Affordable Housing Summit
Tuesday October 4
7:30am-8:15 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
8:15am-9:45 a.m. Opening Session: Green Affordable Housing Retrofits
Even if all homes constructed in a given year were built to green standards, only 1% of the total housing stock would be impacted. Unfortunately, owners and lenders face considerable challenges to retrofitting existing housing stock: aversion to risk; lack of investment capital; and transaction costs that can make small improvement loans unrealistic. This opening session will discuss innovative efforts to preserve and expand the affordability of our existing housing stock through green building retrofits.
Presenters: Stockton Williams, Senior Advisor for Urban Policy, U.S. Department of Energy; Derek Ballantyne, Consultant, DKGI, Inc.; Larry Curtis, President, WinnDevelopment; Wendy Rowden, Managing Director, Investments, Jonathan Rose Companies
10:00am-11:30am Breakout Session – One
1A: Financing
This session will highlight the financing tools used to achieve green improvements in existing affordable housing developments. Tools highlighted in this session will include creating an energy efficiency-based utility allowance (EEBUA) through a local housing authority, building green alternatives into an existing capital needs assessment, and creating partnerships to expand and document improved health outcomes. In addition to useful case studies, this session will direct participants to specific resources that can help implement these improvements locally.
Presenters: Noreen Beatley, USGBC Affordable Housing Initiative; Lara Regus, Senior Project Manager, Abode Communities; Mark James, Founder and Managing Member, Urban Green, LLC; Todd Trehubenko, President and CEO, Recap Real Estate Advisors
1B: Resident Engagement
Even the best green design and construction can only achieve ongoing savings if the project is operated efficiently and well-maintained over time. Additionally, residents can often produce real savings and improved indoor air quality without large capital investment by the building owner. This session highlights a diverse array of successful programs used to engage low income residents in energy efficiency efforts in Toronto, ON, Chicago, IL and Austin, TX.
Presenters: Gilda Crawly, Manager of the Community Animation Program and Garden Strategy, Toronto Community; Trisha Miller, Director, Green Communities, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.; Sunshine Mathon, Design and Development Director, Foundation Communities; Colin Rohlfing, Sustainable Design Director – North Central Region, HOK, Inc.
1C: Data & Metrics
Over the past ten years, USGBC has supported and conducted direct research on the costs and benefits of green building measures in commercial and residential projects. In 2009, research conducted by Enterprise Community Partners quantified the specific costs and financial benefits of implementing the Green Communities criteria in affordable housing projects. This session will highlight current research efforts by USGBC and Enterprise that will help affordable housing developers make intelligent choices about design and construction.
Presenters: Dana Bourland, Vice President of Green Initiatives, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.; Chris Pyke, Vice President of Research, U.S. Green Building Council; Chrissa Pagitsas, Green Initiative Program Manager,Fannie Mae Multifamily
11:45am-12:45pm Lunch
1:00pm-2:30pm Breakout Sessions – Two
2A: Innovative Green
Green projects are quickly becoming as diverse as the goals and needs of those who develop and occupy them, highlighting the need to keep pace with the new technologies and thinking that drive their future development. This session explores innovative directions that developers are exploring to drive desired outcomes to their tenants. This includes cutting edge green projects and technologies, such as Toronto's NOW House Project as well as the Living Buildings Challenge, that may one day mainstream to the larger affordable housing market. It also touches on new ways to draw residents into a more healthy lifestyle, as evidenced by The Melody project by Blue Sea Development Group.
Presenters: Les Bluestone, Co-founder, Blue Sea Development Company, LLC; Michelle McDonough Winters, Senior Manager for Green Strategies, NeighborWorks America; Amanda Sturgeon, AIA, Certification Director, Living Building Challenge; Jim Steele, CEO, Windsor Essex CHC
2B: Rural Development
American Indian land comprises 5% of U.S. land but contains an estimated 10% of all domestic energy resources. Still, Native Americans living on reservations pay the highest rates for electricity and have the highest percentage of unelectrified and unweatherized homes. This session will highlight successful green building efforts in some of the most remote and challenging communities in the U.S. and Canada, demonstrating that green building is critical for rural as well as urban communities.
Presenters: David Eddy, CEO, Vancouver Native Housing Society; David Grimes, Architect, Travois Design and Construction Services; Bill Semple, Senior Researcher, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
2C: Community & Neighborhoods
Sustainable, green communities should be accessible to everyone, but conflicting zoning requirements or ROI requirements do not always make this possible. The development of mixed-income green neighborhoods, however, can impact both while revitalizing distressed neighborhoods. This session will address the challenges – in terms of financing, gaining community support, and meeting social goals – through three mixed-income LEED-ND projects – Old Colony in Boston, Toronto Waterfront, and the Village at Market Creek in San Diego.
Presenters: Lizette Zuniga, Director Development and Real Estate, Toronto Community Housing; Walker Wells, AICP LEED AP, Director of the Green Urbanism Program, Global Green USA; Anastacio Castillo, Construction Manager, Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation; Lauren Baumann, LEED AP, Vice President, New Ecology; Meg Davis, Vice President of Development, Toronto Waterfront
2:45pm-6:00pm Affordable Housing Charettes
5:30pm-8:00pm Grand Opening of the Exhibit Hall
Affordable Housing Summit
Wednesday October 5
Affordable Housing Summit attendees have access to the following Greenbuild events on Wednesday:
| 6:30 a.m-6:30 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 8:30 a.m-10:00 a.m. | Education Sessions |
| 9:00 a.m-5:30 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 10:00 a.m-5:00 p.m. | Greenbuild Film Festival |
| 10:30 a.m-12:00 p.m. | Education Sessions |
| 11:30 am-1:00 pm | Greenbuild Lunch |
| 3:00-5:30 p.m. | Off-Site Education Sessions |
| 4:00-5:30 p.m. | Education Sessions |
| 6:30 p.m.-12:00 a.m. | Greenbuild Opening Keynote and Celebration |