SPEAKERS

Founder and President of Trifecta Construction Solutions, Dr. Jennifer Languell is a nationally recognized leader in green building and sustainable development. As the owner of Trifecta she focuses on educating and implementing green building and sustainable development certifications and practices. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Science and Engineering, a Master’s in Civil Engineering and Construction Management, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and Sustainable Construction.

For over a decade, Dr. Languell has been one of the country’s preeminent consultants in the creation of healthy, efficient and sustainable projects ranging from single-family residential homes, commercial and multi-family residential construction, to some of the largest and most sustainable land developments in the world. She specializes in a systems approach to improving home performance that balances efficiency, health and payback. Her approach to building sciences engages and educates the building industry on the importance of optimizing the homes energy efficiency for hot humid climates while maintaining a healthy indoor environment. A proponent of one size does not fit all, her trainings focus on end results while educating about the multiple systems and materials available to achieve high performance home results.

This past June, Dr. Languell received the 2010 Volunteer of the Year Award from the Florida Green Building Coalition. In 2009 Dr. Languell was awarded the Governor's Points of Light Award and also won the Urban Land Institute of Southwest Florida’s prestigious Pathfinder Award, symbolic of vision and leadership in sustainability. In 2007, Trifecta received the Small Business Award from the Council for Sustainable Florida, and in 2006 Dr. Languell was named the National Association of Home Builders’ Green Advocate of the Year and also won the Council for Sustainable Florida Leadership Award. Languell is an award-winning author, and has been featured in numerous publications and television programs including: BusinessWeek, CNN Headline News, HGTV, and CNBC’s “Bullseye.” She also stars in the Discovery Channel’s environmental series Discovery Project Earth, and also serves on the National Governors Association Policy Academy on Advanced Energy Strategies for Buildings.

Catch Jennifer's webinar, "The Path to Zero Energy Buildings" this December, in the GreenExpo365.com Auditorium.

Eric Corey Freed, LEED AP, Hon. FIGP, is Principal of organicARCHITECT, an architecture and consulting firm in California, with nearly 20 years of experience in green building.

Eric co-developed the Sustainable Design programs at the Academy of Art University and University of California Berkeley Extension. He is on the boards of Architects, Designers & Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR), Green Home Guide and West Coast Green, as well as the advisory boards of nearly a dozen other organizations.

He was the founding Chair of Architecture for The San Francisco Design Museum and one of the founders of ecoTECTURE: The Online Journal of Ecological Design. He is a regular contributor for GreenerBuildings.com, Luxe, Natural Home, Metropolitan Home and dozens of other publications. Eric lectures around the country at 40+ conferences a year, and his work has been featured in Dwell, Metropolis, Town & Country, Natural Home and Newsweek. He has been seen on television on Fox News, HGTV, The Sundance Channel and PBS.

When Eric was just 25 years old, noted architect and critic Philip Johnson described him as "one of the real brains of his generation". Today, Eric continues the tradition of “Organic Architecture”, first developed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Eric is the author of four books, including "Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies" (John Wiley & Sons), a best seller with 100,000 copies in print. His latest books, "Sustainable School Architecture" and “Green$ense for your Home” were released in 2010.

Eric is considered a leader in the field; named by San Francisco Magazine "Best Green Architect" in 2005 and "Best Visionary" in 2007; and "Green Visionary" by 7x7 Magazine in 2008.

To get an idea of Eric's thinking, check out his blog.

Catch Eric's webinar, "Spills, Sins & Starbucks: How oil has negatively altered our Built Environment" November 2, 1p PDT in the GreenExpo365.com Auditorium.

Jeff Anderle, LEED Green Associate, is the founder/CEO of the consulting organization, Sustainable Rhythm. With 20 years in the Architecture/ Engineering/Construction Industry, Jeff has developed strategic marketing solutions within the Commercial, Office, Residential, Senior Living and green-space markets.

