Educational Sessions

Conference Registration Hours:
Monday, June 20th, 8:30am - 5:00pm
Tuesday, June 21st, 7:30am - 7:00pm
Wednesday, June 22nd, 7:30am - 6:00pm
Thursday, June 23rd, 7:30am - 3:00pm

Monday, June 20th
PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINARS

9am – 5:30pm:

LEED v3 Green Associate Prep Seminar
AIA|DC Chapter House | 1777 Church Street NW
The Green Associate (GA) Exam Prep Seminar will provide an overview of all the content covered on the GA exam. All candidates who wish to become a LEED Accredited Professional (AP) need to start by first becoming a Green Associate (referred to as Tier 1 accreditation). Topics covered include project registration and certification process, overview of concepts that are covered across all LEED rating systems, intro to the computer-based testing environment, and a road map for how to organize your post-seminar prep.
AIA Credits: 8.0 HSW/4.0 SD.
Presented by Green Education Services

NOTE: Unless you have past experience on a LEED project OR are employed in a sustainable field of work, it is a mandatory requirement that you attend a Green Building Seminar before USGBC will issue you a LEED Green Associate test date.

9am – 4pm:

ARE 4.0 Prep Seminar: Structural Systems
GENERAL STRUCTURES
Principles:
Apply general structural principles to the design and construction of buildings
Materials & Technology:
Analyze the implications of design decisions in the selection of systems, materials, and construction details related to general structural design.
Codes & Regulations:
Incorporate building codes, specialty codes, and other regulatory requirements in the design of general structural systems.

SEISMIC FORCES
Principles:
Apply lateral forces principles to the design and construction of buildings to resist seismic forces.
Materials & Technology:
Analyze the implications of design decisions in the selection of systems, materials, and construction details related to seismic forces.
Codes & Regulations:
Incorporate building codes, specialty codes, and other regulatory requirements related to seismic forces.

WIND FORCES
Principles:
Apply lateral forces principles to the design and construction of buildings to resist wind forces.
Materials & Technology:
Analyze the implications of design decisions in the selection of systems, materials, and construction details related to wind forces.
Codes & Regulations:
Incorporate building codes, specialty codes, and other regulatory requirements related to wind forces.

LATERAL FORCES – GENERAL
Principles:
Apply lateral forces principles to the design and construction of buildings.
Materials & Technology:
Analyze the implications of design decisions in the selection of systems, materials, and construction details related to lateral forces.

VIGNETTE: STRUCTURAL LAYOUT
Design a schematic framing plan for a one-story building with a multi-level roof.

Instructor: Gary Strand, Associate Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger

4:30 - 8:30pm:

Designing with Fire Sprinklers
Designers have more freedom than ever when it comes to fire sprinkler placement and installation. Join Mr. Hugo to learn how fire sprinklers allow the designer to become flexible, and provide their client with a warm, open and usable building. Additionally, he will discuss new sprinkler technology, how to maneuver through building codes, how the sprinkler installation standard (NFPA 13) addresses architectural features, and what to expect from AHJ and trade plan reviews.
4.0 HSW
Presented by Jeff Hugo, Manager of Codes, National Fire Sprinkler Association

Tuesday, June 21st

8:30 – 10am:

A New Paradigm for Sustainable Operations
For the last ten years, the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Office of Government wide Policy (OGP) has had a Sustainable Development Initiative in place to promote sustainability in the Federal Government’s operations. A recent review of the obstacles to operationalize sustainability was done with HOK, Washington, DC, and the University of Maryland, School of Public Policy. The result is a new publication, “The New Sustainable Frontier: Principles of Sustainable Development,” which examines past efforts to operationalize sustainability and applies the concepts of ecological economics in an effort to simplify everyday decision-making and provide guidance for achieving long-term goals.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Anica Landreneau, HOK; Jonathan Herz, Health & Human Services; Bucky Green, Environmental Protection Agency

Architecture That Heals the Whole Person, Not Just the Disease
A key tenet of healthcare design is that the facility can impact patient outcomes. The National Intrepid Center of Excellence, a world-class brain trauma center located at the Walter Reed National Naval Medical Center, in Bethesda, Maryland, takes this concept to the highest level. This state-of-the-art facility demonstrates evidence-based design elements that work together to create holistic, patient- and family-centered care environments. The facility exhibits next-generation clinic planning concepts in a highly collaborative, integrated design process.
1.5 HSW LU
Presented by Christopher Arnold, Associate, SmithGroup; Col. George Nussbaum, Deputy Director Clinical and Research Support Services, National Intrepid Center of Excellence; Dr. Frederick Foote

Contract and Leasing Strategies for Green Buildings
The content presented in this session is unique in that it centers on specific legal issues and risks the presenters have identified based upon their personal review of numerous contract and lease forms being used for green buildings, and the suggestions they have developed for modifying those documents. The content is appropriate for a diverse audience because it addresses contractual rights from the perspective of building owners, developers, space users, contractors and design professionals. The content is essential for green practitioners because many of them are using contracts and leases that do not adequately address the risks and issues unique to green projects, and this session will help them update their contracts and leases for green projects.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Frank Mobilio, Jones Lang LaSalle; David Blake; Christa Dommers, both of Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Don't Let Green Design Cause Red Ink
From government regulations on energy use to manufacturers’ claims of sustainability and the LEED 'numbers game,' green design presents new professional liability exposures. The heightened standard of care created by certification programs, the hyperbole accompanying green design, and the new push to quantify the benefits of green design in the form of tax rebates and other financial incentives all create the possibility that a design professional’s desire to design green and to meet client aspirations will result in claims that force the design professional into the red. Design professionals must be aware of these exposures that accompany the services to foster sustainability and protect health, safety, and welfare.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Frank D. Musica, Assoc. AIA, Senior Risk Management Attorney, Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., Inc.

Neighborhood Transformation through Transit-Oriented Developments
Washington DC has seen tremendous growth and change in our neighborhoods over the last ten years. Thoughtful and comprehensive master planning and development phasing can transform our neighborhoods for existing residents while simultaneously developing commerce and enriching the community. Wiencek + Associates has developed Transit Oriented Development master plans at the Fort Totten and Petworth Metro stations as well as in less transit developed areas of North Carolina and Maryland. This presentation dispels some of the myths associated with master planning, gentrification, and community transformation, and offer some tips for creating more comprehensive transformation plans using these examples.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Scott Knudson, AIA, LEED AP; Michelle Cohn, AIA, LEED AP+, Senior Project Manager, both of Wiencek + Associates Architects + Planners

Using Client Feedback to Improve Prosperity for Your Firm
This presentation illustrates how a client feedback system, customized to benefit AEC firms, can improve your firm’s prosperity by strategically collecting and tracking client feedback. During his presentation, Phillips will demonstrate a simple but powerful process that systematically focuses on firm methodology (not staff personality), and how it can quickly and comfortably create benefits for your firm, your clients and your staff.
1.5 LU
Presented by Mike Phillips, President, Phillips Architecture

