General Sessions

Wednesday, October 8
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Featured Speaker
Larry Eisenberg, Executive Director, Facilities Planning & Development, Los Angeles Community College District)

Keynote Presentation--Making Meaningful Sustainability A Reality
Rocky Young, Chancellor Emeritus, Los Angeles Community College District)

Panel - Bringing it All Together
Fred Harris, Assistant Vice Chancellor for of College Finance & Facilities Planning, California Community Colleges System Office
Joe Nugent, Director of Maintenance & Operations, Cabrillo College
Julie Phillips, Morgan Family Chair in Environmental Studies, De Anza College
Leta Stagnaro, Associate Vice President, Ohlone CCD, Newark Center)

Thursday, October 9
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Featured Speaker--Developing Strategic Priority Initiatives for the California Community Colleges in Clean and Green Technology Programs
Jose Millan, Vice Chancellor, Economic Development & Workforce Development Division, California Community Colleges System Office)

Panel - Workforce Development
Carla Din, Western Regional Manager, Apollo Alliance
Marcy Drummond, Vice President, Academic Affairs, Los Angeles Trade Tech College
Karen Humphrey, Administrator, Improving Teacher Quality Program, California Postsecondary Education Commission
Fabian Núñez, Speaker Emeritus, California State Assembly

Panel - Green Facilities
Doug Gatlin, Vice President, Market Development, United States Green Building Council
Mike Miller, Director of Facilities Planning and Management, Butte-Glenn Community College District
Bharat Patel, Senior Vice President/Director of Sustainability, HOK Architects
Leta Stagnaro, Associate Vice President, Ohlone CCD, Newark Center)

Concurrent Sessions

Wednesday, October 8

1:15 pm - 2:10 pm
 The Economics of a Green Campus: Empowering Stakeholders and Finding the Bottom Line
Presenter: Andrés Edwards, Founder & President, EduTracks, Author, The Sustainability Revolution
Description: This session highlights ways to engage community college students, faculty and staff in implementing sustainable practices on campus. It explores the benefits of a dorm energy competition as a method to raise awareness and change behaviors to conserve energy, water and reduce waste. Attendees will get an insight into how to organize and deliver a similar program for their campus.

Green Campus 101
Presenter: Renee Lafrenz, Senior Program Associate, Alliance to Save Energy
Description: Colleges offer prime opportunities to address energy issues, as demonstrated by the Alliance to Save Energy's Green Campus Program. This session will showcase transferable best practices of a student-driven campaign to foster diverse partnerships, perform effective community outreach, pilot emerging technologies for measurable energy savings and address the workforce education and training of the next generation of energy efficiency professionals.

How to Achieve Grid Neutrality on your Campus
Presenter: David Thorman, State Architect, State of California
Description: This session will give a preview of the findings of the workshops sponsored by the Division of the State Architect. Governor Schwarzenegger directed the DSA in his Executive Order S-20-04 to encourage schools to be resource and energy efficient. These workshops focused on the components that make community colleges and K-12 schools grid neutral (i.e. "a site that produces at least as much electrical energy as it uses in a year") Topics include comprehensive planning, energy efficient design, energy generating technology, innovative funding, energy use measurement, and operations & maintenance.

Creating Culture Change: Living and Learning on a Green Campus
Presenter: Lindsay Poulin, LEED CM, DPR Construction; Mike Miller, Director of Facilities Planning and Management, Butte-Glenn Community College District; Annie Rafferty, Assistant Dean, Butte College Contract Education; Jon Stallman, Interim Sustainability Coordinator, Butte College
Description: This presentation will highlight the pathways to integrating sustainability in public education institutions, greening instructional programs, development of programs for training in green jobs, and successful strategies on gaining institutional buy-in on going green, including the Presidents Climate Commitment. Practical benefits and lessens learned in the sustainability efforts at Butte College will be shared along with tips on best management practices discovered on the path to a sustainable future.

