Pre-Conference Materials - March 9, 2009

Pre-Conference Monday, March 9, 2009 Click here to view full Session Descriptions
HALF-DAY SESSIONS
8:30 - 12:00	STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR SESSION: High Performance Homes: Sustainable Construction Practices Ed VonThoma and Pat O'Malley, Building Knowledge, Inc.

	Commissioning and Retro—Commissioning Rebecca Ellis, Questions & Solutions Engineering

1:00 - 4:30	STUDENT SESSION: Residential Construction Trends, Alternative Building Products, Career Opportunities, and more Marilou Cheple, Minnesota Office of Energy Security; Curt Stendel, Panelworks Plus, Inc.; and Justin Wilson, Building Performance Solutions, Inc. (tentative)

	INSTRUCTOR SESSION: Building a Sustainable Construction Curriculum: Instructors' Workshop Ed VonThoma and Pat O'Malley, Building Knowledge, Inc.

	Commercial LEED Case Studies: 1) Great River Energy Corporate Headquarters; and 2) Taconite Ridge Wind Farm Control Center Jennifer Zierke, Great River Energy; Ken Potts, McGough Companies; Tony Layne, Perkins + Will; other presenters tba

FULL-DAY SESSIONS
8:30 - 4:30	Minnesota GreenStar Program Training Mike Williams, Minnesota GreenStar

	Renewable Technologies for the Home and Business: An Overview Jason Edens, RREAL (solar thermal); Mike Foster, Denali Companies (wind); Stacy Miller, Minnesota Office of Energy Security; Ralph Jacobson, Innovative Power Systems; other presenters tba

	Construction Contracts and Law Mike Weiss, NAHB WeissRCMI