Filo Castore

AIA, LEED AP

Speaker Bio

Filo Castore, AIA, LEED AP is Associate Principal and Market Sector Leader for Corporate, Commercial, and Civic design with Perkins+Will in Houston, Texas. His approach to architecture promotes health, comfort, ecology, and building performance with an emphasis on a collaborative process and contextual thinking. Filo is a tireless advocate for sustainable design, and he is deeply involved in local, regional, and national architectural communities including leadership roles shaping sustainable policies. In 2009, Filo received an AIA Houston Presidential Citation for Outstanding Service to Gulf Coast Green and to the AIA. Filo is an AIA Houston Board Member, USGBC Houston LEED-ND Committee Chair, and part of the AIA COTE AG Team since 2009, after serving for 3 years as the AIA Regional Team Leader for the Gulf Coast and Southeast Region. He has lectured and offered educational opportunities for the design community and the public on a variety of sustainable design topics. Filo's speaking forums have included the AIA National Convention, The Rice Building Institute, USGBC-Houston, the German American Chamber of Commerce Conference on Energy, University of Houston, Prairie View A&M University, the Texas Society of Architects Annual Conference, and the ACSA Ð Annual Conference. Additionally he has held teaching positions With over twenty years of architectural experience, his accomplishments demonstrate his intent and commitment to making a positive impact on our built environment and its culture.

William Howard Coltzer, Jr.

AIA

Speaker Bio

William Howard (Bill) Coltzer, Jr.., AIA, is the managing and founding partner of Zero/Six Consulting, LLC, an Exterior Building Envelope Consulting Firm specializing in Forensic Architecture. Son of a General Contractor, Bill grew up participating in the family construction business, later attended Texas A & M and in 1993 became a licensed Architect. A combination of construction understanding, architectural training, and real-world experience give Bill a unique perspective of the construction process. Since the creation of Zero/Six Consulting, LLC in 2003, Bill has participated in the remediation, design and testing of numerous facilities across the Gulf Coast ranging in values of a few million dollars to over three hundred million.

Ray Congdon

Speaker Bio

Ray Congdon is a Director of Engineering at CB Richard Ellis.

As a Director of Engineering in the Houston area, Ray is responsible for the management of building operations and MEP maintenance and repairs of 44 million square feet of high-tech, office, warehouse, lab and research and development buildings across the United States and Canada for Hewlett Packard.

Responsibilities are inclusive of the oversight of building system efficiencies, energy management, critical environment, code compliance and platform operations development. He provides direction to a staff of over one hundred building engineers who provide services to two hundred thirty-five buildings across U.S. and Canada. He is also responsible for ensuring the engineering team stays current with technology through the implementation of a comprehensive engineer training program. Ray has spent 25 years in building engineering and property management. In addition to his current responsibilities, he has experience in outpatient healthcare, hospital, historical, and Class A, commercial high-rise.

C. H. Culp

Ph.D., P.E., LEED-AP

Gerry Faubert

Cet, LEED AP

Speaker Bio

Gerry Faubert is a leader in pioneering innovative, energy efficient and green designs and operations for projects in North America. He takes a practical and holistic approach to addressing clients' challenges, helping achieve solutions that meet their social, economic, and environmental objectives. As HOK's Director of Integrated Design, Gerry's focus is on sustainable engineering and ensuring that HOK's projects world-wide are designed to the highest sustainability standards.

In his recent work, Gerry was a key member of a research team that developed a new prototype for an affordable zero carbon emissions office building. When it is built, Net Zero Court will become the largest net-zero emissions building in North America. This experience demonstrated how a net zero emissions or net zero energy goal must be integrated into the building design process and that a design team must commit to a performance-driven solution at each step of the process. The knowledge gained from this research continues HOK's commitment to design all projects to be 100 percent carbon neutral by 2030. As a former Managing Principal of Stantec Buildings Engineering Group and Principal of Keen Engineering, Gerry was responsible for the sustainable design of numerous innovative buildings, including HOK's Jean Canfield Government of Canada Building in Charlottetown. He was both the LEE D¨ AP and Principal-in-Charge of the Student Centre at the University of Toronto Scarborough, which won a City of Toronto Green Award in 2005.