10:15 – 11:45am:

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: New Dimensions in Design
The public’s interest in design has increased exponentially. After a decade of exuberant formal exploration, design has changed to include new dimensions and new directions: socially conscious design, the future of cities, and design for health are among its trends. This discussion will examine where we have been and where we are headed in the 21st century.
1.5 LU
Presented by Robert Ivy, FAIA, Executive Vice President and CEO, The American Institute of Architects

12:45 – 2:15pm:

Adaptive Reuse & Sustainable Design in a Historic Rehabilitation Tax-Credit Project
Join Bell as he discusses the transformation of a historic, Civil War-era Naval hospital into a mixed-use community center. Challenges include incorporating a geo-exchange system and other mechanical and electrical modernization into a historic property while meeting requirements for historic rehabilitation tax credits; life safety and accessibility improvements were done without exterior lifts utilizing the performance-based code compliance chapter of the International Building Code; and interior features such as original doors and open ornamental wood staircase were preserved.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by David Bell, Principal, BELL Architects, PC

Birds, Buildings, & Biodiverse Green Roofs
Scientists estimate that one billion songbirds are killed each year in the US by colliding with glass. During her presentation, Lewis discusses City Wildlife's Lights Out DC program that documents bird/glass collisions in DC and encourages downtown building owners to turn off their lights overnight during migratory seasons to reduce the number of these fatal collisions. Products and architectural solutions to this problem are discussed. 

The second part of Lewis’ presentation describes innovative uses of green roofs to extend habitat for birds and invertebrates. Research has shown that roofs designed for biodiversity can provide links among natural habitats (such as streambeds and parks) to compensate for the increasing urbanization of our environment. Lewis will also touch on the problem of unwanted geese and ducks nesting on green roofs—an increasing problem in DC.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Anne Lewis, FAIA, President, City Wildlife, Inc.

Firm Culture + Financial Strategy = A Case for Corporate Committees
Learn how to empower entrepreneurial leadership skills in emerging talent, reach your professional development goals, and save your firm money through collaborative strategies beyond billable hours.  Corporate committees simultaneously foster positive firm cultures and improve the financial bottom line. This presentation teaches individuals of all experience levels how to participate in the establishment and success of corporate committees within their firms. Principals, project staff, and interns will discover tangible implementation strategies for strength and growth within internal corporate committees.
1.5 LU
Presented by Shelly Mrstik, LEED AP, Project Architect, Hickok Cole Architects

Green Beyond LEED: A Case Study of Manassas Park Elementary School
This session will present an in-depth case study of the new Manassas Park Elementary School and Pre-Kindergarten in Manassas Park, Virginia. Architect, school principal, and MEP engineer will present diverse perspectives on the project. The school is the culmination of a facilities rebuilding program that replaced worn out trailers with a series of new schools. The campaign represented a critical piece of the transformation from an underperforming school system to one in which all schools were LEED certified. Led by a pioneering superintendent the ten-year transformation demonstrates how effective government leadership, community consensus, and enabling local policies are critical aspects of the MPES story. The focus of the presentation is not intended to be on the LEED system, although an overview will be provided.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Steve Davis, VMDO Architects

Mapping a Path to a Green Healthcare Facility -- From Facility Management to Evidence-Based Design
The healthcare industry has a unique responsibility to provide the communities they serve places for healing. The links between the built environment in which a patient is treated and patient outcomes are becoming increasingly evidence. Additionally, the food patients are served, the products that are used and resources that are consumed all have a full circle effect on that patient and surrounding community. As healthcare facilities are working to be more sustainable in their operations, the design community is incorporating evidence based design into facility development. Inova Health System is a not-for-profit network of hospitals, outpatient services, assisted and long-term care facilities and healthcare centers located throughout Northern Virginia. Inova has embraced environmental sustainability as core component of business practices. This presentation will lead you through Inova’s journey from a vision of sustainable healthcare towards creating a ‘green’ culture.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Jonathan Hoffschneider, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Perkins + Will; Carrie Rich, MS, Healthcare Specialist; Seema Wadwa, LEED AP, Sustainability Engineer, both of Inova Health Systems

Washington as Collage City: 12 Years of Urban Design in Our Nation's Capital
The Catholic University of America’s Urban Design studios have been using the District as a laboratory to explore urban design issues such as: How can residential density be increased and still be compatible with the existing fabric? And how can L'Enfant's primary avenues finally achieve his vision? Williams addresses these issues and many more during his presentation.
1.5 LU
Presented by Terrance Williams, Professor; Christopher Brown, Graduate Research Assistant, School of Architecture & Planning, both of The Catholic University of America

2:30 – 4pm:

Digital Photography for Architects and Designers: Camera and Photoshop Tips and Techniques
The photographers at Hoachlander Davis Photography have developed capture and layering techniques specifically for architectural and interior projects. This seminar is designed for individuals who want to document their own projects or work smarter with professional architectural photographers. Attendees watch live demonstrations that show capturing an image, processing in Adobe software, and preparing final images for high resolution output.
1.5 LU
Presented by Anice Hoachlander, Partner; Judy Davis, Partner; Allen Russ, Associate Photographer, all of Hoachlander Davis Photography, LLC

Green Schools in the DC Metropolitan Area: Challenges, Successes, and the Future
Green schools make sense—both for the health of the children and for the savings paybacks—but why isn’t implementing a green schools program as easy as it sounds? Our panelists represent school districts and designers who have successfully ventured through the red tape and come out on the other side - successfully. They will share challenges (design challenges, administrative challenges, and political challenges), successes, lessons learned, and give advice to those trying to implement a green schools program in their own jurisdiction.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Moderated by Emily Knupp, USGBC Center for Green Schools; with speakers from DC, Maryland, and Virginia public schools

I-395: Restoring the Grid with Sustainable Infrastructure
The sunken remnant of I-395 that stretches from the Capitol Reflecting Pool to New York Avenue has long been a scar in Washington’s city fabric. Louis Dreyfus Property Group and SOM have proposed an air rights development plan to construct an innovative ‘green-ready’ platform that reconnects the urban grid and brings vitality, public amenities, restored view corridors, and L’Enfant’s historic city plan back to the nation’s capital. This platform, which ties structurally into the highway below, would provide a pre-built green infrastructure suitable for the construction of future LEED-Platinum buildings on the site. The complex plan includes ‘eco-chimneys’ for air purification, green roofs, ‘rain garden’ water collection and re-use, 30-40% water use reduction overall, water-efficient landscaping, a centralized recycling station and the potential for district-wide energy co-generation.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Rod Garrett, Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Sean Cahill, Vice President, Development, Louis Dreyfus Property Group

Legal Questions in Green Building You Were Afraid to Ask Your Lawyer
When design professionals are increasingly required by owners to warrant LEED® certification, how do you compete? Do mandatory green building laws (not only for government buildings, but also for private construction) shift the burden of risk to architects? Is it ever prudent to work on a residential green building project? Mitigating risk is a challenge when clear lines of legal liability have yet to be drawn for designing, constructing, financing, insuring, occupying and maintaining Green buildings. Two experienced Green building attorneys will talk about risk mitigation, answering these legal questions and many more you were afraid to ask your lawyer.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Christopher W. Cheatham, The Law Office of Christopher W. Cheatham; Stuart Kaplow, Stuart D. Kaplow, P.A.

