T. David Bell, president and founder of BELL Architects is an award winning architect and LEED accredited professional focused on integrating technology, culture, art and architecture to achieve superior results with respect to conserving energy, environmental, financial and historic resources. As a director of the AIA-DC he is the founding Chair of the DC 2030 Challenge Committee.

He is a past president of the DC Preservation League, Docent Emeritus of the Hirshhorn Museum, a current Trustee of Cultural Tourism DC. He grew up in Toronto and received his Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech. In his spare time he coaches competitive youth hockey.

Mr. Paul Camozzi is currently National Accounts manager for Amvic Building Systems, North America’s leading Insulating Concrete Form (ICF) manufacturer. He has acted as past Chairman of the ICFA and accrued close to a decade of experience in the flourishing ICF industry. As a past environmental consulting engineer, Paul has a keen appreciation on the importance of building sustainable structures which is quite apparent when marrying concrete with expanded polystyrene. Prior to becoming engaged in the environmental industry Paul worked as a mechanical engineer for a large primary reinforcing steel manufacturer thus his background nicely compliments all of the components of the ICF construction industry. As a member of the USGBC, Mr. Camozzi frequently presents discussions on the ease of obtaining LEED accreditation using ICF exterior wall envelopes.

Nic is the Chief Marketing Officer for Postgreen. In this position, he manages the team’s marketing efforts and also handles press interactions and speaking engagements. Prior to joining Postgreen, Nic helped establish Universe Point, a startup software company as their Director of Marketing. He left the growing company with a well established brand identity and a robust marketing plan.

Nic has also provided independent consulting and design work for a variety of companies including property management firms, sales organizations and non-profits. His expertise in online marketing, branding, writing and design make him an invaluable asset, particularly in the introduction and establishment of new products.

Mr. Donald counsels and litigates for clients on insurance coverage and environmental matters and also co-chairs the Firm's Climate Change and Renewable Energy Practice. He draws on his substantial environmental experience, his prior non-legal technical work, and his deep involvement in risk management to assist clients in understanding and controlling the coming regulatory and non-regulatory impacts of climate change.

Mr. Donald regularly presents on insurance and climate change topics. Most recently he was asked by the Edison Electric Institute to present at the general counsels’ Seattle meeting. He blogs about climate change and insurance at climatelawyers.com and is the author of Covering the Green Roof - With Insurance, published by LexisNexis.

Mr. Donald graduated from Columbia Law School after serving aboard submarines in the United States Navy. His undergraduate degree is in Mathematics and History from Rice University.

Jean-Marc Dubois has been in the lumber industry since 1979, and been involved with engineered wood products since 1986, when he developed the product line for Weyerhaeuser Co in Ephrata, PA. After transferring to Weyerhaeusers Allentown, PA branch, he managed the Engineered Wood program from its inception, in 1990. The division he started has since been acquired by Eastern Engineered Wood, the largest independent distributor of Engineered Wood products in North America. Jean-Marc has been the Northeast regional sales manager for Nordic Engineered Wood since 2000, providing Engineered product support for architects, engineers and Nordic distributors from Michigan to Maryland to the Atlantic seaboard.

Mark has been involved with Dealer Development for the past 17 years, 12 with an international coatings company developing dealers/distributors in Canada and eastern USA, establishing both retail and commercial accounts, doing product and application education for Dealers and Applicators/Contractors. He also was Owner/Operator of an application company to refinish and restore log homes, operating in Ontario for 10 years. Mark has been with 1867 Confederation Log Homes for the past 5 years, starting with sales and for the last 3 years working on Dealer/Distributor development in North America, along with promotion/education of log/timber frame homes as sustainable choices to consumer groups as well as professionals through out NA.

Michael’s playful passion for the outdoors is mirrored by his love of art. A Minnesota upbringing continue to inspire his 14 year career. Intrigued by natural processes, Michael has developed regenerative strategies to mirror healthy ecosystems for project designs and office management.

Michael’s portfolio includes urban design, campus and community planning, ecological restoration, green roofs, parks, greenways, regional planning and garden design.

He is the managing partner of Quercus Studio, LLC, a New Jersey and Pennsylvania landscape architecture, land planning and regenerative consulting firm. He is also an assistant professor at Delaware Valley College overseeing the Environmental Design Program.

Glenn Hughes recently retired from The New York Times after 18 years of service. During his final 8 years as the Managing Director of Construction he directed the design, pre-purchasing, construction, testing and commissioning of The New York Times new headquarters building in Manhattan.

As a strong proponent of energy efficiency, Mr. Hughes has incorporated a number of innovative energy efficient systems in recent commercial building projects. These include cogeneration, under floor air distribution, automated shade controls and a lighting controls system that features digital dimmable ballasts and daylighting. He spearheaded a brand new approach to commissioning daylighting and under floor air distribution systems utilizing mobile data collection and analytical tools to field measure the performance of these energy efficient systems. This commissioning both prior to and during occupancy has resulted in systems that truly live up to their promise of energy savings and occupant comfort.

