RETREAT SCHEDULE

Program Coordinators: 
Terri Meyer Boake, University of Waterloo, tboake@uwaterloo.ca 
Mary Guzowski, University of Minnesota, guzow001@umn.edu

Site Coordinators: 
Andre Potvin, Laval University, andre.potvin@arc.ulaval.ca
Claude Demers, Laval University, claude.demers@arc.ulaval.ca

PLEA finishes up midday

Arriving Wednesday afternoon?? Check out the Architectural Tours offered by PLEA
http://www.plea2009.arc.ulaval.ca/E/Tours.html

Meeting of the SBSE Board (Past, Current and President-elect, Secretary Treasurer, Committee chairs) - Afternoon, time TBA.

The Retreat will accommodate late afternoon arrivals.

Dinner reservations have been made for 40 people at the Clarendon Hotel for 6:30 pm. Dinner costs are extra to the retreat. Spend the evening meeting colleagues new and old and enjoying the charm of Quebec City.

8:00 AM    BREAKFAST - coffee, tea, juice, pastries

9:00 – 10:30 AM
INTRODUCTIONS, OMIYAGE EXCHANGE (small portable gift exchange)

James Wasley, Terri Boake, Mary  Guzowski    
Update on the Carbon Neutral Design Project (30 minutes)

10:30 - 11:00          COFFEE BREAK

11:00 AM – 12:30PM
TWO SIDES OF THE PROBLEM:
Leena Thomas                               
The Aesthetics of Environmental Performance  (30 minutes)
Pablo LaRoche                              
Overview of CND Project Tools (30 minutes)
Erik Bonnett                                   
An Introduction to RMI’s Green Footstep, a Carbon Assessment Tool (30 minutes)

LUNCH 12:30 – 1:30

1:30 – 3:00 PM
TOOLS:
Michael Utzinger                         
Aldo Leopold Case Study (30 minutes)
Carbon Neutral or Low Energy Research: Development of Helpful Tools (60 minutes)

3:00 – 3:30 COFFEE BREAK

3:30 – 5:30 PM
TOOLS:
PC Thomas                         
WORKSHOP: Design Builder and Energy Plus Demonstration (90 - 120 minutes)
people will need to pre load the software in Windows format on their laptops to fully
 participate

5:30 – 6:30 PM                 BREAK
6:30 – 8:00 PM                 DINNER

8:00 – 10:00 PM
EVENING SESSION – SPECIAL FOCUS
THE WELLS CHECKLIST REVISITED FOR ITS CARBON POTENTIAL
Bruce Haglund                               
WORKSHOP: “Carbon-Based Tool for Design and Construction,” based on Wells’ methodology

8:00 AM    BREAKFAST - coffee, tea, juice, pastries

9:00 – 10:30 AM
PEDAGOGY/LITERACY/THINKING:
Michael McGlynn                            
Reading and Writing Sustainable Architecture: Outcomes of a Graduate Seminar
Lisa Iulo                                                
Living With Sustainable Energy in a Global Society
Shahin Vassigh                                 
Building Literary: “A Simulated Environment to Teach Building Sustainability

10:30 - 11:00 AM          COFFEE BREAK

11:00 AM – 12:30PM
STUDIO TEACHING:
Mark Barnhouse             
Carbon Neutral and ZED Design Teaching: Carbon Neutrality in the Studio Setting
Ms. Ulrike Passe      
Implementing energy evaluation and simulation tools into the design studio
Mary Guzowski                  
Carbon Neutral Design Studio Projects

LUNCH 12:30 – 1:30 PM

1:30 – 3:00 PM
DESIGN / BUILD / INTEGRATED DESIGN:
Pablo La Roche         
Meditation Capsule: A CND Design Build Project
Wim Zeiler                  
ZED Design and C2C Teaching:
Professional workshops and students’ Multidisciplinary master design projects
Kenneth MacKay            
Enhanced Environmental Performance through Integrated Building Systems

3:00 – 3:30 PM          COFFEE BREAK

3:30 – 5:30 PM
CASE STUDIES:
Ulrike Passe                                   
Integrating the Solar Decathlon into coursework at Iowa State University
Christopher RG Black                  
Net Zero Steel Retail Buildings
Cindy Urness                                 
ZED Urban Planning in 1960’s Minnesota
Kalyan Chakraborty                     
Sustainable Envelope Assembly

5:30 – 6:30                   BREAK
6:30 – 8:00                   DINNER

8:00 – 10:00 PM
EVENING SESSION – SPECIAL FOCUS
CURRICULUM DISCUSSION:
Peter Papesch
WORKSHOP: Reflections on the crafting of a new curriculum to meet the 2030 Challenge and Carbon Neutral or Net Zero Energy Design.

8:00 AM    BREAKFAST

9:00 – 10:30 AM
GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONFERENCE WRAP UP:
Leonard Bachman, incoming SBSE President, facilitator
What do current trends and interests in Sustainable, going to Net Zero Design mean for SBSE. Our past, our present and our future??

10:30 - 11:00 AM          COFFEE BREAK

11:00 AM – 12:00PM
Retreat Planning for 2010 and 2011

12:00 – 1:00 PM LIGHT LUNCH