seminar presentations

The GREEN Real Estate Summit focused on sustainable operations and maintenance of existing buildings. The Summit included educational seminars that featured three takeaways designed to help attendees implement green practices in their properties right away.

Download the presentations from the GRES 2010 by clicking on the corresponding links below.

If you have trouble downloading any of the presentations, contact Erin Hall at
404-475-9980.

GREEN ROOFING SEMINAR

Presentation: Sustainable Roofing Seminar presented by BOMA-Atlanta and Georgia Chapter of RCI, Inc.

DAVE HEWETT

Presentation: Sustainability: Today and on the Horizon

3 Implementable Take-Aways:

1. Tools, websites, networks and other current places to gain knowledge and resources for your properties
2. Knowledge of new and evolving practices and concepts for energy savings
3. Principles, process and practices for communicating with senior and corporate management.

CHRIS LISTON

Presentation: Creating Buy-in for Green Initiatives

3 Implementable Take-Aways:

1. Implementable best practices for obtaining owner buy-in for sustainable and green initiatives.
2. Implementable best practices for obtaining leasing staff buy-in for sustainable and green initiatives.
3. Implementable best practices for obtaining tenant buy-in for sustainable and green initiatives.

DANNY ORLANDO

Presentation: ENERGY STAR 101 – Just the Basics

3 Implementable Take-Aways:

1. Step-by-step process on how to get started
2. Using the ENERGY STAR website tools
3. Using the ENERGY STAR rating to market your property

BARRY ABRAMSON

Presentation: ENERGY STAR 201 – A Deeper Dive

3 Implementable Take-Aways

1. How to increase your ENERGY STAR scores
2. How to include tenant sub-metering, data centers, etc.
3. How Energy Star score impacts LEED certification, Green Globes, BOMA 360 program, etc.

ROBERT E. STANLEY

Presentation: Top 10 Low-cost & No-cost Ways to Green Your Building

Implementable Take-Aways:
1-10. Attendees left with 10 immediate, implementable ideas for greening their buildings. Ten implementable take-aways for the price of three!

DAGMAR EPSTEN

Presentation: Incentives for High-Performance Buildings

3 Implementable Take-Aways:

1. Clarification of financial incentives or tax credits available to commercial property owners/managers for sustainability projects and retrofits – is there really money available?  If so, for what types of projects and how do we apply?  Resources/web links for navigating this topic will be provided.
2. Understanding of the biggest “bang for the buck” sustainability retrofits or projects for commercial properties.   Is it really more expensive to build, re-build or design using green materials and practices?
3. Review of benefits to the financial bottom line of having a high-performance building envelope – what is the building envelope and why is it so important?

ALEX BRENNAN

Presentation: Financial Analysis Tools for Sustainability Initiatives

3 Implementable Take-Aways:

1. Understanding the economic rationale for sustainable retrofits
2. Step-by-step walk-through of Excel template for ROI calculations using water retrofits as an example (attendees leave with a template they can use at their properties)
3. Review of how to apply sustainability ROI methods to other retrofit projects

GREG O'BRIEN
(Intro to LEED Panel)

Presentation:  LEED Lessons Learned:  Property Management Panel Discussion

Panelists: Bob Best, Director, Business Development Team, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.; Sandra Jones, Regional Federal Environmental Coordinator, General Services Administration; Chris Liston, RPA, LEED® AP O&M, Project Manager, Sustainability Programs, CB Richard Ellis; Brad McCahill, RPA, SMA, FMA, LEED® AP, Operations Manager, Wells Real Estate Funds

Moderator: Greg O’Brien, Sustainable Options