Sustainable Rhythm provides speaking, advising and consulting services in the sustainable building industry to help product, professional-service and community clients identify market entry, penetration and expansion opportunities. Applying primary and secondary research, trend watching, in-depth market knowledge, stakeholder engagement and strategic communications expertise, Sustainable Rhythm partners with clients to deliver low environmental impact, high ROI best-in-class solutions to the marketplace.

Sustainable Rhythm's free, bi-weekly e-newsletter, THE RHYTHM REPORT focuses on the market trends, economic factors and legislation influencing the business of green building is distributed throughout North America.

Jeff is presenting "Opening the Door to Green Building" October 7, in the GreenExpo365.com Auditorium.

Vernon McKown is co-owner and president of sales for Ideal Homes.

In his role at Ideal Homes, McKown oversees sales, marketing, land development, and mortgage operations for the company. This year Ideal Homes and its 75 employees are celebrating 20 years of business. Since 1990, the company has built over 7,000 homes for Oklahoma families and has received virtually every industry award for quality and customer service – including 2010 National Builder of the Year from Professional Builder magazine.

McKown is also a respected local and national presenter on the subject of green building. Over the past 12 months he presented his “Building Better Homes” presentation to local and national audiences.

McKown serves on numerous local boards. He severed on the American Lung Association’s advisory committee and as past president on the national board for the Energy and Environmental Building Association. He is the current president of the Norman Youth Soccer Association, past president of the Cleveland County YMCA.

When not leading Ideal Homes, you will most likely find McKown coaching soccer or t-ball, at wrestling practice with his son, or enjoying time with his family at the lake. McKown, his wife and two children live in Norman, Oklahoma.

Vernon is presenting "Minimize the Cost of Green Building" during the November 2-3 Live Event in the GreenExpo365.com Auditorium.

Steve Glenn is the founder and CEO of LivingHomes, LLC, a premier developer of modern, prefabricated homes that combine world-class architecture with an unparalleled commitment to healthy and sustainable construction. The company offers single and multi-family LivingHomes from Ray Kappe, FAIA, one of the most decorated modern architects and the founder of Southern California Institute of Architecture (Sci-Arc), and from KieranTimberlake, the AIA 2008 Firm of the Year. The first LivingHome, designed by Ray Kappe, was installed in eight hours. It became the first home ever to receive a LEED for Home Platinum rating and was the only residence to win the 2007 AIA’s top sustainability award. The second LivingHome, in Los Angeles, was named 2008 Green Home of the Year by Green Home Builder Magazine.

Before LivingHomes, Glenn worked as a full-time volunteer with the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) and managed the development of a $220 million program in Mozambique, the first program CHAI launched in Africa. Glenn is founder and former Chairman and CEO of PeopleLink, a leading provider of enterprise ecommunity solutions to companies including MTV, Oracle, CBS and GE. Glenn was a founding partner of idealab, a business incubation firm that founded or invested in a number of successful companies including GoTo/Overture (OVER), NetZero/United Online (UNTD), CitySearch (TMCS), Tickets.com (TKTS), eToys and CarsDirect. Prior to idealab, Glenn worked for Walt Disney Imagineering as co-director of the Virtual Reality Studio.

Glenn co-founded Clearview Software, the developer of Claris SmartForm Designer and SmartForm Assistant. Clearview was sold to Apple Computer where Glenn later served as a marketing specialist. He holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in Organizational Behavior, from Brown University, and was a Coro Fellow. Glenn is a co-founder of the Sustainable Business Council, www.sustainablebc.org (and chair), the Kaia Parker Dance Fund, and a co-founder and former board member of Hope Street Group. He is a member of the board of directors of the Brown University Entrepreneur Forum.

Glenn was named the Clean Tech CEO of the Year in 2008 by Clean Tech Week and the 2009 Business Environmentalist of the Year by the Los Angeles City Council/Faith2Green.

Catch Steve's webinar on demand in the GreenExpo365.com Auditorium.

Jerry Yudelson, PE, MS, MBA, LEED AP, is the Principal of Yudelson Associates in Tucson, Arizona.

A licensed professional engineer, Jerry Yudelson is a former board member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and chaired the USGBC’s annual Greenbuild conference from 2004 through 2009. He was the Research Scholar for Sustainability for the International Council of Shopping Centers, providing research and speaking services for ICSC. From 2001 to 2008, he trained more than 3500 people in the USGBC’s LEED green building rating system.

He is the author of 12 books on green buildings, green homes and green development, including Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis (2010), Choosing Green: The Home Buyer’s Guide to Good Green Homes (2008), Greening Existing Buildings (2009) Sustainable Retail Development (2009), and Green Building Trends: Europe (2009) and Green Building through Integrated Design (2008).

Jerry's webinar "How to be WaterSmart" is available on demand in the GreenExpo365.com Auditorium and available for AIA/CEU hours through the GreenExpo365.com Launch Pad.

Sam Rashkin, R.A., is the National Director of ENERGY STAR for Homes.

Mr. Rashkin has managed ENERGY STAR for Homes since its start in 1996. Under his leadership, ENERGY STAR for Homes has grown exponentially to more than 8,500 builder partners and over one million labeled homes. He is also overseeing an advanced technology program for elite builders called ENERGY STAR Concept Home. Mr. Rashkin received his Bachelor of Architecture from Syracuse University; completed Masters of Urban Planning studies at New York University; and is a registered architect in California and New York.

During his 20-plus years as a licensed architect, Sam specialized in energy efficient design and completed over 100 residential projects. He has served on the national Steering Committees for USGBC’s LEED for Homes, NAHB’s Green Builder Guidelines, and EPA’s Water Sense label, and has been on the development team for EPA’s Indoor airPLUS label. Sam has prepared hundreds of articles, technical papers, reports, and seminars; and contributed to numerous books covering a wide variety of energy topics.

Sam's webinar "Development of Energy Star for Homes" is available on demand in the GreenExpo365.com Auditorium and available for AIA/CEU hours through the GreenExpo365.com Launch Pad.

"Ron Jones is the Founder and Editorial Director of Green Builder® Media. Considered to be one of the fathers of the green building movement, Ron has been instrumental in setting guidelines and standards with the two largest organizations in the building industry, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the US Green Building Council (USGBC). In fact, he is the only person ever to serve as a member of the Boards of Directors for both of these organizations.

He served as charter chairman of the NAHB Green Building Subcommittee and is an original member of the LEED Homes Committee for the USGBC. Ron is also the owner of Sierra Custom Builders, a national, award-winning design/build company that specializes in challenging site projects and environmentally appropriate construction.

He has served as a speaker and consultant to a variety of organizations including the American Solar Energy Society, National Recycling Association, Sustainable Buildings Industry Council, NAHB, USGBC, International Housing Conference of the Americas, Fannie Mae Partnership Foundation, National Arbor Day Foundation, and many others in the private and public sectors. Ron recently won the prestigious Green Building Advocate of the Year award from the NAHB for his tireless efforts over the past 20 years in the green building space. Learn More>>

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Bestselling author, architect and cultural visionary Sarah Susanka is leading a movement to redefine the American home and lifestyle. Her "build better, not bigger" approach to residential architecture has been embraced across the country and her "Not So Big" philosophy is evolving beyond our physical habitations and into how we inhabit our lives. In both realms she believes that Not So Big should be the first step in sustainability, both for our own well being and for the well being of the planet as a whole.

Susanka is the acclaimed author of nine best-selling books including The Not So Big House (Taunton, 1998), The Not So Big Life (Random House, 2007), Not So Big Remodeling (Taunton, 2009), and most recently, More Not So Big Solutions for Your Home (Taunton, 2010).

The "Not So Big for the New Economy: Crafting a More Sustainable Future" webinar is available on demand in the GreenExpo365.com Auditorium.

