Program Schedule
Wednesay, September 23
| Time | Session Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 7:45 AM – 8:30 AM | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Welcome from SBC and Lisa Rochon | |
| 8:45 AM – 9:35 AM | Resilience – Re-envisaging the City, sponsored by UK Trade + Investment | Keith Priest, Fletcher Priest Architects, United Kingdom |
| 9:35 AM – 10:25 AM | IPD and Sustainable Design at Trapelo Road, sponsored by Autodesk | John B. Boehms, U.S.A |
| 10:25 - 10:45 AM | Break | |
| 10:45 - 11:35 AM | Experience with Sustainable Building in Europe, sponsored by Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | Tjerk Reijenga, BEAR Architecten, Holland |
| 11:35 AM - 12:30 PM | Lunch Break | |
| 12:30 - 1:20 PM | Re-Inventing the Gen Y Library: Old Buildings – New Standards | Alec Couchman, Warren and Mahoney Architects, N.Z |
| 1:20 - 2:10 PM | Beyond Sustainability: A Vision for Designing Our Cities for Resiliency in the Face of Global Warming and Peak Oil | Craig Applegath, Cohos Evamy Integratedesign, Canada |
| 2:10 - 2:30 PM | Plenary Closing Session | |
| 2:30 - 3:30 PM | The New Allstream Centre at Exhibition Place | Robert Gallant, NORR Architects Engineers and Planners, Canada |
| 3:30 - 6:00 PM | Break – or attend World Green Building Council’s Leaders Summit | |
| 6:00 - 8:00 PM | Green Building Festival and World Green Building Council Reception | |
Thursday, September 24
| Time | Code | Session |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 11:00 AM | GB-T01 | Technology REdoubles Sustainability: Innovative Technology and Processes that Dramatically Raise Levels of Sustainability Session 1: Concrete that Cleans Itself and the Environment Session 2: Three Degrees: Climate Change and the Technologies Available to Address It Session 3: Reducing a Building’s Carbon Footprint through Advanced Integrated Design |
| 9:00 - 11:00 AM | GB-T02 | REthinking Energy 1: Long Term Planning, Government Policy and Incentives Session 1: Community Energy Planning for the Lawrence-Allen Revitalization Session 2: Creating Multi-year Energy Efficiency Projects – No Longer Just One-Off Projects Session 3: Energy $mart: An Introduction to Renewable Energy and the Green Energy Act |
| 9:00 - 11:00 AM | GB-T03 | REducing Footprints: Green Retrofits in the GTA Session 1: Greening a Downtown Hotel: The Planet Traveler Story Session 2: From Sieve to Silver: An Industrial Building Transformation Session 3: Adaptive Reuse: The Greening of the McGregor Sock Factory Session 4: The Earth Rangers Centre Re-imagined |
| 9:00 - 11:00 AM | GB-T04 | REsearch: Are Higher Education Institutions Leading on Sustainable Design Session 1: RE-search: Are Higher Education Institutions Leading on Sustainable Design |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Visit Green Building Festival exhibitors on the show floor | |
| 1:00 - 3:00 PM | GB-T05 | REsponding to the Social Context: Case Studies That Consider Human Social Needs Session 1: Retiring the Old: Introducing the New Sustainable Workplace at the University of Toronto Session 2: Re-imagining the Canadian Office Session 3: Deep Green on a Shoestring: Oxfam Canadian Headquarters |
| 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | GB-T06 | REthinking Energy 2: Creative Tools for Benchmarking and Financing Session 1: Regulating to Allow Green Liens for Retrofits Session 2: Real Money: Interval Meters, Load Profiles and Cutting Costs Session 3: Energy Conservation for School Buildings: European Case Study Session 4: Marrying Environmental Impact and Economic Performance |
| 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | GB-T07 | REimagination: Cutting Edge Solutions Session 1: S.C.A.F.Fold: Emergency Provisional Housing Session 2: Building and Renovating to the Passive House Standard: Examples from Europe Session 3: Passive House Technology: A Revolution in Energy Conservation Session 4: Canada’s Contribution to the World Sustainable Buildings Conference 2008 |
| 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | GB-T08 | REframing the Big Picture: City Building, Carbon Footprints and the New Economy Session 1: Toronto Tower Renewal Project Session 2: Creative Urban Intensification and City Building Session 3: The New New Deal: Growing a Green Economy |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Visit Green Building Festival exhibitors on the show floor | |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Environment Keynote: Enrique Peñalosa presents: What Makes a Good City (Free) |
Friday, September 25
| Time | Code | Session Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 11:30 AM | F34 | Low-rise Green Building Strategies: Best Practices for Building Greener, Better and More Cost-effectively | John Godden + Gord Cooke |
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