Lights Off: Renewing the Push for Completely Daylit Buildings
Before we harnessed electricity and coaxed it through a filament to produce light, we looked to the sun for light during the day, and we relied on little more than a flame at night. Our pre-electricity buildings, many of which are still standing today, went without electric lighting (and not to mention heating and air-conditioning) but we were still able to use them. As our electrically powered systems have become ubiquitous, enabling larger and wider building masses and floorplates, we find ourselves living in buildings on life support, unable to disconnect. But daylit buildings are making a comeback. And not just any daylit buildings—completely daylit buildings! This presentation introduces and discusses Daylight Autonomy—the concept of lighting a building completely with daylight and the metric developed to measure it. Specifically, the presenters examine the background behind daylighting as it relates to the country’s energy demands, upcoming energy and daylighting codes, and what it means for the massing, siting, space planning, and integrated design of new buildings.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Keith J. Yancey, AIA, Principal; Matthew R. Latchford, LEED AP, Associate, both of Lam Partners

Responding to Climate Change Imperative: Tools for Energy-Efficient Design from EPA's Energy Star
The culture of urban America is in a transformational period as energy performance becomes a defining element of our buildings, transportation, and products. The operation and construction of residential and commercial buildings accounts for almost half of total U.S. energy consumption. Architects feel pressure from many to respond. The AIA, for example, has set a 60 percent energy reduction goal for the designs of new buildings.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR initiative provides architects an effective metric for energy performance. This presentation explains how that metric may be used both to set a high-performance annual energy use target at the beginning of design, and how to determine at the end of design if the target has been met and the project merits EPA recognition. This presentation provides examples of technologies and design strategies A&E firms have used to achieve exemplary energy performance. Lastly, this presentation covers a companion energy metric for existing buildings that determines whether an operating building is performing as designed.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Victoria Kiechel, Senior Architect, The Cadmus Group, Inc.; Karen P. Butler, Manager, Commercial Building Design, Environmental Protection Agency

Wednesday, June 22nd

8:30 – 10am:

International Design Perspectives in Environments for the Aging
In providing environments for the aging, designers and care providers from around the world are often so focused on their own local and regional issues that they lose sight of the fact others elsewhere in the world are faced with similar challenges. By being introspective, we often overlook international advances that could easily transfer to our own work. Taken from a recent tour of aged care schemes (which form the basis for an upcoming book) in England, United States, Australia, Japan, and Korea, as well as the International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing International Design Symposium, this presentation and workshop examines how designers and care providers throughout the world are advancing designs for the aging, and creating environments which enhance the sense of place, improve the quality of life, and create homes for their residents.
1.5 HSW LU
Presented by Jeffrey Anderzhon, Principal, Crepidoma Consulting, LLC; Ingrid Fraley, ASID, Design Services, Inc.

1801 K Street: Mid-Century Buildings Transformed
1801 K Street—a property located along the prominent K Street corridor in Washington, DC—was originally constructed for use as medical offices, and was in need of an upgrade to remain viable in a competitive real estate market. An innovative overclad technique was undertaken to transform the mid-century structure, featuring a new high-performance curtain wall façade, which effectively repositioned the building as trophy class. This unique strategy allowed for 75 percent of the tenants to remain in place during the renovation and the approach not only diverted a significant amount of construction material from landfills, but also boosted the building’s overall performance.
1.5 LU
Presented by Rod Garrett, Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Peter Lambis, Vice President, Project and Development Services, Jones Lang LaSalle

Greening the Ungreenable: The Vision of a Sustainable Tyson's Corner
Over the last three years, Davis Carter Scott has been working with land owners and the Tyson’s Corner Task Force to establish a new vision for the area in anticipation of the extension of Metrorail to the area. The design intent is to create an urban and urbane environment with a grid and pattern. By creating a truly balanced mix of uses where people can live, shop and work within walking distance—traffic will be taken off the surrounding road network. Second, a hierarchy of streets will allow through traffic to flow unimpeded, secondary intra-neighborhood streets will allow access to individual neighborhoods, and third, local inter-neighborhood streets will provide pedestrian-friendly fine-grained retail and activity areas that can generate the essence of neighborhood identity and character. In this session, we will present powerful data and images to support our vision of Tyson’s Corner of tomorrow.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Doug Carter, AIA; Kathy Lawson, LEED AP BD+C, Associate, both of Davis Carter Scott Ltd.

Interoperability: The Facts, Not the Fiction
There is far too much talk about how and why interoperability doesn't work. This session looks at projects where interoperability is successfully being implemented. Don't just read the hype in the blogs, hear it from those who are doing it today. Without a doubt, this session will be the one you should not miss if you are involved with building information modeling or plan to stay in business over the next few years. This all-star, multifaceted panel is at the center of BIM discussion worldwide. We certainly don't agree all of the time, except that we have reached the tipping point with BIM, and there is no going back.
1.5 LU
Introduction: Dana K. “Deke” Smith, FAIA, Program Manager, National Institute of Building Sciences, buildingSMART alliance; Panelists: Calvin Kam, PhD, AIA, PE, LEED AP, Senior Program Expert, National 3D-4D-BIM Program, GSA-PBS-ODC Strategic Program Resources; Jeffrey W. Ouellette, Assoc. AIA, Project Architect/BIM Specialist, Integrated Practice, NEMETSCHEK VECTORWORKS, INC.; Kurt Ameringer, Director, Virtual Design, and Construction, GRAPHISOFT; Frank Moore, Senior Subject Matter Expert, AUTODESK, INC.; Huw Roberts, AIA, Global Marketing Director, Building and Structural Engineering, BENTLEY SYSTEMS; Kimon Onuma, FAIA, President, Onuma, Inc.