Director of Green Building Programs at the NAHB Research Center, Michelle leads the national green building certification program based on the ANSI-approved National Green Building Standard™ (ICC 700-2008). Possessing a broad knowledge of the housing industry, Michelle has developed a unique perspective that addresses the environmental, land use, and financing issues that confront builders and developers. As a Planner for the New York City Department of City Planning, she facilitated a multi-year, citywide effort to site and build transitional housing for homeless families and individuals. As a Policy Analyst at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) she developed comprehensive and innovative policy solutions to achieve environmental goals while protecting housing affordability.

Interested in how to capture the intrinsic value of high performance homes to boost homeownership; Michelle transitioned to Fannie Mae to develop their Housing and Environment Initiative which promoted housing affordability through energy and location efficient homes. At Fannie Mae, Michelle developed the Smart Commute Mortgage and revamped the Location Efficient and Energy Efficient Mortgages. In addition, she developed a patent-winning methodology to calculate the emissions reductions from energy efficient homes so the reductions could be sold as energy credits on emerging carbon markets.

Michelle has a Masters in Urban Planning and Environmental Studies from the University of Virginia and a BS in Environmental Studies from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Kathy Abusow is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Inc. (SFI®), a fully independent, non-profit organization. The SFI® program is a comprehensive and rigorous sustainable forestry certification standard that covers more than 160 million certified acres (over 65 million ha.) in the U.S. and Canada and includes over 800 organizations that use the SFI forest certification, chain of custody and fiber sourcing standard or are SFI on-product label users.

In her leadership role at SFI, Kathy works with government organizations, small or large companies as well as conservation groups to promote forest certification along the entire supply chain.

Kathy has served on several CSA committees, as well as the American National Standards Institute’s (ANSI) ASQ National Accreditation Board Committee of Experts for Sustainable Forestry accreditation, and is past chair of the Society of American Foresters’ Sustainability and Certification Working Group.

Kathy’s understanding of forest certification standards, chain of custody, conformity assessment and accreditation on both a technical and strategic level has contributed to the market acceptance and inclusive procurement of a variety of standards in use in North America. Kathy is active member of the CSA Sustainable Forest Management Technical Committee and a past member of FSC Canada’s Great Lakes St.-Lawrence standards development committee.

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Senior Product Manager With more than 25 years in technology-based manufacturing, John Renowden serves as senior product manager, responsible for MonierLifetile’s product portfolio including new product development, installation practices and building standards throughout the U.S. Renowden has also served as principal systems engineer for MonierLifetile analyzing and providing recommendations for the company’s manufacturing and production operations. Renowden hails from the United Kingdom where he held management and engineering positions at Redland Technologies, an international building materials company. With degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering from Bath University of Technology in Bath, England, U.K., he also holds two esteemed professional qualifications of CEng (Chartered Engineer) and FIMechE (Fellow of Institution of Mechanical Engineers).

John's webinar is available on demand in theGreenExpo365.com Auditorium

Dominic Sims is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the International Code Council, a membership organization dedicated to developing and maintaining a single set of comprehensive and coordinated model codes for the built environment. Mr. Sims has overall corporate responsibilities for the operation and financial performance of the association working in conjunction with the CEO.

Mr. Sims is a past member of the SBCCI Board of Directors. He has held numerous positions, both elected and appointed at the federal, state and local level. Most notably his service as a Councilman\Vice Mayor in Jupiter Florida, and serves as vice chairman of the Florida Governor's Building Code Study Commission which shaped his view on how important it is to be active in public policy discussions concerning building safety.

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Matt Golden is the current Chair for Efficiency First, a national nonprofit trade association that unites the Home Performance workforce, building product manufacturers and related businesses and organizations in the escalating fight against global warming and rising energy costs.

Matt is also the co-founder and president of Recurve, Inc. (formerly Sustainable Spaces), a leading provider of home energy audits and Home Performance retrofitting in the San Francisco Bay Area. Matt has been recognized by the Building Performance Institute as the first ever recipient of the Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry. He speaks extensively on building science and integrated green design to such groups as the American Institute of Architects, West Coast Green and Build It Green.