Hughes now consults on the design, manufacturer, construction and commissioning of energy efficient systems in commercial buildings. He delivers presentations throughout the world encouraging the incorporation of these systems in new building and building retrofit projects. He speaks with architects, engineers, consultants, manufacturers, developers and Owners as well as with university professors and students

Mr. Keithan is the original founder of Consulting Engineering Services (CES) and Radiant Renewable Energy (RRE). Having been an advocate for renewable energies for over 25 years, he is leading by example, being the designer and owner of the first Net Zero Energy home in Connecticut and forming RRE, a firm specializing in solar development and integration. Through utilizing the design expertise of CES, Mr. Keithan is able provide his clients with the highest quality and most cost effective solar solution for their project whether it be a retro-fit of an existing building or a 20 megawatt solar farm.

Scott is co-founder and Principal of Re:Vision Architecture, a deep green architecture and sustainability consulting practice with offices in Philadelphia, PA and Berkeley, CA. Beginning his career with historic preservation and adaptive re-use projects, Scott became interested in the building elements and methods that cause buildings to endure and be more sustainable. Although Scott was an early adopter of the US Green Building Councils LEED benchmarking system, he continues to push the envelope of green building through living building and zero-energy projects.

In addition to practicing and teaching green architecture, Scott also consults to design firms, developers, building owners and manufacturers who are interested in green design charrettes, sustainable design, and green building rating systems such as LEED. In this role, Scott has guided dozens of LEED projects to successful completion, including projects at every level of LEED and using every available rating system. For his advocacy and design work, Scott was awarded the Philadelphia AIAs prestigious Young Architect Award, and his firm has received numerous awards, including the Cascadia Green Building Council Living Building Challenge Award and the Northeast Sustainable Energy Associations Zero-Net Energy Award.

Jason is the Director of Sustainable Design with the Spiezle Architectural Group in Trenton, New Jersey. Jason currently serves as Immediate Past President of the AIA-NJ and was the Chair of AIA-NJ Committee on the Environment (COTE) for four years prior. Jason is also a co-founder of the USGBC-NJ chapter and a member of their Advisory Board and the only nationally recognized LEED Faculty in the State of New Jersey. USGBC courses taught by Mr. Kliwinski include Green Building Basics, Core Concepts and Strategies, Green Building Building Design & Construction, Green Building Operations & Maintenance, LEED GA & AP Exam Prep, and many specialized green building education programs. Through these roles, Jason has organized many educational events, including conceiving of the 2010 East Coast Green conference in partnership with USGBC-NJ, providing valuable sustainable design information for their members as well as the general public. Mr. Kliwinski is a graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, School of Architect, where he teaches today as an adjunct professor in the Sustainable Design Masters Program, is a registered Architect in New Jersey since 2001, and a LEED™ Accredited Professional since 2002.

As a sustainable design/LEED™ specialist, Jason was responsible for the design and construction of the first LEED™ certifiable public schools in New Jersey and over a dozen LEED™ designed projects since, including the Gold certified Microsoft School of the Future in Philadelphia, Silver Certified West Village project at Rider University, LEED Silver Home in Manchester, NJ. Current projects include a carbon neutral design for a national bank, development of carbon neutrality master plans for several local universities, over a dozen LEED registered projects in virtually every version of the rating system today, and design and implementation of over 30 megawatts of solar projects for a variety of clients.

Having spent much of his formal education and career focusing on sustainable design, Jason is a firm believer that it does not cost more to build green, as demonstrated by his body of work to date, and that education is the key to creating informed clients and successful projects. To this end, helping Owners understand the triple bottom line cost benefits of green building, including the social, environmental and economic synergies, is key to designing and building green cost effectively.

With nearly fifteen years of experience in energy efficient green design, Christine works as a Senior Research Architect at the Center for Building Knowledge at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. At the Center Christine supports the housing and community development efforts with a focus on energy efficiency and environmental responsibility. Through training, research and technical assistance she is helping designers and developers create high performance housing.

Most recently Christine led the development of and acted as the lead subject matter expert for the Affordable Green Academy, www.affordablegreenacademy.org, an online resource containing a comprehensive series of multi-media courses on high performance residential construction practices. Christine is the first Certified Passive House Consultant in New Jersey.

