The real estate market faces a transformational juncture where “crisis equals opportunity.” The credit debacle, technology changes, spiraling energy costs, and a tidal wave of “green” laws and policy trends may throw the unprepared off-balance, but lift the well-prepared to new heights. Case in point: The US Green Building Council is clocking new requests for LEED certification at $464 million dollars in total project value, every single business day. In this time of change, what once seemed fringe is now front and center. Investors, developers, portfolio and building owners and managers can no longer afford to sit on the sidelines. Tomorrow’s profits will be in the green building sector.

Returning to San Francisco, the third forum provides attendees an opportunity to be in the front seat as new tools and strategies in lending, valuation and risk assessment are invented and deployed. Topics include:

• Is green real estate holding value against the decline/slowdown in “brown” real estate?
• How are green and Triple Bottom Line investing addressing the opportunities and hazards in Obama’s policy agenda?
• How to think about a coming era of “systemic risk” from climate change and energy price volatility
• Exploring the links between the subprime crisis, sprawl, building design and real estate valuations and lending practices
• Building “smart growth” and reducing eco-footprints into profits via new lending, investment and valuation tools

The main forum starts at 8:00 AM on Tuesday, March 3rd.

Monday, March 2
8:00 AM-12:00PM

A number of trends are converging to change how a neighborhood or community development works.

At this workshop, you'll learn about:

• A new study from the International Energy Agency warns that the fall in oil prices may only be temporary and that a global oil supply crunch is looming. The end of cheap oil supports the New Urbanist strategies of urban infill and “smart growth.”
• Technical and financial innovations that are changing the way consumers use energy, from Smart Grid home or web-based energy monitors, time-of-use rates, on-site generation (solar, micro-wind, geothermal), energy storage, and the “smart garage” for charging plug-in electric vehicles.
• The finishing touches the US Green Building Council is putting on its LEED for Neighborhood Development standard.
• The rapid increase in green building ordinances and code changes favoring green building.
• Visionary designers and developers who are bundling many of these features in search of the lowest possible carbon and/ or energy footprint.

LEED EB retrofits can result in 25-30% operational cost-savings according to the New Buildings Institute. While the practice of assessing properties for efficiency improvements is well established, portfolio-wide assessment tools and financial analyses are still in their early days. This workshop will assemble some of the foremost practitioners to present the best practices developed to date.

Topics to be covered include:

• ESCO Financing Models
• BOMA Standardized Contract
• Underwriting/Transactions
• Costing & Underwriting Exercise
• Model Case Decision-making
• Case-Study: 100 Pine Street LEED EB Retrofit

Moderator:
Jim Coyle, LEED AP, Senior Project Manager, CHARLES PANKOW BUILDERS, LTD.

Presenters:
John Christmas, Senior Vice President, HANNON ARMSTRONG
Margot Crosman, RPA, CCIM, Director of Sustainability & General Manager, UNICO
George Denise, General Manager Facilities, Adobe Systems, CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD INC.
Barry Giles, LEED Faculty, CEO, BUILDINGWISE LLC
Andy Rhoades, LEED AP, Partner, LEEDING EDGE CONSULTING SERvICES, LLC
Laura Rodormer, Manager, Green Consulting Division, SWINERTON MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING
Mike Taylor, Vice President, Sales - Clinton Climate Initiative, HONEyWELL BUILDING SOLUTIONS

Continuing Education Credits
Infocast certifies that this activity has been approved for Continuing Education credit by the State of California in the amount of 9.75 hours for the forum, 2.5 hours for the morning workshop, and 3.5 hours for the afternoon workshop. Continuing Education credit hours are subject to change.

Cancellation, Refunds & Credits
Should you be unable to attend, a refund, less a $195 administrative charge, will be made for cancellations received via letter or fax at least 10 working days before the event. We will be pleased to transfer your registration to another member of your company, or credit the registration fee to another Infocast conference if you register within 6 months from the date of this conference. In the event the conference is canceled, Infocast's liability is limited to the refund of the conference registration fee only.