The Implications of AB 32 for Community Colleges
Presenter: Maureen Gorsen, Director, California Department of Toxic Substance Control

Advanced Building Concepts
Presenters: Michael Bulander, Associate, Harley Ellis Devereux; Alan Burnett, Associate, Gale Associates, Inc.; Brent Miller, Principal, Harley Ellis Devereux; Sergio Zilli, Senior Associate, Gale Associates, Inc.
Description: Part One: Climate Engineering and Architecture Working Together-Dwindling resources and Climate change has caused the design community to develop innovative approaches to creating sustainable buildings. This session will focus on an integrated sustainable design process and provide specific examples. Part Two: Green Roofing at Community Colleges-Options and Considerations-Roofs can enhance the green aspects of buildings, if properly designed and installed. Options include cool roofs, roof-mounted photovoltaic systems, and vegetated (living) roofs. The green benefits, design tips, costs, maintenance considerations, and case studies will be discussed for each option.

Advancing the Green Energy Workforce: PG&E PowerPathway
Presenters: Pat Barr, Fresno Workforce Investment Board; Leah Casey, Core Team Member, PG&E PowerPathway
Description: The availability of a qualified workforce will facilitate PG&E's attainment of the state's aggressive energy efficiency and renewable energy goals. PG&E launched a new workforce development program, PowerPathway, that brings together community colleges (to prep candidates on academic, physical, and soft skills) along with workforce development partners (to pre-screen and case manage candidates). The winning combination has received notice as a best practice with PowerPathway featured in Chartwell's Best Practices for Utilities & Energy Companies, POWER Magazine, EEI Electric Perspectives and other publications.

2:30 pm - 3:25 pm
 Green and Clean-What Do They Mean?
 Presenters: John Carrese, Director, San Francisco Bay Center for Excellence, City College of San Francisco; Bonnie Graybill, Deputy Division Chief, Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department; Jennifer Oliver, Director, Greater Silicon Valley, West Valley College
Description: "Green" and "clean" comprise many different sub sectors and occupations. The California Community Colleges, State's Labor Market Information Division and other partners are leveraging collective resources to better understand this industry and its impact on California workforce needs. Learn how to access the virtual toolbox of information created through this partnership.

Growing a Green Building Technician Workforce to Benefit our Communities
Presenters: Larry Bacher, Regional Sales Manager, AutomatedLogic Corporation; Peter Crabtree, Dean, Vocational Technology, Laney College; Dan Estrada, Specialist, College Finance and Facilities Planning Division, California Community Colleges Systems Office; Nick Kyriakopedi, Department Chair, Environmental Control Technology Program, Laney College
Description: The lack of a qualified HVAC and controls technician workforce presents one of the greatest barriers to meeting California energy efficiency and climate change mandates. Laney's Environmental Control Technology program teaches the complex skills necessary to succeed in this high-wage, high-growth field. Presenters will facilitate a discussion on promoting HVAC education statewide.

CCC/IOU Energy Efficiency Partnership
Presenter: Ron Beeler, District Director of Facilities Control, North Orange County Community College District; Bob Bradshaw, Construction Program Manager, Citrus College; Lisa Hannaman, Account Executive, Southern California Edison; Fred Harris, Assistant Vice Chancellor of College Finance & Facilities Planning, CCC System Office; Mike Miller, Director of Facilities Planning and Management, Butte-Glenn Community College District; Jose Nuñez, LEED AP, Vice Chancellor, Facilities Planning and Operations, San Mateo County Community College District
Description: The California Community Colleges have been very successful in becoming more environmentally and economically Sustainable through energy and resource efficient construction, rehabilitation, and operation of campus facilities. As budgets for public higher-education shrink, the Community Colleges have shown how energy efficiency can translate to life-cycle cost savings that free up dollars for the classroom. This presentation will focus on challenges and solutions from concept through construction and commissioning in order to build sustainable higher education facilities. There will be a showcase of several community colleges successes, and Best Practices presented by Community College leaders. Representatives from the Investor Owned Utilities will discuss the available technical assistance, policy recommendations, and incentive programs available to higher education customers, and the role that the CCC/IOU Energy Efficiency Partnership has played in helping campuses on the path to Sustainability. This presentation will also review: the California Community College Board of Governors' Sustainable Energy Policy; the current status of the CCC/IOU Partnership and the plans for the 2009-2011 program cycle; highlight the various utility programs available for energy efficient new construction design assistance, information systems technology efficiency, food service technology, emerging technologies, climate change programs, demand response, the California Solar Initiative and Self Generation Incentive programs.