Brian is a Senior Tax Manager in the Princeton, NJ office of WithumSmith+Brown, PC. Brian has extensive experience serving real estate clients in the public and private sectors including REITs, joint ventures, and other real estate companies. Brian has experience advising clients with regard to the structure and tax consequences of real estate transactions. In addition to these real estate issues, Brian deals with an assortment of federal and state income tax issues for partnerships and corporations and is a trusted business advisor to many small business clients

Before joining WithumSmith+Brown, Brian worked in the Philadelphia and New York offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP working closely with large, multinational real estate investment companies. Prior to that, he worked as a certified public accountant and business advisor counselling small business client in Princeton, NJ. Since joining WithumSmith+Brown, Brian has worked with the many of Firm’s real estate clients in various deals involving both investment in and development of real estate.

Brian received his Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from The College of New Jersey and his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law. In addition to being a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New Jersey, Brian is licensed to practice law in the State of New Jersey. He is a member of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the American Bar Association, the Mercer County Bar Association and the American Association of Attorney - Certified Public Accountants.

With 25 years experience in the construction industry, including residential insulation, homebuilding and remodeling, as well as energy efficiency consulting, Mark is a frequent advisor, speaker and instructor for trade groups, professional associations and government agencies. He formerly served with the NJ Department of Community affairs (NJDCA) Energy Subcode Committee, and is now a member of the National Association of Homes Builders (NAHB) Energy Subcommittee, and the Technical Committee of the Insulation Contractors of America Association (ICAA). He has served as a judge for NAHB Research's Energy Value in Housing Awards, and as a trainer for the NAHB Graduate Builders Institute Course on Energy Efficient Construction as well as the NJBPU sponsored "Building Performance" builder training series.

Mark has contributed to the development of numerous technical standards manuals and is an active supporter of the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) national and regional organizations and the development of Green Building initiatives in New Jersey and elsewhere. In 2003 he was responsible for the design and construction of the MaGrann Associates Demonstration House (featured as an open house during the recent NESEA conference) showcasing green and energy efficient construction techniques and materials. MaGrann was a recipient of EPA's "Energy Star Partner of the Year Award" in 2004.

Energy Consultant, Project Developer and Inventor with over forty years of experience in all major facets of energy conservation, including but not limited to:

•  Invention of Smart Grid Technology solutions such as patent pending Fully Automated Demand Response/Reduction System known as FADRS™.

•  Performed and/or coordinated Comprehensive/Investment Grade Audits, Energy Master Plans, energy conservation MEP design and implementation, energy management and Building Automation Control work.

•  Designed and/or installed:

•  Cogeneration and TriGeneration

•  Solar Photovoltaic and Thermal Systems

•  Thermal Storage

•  High efficiency Lighting Retrofits and controls

•  Heat/Energy Recovery

•  Geothermal Heat Pump systems

Mr. Newman is a founder and principal of Linnean Solutions, which helps organizations benchmark and track the environmental performance of their facilities and operations. Mr. Newman’s expertise is the presentation of complex information for decision-makers

Jay Perantoni, AIA, NCARB is a principal of SSP Architectural Group in Somerville, New Jersey. Besides a career-long focus educational projects that are sensible to construct and efficient to operate, Jay has an unerring focus on planning, which translates to the development of school projects that take best advantage of their site for education. During his undergraduate studies at Princeton University, Jay was selected for the L eo A. Daly Traveling Scholarship in Italy. His studies there influenced his lifelong affinity for the appropriate marriage of the built environment with its unique surrounds.

At the Allamuchy Township's Mountain Villa Primary School, Jay applied this philosophy to the development of a school project that would maximize the opportunity presented by its State Park site. His design of the school's renovation and addition was sensitive not only to sustainable design and operation, but the ability of the project to take advantage of the site for educational purpose - not only with orientation towards the naturalized landscape of the State Park, but with specific opportunities for curriculum activities supported by his design.

He is a member of the Architecture for Education National Committee and the Council of Educational Facility Planners International, in addition to the American Institute of Architects, National Roofing Contractors Association and Roofing Industry Educational Institute. He is a registered architect in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Maine.

Andy Rice has been with Roxul for 3 years as the U.S. Architectural Sales Representative and in the building materials industry for 12 years. Andy holds the designation of Registered Roof Observer through RCI, and Certified Insulation Energy Appraiser through the National Insulation Association. He is also a member of the Energy Efficiency Team for Roxul.

Gerald Van Decker is the President and CEO of RenewABILITY Energy Inc. based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Gerald is the Power-Pipe inventor and driver for the successful expansion of the Drain Water Heat Recovery market within North America. He left his position at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) in July 2000 to start the business. He participated in International Energy Agency (IEA) tasks in the Solar Heating and Cooling Program.

Gerald holds a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Bachelor's Degree in Systems Design Engineering both from the University of Waterloo. His Masters Thesis work on modeling Transpired Solar Air Heaters (e.g. Solarwall) was published in the International Journal of Solar Energy. He is a Professional Engineer registered in the province of Ontario.