PAST SPEAKERS Fall 2023 Speaker Series: A Guide to Sustainable Construction: The Contractor’s Commitment Steve Burke Senior Director, Sustainability Speaker Series: Sustainability Impact: Decarbonization of Existing Buildings Neetu Siddarth Sustainability Manager - Energy & Utilities Speaker Series: The Influence of Climate Change on Buildings Matthew J. Eckelman, PhD Associate Professor Speaker Series: Energy and Operational Carbon Modeling – Integrating Local Laws and LEED in High Performance Buildings Daniel Mayer Environmental Designer Speaker Series: Embodied Carbon and Why it is Crucial to Reduce to Have Sustainable Buildings Jaclyn Lee Structural Engineer Speaker Series: Impactful Design: Past and Prospects Dan Arons Principal Speaker Series: Passive House and How We Design Andrew Steingiser Associate Spring 2023 Speaker Series: Boston’s New Building Emission Performance Standard Patrick Murphy Director of Sustainable Design Speaker Series: What the Building Enclosure has to do with Sustainability Matthew R. Pitzer, P.E. AIA, LEED AP BD+C - Senior Project ManagerAnna M. Burhoe, P.E. - Senior Consulting Engineer Speaker Series: Advancing Sustainability Ken Neuhauser President Speaker Series: Net Zero: Why Retrofits Matter More! Kiersten Washle Building Science Engineer Speaker Series: Health & Material Impacts of 6 Chemicals in Construction Materials Brent Ehrlich Products & Materials Specialist Speaker Series: Northeastern’s Campus Decarbonization Jacob Glickel Director of Sustainability Operation Speaker Series: Owning Your Sustainability Story Blake Jackson Director of Sustainability Speaker Series: PHIUS REVIVE Pilot Retrofit Program Al Mitchell Project Certifier Fall 2022 Speaker Series: Highlights of current Passive House projects and status of Passive House in state policy Stephen Moore Senior Building Systems consultant, Head of Boston Office Speaker Series: Bringing Sustainability Goals to Reality: Implementation in Practice Arlen Li Architect and Planning Principal Speaker Series: Daylight Glare Analysis of Three Airports – an introduction to modern day glare control devices Trisha Rajesh Parekh Sustainability Consultant Speaker Series: Positive Energy from Positive Change: Achieving High Performance in Affordable Housing Keihly Moore Architect and Urban Designer Speaker Series: TBA – Matthew Eckelman Matthew Eckelman Associate Professor Speaker Series: Tackling Decarbonization with Phius and Passive Building Lisa White Associate Director/Technical Lead Spring 2022 Engineering All-Electric Buildings Kristen Brozowski Senior Sustainability Engineer Boston’s Best Kept Secret For Getting To Net Zero Frank Hennigan - Senior Account ExecutiveKevin Hagerty - Chief Technical OfficerRick Smith - Vice President of Business Development Plainfield NH School Deep Energy Retrofit Project Marc Rosenbaum Engineer Code Red for Humanity on Environment and Health – Why This Generation Holds the Key Luke Leung Sustainable Engineering Principal + Practice Leader SBSY Speaker Series: Luke Leung Luke Leung Director of MEP + Sustainable Engineering Studio SBSY Speaker Series: Calina Ferraro Calina Ferraro Principal, Mechanical SBSY Speaker Series: Sara Yasin Sara Yasin President of NU Solar Decathlon SBSY Speaker Series: Suzanne Robinson Suzanne Robinson Associate Director of Green Building Services Passive House Lessons Learned from the Builders’ Perspective Jesper Kruse General Manager Designing Large Buildings for a Zero Emissions Future Colin Schless Vice President Fall 2021 ZNE S, M, L, XL Jacob Knowles Associate Principal, Director of Sustainable Design Winthrop Center and Passive House Brad Mahoney Director of Sustainable Development What is Next for Sustainability at Northeastern Jacob Glickel Director of Sustainability Communications and Integration The Massachusetts Affordable Housing Building Challenge: Passive House New Construction and Retrofits at Scale Beverly Craig Senior Program Manager Successfully Overcoming Challenges of Green Infrastructure to Transform Public Spaces Marina Fernandes Town Engineer Building Energy Modeling (BEM): An Integral Part of the Design Process Samira Ahmadi Founding Principal Total Carbon: A Deep Green View of Buildings Jim Newman Founder and Principal Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Major Academic Buildings Gilbert Delgado Associate Vice-President Facilities Management Spring 2021 Electrification of the Built Environment Charles Stellberger Building Performance Group Why You Can’t Make Sustainable Buildings Without Building Science John Straube Principal Sustainable Building Systems in the Central Highlands of Guatemala Linnaea Cahill Machine Intelligence, Urban Futures, and Human-Centered Design Brian Ho Senior Design Lead Ground & Down Sustainability: Site Services for a Successful Project Robert Phillips, PhD Staff Engineer Sustainability Narratives in Urban Design Einat Rosenkrantz - Senior Associate, Urban DesignerThomas Nideorest - Associate Lowering Embodied Carbon In Drycast Concrete by Increasing CO2 Sequestration Heidi Jandris M.S. Candidate in Sustainable Building Systems Design, Durability, and Defects: Why Service Life is an Important Aspect of Sustainability Travis St. Louis - Senior Project ManagerOlivia Palmer - Associate Project Consultant Brown University: Campus-Wide Thermal Efficiency Project Jesse Morrow Project Engineer What is Mass Save? Residential Energy Assessments and Retrofit Weatherization Matt Hammer HEA Operations Manager Modeling Data Driven Occupant Thermostat Patterns Kunind Sharma PhD Candidate Fall 2020 Achieving High Performance Energy Efficient and Sustainable Buildings Shruti Rose James Associate Consultant “Zero” Homes: Past, Present, Future Ann V. Edminster Founder and Principal Panel Discussion: Sustainable Construction & Development Ben Myers Vice President of Sustainability Buildings as a Climate Change Solution Chris Magwood Director Automation for a circular economy in construction Catherine De Wolf Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment COST OF ZERO NET ENERGY IN K – 12 SCHOOLS Nicole Voss Architect Get Inspired: How to Bring Wood Structure Options into Your Design and Project Delivery Eli Gould US Representative, QWEB Wood Structure Group Proving Yourself Wrong: Truth Seeking vs Confirmation Seeking, with Regards to Sustainable Building Conor McGuire Director of Sustainability EMBODIED CARBON IN BUILDINGS: CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH, TOOLS AND POLICIES TO QUANTIFY AND REDUCE EMBODIED CARBON AS A PIECE OF SOLVING THE CLIMATE IMPERATIVE Michelle Lambert Founder and Principal Sustainability as an Urban System Federico Cartín Arteaga Founder and General Director Spring 2020 Linking Building Energy Efficiency Measures to Public Health Benefits Matthew Eckelman Associate Professor and Associate Chair For Research Promoting Sustainability in Construction and Design: The Case Against Business as Usual Michael Orbank Sustainability Lead Transparency is the New Green In Product Selection and Specification Terry Swack Founder and CEO Biophilic Design in Multifamily Housing Paul Maloney Project Manager THE PAST AND FUTURE OF OUR INDUSTRY David Supple Founder and CEO Sustainable Building Systems: An Architect (& Building Scientist)’s Perspective David Fannon Assistant Professor Energy Consulting and Modeling – One Person’s Perspective Magda Lelek Principal Case Studies in Working Landscapes and Living Infrastructure Jesse Rosenbluth Business Development, Green Infrastructure Technical Services Fall 2019 Climate Perspectives Arlen Stawasz Resilience Strategist Sustainability Achieved with Durability: The Importance of a Continuous, Well-Installed Building Enclosure Sophia Salah PE - Consulting EngineerStephen Holland - Project Consultant Retrofitting Our Residences for a Low-Carbon Future Rachel White - General Manager & Project ManagerJosy Raycroft - Designer Thermally Autonomous Low-Income Housing John Kongoletos PhD Candidate Integrating Energy into Building Design Mike Cavanaugh Sustainability Leader Integrated Project Delivery at E.M. Duggan Victor Xue LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP - HVAC CoordinatorDana Griffith - BIM Coordinator/Educator Trends Toward Low and Zero Energy Buildings Kimberly Cullinane Senior Energy Efficiency Consultant The Role of IOT and Data Analytics in the Built Environment Joshua Sklarsky Chief Technology Officer Energy Efficiency: Why it Matters & Paths to Employment Dave Boettcher Founder & CEO Architecture, Sustainability + the Emotional Brain Ann Sussman Architect, Author, Researcher Resilience and the Private Realm: Boston’s Coastal Flood Resilience Zoning Overlay Matthew Littell LEED AP - Founding PrincipalNupoor Monani - Urban Planner & Designer Spring 2019 Can the Built Sector Save Us? Cynthia Curtis Senior VP for Global Sustainability Stakeholder Engagement Whole-House Ventilation Systems: Providing Healthy, Comfortable, & Energy Efficient Solutions John Rockwell Sales Engineer Collaborate Abigail Ransmeier Architect Water Management and Resilient Communities Kara Slocum Professional Staff | Civil and Environmental Designer Biomaterials: Creating a Circular, Sustainable Future Julia Hansen (FabLab Boston)Joe Sahl (GE Aviation, US) Old is the New… New: The Essential Role of Existing Buildings in Addressing Climate Change Jean Carroon Principal - Design, Preservation and Sustainability Context Enriches Craft Ted Touloukian President & CEO Systems Commissioning: Making Buildings Work Right Lance Brown Commissioning Project Manager Building Inherent Value: Implementing the Passive House Building Standard Michelle Apigian Senior Project Manager, Practice & Sustainability Leader Fall 2018 Re-Examining Glass Building Design: Exploring the Myths of Achieved Energy Savings Liz Galloway Senior Associate | Civil Engineer | Sustainable Designer Creating Smart Buildings Workshop Raquel Powers - Senior Sales Executive, Building AutomationJohn “JC” Courtney - Business Development Manager, Data AnalyticsPerla Redfern - Business Development Manager Fabrication and Mock-up Testing in High Performance Buildings – The Hitchcock Center Sam Batchelor Partner People, Planet, Profit – What is sustainability? Aelan B. Tierney Principal High Performance Building Materials for Passive House Construction Oliver Klein Regional Sales Consultant for New England Net Zero Water, Not a Dry Topic Chris Chamberland The 100% Solar Household – An Economics-driven Switch to Renewables Malcolm Sonnett Solar Design Specialist Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling for Indoor Air Quality Romio Mikhael Energy Engineer Spring 2018 Senior Project Management Panel Alexander "Al" Donovan LEED AP BD+C - Senior Project ManagerAnthony Vivirito LEED AP BD+C - Senior Project ManagerEdward R. Bradford AIA, NCARB, LEED AP - Associate Principal Left Brain, Right Brain: The Intersection of Metrics & Design Jim Stanislaski Architect & President of AIA Massachusetts Buildings are Living Entities Robert Andrews Partner & Managing Director 40 Trinity Gary Kane Associate The Intersection between Design and Performance: A Research Driven Practice Yanel de Angel AIA, LEED AP BD+C, CPHC - Associate PrincipalStephen Messinger AIA, LEED AP BD+C, CPHC - Project Architect, AssociateRishi Nandi AIA, LEED AP - Senior Project Architect / Associate Secrets Revealed: Sustainability Career Opportunities Brad Jones Principal People, Place & Profit: Balancing LEED with New Approaches to Sustainability DiAnn Mroszczak AIA, LEED AP BD+C - Sustainable LeaderDave Snell AIA, LEED AP BD+C - Senior Associate Smaller is the New Big Idea Jonathan Wright Founder & Senior Advisor Climate Resilient Design for an Uncertain Future Amy Korté Principal Achieving Patient Comfort through High Performance Design Deborah Rivers Senior Healthcare Architect & Sustainability Leader Fall 2017 Green Building – From Concept to Practice Barbra Batshalom Founder & Executive Director Net Positive Residential Design Stephanie Horowitz Managing Director Boston LightWells: Crowdsourcing Groundwater Levels Michelle Laboy Assistant Professor Zero (Net) Energy Buildings David Bliss Senior Project Manager Designing with Solar Tom Bone Vice President of Operations & Sales Overview of USGBC’s Rating Systems and LEED v4 Sandy Brock Vice President & Chief Engineer Topics and Careers in Building Energy Modeling Jasmine Abdollahi Environmental Design Analyst Embodied Energy: Sustainable Design for Homes in New England Andy Hinterman Associate The WELL Building Standard: Leadership in Healthy Design, Construction and Operations Jennifer Taranto Director of Sustainability Opportunities, Challenges & Trends: Optimizing Existing Building Energy Performance Jessie Miller Utility Program Manager Spring 2017 Kayak.com for Solar Kimberly Le Manager of Network Partners Commissioning & Sustainable Buildings Stephen Turner President and Founder Mainstreaming Life Cycle Assessment Matt Rice AIA LEEP BD+C - Senior Associate (SMMA)Peter Bradly - President (PM&C) Window Design for the Passive House Standard Patrik Muzila President Passive House Responding to Climate Change with Energy Efficiency Mike Duclos Principal and Founder Buildings, Biology + the 21st Century Paradigm Shift: How Biometrics will Change Understanding of the Architectural Experience Ann Sussman Architect, Author, Researcher Big Data + Machine Learning + Cloud Analytics = Smart Buildings + Energy Savings Kevin Debasitis Northeast Director of Sales Performance Information Integration in the Building Design of the ISEC Andrea Love Director of Building Science & Associate Principal Fall 2016 Local Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Strategy Examples Chris Schaffner Founder and President The Role for Solar Energy in Electrifying Off-Grid Communities Globally Amy Mueller Co-Director Creating more Sustainable and High Performance Buildings in Massachusetts Liyang Wang Energy Efficiency Consultant Zero Net Energy Buildings: The New Definition of High Performance Conor McGuire Director of Sustainability Spring 2016 Building Enclosure and Mechanical System Upgrades: A Critical Look at Implementation Strategies Jason Der Ananian PE - Senior Project ManagerBrent Gabby PE - Senior Principal