Sustainability is Integrated Design
Presenters: Glenn Carels, Principal, LPA, Inc.; Dr. Cristina Chiriboga, Interim President, Cuyamaca College; Dale Switzer, Director, Facilities Planning and Development, Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District
Description: Sustainability is not a gimmick or checklist that gets overlaid on a project. Learn how to integrate sustainability into each project and make it is part of a building's DNA while remaining within the client's objectives and budget.

Determining a Green Career Path: Helping Students Find Their Way
Presenter: Cherie Cabral, Business Development Director, NECA/IBEW Cal Nevada SLMCC; Anna Garza, Matriculation Manager, School of Continuing Education, North Orange County Community College District Bernard; Percy, Director of Community College Programs, Green Technology
Description: How do students make career decisions? Often it is based on what others tell them to do, or on reasons that do not align with who they are, what they are interested in or if they have the needed talents to be successful. This session provides a view of the career decision-making process and the activities that should be done to help students "know" what is truly the best career path for them. Included in the session will be a discussion and list of programs and activities that focus on green careers that can help students as they make their career decisions. The session includes examples of related and relevant activities that can be applied to this area.

Off The Grid – Carbon Free, Cost Free
Presenters: Larry Eisenberg, Executive Director, Facilities Planning & Development, Los Angeles Community Colleges District; Tom Hall, Director of Facilities, Planning and Development, Los Angeles Community College District; Bharat Patel, Senior Vice President/Director of Sustainability, HOK Architects; Rocky Young, Chancellor Emeritus, Los Angeles Community College District
Description: In 2002, the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees adopted a modest goal – change the world – Build green, live green, use green power. The bold policy was premised on the idea that some organization needed to be first and then teach everyone else the solution. LACCD staff has accepted this mandate and has created the cutting edge sustainable development and renewable energy program in the country.

Sustainable Technology Solutions
Presenters: Mats Johanssen, Co-Founder & CEO, EON Reality, Inc.; Subodh Kumar, IFMA Fellow, CFM, Chartered Facility Management Group, Inc.
Description: Technology investment in California Community Colleges has lagged in the recent past. This presentation will identify ten major challenges for colleges over the next decade and how innovative technology can help address some challenges while preparing the workforce for the next decade. Presenters will also discuss solutions that address the needs of Students, Faculty and Staff that deliver "Green" results through technology.

 3:45 pm - 4:40 pm
 Increasing Access to Higher Education through Public Transportation
Presenter: Reginald James, Intern, External Affairs, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
Description: In an effort to maintain the accessibility of California Community College's, many campuses are collaborating with regional transportation agencies. The mutually beneficial relationships increase ridership, improve service to campuses and save students money; however, there are many obstacles to initiating and implementing such programs. Learn about the efforts to implement such a program between the Peralta Colleges and AC Transit, and other programs statewide.

New Climate Change Course Curriculum for Community Colleges
Presenter: Laura Faye Tenenbaum, Adjunct Faculty, Physical Sciences, Glendale Community College
Description: This session introduces a physical science course on climate change developed during a JPL Fellowship in collaboration with top climate scientists and faculty from Glendale Community College and SCULA. The new undergraduate course incorporates up-to-date climate data from NASA's earth orbiting satellites in the course material which makes the class exciting and attracts students towards an array of STEM career opportunities.

Green Partnerships-Public-Private Collaborations Leading to Green Campuses
Presenter: Brian Lynch, VP, Sales and Development, Recurrent Energy

Indoor Environmental Quality Consequences of Going Green: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Presenter: Kristin Shaw, Environmental Consultant, Clark Seif Clark, Inc.
Description: Some of the benefits of living and working in a green building include improved environmental quality (IEQ), a reduction of operating costs and enhanced occupant comfort and health. However, the hustle to "go green" can result in diminished value in IEQ. Explore real-world examples where the intention of going green produced unintended negative impacts to the indoor environmental quality and learn ways to avoid those potential problems.