New Directions in Student Housing
Campus culture has gone through a radical sea change during the first decade of the twenty first century. The social landscape and lifestyle has evolved from a dormitory culture to a much more independent and randomly interconnected society. The current typologies of housing for this new generation are lagging behind, and new directions are needed. Solutions that address the new lifestyles and needs of this and future generations are discussed.
1.5 LU
Presented by William Gaskins, Project Architect, Jacobs

Roadmap to Success: 90 Years to Brand Awareness
When Clark Nexsen opened its Washington, D.C. office, it quickly became apparent that Washington is a very different place to market architectural and engineering services—even with a 90 year history. The company needed to differentiate themselves and create a solid brand awareness campaign in this new market. Clark Nexsen hired a full-service marketing and public relations firm who used the firm’s 90th Anniversary as a platform to kick off a decade-themed campaign that occurred 90 days before the firm’s 90th anniversary. During this presentation, Trozze and Harris will guide you through this successful campaign, which included a kick-off event 90 days prior to the anniversary, a printed invitation that doubled as a guided map of D.C. and an e-blast campaign that had the whole city talking.
1.5 LU
Presented by Peter Trozze, Vice President, Clark Nexsen; Pauline Harris, Owner/Principal, SPIN LLC

10:30 – 12noon:

Balancing Educational Goals, Financial Resources and Environmental Quality: How to Cost Effectively Modernize Existing School Buildings
While budgets that affect educational design and construction continue to bear the brunt of declining revenues, the need to provide safe, comfortable, attractive, sustainable, and productive learning environments in our existing school buildings remains constant. Many public, independent, or charter schools have existing facilities that have programmatically, functionally, and technologically obsolete and are in need of modernization. Unfortunately, remedial actions are limited by available funds. Join an architect and a builder as they present how to assess and prioritize the needs of an existing facility, evaluate alternative levels of intervention, create an implementation plan, develop a construction and project budget, and select from varied delivery options. Drawing from case studies of successfully modernized school buildings—ranging in vintage from the 1930s, 1950s, and the 1960s—the presenters show you how to cost effectively provide students with 21st Century learning environments.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Sean O'Donnell, Principal, EE&K, a Perkins Eastman company; Joseph Khoury, Director, MCN Build

Interior Architecture Design Giants: From Local Practice to International Acclaim
Goetz, Lehman-Smith, and Wilson share their award winning work, explore the challenges associated with interiors firms—both small and large, and discuss marketing strategies and the value of publicity. With a similar design polemic, the three firms nonetheless have varied priorities, client bases and approaches to their work. The panel discussion will explore key differences among these home grown, international design giants. Introduction by AIA|DC Design Excellence Co-chair, David Haresign.
1.5 LU
Moderated by David Haresign, AIA, Partner, Bonstra|Haresign ARCHITECTS; Panelists: Lewis Goetz, FAIA, Group Goetz Architects PC; Debra Lehman-Smith, FAIA, Lehman Smith McLeish; Kendall Wilson, FAIA, Envision Design PLLC

Presenting the Baltimore City Green Building Standards—Almost One Year Later
The new Baltimore City Green Building Standards represents years of work and study by multiple stakeholders and citizen activists. In 2005 Kim Schaefer co-chaired the Green Building Task Force. In July 2007, the Baltimore City Council passed the Green Building Ordinance, mandating certain buildings to be LEED (or equivalent) rated. The Standards are designed to work for Baltimore. They promote new, flexible approaches to incorporating sustainability into public and private projects, applied to new, renovation and historic rehab constructions as small as 10,000 gross square feet. This presentation focuses on the current state of the BCGBS—lessons learned, changes, successes, failures, as well as the future of BCGBS.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Kim Shaefer, R.A., LEED AP, Principal, TerraLogos; Michael Braverman, Deputy Commissioner, Baltimore Department of Housing & Community Development: Permits & Code Enforcement

Southwest Waterfront: Redevelopment of an Urban Waterfront
Adjacent to the Potomac River, the Southwest Waterfront was once a historically important commercial hub for the District. It will continue to be so with a proposed redevelopment vision for a unique mixed-use neighborhood connecting Washington, DC to the River. Comprised of approximately 27 acres of land between the Washington Channel and Maine Avenue, and 25 acres of aquatic service area within the Channel, the new neighborhood will incorporate approximately 2.5 million square feet of development including retail, restaurant, hotel, office, cultural, and residential uses in eleven development parcels. The significant public spaces totaling approximately 14 acres will include outdoor plazas, parks, and public piers that will serve a variety of purposes from passive recreation to actively programmed events and activities. This presentation explores the challenges and opportunities of redeveloping an urban waterfront. The discussion addresses the proposed design, the project schedule and the process for moving the project towards implementation.
1.5 LU
Presented by Doug Smith, Principal; Hilary Kinder Bertsch, AIA, Associate Principal, both of EE&K, a Perkins Eastman Company; Harriet Tregoning, Director, District of Columbia Office of Planning; Elinor Bacon, President, Bacon Development; Shawn Seaman, Vice President of Acquisitions and Development, PN Hoffman

The New ADA Requirements: What You Need to Know
The US Department of Justice recently adopted the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, which raises new questions and identifies many things that design professionals need to be aware of. The new Standards differ in important ways from the standards that architects have been using for nearly two decades. Find out how these new standards will affect your projects, and discover the key differences between the new and old standards, and get insight into developing compliance strategies.
1.5 HSW LU
Presented by John Salmen, President; Andrew Yarrish, AIA, Architect, both of Universal Designers & Consultants, Inc.

Transportation Solutions and LEED
Developers throughout the Metropolitan Washington area and the nation are increasingly recognizing the value of incorporating energy efficiency into design of buildings through LEED certification as well as for communities through LEED ND. Both depend heavily on design to achieve energy efficiency. Although the design of the buildings is important, the behavior of the people occupying them is equally important in achieving energy efficiency. This is particularly true for transportation improvements for which LEED credits are available, such as improvements and amenities like transit access, bus shelters, bike racks and showers, alternative fuel vehicles, car-sharing, and/or carpool spaces. While the idea is often that “if you build it, they will come” to work by alternative modes of transportation, building this transportation demand management (TDM) infrastructure does not ensure that it will be utilized. These and other TDM strategies are most successful when supported through programmatic efforts. A major challenge to successful TDM strategy implementation is a lack of awareness of its value. There are few user friendly tools available for local governments, developers, and residents to see what the impact of TDM programmatic efforts are on their developments. The benefits of TDM can include those described in the Conference Theme section above. Even when LEED stakeholders recognize the value of TDM they often lack the expertise or resources to implement TDM Programs efficiently and effectively. The proposed session will address how these challenges to effective TDM programs are being addressed locally and throughout the nation.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Justin Schor, Urban Trans; Peggy Schwartz, Transportation Action Partnership; Geordan Harris, The JBG Companies; Francine Waters, Lerner Enterprises

2 – 3:30pm:

Building on the National Mall: The National Museum of African American History and Culture
In her presentation, Sanchez uses the National Museum of African American History and Culture as a lens into what it means to be an American. She discusses the history of the Smithsonian Institution Museums on the National Mall; the reasons for building the new museum; the extensive process necessary to build this new museum on the mall; and the latest news including a presentation of schematic design documents.
1.5 LU
Presented by Brenda Sanchez, AIA, LEED AP, Sr. Design Manager; Sheryl Kolasinski, FAIA, LEED AP, Director, Office of Planning and Project Management, both of the Smithsonian Institution

Designing Light for People
In this day of integrated design lingo and interest in energy conservation, learning how to solve lighting or visual problems in your interiors without adding electric lights or more windows is your ace in the hole. The key is the perception of brightness and to successfully manage it from the entry threshold of every project requires a broad palette of decision-making. Many successful design architects rely upon this process intuitively, forgetting that each person who impacts the drawings may not see what they see and so may be undoing the planning initially put in place. To externalize the thinking and involve all design team members results in the best final installation possible and the most energy efficient. When the architecture and interior is synchronized with the electric lighting and daylight, only the minimum of energy is required for those systems.

