Director, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance Discussant Ann Carpenter Session 2C: Gulf Coast Greening and Recovery Sustainable Capital Improvements in the New Orleans Recovery School District Lona Hankins, Recovery School District The Decision to Integrate Sustainability: A Developer's Perspective Tara Hernandez, JCH Development Discussant Alexandra Stroud |
| 4:30 | Panel plenary session The Economics of Green Building Nils Kok, PhD, Assistant Professor/Visiting Scholar, Maastricht University/University of California, Berkeley Who Will Invest in Green Real Estate?  David Wood, PhD, Director, Initiative for Responsible Investment, Harvard University Moderator William B. Bradshaw, PhD |
| 5:30 | Reception |
| Friday, March 11, 2011 | |
| 8:30 |
Session 3A: Community and Economic Development Policy Prospects and Practice in Green Economic Development Karl F. Seidman, MPP, Senior Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning The Economic Impact of Urban Green Space Investments: A Case Study for Chicago Sabina L. Shaikh, PhD, Lecturer, University of Chicago (Contact the author for information on this paper. sabina@uchicago.edu) Discussant Naomi Cytron Session 3B: Organizational and Industry Structure Creative Construction: The Capacity for Environmental Innovation in Real Estate Development Firms William B. Bradshaw, PhD, President, Green Coast Enterprises, and Adjunct Lecturer, Tulane University REITs: Applying REIT Corporate Structure to Non-Traditional Projects and Engaging New Investors Andrew R. Sanderford, Doctoral Student, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Discussant Lynn Fisher, PhD Session 3C: Emerging Trends in Green Finance How to Look Forward without Looking Back: Innovative Approaches to Forecasting Green Finance Program Demand Christine E. Boyle, MRP, Finance Analyst, Environmental Finance Center at University of North Carolina Home Purchase Counseling: The Untapped Green Financing Tool Carlos E. Martin, PhD, Senior Associate, Abt Associates Inc. Discussant David Wood, Ph. D. |
| 10:45 | Panel plenary session Toward Sustainable and Responsible Property Investment Indices Gary Pivo, PhD, Professor, University of Arizona Incremental Cost, Measurable Savings: Enterprise Green Communities Criteria Dana L. Bourland, AICP, Vice President, Green Initiatives, Enterprise Community Partners Inc. Moderator Stephanie Gripne, PhD |
| Noon | Lunch and closing keynote speaker Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Property Finance Scott Muldavin, CRE, FRICS, Executive Director, Green Building Finance Consortium |
| 2:00 | Closing remarks
Todd Greene, Vice President and Community Affairs Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