Sustainable Strategies for Higher Education: Wikis, Blogs and Real Time Information
Presenters: Lisa Lewenberg, Director, Center of Excellence, Los Angeles Community College District; Marcela Oliva, B.Arch M.Arch, Chair, LACCD Architecture and Environmental Design Discipline, Professor, LATTC Architecture/Digital Design/GIS
Description: Go Green LACCD is an interactive site with wikis and blogs for educators, counselors, and students interested in sustainable strategies in their communities. The site was developed by members of the Los Angeles Community College District's (LACCD) Administrative Leadership Program in collaboration with the LACCD Sustainable group. The Go Green LACCD site will become a living curriculum. It provides faculty, staff, and students, with resources and tips on how we can all live greener lives and do our part to reduce global warming. Features of the site include tips on how to live greener, information on recycling and green building projects throughout the Los Angeles Community College District. It is a great resource for faculty who are interested in developing green curriculum, and a guide for students interested in developing green fairs at their home campuses.

Show Me the Money! Public Policy and Funding for Green-Collar Jobs and Career Technical Education
Presenters: Nwamaka Agbo, Green-Collar Jobs Campaign Statewide Organizer, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; Jeanette Dong, Director of Development. Peralta Community College District; Ian Kim, Director, Green-Collar Jobs Campaign, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Description: How will the community colleges provide green pathways out of poverty and into prosperity? How can California provide the funding to accelerate this? Join experts who are connecting public policy in Sacramento with community colleges and real solutions on the ground.

Revenue Enhancement, Cost Savings and Cost Avoidance
Presenter: Ruben Rojas, Build LACCD; Reagan Romali, Interim Chief Business Officer, Compton Center of El Camino College

 Thursday, October 9

1:15 pm - 2:10 pm
Water Opportunities: How to Optimize Conservation Strategies and Paybacks
Presenter: Chris Spain, President & CEO, HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc.
Description: More than half of urban water goes to landscapes, which are overwatered by 30-300%. All that wasted water leads to expensive property destruction, liabilities and runoff pollution. Gain control over water use to comply with new legislation, earn LEED points and reduce costs. Accelerate ROI with rebate and leasing programs.

The Cost of Green Building
Presenter: Cynthia Hughes-Doyle, Senior Associate, Davis Langdon
Description: In 2004, Davis Langdon examined the cost of building green. In 2006, an update to the study was run, examining the costs for incorporating sustainable design. The updated study confirms the results of the first, showing no significant difference in average cost to build green versus non-green for academic construction sectors.

Green Energy Education from California's Community Colleges
Presenter: Peter Davis, Statewide ATTE Program Director, Economic and Workforce Development Program, Chancellor's Office; David Esmaili, ATTE Program Director, West Valley Community College
Description: This session presents new developments in renewable energy programs from California's Community colleges, addressing photovoltaics, solar thermal, wind and related technologies. Through presentations and interactive panel discussions attendees will learn about: curriculum; program challenges; industry and labor partnerships; career pathways; and available labor data. Newly developing train-the-trainer and web-based resource assistance will be highlighted.

LEED Certification Pathways
Presenter: Grant French, LEED AP, Corporate Sustainability Manager, Swinerton Incorporated
Description: This session will cover USGBC's Green Campus Campaign that will launch at Greenbuild in November. The campaign includes the pilot Portfolio Program for certification of multiple buildings on a campus through the LEED green building rating system. As well as information on integrating green into curriculum at community colleges.