This session will discuss the perception of brightness for the human visual system and what that means for architectural interiors; how to tune an interior to create this perception without lots of light and energy; how to review an interior design for areas of conflict between the daylight or electric lighting and the interior that is using excessive electric energy to solve the problem; and what tools you can consider when tackling a visual problem. Time will be spent discussing both electric and daylight design situations for new and renovation projects. Solutions will draw from material selection, space planning, room geometry, furniture, and ceiling and wall details.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Samantha LaFleur, LC, LEED AP, BD+C, LaFleur Associates; Kelly Ennis, CID, The Verve Partnership; Roland Lemke, AIA, LEED AP, Cannon Design

Get to the Table. Get Heard. Get Promoted.
This seminar shows how Generation Y professionals can develop presentation and leadership skills by participating and running inner-office committee meetings. Gen Y-ers can quickly further their business acumen, professional development, and communication skills through immediate contact with upper management, including principals and associates. During their presentation, Mance and de Lima-Campos discuss the benefits of encouraging young professionals to have a voice and feel included in company operations and decisions. Who can argue with office-wide improvement of leadership skills and the passing-on of time-tested lessons?
1.5 LU
Presented by Simon Mance, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, Designer, KCCT Architects; Molly de Lima-Campos, LEED AP, Designer, ASD

CANCELLED: Municipal Green Building Policy is a Two-Way Street

CANCELLED: Policy Tools for Greening the Built Environment: The Washington, DC Experience

Quality Control: Achieving Solid Projects through Collaboration
In today’s professional atmosphere of changing deadlines, complicated development structures and project requirements, and fast-paced project delivery, it has become more difficult but increasingly important to deliver complete contract documents to our clients. This presentation details how a carefully followed quality control and collaborative design process can help small and medium sized firms succeed: thorough document production and quality control comes from all levels, and everyone contributes to the project’s success!
1.5 LU
Presented by Walter Ploskon, Studio Director; Emer O'Donovan, Project Manager, both of Wiencek + Associates Architects + Planners

Through a Child's Eye. Taking Play Seriously.
Do you know what building type is as complex as a 10-story Lab building? GSA is committed to high quality early educations facilities and has developed an extensive portfolio of Child Care centers throughout DC. Participants can expect a review of successful centers as well as the strategies, requirements, opportunities and constraints that shape the architecture of DC's federal child care centers.
1.5 LU
Presented by Ania Shapiro, Architect/Project Manager, GSA Mid-Atlantic Region; James P. Clark, AIA, MTFA Architecture & President VSAIA

3:45 – 5:15pm:

A Call to Project Planning: How to Position Design in a Changing Healthcare Market
This presentation will address how healthcare facility design will be impacted by anticipated trends in the U.S. healthcare delivery model. Presenters will describe the key clinical, operational, and market forces that have been the primary drivers of healthcare facilities to date. Going forward, presenters will speculate about how healthcare reform, reimbursements, clinical strategies, and advances in technology
will affect future facility decisions. Case studies exemplify how facilities can be designed to offer a full scope of healthcare services with attention to funding and research imperatives; a healthcare policy shift toward prevention is also highlighted.
1.5 HSW LU
Presented by Jonathan Hoffschneider, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Associate Principal, Senior Project Manager, Perkins + Will; Carrie Rich, MS, Healthcare Specialist, Inova Health Systems; John Michael Currie, AIA, FRSPH, Principal, EwingCole; Fred Bentley, MPP, MPH, Managing Director, The Advisory Board Company; Ray Brower, AIA, NCARB, Vice President, RTKL Associates Inc.

Beyond Green: Self-Sufficient, Off-Grid Buildings
Conventional buildings require an extensive infrastructure to support them. Buildings today are basically uninhabitable without a constant supply of electricity, fresh water, and a sanitation system to remove the waste. This energy, water, and waste infrastructure is responsible for almost 30% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, as well as local air and water pollution. In many regions in the world like the mid Atlantic, where the fuel to run this central infrastructure is imported, conventional buildings and the support infrastructure are a drain on the local economy. Much has been done to begin to design buildings to use less fuel, water, and produce less waste. While reducing consumption is a good first step, we have the technology to design buildings with off the shelf technology to be autonomous and not need a central energy, water, or waste infrastructure and reduce consumption and the impact of buildings to ZERO. By setting the design goal to be self-sufficiency, instead of x% reduction, the design and engineering solutions stimulate innovation and a greater reliance on alternative energy. It also improves the environment, stabilizes the local economy and creates jobs. This session will explore how to design both commercial and residential buildings to be self-sufficient.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Don Posson, Managing Principal, Vanderweil Engineers; John Spears, Sustainable Design Associates; Oguz and Hilkat Soysal, Frostburg State University Renewable Energy Center

Getting More Work by Building Profitable Relationships
In order to succeed in the design and construction industry, marketing must be centered on interpersonal relationships. This seminar explains the relationship development process from name recognition to the solidification of a successful relationship. With this basis, participants explore the optimal role of marketing in this process, and how you can leverage key marketing techniques to help you and others in your company build successful relationships.
1.5 LU
Presented by Tim Klabunde, Director of Marketing, William H. Gordon Associates

Resume Workshop: What happens to your resume after you click 'SEND'?
Many job candidates don't know what happens to their resume after they click 'SEND.' Join Robert L. Holzbach, AIA, Director of Staff Operations with Hickok Cole Architects, and follow your resume through the process that determines whether or not you will be called for an interview. Understanding this process will help you design a resume that highlights your skills and increases your chances of getting an interview.
1.5 LU
Presented by Robert L. Holzbach, AIA, Director of Staff Operations/Senior Associate, Hickok Cole Architects

SUMMER SOLSTICE ROUNDTABLE:
Survival of the Fittest (and Greenest): Redesigning Our Buildings, Cities, and Infrastructure
in the Face of Climate Change
Currently, many communities are facing significant vulnerabilities to climate change and natural disaster events. This discussion focuses on the need to incorporate resilience in the design of buildings, cities and infrastructure. During this presentation, panelists discuss how far green infrastructure technology has come, and the advances we can expect in the future to decrease those vulnerabilities. Further, they address how this will impact building and city design, and the opportunities and challenges greener infrastructure will impose on design. Specific examples from across the country are addressed.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Moderated by Matthew Slavin, Founder and Principal of Sustain Group, Author of 'Sustainability in America's Cities: Creating the Green Metropolis'; Panelists: Hillary Brown, Fellow, Institute for Urban Systems, CUNY, Principal, New Civic Works; James S. Russell, Columnist, Bloomberg News, Author of 'The Agile City: Building Well-Being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change'; Harriet Tregoning, Director, Washington DC Office of Planning

