Where: Merrimack Room

If you are involved with Green Building, fielding questions and requests from customers, or looking to enter this growing market segment, you need to know the legal ramifications of what you say, do, and sign. Your best approach is knowledge, not reaction! Topics include pre-construction, construction, and post-construction implications; performance vs. aspiration; impact on owners, design professionals, and contractors; new opportunities and risks; and legislation and regulatory environment at national, state, and local levels. Other issues to be discussed include questionable claims about increased worker productivity and performance in sustainable buildings; the fact that current studies are inadequate to provide any accurate support to claims that indoor air quality and decreased health problems result from green buildings; and that there’s far too much marketing activity around green, which often creates hidden risk and mismatched expectations.

PRESENTER:

Ronald Ciotti, Esq., Partner at Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP

Ron’s practice is focused on all aspects of the construction industry. He represents general contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, owners/developers, architects, and engineers both regionally and nationally in construction-related matters, including all aspects of construction law, contractual disputes, lien work, bond claims, construction, and design-defect claims, bid disputes, litigation, and dispute resolution. Ron has lectured on construction law, including IPD contracting, ConsensusDocs topics, and other construction law topics for numerous construction-related organizations.

Carleen is a Certified Green Professional and serves as the public relations chair for Build Green NH, the first National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Green Building council in New England. She is also a member of Associated Contractors and Builders NH/VT (ABC) and is the recipient of numerous awards on behalf of Associated Concrete Coatings, including the NH/VT- ABC – Excellence in Construction Award for “Thermal and Moisture Protection” and the Home Builders & Remodelers Association of New Hampshire Cornerstone Award for “Most Energy Efficient Design Solution.”

For ASHRAE coauthored and lectured on “Studies Applied to Standing Column Well Design”, “Geothermal Standing Column Wells: Ten Years in a New England School” for ASHRAE Transactions 2006.

Martin will provide an overview of responsible geothermal installation methods and goals his family business recommends to their customers in their effort to guide interested parties toward maximum efficiency, lowest first cost geothermal installations.

Paul went back to work in 2003 as an electrician for a small weatherization company out of Milford, NH. It was there he first began performing energy audits, writing work scopes, submitting computer models to the utilities, and performing QA inspections. Paul then moved into the low-income weatherization programs run by the State of NH, and became a certified energy auditor under the auspices of the New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning.

Energy Audits Unlimited LLC, Paul’s company, was formed when Paul saw a need to address single-family homeowners who did not qualify for the low-income programs, due to income levels. The company has transformed over the last two years to include training classes for not only auditors but also crew and crew chief training. Energy Audits Unlimited is a BPI affiliate organization and Paul is a BPI-certified Building Analyst Professional and Envelope Professional.

This interactive workshop introduces the framework of sustainability as outlined in The Natural Step for Communities as well as the principles of Smart Growth that were introduced in Achieving Smart Growth in New Hampshire.  Participants will learn how these together form a Big Picture vision for the state, and can start to think about how their own projects fit into it.

Speaker: Robin LeBlanc

Bill has an extensive background at business to business media companies, having run publishing, event, research, and online efforts for companies such at International Data Group, Reed Business, and PennWell. At these companies, he oversaw sales, marketing, and media activities in a variety of niche markets, including energy, technology, manufacturing, and architecture/building. Most recently he has helped develop social media marketing services with Network Communications Inc., and is the director of member services for the Content Marketing Institute. He is also a small business owner and entrepreneur.

In 2003, Bruss constructed the FIRST LEED-certified structure in the northeast for the Society for the Protection of NH Forests and recently achieved the FIRST Platinum Certification for a Single Family Residence in New Hampshire. Michael is on the Board of Directors of the NH Preservation Alliance and has participated in many panel discussions on green building technologies throughout New Hampshire.

Speakers: Melissa Aho, Paul Button, & Martin Orio

“Energy Efficient” and “Green” are two areas that everyone is striving to accomplish. In order to begin, you need to know where to start and you may ask yourself, “Is it feasible?” Making your house more efficient can actually save you a lot of money over time and it certainly will increase your home value. Join a panel of experts in the area of home efficiency that will show you applications for both new construction homes and existing homes.