Integrated Design and Charrette Facilitation by Paladino & Co.
Site Planning by Peter Hurley, Portland DOT & Green Building Dept
Local Planning Perspective from Elaine Clegg, Idaho Smart Growth
Public Transportation by Cece Gassner, City of Boise
John Reynolds, University of Oregon Professor and Passive Design Pioneer
Ken Baker, Local Energy, Building Science and Code Expert
Integrated Design Lab for Daylighting and Lighting Design
Philosophy of Sustainable Design by Jason McLennan
Gary Christensen, Developer of the LEED Platinum Certified Banner Bank Building
Scott Flynn, Builder of Net Zero Home
Suzie Hall, Local Interior Designer and Green Materials Expert
Judi Kieffer, Local Interior Designer and Green Materials Expert
Lisa Scales, MD, Indoor Air Quality Expert
Rich Prill, WSU Professor, Indoor Air Quality Expert
Morgan Brown, Water Treatment and Conservation
Gary Allen, Givens Pursley, Green Building Legal Perspective
Kathy Stearns, Sustainable Investing
Facilities Management, Brandon Victory, Colliers
Home Energy Audits by Matthew Deren
Building Commissioning by Chuck Hurn
Sustainable Landscape Design
New for 2010/2011 - Cynthia Putnam, Putnam Price Group, CxA
And, many more!
Below are a few of the instructor bios.
Thulasi Narayan
Associate Green Building Consultant, LEED® AP
Paladino & Company
http://www.paladinoandco.com/
Thulasi utilizes her expertise in building design and performance optimization to provide project teams with knowledge-based design decision support. She conducts energy, natural ventilation, thermal and daylight modeling using a number of simulation tools such as FloVent, Lumen Micro, Radiance and RadTherm and carries out optimization simulation studies for maximum building performance and occupant satisfaction. Thulasi also generates economic feasibility reports based on the Total Cost of Ownership and Life Cycle Costing Analysis methodologies to help clients identify sustainable strategies that have the maximum Return on Investment and are most economically viable. She also carries out feasibility and performance studies on innovative HVAC and mechanical systems, green roofs, rainwater harvesting and a host of other green building strategies. Additionally, Thulasi serves on Paladino’s technical consulting team to the U.S. Green Building Council, conducting LEED Application reviews for a variety of project types and sizes.
Thulasi received a Master of Science in Building Design from Arizona State University. While at ASU, Thulasi conducted research and analysis on a number of high performance issues such as wind tower scoop performance and the impact of urban heat islands on building energy consumption. Her thesis explored the integration of life cycle assessment into LEED.
Qualifications
Master of Building Design, Arizona State University, 2005
LEED® Accredited Professional, 2004
Bachelor of Architecture, Bharath Institute of Science and Technology, Madras University, India, 2002
Comments from past SBA students:
"It was directly related to the work that I do…. I like the energy and openness of the presenters…. The progressive thinking and intellectual topics brought in to the class discussion."
Barbara Erwine
Senior Green Building Consultant, LEED® AP
Paladino & Company
http://www.paladinoandco.com/
Barbara is a nationally recognized expert in lighting, daylighting and the integration of the two. For the past 20 years Barbara has consulted on over 150 projects, providing clients with highly productive, highly energy-efficient and cost-effective spaces. She has also created tools to assist in the design of well-daylit spaces such as a computer-based tool to predict daylight levels in commercial buildings. She participated on the steering committee that developed the Lighting Design Lab in Seattle, a nationally acclaimed facility that performs extensive modeling and simulations. Barbara has also written and spoken extensively on the topic, and most recently authored the chapter on lighting for a book on Safe and Healthy School Environments and co-authored the daylighting chapter of the California Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS).
In addition to running green building projects, Barbara also leads Paladino and Company’s research and post occupancy evaluation team. She participated in the seminal Heschong Mahone Group daylighting study, which directly correlated student achievement with the amount and quality of daylight. Barbara conducted applied research on building performance in her roles as a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Research Assistant and City of Seattle Building Energy Research Specialist. She also served as the lead consultant on the Washington Sustainable Schools Pilot Program research project into the cost effectiveness of a LEED-based sustainability protocol on schools.
Qualifications
LEED® Accredited Professional, 2003
Master of Architecture, University of California, 1987
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, 1970
Peter Hurley
Project Manager, Portland Office of Transportation
http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/
The City of Portland Office of Transportation is a community partner in shaping a livable city. We plan, build, manage and maintain an effective and safe transportation system that provides people and businesses access and mobility. We keep Portland moving.
Peter has been involved in many aspects of transportation at the local and regional levels. He has been instrumental in an innovative project, STARS. The Sustainable Transportation and Access Rating System (STARS) is designed to move the transportation industry toward sustainability in the areas transportation has the greatest impact: access (land use and transportation) and climate. Other values will be included, such as ecological function and benefit-cost, although the primary emphasis will be on climate and access.