Sustaining Practices: The Evolution toward an Integrated Process
Sustainable design requires new innovative ways of working together to achieve the high ambitions for economic, ecological, and social/human health. By working closer together as key project stakeholders, we can reframe our partnerships and define a more productive and effective means towards collaborative processes and project delivery methods that positively affect the design and performance of intelligent buildings through sharing knowledge and expertise while also establishing effective feedback loops between team members. During two thirty minute presentations, the speakers will trace the evolution of integrated and collaborative practices through recent commercial projects with ambitious design and sustainable vision, offering expert insight in the lessons learned, pros and cons of various project management structures and relationships and their merits and challenges within sustainable eco-effective approaches. Central to this will be a discussion around the effectiveness of Integrated Project Delivery (or IPD) which promotes early coordination and collaboration from design inception to implementation, construction, and occupation and which promises optimized building function and performance while reducing project costs and upholding high design standards.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Christopher Gorthy; Tom Krajewski, both of DPR Construction

Thursday, June 23rd

8:30 – 10am:

Informed Collaboration: How New Research in Sustainable Technologies is Applied to Architecture
Dramatically reducing the energy consumption of office buildings is one of the most pressing challenges our society faces in the 21st century. In response to this challenge, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is taking its tradition of design and engineering innovation to a new level, forging a partnership between practicing professionals and pioneering researchers to be at the forefront of efforts to make buildings significantly more energy efficient while working toward the federal government’s goal of zero net energy consumption by 2030. The Center for Science and Ecology (CASE), located in SOM’s New York office and on RPI’s Upstate New York campus, represents an even more ambitious vision to lead this important effort. By bringing together working professionals who have real-world experience in designing and building projects around the world and world-class researchers dedicated to exploring emerging building technologies, the research center is helping to improve environmental performance in 21st century structures.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Teresa Rainey, Associate Director, Performative Design Group, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Jason Oliver Vollen, Associate Professor, Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology (CASE)

Integrated Design for Large Spaces: A Case Study of the United States Institute of Peace
How can lighting enhance a building's appearance rather than detract from it? What does integrated lighting design really mean? What does the form of a building tell us about which lighting approaches and sources should be used? There’s a distinct difference between top-down and integrated design approaches, and each has an effect on every aspect of the building—from the HVAC systems to the fenestration and electric lighting. Lighting can go into a building in two ways: applied and visible, or integrated and invisibly complementary to the architecture. Would you rather use lighting to highlight architectural surfaces and materials or apply lighting hardware to your architecture? Lam Partners shares their firm’s 40+ years of experience in lighting using the United States Institute of Peace and other projects as case studies.
1.5 LU
Presented by Glenn Heinmiller, Principal, Lam Partners

Intelligent Design: A New State-of-the-Art Intelligence Facility Empowers Its Workforce
At the time of its inception, this project was the largest project in the country utilizing BIM, and, to date, remains one of the largest. Utilizing over thirty-five Revit models and over two hundred team members from seven offices and two firms, RTKL and KlingStubbins were able to collaborate in a more cohesive way to.

Using alternative HVAC technology (chilled beams) and a unique split temperature cooling plant design, the 2,000,000-SF facility is tracking to save 45% in regulated energy savings beyond the business-as-usual case prescribed in baseline energy codes (ASHRAE 90.1-2004) and is tracking to receive three LEED optimize energy performance points with 18% energy cost savings. This case study presentation focuses on how the integrated efforts of multiple design teams facilitated the project meeting high sustainability targets while maintaining an aggressive schedule for design and construction.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Jonathan A. Weiss, AIA LEED AP BD + C, Senior Associate/Director of Sustainability, KlingStubbins; Shawn T. Reichart, AIA, LEED AP BD + C, Principal, RTKL

Painting the Mall Green
In this presentation, Sanchez and Adams describe the challenges and steps taken to make the Smithsonian museums on the Mall green, and how the LEED Gold goal of the National Museum of African American History and Culture will be met.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Brenda Sanchez, AIA, LEED AP, Sr. Design Manager, Smithsonian Institution; Elaine Gallagher Adams, AIA, LEED AP, Sr. Consultant, Rocky Mountain Institute

Pursuing Opportunities in the Public Sector Marketplace
Pursuing opportunities in the public sector can present a daunting challenge. Where to start, how to focus, and how to succeed are tough questions, and not for the faint of heart. The changing nature of competition and collaboration may well define the road ahead. Varying project delivery methodologies require different strategies and approaches. Thinking about going into this arena? You can use all the help you can get!
1.5 LU
Presented by Aram Kailian, FAIA, Director of Government Programs, Leo A Daly

Spiral up to Great Design: Transform Your Firm through a Collaborative Design Process
Spiral up to Great Design! Transform your firm to achieve great design through a collaborative process. Learn how to develop a strategic plan to achieve your design goals, create a culture of design to encourage innovation, and market your successes to spiral up and generate more great design opportunities.
1.5 LU
Presented by Yolanda Cole, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP, Senior Principal; Michael Hickok, AIA, Senior Principal, both of Hickok Cole Architects

10:15 – 11:45am:

DC Preservation & Sustainability: Something Old, Something New, Something Green
Join Casarella and Callcott for a presentation and discussion about building projects that successfully integrate new sustainability practices with preservation—to include historic structures, existing buildings and proposed projects in DC.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Maria Casarella, Associate, CunninghamQuill Architects, Architect Member, DC Historic Preservation Review Board, Co-chair, HPRB Sustainability Committee; Steve Callcott, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, DC Historic Preservation Office/Office of Planning

How Can BIM Fit into Sustainability and LEED?
What is Sustainability? What does it mean? What is LEED? What types of buildings require what documentation to achieve certification, and what are the costs for LEED certification? How do you retrofit commercial buildings for LEED certification, and how are BIM software programs able to analyze building performance? Goldberg and Doo are writing a book on these subjects to be published by Prentice Hall.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by H. Edward Goldberg, AIA, NCARB, Principal, HEGRA Architects; Peter Doo, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Peter Doo Consultancy

Integrated Project Delivery: Legal & Insurance Issues of Collaborative Design and Construction
Under the traditional design-bid-build delivery system, the design-then-construction process is time-consuming and often plagued by mistakes, poor communications and delays. Today’s clients demand more efficiency in the design and construction process and Integrated Project Delivery is a system where clients involve both designers and contractors early in the process. This increases innovation and constructability of projects, forcing all parties to focus on the success of the project through ‘gainshare’ and 'painshare' participation. While IPD allows the design firm to remain an independent professional entity, it also raises significant legal and insurance issues that will be addressed in this session.
1.5 LU
Presented by Joseph H. Jones, Jr., Esq. AIA, Vice President, Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, Inc.