Denise Fong

IALD, LEED AP

Speaker Bio

Denise Fong, IALD, LEED AP is a principal and lighting design practice leader for Candela. She has more than 25 years of experience in specialized lighting design for both public and private clients. Recognized by her professional peers with numerous design achievement awards, she is highly skilled in assisting in developing high quality, energy efficient lighting systems for interior and exterior projects. She is a national leader in sustainable urban design initiatives. Keeping abreast of rapidly changing technologies, she focuses on innovations in lighting systems. Ms. Fong is an avid speaker and author on lighting design topics and designing for a sustainable future.

Chris Haas

Speaker Bio

Chris Haas is an Associate Principal and Studio Director for Sparling's Houston Office. Chris is a professional electrical engineer with over 13 years of consulting engineering experience.

He has designed electrical systems for millions of square feet of commercial office and corporate campus buildings during his career, which has provided insight into coordination related impacts and opportunities between mechanical and electrical systems. He has participated in numerous design charettes, VE sessions and budget meetings, all of which have given him a unique perspective in the ways that mechanical systems impact the capacity and cost of electrical systems. While the NEC provides specific rules on sizing various aspects of an electrical distribution system, coordination and feedback from the electrical engineer to the mechanical engineer can help make decisions that reduce mechanical load on the electrical design.

Julie Hendricks

Speaker Bio

Julie is the Director of Research and Innovation at Kirksey. She has consulted on and managed the LEED process for 40 projects and many building types, adding up to more than 7 million square feet of space. She has been a part of Kirksey's EcoServices team for six years, has been a LEED accredited professional for eight years, and has been a registered architect for ten years. She frequently speaks on the topic of green building, and has written a number of published articles on the topic. Julie is very active in volunteering and advocating for green building in the Houston community; she holds leadership positions in the US Green Building Council and the Citizens Environmental Coalition. She is an executive committee member of the Gulf Coast Green conference. Julie has also taught architecture at the Boston Architectural Center and at Prairie View A&M University.

Lillian Hon

AIA, LEED AP

Speaker Bio

Lillian Hon AIA, LEED AP is one of the sustainability initiative leaders at FKP Architects and helping develop a plan for her firm to meet the goals the 2030 Commitment.  She graduated from University of Houston with a Bachelor?s of Architecture in 1987.  She has worked on a wide range of projects from subsidized housing projects to healthcare.

Roger Larson

Speaker Bio

Roger Larson holds the position of Project Director at McKinstry. Roger is responsible for managing the overall delivery process of energy savings projects in accordance with contract and client expectations. Roger?s experience in this area allows him the capability of making critical decisions across disciplines. His management, engineering and financial expertise has supported many schools, colleges, universities, hospitals, commercial and industrial customers by leveraging operational and utility savings to facilitate needed upgrade of facility infrastructure. Roger is motivated to provide clients with innovative solutions focused on reducing their utility and operational costs and improving their operations. He has had the opportunity to be involved with many of the most interesting projects throughout the United States and in particular, the Southwest region.

David MacLean

LEED AP

Speaker Bio

David joined CHP & Associates in 2007 as a Project Manager bringing to the Company an extensive knowledge of large cooling plant designs and energy efficiency analysis. His passion for environmentally conscious design has led him to be manager of a Sustainable Design Team.

The construction industry has always been a part of David?s life, beginning at an early age working with his father?s construction business. After having served 12 years as a military officer, he returned to his construction roots, earning a Bachelor of Science Environmental Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1997.

