Time

Session

Speaker

7:00-8:00

Registration/Check-in

8:00-9:00 a.m.

Welcome/Introductions

Keynote

John Carmody, University of Minnesota's Center for Sustainable Building Research

9:00-10:30 a.m.

Breakout

Session 1

Regional Construction Project Updates, Duluth Int’l Airport, Duluth Public Schools, Red Plan, St. Louis County Schools

Brett Cahoon, Kraus Anderson

Jeff Schiltz, Johnson Controls

& Architectural Resources

How Green Is Your Construction Footprint? 

Kurt Kelsey, American Excelsior Company

LEED & Minnesota's Sustainable Building 2030 Program & Case Studies

Rick Carter, LHB

10:30-10:45

Break/Vendor Booths

10:45 a.m. to 12

Breakout

Session 2

Advances in Recycled & Sustainable Building Materials

Pat Donahue, NRRI

Paul Kellner, Heritage Window

Todd Koneshy, RJS

Case Study: Isabella Eco Home

Nancy Schultz, SEH

John Doberstein, Edina Realty Eco Broker

Regional Green Economic Development & Jobs

Jodi Slick, Green Jobs Initiative

Heather Rand, DEED

Jeff Borling, APEX

12:00-12:15

Lunch

12:15-1:00 p.m.

Keynote

"Extreme Green" Arno Kahn, Builder's Commonwealth

1:00-2:30

Breakout

Session 3

Geothermal Heating

Kelton Barr, Braun Intertec

Mark Sakry, Northern GroundSource, Inc.

Kevin Kaski, Thermco

Construction Outlook Roundtable

Don O’Conner Duluth Builder’s Exchange;Dick Florey, St. Louis County; Patrick Huston, MNDOT; Paul Manning, Arrowhead Builder's Association; Wayne Nelson, Business North; Roy Smith, IRR

Open

2:30-3:45

Breakout

Session 4

Biomass Energy Opportunities—

Global to Local

Dale Hedtke, SEH , Gregg Mast, BioBusiness Alliance,

Jeff Borling, APEX

Soil Remediation & Municipal Development

Heidi Timm-Bijold, DEDA

Jason Serck, City of Superior

Sustainable Facilities Management

Barbara Sheedy, EPA

Frank Andrews, UWS

Candice Richards, UMD

3:45-4:15

Keynote

Sustainable State of the State

Jennifer Hawkins, MN DEED

4:15-6:00

Vendor Reception