Successfully Implementing Your Sustainability Plan
As the signing of EO13514 has catapulted Sustainability Planning into mainstream conversation over the past year, Federal Agencies required to develop Strategic Sustainability Performance Plans (SSPPs) have found themselves needing to go beyond what was considered standard practice. Many cities, municipalities, campuses and corporations have also taken on the challenge of developing their own Sustainability Plans. For any organization with limited budgets and an intricate day-to-day procurement and operational culture, developing a successful implementation strategy for these plans will be challenging. URS and GreenShape have worked with numerous organizations, both Government and non-Government, to develop their strategic and implementation Plans. Through an integrated but straightforward and practical approach, which engages all levels of stakeholders, we ensure that the Plans are tailored to the specific needs of the organization. The presentation will be given by URS DC office Architecture and Sustainable Design department heads, Jerry Briggs and Angela Rivera, and GreenShape Principal, Iris Amdur, and will focus on sustainable planning and implementation principles and their applications in recent work through case studies of both completed and ongoing projects.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Gerald Briggs, Architecture Department Head; Angela Rivera, Architectural Designer, Head of Sustainable Design, both of URS; Iris Amdur, Principal, GreenShape LLC

Vortex Stage VIII: An Examination of Your Place in the Profession
vor∙tex: 1. a whirling mass that draws everything near it toward its center. 
This session is designed to examine the multifaceted and ever-changing vortex within which we engage architecture. It is also part of a living history project initiated in 2007 to document the role of African American Women in the practice of architecture. These women are an emerging force within the profession who have embraced architecture with vigor despite the many obstacles—rigorous academic programs, IDP, the ARE, firm cultures, and the ego-dominated focus of the design and construction industry, and of the American culture in general. The panelists—a  Fellow, a mid-career architect and professor, a new firm owner, and a young woman at the cusp of licensure—will address issues every architect encounters in practice. Following the panel discussion, the session will be opened up to solicit perspectives from the audience with the intent of broadening participants’ awareness of the issues and of ways success in the profession can be achieved or, in some cases, thwarted.
1.5 LU
Presented by Kathryn Prigmore, Vice President, HDR Architecture, Inc.; Barbara Laurie, Associate, Devrouax & Purnell Architects, Associate Professor, Howard University; Kathy Dixon, President, K. Dixon Architecture, PLLC; Crystal Brokaw, Architect, LSY Architects

WaterShed: The University of Maryland's Entry to the US Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon 2011
The US Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon is a competition that challenges 20 collegiate teams from around the world over the course of nearly two years to design, build, and operate a house powered completely by solar energy. An unparalleled opportunity to educate future leaders in the process of integrated design, the Solar Decathlon also serves to inform the public about environmentally sound, sustainable construction; and to promote the role of efficiency and solar technologies in achieving energy independence. 

WaterShed is UM’s response to the challenge of realizing a highly efficient, beautiful and affordable contemporary home in the Chesapeake Bay region. The design of WaterShed illustrates four primary design ideas: a house and its site can function as an ecosystem; that designing a house as an ecosystem means that ‘waste = food;’ that a sustainable house is a bountiful house; and that merging the best of passive and active strategies is the best way to create a house that is in tune with its landscape. Inspired by nature’s resourceful bounty, WaterShed will be a micro-scale ecosystem that captures and fully utilizes the energy of the sun, wind, and rain, while making use of domestic ‘wastes’ that retain valuable energy and nutrients.

Team Maryland understands that having a truly sustainable future will require not only greater acceptance of renewable forms of energy, but also an ecologically conscious design approach that integrates the building and its landscape. WaterShed will tell the story of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem by bringing attention to the way actions taken within our homes directly impact our environment.  WaterShed will, as its name implies, focus directly on the stewardship of water and the ways in which water is the tie that binds a building to its site.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Amy E. Gardner, Associate Professor; Brittany Williams, Assoc. AIA, Lecturer; Brian Grieb, AIA, Project Manager/Lecturer; Madlen Simon, AIA, Associate Professor and Director; Mike Binder, Assoc AIA, Lecturer, all of the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

12:15 – 1:45pm: TOURS

TOUR: 700 6th Street
700 6th Street is a LEED Core and Shell Platinum certified building adjacent to (on top of) the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro station. 700 6th street quietly achieves over 21% energy savings below the ASHRAE 90.1-2004 standard through careful envelope design and high efficiency mechanical and lighting systems.  The project’s location on top of a major Metro rail station, within blocks of four others, and at the nexus of numerous additional bus lines was not only a significant factor in site selection but the dense, urban infill, transit-friendly site weighed heavily in the project’s favor in the LEED rating system. Located in the heart of Gallery Place/Chinatown and the Penn Quarter neighborhoods of Washington, DC, 700 6th Street blends both contemporary and traditional architectural features.

While most recent core and shell projects in Washington have struggled to overcome the energy challenge presented by their 100% curtainwall envelopes, 700 6th was able to maintain a more conservative 40% window-to-wall ratio, modulating light in a beautiful way through punched windows. By limiting the application of floor to ceiling glass to certain areas, the views from these spaces become even more dramatic.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Speakers will include Esther Wang, LEED AP, HOK (Architect);  Akridge (Developer); Balfour Beatty (Contractor); Andrew Griffin, PE, LEED AP, Girard (MEP); Paul Tseng, PE, Advanced Building Performance (Commissioning)

TOUR: Integrated Lighting for Large Spaces: A Case Study of the United States Institute of Peace
How can lighting enhance a building's appearance rather than detract from it? What does integrated lighting design really mean? What does the form of a building tell us about which lighting approaches and sources should be used? There’s a distinct difference between top-down and integrated design approaches, and each has an effect on every aspect of the building—from the HVAC systems to the fenestration and electric lighting. Lighting can go into a building in two ways: applied and visible, or integrated and invisibly complementary to the architecture. Would you rather use lighting to highlight architectural surfaces and materials or apply lighting hardware to your architecture? Lam Partners shares their firm’s 40+ years of experience in lighting using the United States Institute of Peace and other projects as case studies.
1.5 HSW/SD | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
(Complements the presentation of the same name.) Presented by Glenn Heinmiller, Principal, Lam Partners

TOUR: Adaptive Reuse & Sustainable Design in a Historic Rehabilitation Tax-Credit Project
Join Bell as he discusses the transformation of a historic, Civil War-era Naval hospital into a mixed-use community center. Challenges include incorporating a geo-exchange system and other mechanical and electrical modernization into a historic property while meeting requirements for historic rehabilitation tax credits; life safety and accessibility improvements were done without exterior lifts utilizing the performance-based code compliance chapter of the International Building Code; and interior features such as original doors and open ornamental wood staircase were preserved.
1.5 HSW/SD LU
(Complements the presentation of the same name.) Presented by David Bell, Principal, BELL Architects, PC