Qualifications:
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As the City of Portland’s Green Building Manager, worked to help Portland become the first city to mainstream green building;
•Launched the SmartTrips Downtown project for the Portland Office of Transportation;
•Served as Executive Director of Washington State’s Transportation Choices Coalition;
•Was Seattle City Light’s first sustainable building project manager;
•Served as Executive Director of the Washington Environmental Council;
•Was elected to the Snohomish County Council;
•Served as a senior financial analyst for GTE Corporation.
Peter also serves on the Washington State Commute Trip Reduction Board and teaches the Sustainable Land Use & Transportation section for the Sustainable Building Advisor Program in Oregon and Washington.
Qualifications
B.S. – Business Administration (finance), cum laude, from the University of Connecticut
Comments from past SBA students:
"Peter is extremely knowledgeable and had great information. Great blend of hard data and innovative thinking/ concepts…. The high level of information provided from such a high level of expertise…. Peter is very knowledgeable, both factually and anecdotally. And his enthusiasm for the materials is infectious!"
John S. Reynolds, F.A.I.A.
Professor Emeritus, U. of Oregon
For 40 years John Reynolds has been interested in how people use energy in buildings, and how buildings shape that energy usage. He has taught both architecture design and environmental control systems at the University of Oregon since 1967. He is co-author of Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings, 6th through 10th editions, published by John Wiley & Sons.
John is also the author of Courtyards: Aesthetic, Social, and Thermal Delight, published in 2002 by John Wiley & Sons. He is currently board Vice President of the non-profit Energy Trust of Oregon, and board Chair of the American Solar Energy Society.
Qualifications
B.Arch., 1962, Illinois
M.Arch., 1967, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
reg. architect, Oregon, Massachusetts (1967)
Comments from past SBA students:
"Amazing topic, the amount of information & the enthusiasm for the topic was incredible. Couldn't get enough!!... JR's enthusiasm for the subject and quality of case studies/ pictures presented…. The opportunity to hear such a highly renowned authority/ scholar. Thorough, valuable information."
Ihab Elzeyadi, Assistant Professor
U. of Oregon
Dr. Elzeyadi has conducted grant-supported research on the relationship between people and buildings including post-occupancy evaluations of work environments, lighting and daylighting guidelines, and adaptive re-use of historical buildings. He also consulted on various aspects of energy conscious design, electrical lighting and daylights, and the design of facilities for healthcare, cancer, and special populations. He is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including the IFMA-Haworth Research Award, Penn State Research Excellence Award, as well as a Ford Foundation Fellowship. Recently, he received an award from the University of Oregon to develop design guidelines for energy conscious cancer treatment facilities and a grant to support his BEAM project, a virtual laboratory for introducing students to building performance through a problem-based pedagogy.
Ihab came to the University of Oregon from professional practice where he was a project manager for the Heschong Mahone Group, Sacramento, California. He is a registered architect and engineer in Egypt where he has maintained a private practice architecture since 1988 that specializes in building rehabilitation and adaptive re-use of historical settings.
Professor Elzeyadi teaches courses in environmental control systems, lighting design, adaptive reuse, and architectural design studios.
Qualifications
B. Arch., 1988, Ain Shams University-Cairo
GD in Arch Engineering, 1990, Ain Shams University-Cairo
M.S. Arch, 1996, Pennsylvania State University
PhD. Arch, 2001; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Reg. architect and engineer, Egypt since 1988 (2001)
Comments from past SBA students:
"I enjoy looking back at the old European buildings for examples we could use today…. I never realized the different aspects & critical importance of light in designing…. Incredibly interesting topic! Very helpful, especially with John Reynolds presentation yesterday. Contradicting at times but insightful all the time!!"
Rich Prill
Building Science & Indoor Air Quality Specialist
Extension Energy Program - Washington State University, Spokane, WA
Rich has more than 25 years of teaching and research experience in the areas of building construction, energy and resource conservation, ventilation, and indoor air quality. He has been the Washington State Program Manager for the US Department of Agriculture’s Healthy Indoor Air for America’s Homes Program for the past six years and is a Master Home Environmentalist trainer. He has also served as a technical committee member of the American Lung Association Healthy House national task force.
Rich has over 15 years of experience developing and delivering unique indoor air quality, energy, and building science program for Native American tribes in the northwest, Alaska, Arizona. This program provides workshops, hands-on training, technical support, IAQ and energy equipment loan program, and tribal IAQ website.
Rich continues to be consistently rated one of the most effective trainers and curriculum developers in the Builder Operator Certification Program He developed and taught the first Building Operator IAQ Training courses (1990), and the Certified Building Operator IAQ courses.
Rich has served on a variety of state and national IAQ and asthma task forces and technical committees, and regularly conducts seminars for federal agencies, state and local governments, school districts, utilities, tribes, and professional organizations.
Rich has presented technical papers on IAQ nationally and internationally. He is published in professional journals, and has authored and co-authored technical reports and symposium proceedings on topics including ventilation effectiveness, radon, commercial building IAQ, weatherization impacts on IAQ, student attendance and CO2, particle measurements in commercial buildings, and combustion.
Additional Expert Instructors to be announced soon....!
