Standard 189P - Incorporating Green Building Practices into Building Codes: While green building is on the rise, it is not yet mainstream, in part because the building industry and local governments lack a model building code that provides a baseline standard for high performance buildings.  This session will discuss the multi-stakeholder effort behind the development of ASHRAE Standard 189.1. The standard aims to be an ANSI-accredited standard that can be incorporated into local building codes.

Presenter: Tom Marseille, Stantec

Design and Specification of Pervious Concrete Pavements: Learn how to design pervious concrete pavement structures, use standard specifications for pervious concrete and apply current hydrological design methods and procedures to the use of pervious concrete as a stormwater management method.

Presenter: Andrew Marks, Puget Sound Concrete Specification Council

Carbon Neutral Buildings and Communities: This cross-sector panel will address how the design community can meet the 2030 Challenge and understand and effect carbon impact from transportation.  The panelists will present climate change, carbon footprint and environmental impact measurement methods, design tools and new technologies, and case studies from varying perspectives.

Presenter Panel: Paul Schwer, PAE Consulting; Michael Armstrong, City of Portland; Clark Brockman SERA Architects; Damon Fordham OR Dept. of Transportation;

Rainwater Harvesting: Strategies and Economics for Water Conservation: Focused on the benefits of water conservation, this presentation will interest the entire design team. Audience members will gain a greater understanding of rainwater harvesting concepts, and how to successfully integrate with a building’s whole water system.

Presenter: John Gray and Scott Holum, Interface Engineering; Tracy Cork and Jeff Tilleman, Intelligent Community Services, Inc.

Central Plant Optimization: Substantial energy savings result from considering the integrated operations of the chillers, boilers, cooling towers and pumping systems in a central plant.  This discussion will focus on how best to optimize the design and operation of these systems and will review various case studies as examples.

Presenter: Bruce Dobbs, NW Natural

Designing and Paying for On-site Renewables: On-site renewable energy systems are on the rise, used not only for generating electricity but also for heating and cooling. The presenters will use “real world” examples to discuss design considerations and performance and maintenance issues of renewable options including combined heat and power, electricity generation from waste methane, cold geothermal, and biomass heating, among others.

Presenter(s): Conrad Brown & Jeff Jackson, PAE Consulting Engineers; and ODOE

Salmon Safe: Site Tour: Walking tour of Nike’s salmon friendly site management practices to earn Salmon Safe certification.

Presenter(s):  Dan Kent, Salmon Safe; Lonny Knabe, Nike

Integrated Lighting Strategies: This workshop will explore concepts of integrated design, daylight and architectural form, electric lighting integration, and the inter-relationships critical to successful design.

Daylighting Metrics: This will be a presentation of IESNA’s new national standard recommendation for spatial daylighting performance, The Metrics Project, which involves the development of daylight performance metrics and criteria.

LEED Building Performance: Findings from a study of 120 LEED certified buildings actual compared to predicted energy use. 

Integrated Practice: The pieces are coming together for an explosion of integration; but how does it all fit together? The need for open standards to support integration is evident, and the bottom line is that better communication equals higher value. This session will include live demonstration case studies of real time collaboration on a global scale.

Green on the Ground: Strategies for Sustainable Construction Sites

Presenters: Maria Cahill, MGH & Associates; Rob Fallow, Fortis Construction

Public Private Collaboration and the Livable Community Using New Columbia, a Portland mixed-use/mixed-income redevelopment project, as an example, Josh will explore the intersection of civil engineering, public agencies, sustainable design and community development.

Nike Campus Sustainability Tour: The Nike Campus is among the greenest in the nation: nearly all of the buidings on the Nike campus are Energy Start rated buildings, the Ken Griffey achieved LEED-EB Gold certification, site management follows Salmon Safe protocol, and more. 

Presenter: Lonny Knabe, Nike

Stormwater Management and Site Civil Design in LID Projects:  Case Study Examples from the Puget Sound Area: Learn about design and modeling of innovative low-impact features, as well as modeling as a tool to optimize designs and minimize construction costs.

Presenters: Robin Kirschbaum & Matt Brennan, Herrera Environmental Consultants