During nine years as a System Engineer with The Trane Company, he assisted owners and engineers in the analysis of cooling plant systems and in the selection of operating strategies and equipment enhancements to improve overall operating efficiency. Projects include a new turbine inlet cooling plant for NRG to boost electrical output, Duke Energy supplemental cooling plant to treat blowdown water returning to the Ohio River, Annette Strauss Artist?s Square for the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, CEMEX Center, Christ the King Presbyterian Church, MetroNational Westin Hotel and Moody Gardens Ike Recovery.

David is currently heading up the design team for Moody Gardens Complex Capital Improvements, 945 Bunker Hill Office Building and The Mickey Leland Federal Office Building.  David is also the Sustainability Manager, responsible for coordination of all consultants and team members, on the new George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, on track to achieve LEED Platinum status under the 2009 New Construction rating system.

David is an active member of USGBC, and is the Education Chair for the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter.  He has been a LEED Accredited Professional since 2003. He is currently working on a Green MBA program.

Brian Malarkey

Speaker Bio

Brian Malarkey, is an Architect and Executive Vice President at Kirksey where he leads the EcoServices group. Brian co-founded the Houston Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council and has been President of the Houston Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Most recently, Brian was inducted into the AIA College of Fellows for his work in sustainability.

Thomas Marseille

PE, LEED BD+C

Speaker Bio

Tom is currently the managing director for the WSP F+K Seattle office. Here he focuses on sustainable design consulting, HVAC, net zero energy design and analysis, systems modelling, total cost of ownership (life cycle cost) analysis, capital assessment and planning, and renewable energy applications.

Active in the local community and nationally, Tom is a member of the USGBC/ASHRAE/IESNA jointly sponsored technical Committee that recently published Standard 189.1, the first ANSI-accredited high performance green building standard. He currently sits on the Executive Committee for the International Living Future Institute (formerly the Cascadia Green Building Council) Board of Directors, and is on Seattle's Living Building Pilot Program Technical Advisory Group. Formerly he was a member of Seattle's Green Building Task Force and served as a technical contributor for the recently passed Washington State energy efficiency legislation (E2SSB 5854). Tom is moderator for the AIA+2030 Professional Series in Seattle.

Myron Pendley

LEED AP

Speaker Bio

Myron, as a Project Executive for JE Dunn Construction Company, a leading provider of construction management services, design-build, and integrated project delivery, has managed the planning and construction of many large national projects. These projects have included Corp of Engineer Projects, Healthcare Projects, Higher Education as well as K through 12 Projects and numerous Correctional Facilities. In addition to his duties in Operations, Myron was a key advocate in the early development and implementation of JE Dunn's fully integrated Project Portal and CMiC Project Collaboration Suite which allows JE Dunn to collaborate on Design Documents, Building Information Modeling, Submittals, General Correspondence, Owner Pay Applications, Subcontractor Pay Applications and Payments, Project Financial Reporting, RFI's, Potential Change Order Documentation, and Project Closeout Documentation. Myron and his wife Laura have two children and live in Missouri City, Texas.

Sian Roberts

AIA

Speaker Bio

Sian Roberts, AIA, is a partner with the Miller Hull Partnership where she has led teams on civic, educational and infrastructure projects throughout the Northwest. Her projects include administration buildings, independent K-12 schools, branch and central libraries and a variety of infrastructure projects. Her projects have won AIA awards for design, the innovative use of BIM and excellence in design/build. Sian is the leader of Miller Hull’s "Mixed Greens" group that keeps knowledge about sustainable design fresh and accessible among the entire staff. She spearheaded the firm’s efforts to track energy performance on projects and helped develop Miller Hull’s approach to compliance with the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Sian received a BS in physics from Haverford College in 1986 and an MArch from the University of Washington in 1992. She is a licensed architect in the State of Washington, a LEED Accredited and a DBIA Designated Professional. Sian is on the executive board of the Northwest Region of the DBIA and is the current secretary of AIA Seattle. She is also on the board of the Seattle Architecture Foundation where she has developed programs for youth and works to integrate the organization’s program offerings.

