Agenda and Papers
Welcome
Todd Greene, Vice President and Community Affairs Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
William B. Bradshaw, PhD, President, Green Coast Enterprises, and Adjunct Lecturer, Tulane University
Session 1A: Underwriting
Underwriting Commercial Property Sustainability: Emerging Challenges and Practices
Lisa M. Galley, CEO, Galley Eco Capital
The Resource Appraisal: A Due Diligence Report for Energy/Resource Performance Retrofit Financing 
James Finlay, Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Appraisal Manager, Wells Fargo
Discussant
W. Whitfield Neill
Session 1B: Green Measurement Criteria and Certification
Evaluating the Energy Performance of HERS-Rated Homes Using Using Annual Community Baselines
Pierce H. Jones, PhD, Director, Program for Resource Efficient Communities/University of Florida
The Diffusion of Green Building Policies in U.S. Cities
Constantine E. Kontokosta, PhD, Director and Clinical Assistant Professor, PE, AICP, LEED AP, New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate
Discussant
Jessica Dill
Keynote speaker
Raphael Bostic, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Session 2A: Portfolio Management
Costing Sustainable Capital Projects: A Socio-Enviro-Technical Perspective
Annie Pearce, PhD, LEED AP, Assistant Professor, Myers-Lawson School of Construction, Virginia Tech
A System Life Cycle Evaluation, SliCESM, for Green Building Technologies
Joseph Neal Goodmann, CEM, CEA, LEED AP and BD&C, Research Engineer II, Georgia Institute of Technology
Discussant
Nils Kok, PhD, Assistant Professor/Visiting Scholar, Maastricht University/University of California, Berkeley
Session 2B: Community and Economic Development Policy
Energy and Economic Development in the Southeast
Jan Youtie, PhD, Manager, Policy Services and Adjunct Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology Enterprise Innovation Institute
The Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance Green City Program
Ben Taube, LEED AP, Executive Director, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
Discussant
Ann Carpenter
Session 2C: Gulf Coast Greening and Recovery
Sustainable Capital Improvements in the New Orleans Recovery School District
Lona Hankins, Recovery School District
The Decision to Integrate Sustainability: A Developer's Perspective
Tara Hernandez, JCH Development
Discussant
Alexandra Stroud
Panel plenary session
The Economics of Green Building
Nils Kok, PhD, Assistant Professor/Visiting Scholar, Maastricht University/University of California, Berkeley
Who Will Invest in Green Real Estate?
David Wood, PhD, Director, Initiative for Responsible Investment, Harvard University
Moderator
William B. Bradshaw, PhD
Friday, March 11, 2011
Session 3A: Community and Economic Development Policy
Prospects and Practice in Green Economic Development
Karl F. Seidman, MPP, Senior Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning
The Economic Impact of Urban Green Space Investments: A Case Study for Chicago
Sabina L. Shaikh, PhD, Lecturer, University of Chicago
(Contact the author for information on this paper. sabina@uchicago.edu)
Discussant
Naomi Cytron
Session 3B: Organizational and Industry Structure
Creative Construction: The Capacity for Environmental Innovation in Real Estate Development Firms
William B. Bradshaw, PhD, President, Green Coast Enterprises, and Adjunct Lecturer, Tulane University
REITs: Applying REIT Corporate Structure to Non-Traditional Projects and Engaging New Investors
Andrew R. Sanderford, Doctoral Student, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Discussant
Lynn Fisher, PhD
Session 3C: Emerging Trends in Green Finance
How to Look Forward without Looking Back: Innovative Approaches to Forecasting Green Finance Program Demand
Christine E. Boyle, MRP, Finance Analyst, Environmental Finance Center at University of North Carolina
Home Purchase Counseling: The Untapped Green Financing Tool
Carlos E. Martin, PhD, Senior Associate, Abt Associates Inc.
Discussant
David Wood, Ph. D.
Panel plenary session
Toward Sustainable and Responsible Property Investment Indices
Gary Pivo, PhD, Professor, University of Arizona
Incremental Cost, Measurable Savings: Enterprise Green Communities Criteria
Dana L. Bourland, AICP, Vice President, Green Initiatives, Enterprise Community Partners Inc.
Moderator
Stephanie Gripne, PhD
Closing keynote speaker
Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Property Finance
Scott Muldavin, CRE, FRICS, Executive Director, Green Building Finance Consortium
Closing remarks
Todd Greene, Vice President and Community Affairs Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta