GREEN BUILDINGS TASK FORCE MEETING

 

Date:               Monday, February 23, 2004

Time:              8:00am    Registration

8:30am   Welcome

10:00am    Adjourn

Place:              Bryan Cave, LLP, Room 30B
Address:         1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York

                        and simultaneously with audio link at:         

Place:              Environmental Business Association of New York State, Inc.

Address:         126 State St., 3rd fl, Albany, NY

 

Ongoing discussion of GREEN SCHOOLS INITIATIVE:

New York City and New York State

 

The EBA/NYS Green Buildings Task Force (GBTF) High Performance Schools (HPS) Committee has been organized to encourage and advance green schools projects in New York State.

The EBA/NYS GBTF HPS Committee is collaborating with the Healthy Schools Network, Inc. on a Healthy High Performance Schools (HHPS) Initiative to encourage and advance Green School Building Standards in New York State through policy implementation.

The HPS Committee will work to increase the number of schools projects that are executed in a manner consistent with healthy high performance standards and to promote legislative, regulatory and administrative actions intended to support and help finance such efforts.

 

AGENDA

GREENING THE CODES

·        International Building Codes coming to New York City

      How will they be implemented?

·        Matrix of Code Relationships/Informing Green Building Design

      Codes and Reference Standards

·        Review of New Jersey’s experience with IBC & Green Schools

      Where New York City can benefit from Lessons Learned

 

Speakers:

Ernest Conrad, P.E. /  President

Landmark Facilities Group, Inc.

Advisory Council on the Adoption of the International Building Code

Mr. Conrad, Chair of BOMA’s Codes & Regulations Committee, is currently serving on two of the thirteen technical committees studying the IBC.  The entire process of code adoption in NYC is pressing forward at a very fast rate, with a strong possiThe Mayor’s bility that the work of the various committee will be accomplished by the end of 1st Quarter 2004.

 

Marcello DiGeronimo, AIA / Junior Principal & Project Manager

DiGeronimo Associates

 

RSVP by fax to (518) 432-1383 or email to "info@eba-nys.org" no later than noon February 19, 2004.  If you have questions, please call us at (518) 432-6400 x224.

 

Very truly yours,

 

Ira S. Rubenstein, Executive Director, EBA/NYS

Catherine Shawn, Chair, EBA/NYS Green Buildings Task Force

Robert Licopoli, Coordinator, EBA/NYS Green Buildings Task Force

 

Registration for Green Buildings Task Force Meeting February 23, 2004;

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Short Bios

Ernest A. Conrad has focused on environmental issues for over 20 years, his engineering firm specializing in climate controls for museums, special collections and historic facilities, as well as the design of mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems for commercial,  industrial and retail applications.  Clients include the National Gallery of Art, Library of Congress, National Trust for Historic Preservation, National park and many house museums.  Conrad is a member of the National Archives and Records Administration Advisory Committee on Preservation; a voting member of the ASHRAE Standards Committee SSPC 90.1; and for the last 10 years, has been partnering with state agencies and manufacturers of high pressure fire suppression systems.

 

Marcello DiGeronimo, as architect and project manager at DiGeronimo PA, is responsible for administering all phases of projected through construction work.  He has primary responsibility for budgeting, scheduling, planning, design, specification and working drawings on a given project with authority to direct, control and monitor all activities; and has considerable experience working with various public agencies on complex project teams.  Marcello has provided key design leadership on projects for NJ Transit, U.S. Postal Service and University of North Carolina Hospitals.