Matt has written numerous articles for Home Energy Magazine and has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, Forbes, the New York Times and the Ellen DeGeneres Show. Matt currently serves on the boards of the U.S. Department of Energy, the Home Performance Council, the Building Performance Institute, the California Building Performance Contractors Association, Build It Green and the Fine Home Building Magazine Green Building Advisory Board. Matt holds a bachelors degree in foreign relations from Georgetown University.

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Steve Easley is an internationally recognized construction consultant specializing in solving building science related problems and educating building industry professionals and their trade partners. His work focuses on increasing quality of construction, sustainability and reducing costly mistakes that lead to construction defects and call backs. Services provided include job site quality analysis, design review, educational seminars, mediation and product consulting.

Steve is nationally known for his cost effective, practical approaches to building high performance structures and quality assurance. Steve’s mission is helping industry professionals build & remodel structures that are durable, energy efficient, healthy and comfortable to live and work in.

He has more than 30 years of industry experience. He has performed thousands of jobsite quality surveys and presented numerous building science seminars to construction professionals around the world with an annual audience of 8-10,000 industry professionals. He is a frequently requested speaker because of his practical approach to building science, his dynamic speaking style and his unique ability to explain complex concepts in simple terms that can be integrated into practice. Steve speaks regularly for these and other professional organizations and conferences. Learn More>>

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Co-founder and Director of Operations, Bob co-founded Southern Energy Management in 2001 with his wife, Maria.

He has been involved with the sustainable energy industry for more than twenty years, including 17 years in business development and operations, with a focus on manufacturing, design, consultation and planning. Bob has been involved with every aspect of running a sustainable business; he has worked as a solar technician, solar engineer, home energy rater, plant engineer, and director of manufacturing and operations. His first-hand knowledge of energy efficiency, green building and renewable energy give him a unique perspective to lead our growing team of nearly 50 sustainable energy professionals, with offices in Raleigh, Charlotte and Greenville, SC. Learn More>>

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Michael Strong is President of both GreenHaus Builders and Brothers Strong, Inc.

2008 - NAHB Green Remodeling Advocate of the Year

2005 - Present Co-Host “Home Improvement Hotline” Radio Show, KPRC 950 AM 15,000 hourly listeners www.the950.com

2008 - Present Rice University School of Continuing Studies Co-Instructor ”Green Houses: Building or Remodeling Your Dream Green Home”

Brothers Strong is a nationally recognized residential remodeling firm with (3) NAHB/ANSI projects currently under construction.

GreenHaus Builders specializes in the construction of LEED Homes: from high end custom to affordable multi-family. GreenHaus Builders built Houston’s first LEED home (Gold) and will be breaking ground and another LEED/ANSI home in Q1 2010.

Michael has served on the H.U.D. Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing committee since 2001 and is a frequent speaker around the country on green building and remodeling issues. He has an MBA from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey, CA; an MA from Southwest Texas State University; and a BA from the University of Texas in Austin.

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Architect and Interior Designer

Professionally licensed in Texas, New York, New Jersey, and Oregon

Licensed with National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

Masters in Architecture degree, with an emphasis in resource efficient design and energy studies, from University of Texas at Austin

Bachelor of Science degree in the Building Sciences from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1977

Peter Pfeiffer is a LEED accredited professional Architect and Building Scientist who has spent the past 30 years developing pragmatic high performance building design strategies. In 2004 he was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects for his life-long commitment to "mainstreaming green building in North America”.

The National Association of Home Builders honored him as the “National Green Advocate of the Year” in 2003 for his life-long achievements in “mainstreaming” green building. Peter has been an active charter member of the NAHB Green Building Subcommittee since its inception in 1999 and has been active in the recent US Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes pilot program.

In 2006 Residential Architect cited him as one of the 10 most influential residential architects of past decade.

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