People learn in different ways: Books, articles, videos, conversation, experience. I am a reader. Most of what I read relates to future visions of energy and resource availability, our relationship with technology, philosophy, the evolution of society, and broad thinking on sustainability.
Wednesday May 9th, 2012
Conscious Capitalism
I will be at the Conscious Capitalism conference at Bentley University in Waltham, MA May 22nd and 23rd. Great format, great speakers, and great company with Deborah Rhea and Ed McGraw from Ashley McGraw! Hope to see you there!
Thursday April 5th, 2012
Speaking at the Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference
Rex Giardine, Assistant Director for Capital Projects at Syracuse University, Calvin Ahn, Project Manager at Ashley McGraw Architects, and I will be speaking at the Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference hosted by the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland on April 16. The title of our talk is “Lifecycle: A Holistic Conversation.” It’s ostensibly about sustainable construction materials, but as you can guess, we’re using this topic as an opportunity to talk about big ideas: the Blue Design concept of synthesis, the disconnect between today’s qualitative and quantitative value sets, and a way of understanding the time we’re in called “The Overlap.” This one is going to be so much fun, with lots of new material. I hope to see you there!
Tuesday March 13th, 2012
Speaking at the NYS Green Building Conference
Ed McGraw and I will be speaking at the New York State Green Building Conference in Syracuse on March 29, 2012. We’ll be talking about the three C’s of net zero building design, a system for prioritizing energy efficiency strategies. This is not the first time I have given this presentation and it is always a lot of fun; it combines pragmatic energy performance strategies with a discussion of some of the underlying Blue Design philosophy (and of course, a good presentation is never the same twice!). I hope to see you there!