Lisa Rosenow

CSBA, LEED AP

Speaker Bio

Lisa Rosenow is an energy efficiency program manager for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council/Putnam Price Group (NEEC/PPG) based out of Seattle, WA. Her focus is in energy conservation and sustainable design education and advocacy. She has over fifteen years of experience in the building construction industry as a mechanical engineering designer and has designed systems for a variety of building types with a particular focus in healthcare. Her expertise includes system optimization, energy efficiency analysis and energy modeling. At NEEC/PPG she provides training, technical support and develops educational resources for the Washington State Non-Residential Energy Code. She provides account management and technical support for benchmarking and energy efficiency strategy development for healthcare focused utility incentive programs in the Pacific NW and southern California.

Lisa was a member of the technical advisory team that developed the AIA+2030 Professional Series, a collaborative effort between AIA Seattle and Architecture 2030. She is a former Board member for the ASHRAE Puget Sound Chapter and is active at the society level as a member of their technical committee on integrated design. She is co-instructor on the topic of Integrated Building Design for the ASHRAE Learning Institute and has taught this one-day course in various locations around the country. Lisa is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Mechanical Engineering and holds a certificate in sustainable design from the National Sustainable Building Advisor Program (NaSBAP).

Dr. Ian Rowbottom

Speaker Bio

Dr. Ian Rowbottom is the Principal applications engineer for Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., headquartered in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1988 from the University of Manchester Institute of Technology (Manchester, England), with a Ph.D. in power electronics and electrical machine drives. He has been working for Lutron Electronics for 23 years.

Dr. Rowbottom's achievements include the development of neon cold cathode dimming technology (used in casinos, restaurants, etc.), direct current dimming technology (for use in MRI rooms), and he holds the patent on controls for individual lighting fixtures. After completing these engineering assignments for Lutron, he was based for several years in Tokyo, Japan, where he developed Quality standards that allowed Lutron to compete in one of the most competitive electronics markets in the world.

Dr. Rowbottom's roles have included Energy Czar and product manager for Lutron's Quantum Total Light Management System, which optimizes electric light and daylight to save energy and create a productive, comfortable, visual environment. Dr. Rowbotom is currently working as the infield technical expert covering Lutron's southern region sales area. He resides in the Sarasota area of Florida.

David M. Sinz

PE, LEED AP

Speaker Bio

As a licensed professional engineer and LEED AP, David incorporates engineering as a design tool to enhance and complement architectural structures that has earned him accolades from clients and his peers. This ability and his care for the craft garnered him awards and numerous published articles for his innovative approach to integrated design.

David participates in both the design and management of projects while providing high technical understanding that ensures effective design in capacity, flexibility, and energy conservation. His experience encompasses projects of all types including international, commercial, academic, aviation, healthcare, and residential facilities.

Rives T. Taylor

FAIA, LEED AP BD&C

Speaker Bio

Rives Taylor is a Texas licensed, practicing architect and educator. As a principal, he leads Gensler?s firm-wide Sustainable Design Task Force precipitating several successful sustainable building projects, including several recent LEED Platinum projects. The Gensler Task Force is actively involved in education about sustainability, both inside the firm and to peers and clients. He lectures at Schools of Architecture at Rice University and the University of Houston. In addition, he is on the convention program committees for the USGBC, Texas Society of Architects and a committee chair of the AIA Education Committee.

Kapil Upadhyaya

LEED AP

Speaker Bio

Kapil joined Kirksey in 2007 as a Building Energy Analyst for the Eco Services team. Kapil has facilitated an integrated design process on more than 40 projects doing Building Performance Simulation that includes energy, envelope and daylight modeling. He has spoken on the subject to Texas College and University Facility Conference, AIA Austin, AEE Houston, 16th Hot & Humid Symposium and ASHRAE College Station. His research on optical light pipes was presented at the 25th Conference on Passive Low Energy Architecture. Presently Kapil's focus is to benchmark energy efficiency and aid design of Net-Zero buildings. He is also the founder member of the Houston Chapter of International Building Performance Simulation Association.