(12:15 - 2:45pm) TOUR: St. Elizabeths Hospital: Renovation & Transformation
In 2010, the U.S. General Services Administration began construction of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Headquarters Consolidation on the grounds of the historic St. Elizabeths West Campus in Washington, D.C.’s Ward 8. On this walking tour, GSA representatives lead a discussion about this National Historic Landmark Campus, including renovations to the historic buildings and the construction of the new US Coast Guard Headquarters. Discussion focuses on the overall campus project, history of the campus, the campus development process, and the measures being undertaken to achieve LEED Gold ratings for the buildings. The campus is an active construction site. An existing building prior to renovation, an existing building under renovation, and the new US Coast Guard Headquarters construction are viewed along with a majestic overlook of Washington DC. Transportation provided. PLEASE NOTE: This hard-hat tour is 2.5 hours long.
2.5 HSW/SD LU
Presented by representatives from GSA; Grunley Construction; Clark Construction Group, LLC; and Balfour Beatty Construction

12:30 – 1:30pm: SPONSORED LUNCH SESSIONS

SPONSORED LUNCH SESSION: Eliminating Air and Moisture Infiltration at the Window-Wall Interface
There are numerous issues at the window-wall interface that compromise the integrity of the building envelope. A logical solution to remedy these issues is the development of pre-engineered transition assemblies. Potential benefits are numerous: reduction or elimination of problems; the ability to specify one transition assembly that is flexible in its application; and the ability to provide continuity and compatibility of performance layers in a structurally sound and durable manner. During this presentation, a description of product and lab testing is discussed -- including those for air infiltration, water-resistance, structural performance, and vapor permeability. Case studies are also included. All attendees will receive a box lunch during this session, courtesy of Tremco Incorporated.
1.0 LU
Presented by Edward J. Retzbach, CSI, CDT, Project Development Manager, Tremco Incorporated

SPONSORED LUNCH SESSION: Beyond Performance: Assessing the Sustainability of Windows
Sustainability concepts such as embodied energy, carbon footprint, and life cycle are explained relative to fenestration products. Wood and clad wood, aluminum, fiberglass, and vinyl are compared in terms of sourcing, manufacture, and end-of-life disposal. A net zero residential case study is included. All attendees will receive a box lunch during this session, courtesy of Marvin Windows and Doors/Lightstyles Ltd.
1.0 HSW/SD LU | 1.0 GBCI CE Hour
Presented by Marc S. Held CSI, CDT, Vice President Commercial Sales, Marvin Windows and Doors/Lightstyles Ltd.

SPONSORED LUNCH SESSION: Window Film for Commercial, Governmental and Residential Design
The first section of this program will cover the use of solar window film for reducing solar heat gain (particularly infrared), ultraviolet radiation and glare. Second, will be the use of safety and security window film for bomb blast protection, storm damage mitigation, theft and grafiti prevention. Third, will be the use of decorative window film for privacy and cosmetic design. Lastly, will be a brief overview of maintenance, warranty and new technology.
1.0 SD/HSW LU
Presented by John R. Mackley, AIA ATD Solar & Security, Inc

2:15 – 3:45pm:

20th Century Art: Sources of Insight and Inspiration for 21st Century Adaptive Reuse
In this lecture, Rockcastle highlights how dozens of 20th Century artists (some obvious and many less so) have unwittingly provided us with a diverse and inspired 'vocabulary' of working methods and sensibilities to meet the challenges of one of the most growing sectors of design work in the 21st Century: adaptive reuse of buildings, urban infrastructure and landscapes. This inspired work will be interpreted and translated into accessible and usable terms and working methods for exploring innovative approaches to converting often derelict and marginal existing structures into inspired and award winning design projects. Examples will include personal projects and the work of several leading international architects.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Garth Rockcastle, Professor, School of Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, Principal, MS&R Architects

High Performance Buildings: From Sustainability to Security
The term 'High Performance' applies to the full range of building requirements and functionalities. High Performance speaks to the physical ability of the building to provide shelter and place for activity at a high level of efficiency and effectiveness. The optimum High Performance solution is one that incorporates the greatest range of performance in the most synergistically elegant form. How do we choose the performance characteristics to include and how do we combine them to achieve ‘High Performance.’ Denholm’s presentation is a discussion of choices and priorities.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Martin Denholm, Vice President, SmithGroup

The Culture of Information & Technology: Making the Most of Your Hardware, Software & Wetware
‘Information’ and ‘Technology’—the perceived Scylla and Charybdis of creativity—have gotten a bad rap in recent years. Overwhelmed by information and overly dependent on technology, we see only two ways to deal with them; surrender or run screaming. There’s a better way. See how Mevorah makes use of available technologies to share information in an exciting and engaging way, encouraging those around him to contribute and share that which interests them, creating a culture of shared and informal learning.
1.5 LU
Presented by Jack E. Mevorah, AIA

The Living Building Challenge: A Detailed Overview from an Ambassador to the Program
The Living Building Challenge is a performance based rating tool that can be used to assess sustainability in building projects, neighborhood planning, restoration work, and landscape and infrastructure projects. Like the 2030 challenge, the LBC was created to inspire the next generation of green design toward a restorative future. The stringent standards can make certification less than appealing, but an incremental approach using even just a few of the LBC ideals still represents a marked improvement over current practices, and will inspire others at a measurable pace. The presentation will give a complete overview of the Living Building Challenge from its inspiration and goals, to a discussion of the compliance standards and resources, and finally to ways for all to become active in the LBC community.
1.5 HSW/SD LU | 1.5 GBCI CE Hours
Presented by Robert Phinney, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, ID+C, Project Manager, HDR Inc.

The Road Less Travelled: Orienting Your Firm to Pursue Alternative Delivery Projects
The road less travelled is becoming a successful, viable alternative route for delivering project value. The road less travelled takes different names such as Design-Build, Integrated Project Delivery, CM at Risk, Lean Construction or Public-Private Partnership, bypassing the congested, stay-in-your-own-lane, conventional design-bid-build project superhighway. It’s easy to choose a road when you can simultaneously map the start, travel route and finish—factoring in timing, schedule and load, but what if you don’t know the roads? What if you can’t find the fastest, easiest or most comfortable alternative delivery route? We’ll provide alternative delivery project maps, discuss how to orient your firm and what to prepare for the journey. We’ll review the potholes, speed limits and road cautions to help you safely reach your destination. Which road is your firm on? Is it the road that will deliver the best project value? Come map it and find out!
1.5 LU
Presented by Leslie Sluger, Principal; William Angelis, Principal, both of wals studios, llc; Stephanie Satterfield, Consultant to wals communications

Working with the DC Historic Preservation Staff & Board
Join Landis, Dennee, and Meyer for a brief overview of Historic neighborhoods in Washington, DC, and the laws and criteria behind neighborhood and building designation. During their presentation, they walk a typical project through the Historic process, local historic society, and ANC and neighbor reviews, then discuss the do's and don'ts of the review process. Find out what the staff is looking for, what the Board is looking for, then ask a few questions of your own.
1.5 LU
Presented by Chris Landis, Partner, Landis Construction; Timothy Dennee, Architectural Historian; Brendan Meyer, Preservation Specialist, both members of the DC Historic Preservation Staff

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