Engaging Students in Sustainability Issues Through Student Environmental Clubs
Presenters: Dr. Jayesh Bhakta, Chair of Physics and Engineering, Los Angeles City College; Suzanne Robinson, Vice President, Los Angeles City College Environmental Club
Description: Student environmental clubs are effective for engaging large numbers of students with sustainability issues and provide an essential opportunity for student self development and leadership. In this talk we share the experience gained through running a student environment club at Los Angeles City College. We demonstrate that a small group of dedicated students, working cooperatively with their campus, can engage hundreds of other students with sustainability issues and serve as a resource for developing sustainable practices at the campus.

The Integral Link Between Evidence-Based and Green Design
Presenters: Dr. Eve Edelstein, Senior Vice President, Research & Design, HMC Architects; Holly Hill, Sustainable Design Manager, HMC Architects
Description: To create truly high performance design, we must consider the interaction of the building and its environment, and look inside to the interaction between the building and its occupants. Drawing on evidence from behavioral, biological, and medical sciences, we can better understand how design choices influence human well being and performance.

Investing in California's Green Economic Future: The Legislative Role in Developing Green Collar Jobs
Presenters: Parrish Collins, Special Assistant to the Speaker, California State Assembly; Carla Din, Western Regional Director, Apollo Alliance; Barbara Halsey, Executive Director, California Workforce Investment Board
Description: The increase of capital investment in California's clean and green technologies sector will require a highly skilled and well trained workforce to perform the jobs demanded by this emerging economic sector. This session will provide an overview of the legislative, executive branch activities related to green collar jobs as well as the efforts of community, philanthropic and education partners developing workforce training programs.
2:30 pm - 3:25 pm
Retro-commissioning Opportunities for Energy Savings at Community Colleges
Presenter: Greg Cunningham, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Enovity Inc.
Description: The speaker will discuss commissioning of existing buildings (retro-commissioning) at colleges and universities, with an emphasis on recommendations and upgrade strategies that have low cost and short payback. The scope of the retro-commissioning process will be outlined along with new techniques in fault detection and diagnostic reporting of operational deficiencies in buildings with modern control systems.

How Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Can Benefit Your Institution
Presenter: André Villaseñor, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Description: Discover how environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) can benefit your institution. Learn the five principles of EPP, the benefits to your institution and how to buy ‘green' products. As a case study, learn about the world's ‘greenest' computers, and how purchasing them will save your institution money.

Apprenticeships and Internships: Success Stories
Presenters: Mavis McCallister, Pre-Apprenticeship Coordinator, American River College, Cris McCullough, Associate Vice President of Workforce Education, American River College; Jose Millan, Vice Chancellor, Economic Development & Workforce Preparation Division, California Community Colleges System Office

Community Integrated Green Workforce Training: Experiences from the Field
Presenters: Richard Soyombo, Director, Bay Area Center for International Trade Development (CITD); Dr. Sandy Wallenstein, Program Director, Strategic Energy Innovations
Description: To achieve sustainability goals, we need strong career pathways that integrate with and reinforce broader community sustainability efforts. Drawing on 3 San Francisco Bay Area programs, this session outlines how to integrate educational institutions, local partnerships, and a strong vision for community sustainability to launch innovative community-based green collar training programs.

Doing Well by Doing Good is About Doing It Right: Saving Money Through Green Operations and Maintenance
Presenters: Jennifer Regan, Manager, Sustainability Programs, Anschutz Entertainment Group (owner STAPLES Center and Home Depot Center)
Description: Many companies are starting to tell success stories about "doing well by doing good" but that all depends on doing it right, what has to happen behind the scenes to make that story possible? As a leading sports and entertainment organization with facilities such as STAPLES Center, sports franchises such as the Los Angeles Galaxy and music concerts and festivals such as Coachella, AEG understands how important getting sustainability and green practices right is to both the people and profit connected to our business. This presentation is designed for business leaders as well as operations and maintenance professionals at all levels, this session will provide attendees with a set of tools and principles to effectively identify green projects and practices that will reduce costs and improve environmental performance.

Cultivating California's Green Innovation Economy Through Educating Tomorrow's Green Workforce
Presenter: Ron David Militzer, Career Technical Education Consultant, California Department of Education (tentative); Ron Selge, Dean, Career Technical Education, Economic and Workforce Development Division, California Community Colleges Systems Offic
Description: New investments in California's Career Technical Education system have great potential for helping prepare future workers for the green economy. This session will introduce California's targeted $440 million, nine-year investment for preparing that future workforce. Local examples of cross-systems innovation and partnerships will be showcased.

