certification, due to its deeper sustainability attributes is more difficult to achieve and is still widely perceived as being cost prohibitive. As we step into the next decade of green building practices, and era of the ‘living buildings’, we will review four ‘academic’ buildings in the Davis Langdon cost and sustain- ability consulting portfolio that have achieved Platinum Certification and the associated costs of the green strategies they employ. We have reached a point where ‘excellence in sustainability’, ‘net neutrality’ and ‘zero carbon’ are quickly becoming important design parameters. Tis presentation aims at evaluating the costs of this design parameter in terms of the highest rating systems available in the market today and the future trends in sustainability excellence for the decade ahead.
Presenters: Teresa Townsend, A.I.A., LEED A.P., California Department of General Services/Division of the State Architect Coomy Kadribegovic, Sustainability Consultant, Davis Langdon Paul Abernathy, Mechanical Cost Consultant, Davis Langdon
3:00 pm-4:00 pm The LACCD Sustainable Building Program: Redefining the Student Experience Tis session will discuss the collective impact of sustainable practices across the Los Angeles Community College District as it relates to the built environment and to student life. Te nine campuses of the Los Angeles Community College District serve nearly 250,000 students annually. As these campuses are being transformed in the course of the Build LACCD Sustain- able Building program, the daily student experience is evolving. Sustainable buildings and campus environmental practices are becoming as much a part of the learning process as the classes themselves. Terefore, this presentation will focus on the underlying sustainable campus infrastructure, a detailed look at the buildings as a learning tool, and LACCD’s core environ- mental practices. While discussing the cumulative impact and breadth of the Build LACCD Sustainable Building program, this session will also provide insight into sustainability as a holistic experience, from the moment the student first enters campus. It will illustrate how sustainable buildings and envi- ronmental practices affect the journey of a student throughout a typical day, and how sustainable practices are ultimately shap- ing a new workforce. Along with information regarding the cumulative impact of the Build LACCD Sustainable Building program, attendees will learn how the campus complex as a whole has become intrinsically linked to the student learning experience. Attendees will become knowledgeable about the details of the Build LACCD Sustainable Building program and the inherent link between sustainable campuses the student learning experience.
Presenters: Tomas Hall, Executive Director, Facilities Planning & Devel-
opment, Los Angeles Community College District Bruce Risley, Vice President, ARCADIS US Girish Kripalani, Senior Project Manager, ARCADIS US
Creating a Green Workforce Track Ballroom C
10:45 am-12:00 pm Market Driven Approach to Clean Energy Education Successful workforce development relies on strong economic development. In the absence of a robust job market, there are opportunities to develop classes that support market creation and growth. Tis session explores one case study in clean energy, and includes small group discussions around replicat- ing the model for other regions and industries. Te green and clean energy sector shows great promise as a means to provide an independent and sustainable future, and as a means to provide new jobs for an emerging workforce. Tis sector is not immune, however, to the economic downturn and has not developed workforce needs as initially anticipated. Skyline Col- lege, in partnership with the San Mateo Workforce Investment Board and Strategic Energy Innovations using Department of Labor funding, has created a series of market-driving cur- riculum for the building performance and renewable energy sectors. Te training programs not only provide valuable career technical education, but also are focused on skills and levers to drive industry growth. In this session participants will learn about innovative models to (1) collaborate with industry partners to identify trends and needs for a new and emerging sector (2) create course offerings that seek to stimulate market demand and (3) to navigate difficult job markets and in the absence of market demand. Participants will hear a case study on market-driving career technical education then present- ers will facilitate small groups breakout sessions. Each group will identify an industry critical to your college or your local region, and brainstorm mechanisms to partner with industry on economic development.
Presenters: Anjana Richards, Director of Workforce Development Grants and Services, Skyline College Kiff Scheuer, Program Director, Strategic Energy Innovations Aaron Wilcher, Project coordinator, Skyline College
1:15 pm-2:30 pm Transferable Skills and Green Sectors Unemployment remains high in California and many work- ers are losing their jobs due to mass layoffs. In a buyer’s job market, savvy seekers of green employment must look to growing industries and occupations that need the skills they already possess, and be prepared to augment those skills if necessary. Te California Multi-Sector Workforce Partnership is a collaborative of the California Employment Development
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