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HUD Green Living Symposium Agenda and Presentations

Enterprise and HUD held a regional symposium in Los Angeles focused on post-construction best practices and education modules for operating and maintaining sustainable multifamily properties. Download the presentations below.

Agenda

8:00 a.m.	Registration and Light Breakfast
9:00 a.m.	Welcome William G. Vasquez, director, Community Planning and Development HUD Los Angeles Field Office Jeff Schaffer, vice president and Southern California market leader, Enterprise Community Partners Trisha Miller, director, Enterprise Green Communities
9:30 a.m.	Morning Plenary The Power of People-Centered Strategies: Engaging Communities in Sustainable Practices Dr. Karen Erhardt-Martinez, director Climate Mind and Behavior Program, Garrison Institute \| The Power of People Centered Strategies
10:30 a.m.	Morning Break
10:45 a.m.	Break-out Session #1 Project Manager Handoff to Operations and Resident Services \| The Hand Off Holly Benson, Abode Communities Jim Dixon, Abode Communities Tom Polansky, Abode Communities Moderator: Lara Regus, Abode Communities Getting Property Management on Board Ellen Tohn, Tohn Environmental Strategies, LLC \| Benchmarking Properites for Energy Use \| Green & Healthy Property Management \| How to Read an Electricity Bill \| Fix Your Flapper Dorothy Kern, Selfhelp Community Services \| Sustainability and Building Managers The Healthy Food Access Movement in Affordable Housing Alex Dorsey, W.O.R.K.S. USA Leila Kumar, San West Collaborative (A Community of Friends) & Urban Mosaic Communities \| Food Security in Affordable Housing Christopher Parr, Denver Housing Authority \| Presentation Moderator: Jenny Fogarty, Enterprise Community Partners
12:00 p.m.	Luncheon Plenary (lunch will be provided) Building Organization Will for Greening Affordable Housing Linda Mandolini, executive director, Eden Housing \| Walking the Talk: Leading Staff Behavior Change for Greener Buildings
1:45 p.m.	Break-out Session #2: Financial Resources for Green Improvements Krista Kline, Los Angeles Housing Department Michael McKnight, Green and Healthy Homes Initiative \| Presentation Tom Gackstetter, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Moderator: Evelyn Wolff, Selfhelp Community Services Monitoring Building Performance Ed Connelly, New Ecology, Inc. \| Utility Tracking and Performance Benchmarking Tom Polansky, Abode Communities \| Smarter Utilities Management Jonathan Braman, Bright Power/EnergyScoreCards\| Three Questions Moderator: Walker Wells, Global Green USA Enterprise Green Resident Engagement Grantees Panel Stephanie Perrone, Foundation Communities \| Presentation Dorothy Kern, Selfhelp Community Services \| Presentation Valarie Williams, Abode Communities \| Presentation Moderator: Trisha Miller, Enterprise Community Partners \| Presentation
3:00 p.m.	Afternoon Break
3:15 p.m.	Break-out Session #3: Learning from the Past to Inform Future Developments Rose Olson, West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation Shanon Lampkins, West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation Veronica Zimmerman Garcia, Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation Moderator: Ted Bardacke, Global Green USA Managing an Energy Audit Sharon Im-Lee, Little Tokyo Service Center CDC \| Energy Audit Resources Tony Liou, Partner Energy \| Energy Effficienty Project Identification and Implementation Process Matthew Anderson, EMG Moderator: Fran Hereth, Kango Development Resident Engagement Tools: Train the Trainer Ellen Tohn, Tohn Environmental Strategies, LLC \| Engaging Residents Around Green and Healthy Housing Kelly Meehan, Community Housing Partnership \| Resident Engagement Tools
4:30 p.m.	Conclusion

Download the Agenda | Download the Green Living Symposium Program

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