 3:45 pm - 4:40 pm
Earning National Benefits & Incentives Through U.S. EPA's WasteWise
Presenter: André Villaseñor, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Description: Does your community college have a waste reduction program? Earn national recognition and other incentives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's premier partnership with a focus on recycling, waste prevention and reuse. Presenter will describe the goals of WasteWise, the benefits to partners, your personalized Climate Profile, and how to participate. Plus, learn how your college can participate in the nation-wide Recyclemania contest.

Transportation Sector Jobs
Presenters: John Drayton, Vehicle Acquisition Manager, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority; Jess Guerra, Instructor of Diesel Technology, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College

Industry-Driven, Employer-Responsive Community College Collaboratives for Energy Workforce Development
Presenters: John Carrese, Director, Business & Workforce Center for Excellence, City College of San Francisco; Rick Kuhn, Director, Professional & Workforce Development, De Anza College; Kitty O'Doherty, New Energy Workforce Coordinator, Cabrillo College; Bruce Whistler, Director, Workplace Learning Resource Center, Mission College
Description: This session will address best practices for working with industry partners to create successful energy workforce development programs serving entire regions. Get the buy-in of colleges outside your own district as well as employer, workforce investment board, and government partners. Learn best practices for creating truly "industry-driven" regional collaboratives.

Green IT – Sustainable Design and Operation
Presenters: Patrick Ciccarelli, President & CEO, Varsity Technologies
Description: Learn the latest strategies for reducing equipment, HVAC, and power consumption expenditures in the server room while still providing high availability. Schools and school districts have very specific IT needs, and depend on their servers and data to be available during common types of disruptions in service. Designing IT systems with energy efficiency and life cycle management in mind is an important strategy for business capacity and continuity. The speaker will explain how new technologies can be leveraged to reduce costs and environmental impact. The target audience for this workshop is Community College Facilities Executives, CIOs, and Directors of Technologies.

Cutting Edge Energy Technology
Presenter: Vijay Israni, President, 3rd Rock Systems & Technologies, Inc.
Description: Community colleges are leading the way towards developing a fossil fuel free future. This session will acquaint attendees with what is coming in terms of a sustainable cycle of energy, including component technologies, devices and machines. They each will have their place in making clean, renewable, and sustainable energy a reality for our future.

California's Green Job Opportunities: An on-the-ground assessment using the Environmental Defense Fund's new Green Jobs Guidebook
Presenters: Timothy O'Connor, Attorney/Climate Policy Analyst, California Climate Initiative, Environmental Defense Fund
Description: This presentation will unveil a new, comprehensive, on-the-ground assessment of the California green jobs marketplace from an objective viewpoint. The assessment, a Green Jobs Guidebook by Environmental Defense Fund, profiles over 200 green jobs and highlights green curriculum at community colleges across the state. The book also identifies new cutting edge programs, apprenticeship opportunities and government run placement services to train perspective workers and connect them to employment openings.

How Community Colleges Can Move Quickly to Create Courses for New Types of Jobs
Presenter: Felicito Cajayon, Dean of Economic & Workforce Development, Santa Monica College; Marcy Drummond, Vice President, Academic Affairs, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College; Marvin Martinez, Vice Chancellor for Workforce Development, Los Angeles Community College District
Description: The scope and scale of policy incentives to make California more sustainable is perhaps the greatest opportunity for urban economic growth, innovation and job creation the state will encounter in decades. However, a lack of a skilled and trained workforce is likely to become a leading barrier to growth in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries. If California is to meet it ambitious sustainable development and renewable energy goals, Community Colleges will be called upon to play an integral role in the rapid expansion of the new energy economy by supplying the requisite, skilled workforce. Presenters from two community colleges and a community college district will provide information, tools, and resources they used to quickly develop green education and training programs.
 

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