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ASHE 2010 47th Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition

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ASHE Roadmap to a Sustainable Environment

Track : Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Program Code: 260

Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Time: 3:15 PM to 4:30 PM EST

Location: Room 18 - 19

PRIMARY SPEAKER :

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Walter Vernon, PE, MBA, JD, LEED AP, CEO, Mazzetti

Walt Vernon, PE, LEED� AP is an electrical engineer with over 20 years of experience in the design and construction of numerous healthcare facilities. Because of his experience and expertise, he serves as a Principal Member of the Electrical Technical Committee for NFPA 99 and co-chairs the ANSI/IEEE White Book, the national standard for the design of electrical systems in healthcare buildings. Walt is an electrical engineer on the AIA Guidelines Revision committee, and serves as the electrical engineer for the California Hospital Safety Board (HBSB). He has provided leadership for sustainable healthcare facilities at both the state and national levels serving as one of three Co-Coordinators for Practice Greenhealth (formerly the Green Guide for Healthcare). Walt is now helping to lead the effort to move Practice Greenhealth in a new direction in a world that contains a LEED for Healthcare. He is also on a California HBSB committee established to create their green healthcare regulations. Walt is currently leading the transformation of his company into the Climate Change Consulting field, recently leading the effort to help St. Joseph Health System create a statewide facility greenhouse gas emissions inventory for reporting to the California Climate Registry. Walt holds a BE and BS in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics/Philosophy, respectively, from Vanderbilt University, an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a JD from the University of San Francisco.

CO-PRESENTER :

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Laura Brannen, Associate, Material + Waste Prevention Strategies, Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch

Description

Health care facilities and organizations need help finding opportunities to reduce energy and water use, and address their contribution to climate change. ASHE has developed a set of tools to help you better understand the issues, pending legislation, and terminology related to this important topic. Need to develop energy reduction targets between now and 2050? Want to undertake a renewable energy facility assessment to determine the feasibility of installing on�site generation capability at about the same cost as your current electricity bill? Need support in presenting your C�suite with a climate action plan? The ASHE Roadmap can help. This session will enable you to�

� Describe the tools and resources ASHE offers its members to help them understand and address environmental challenges.
� Discuss success stories and case studies from your colleagues who have already started using the ASHE Roadmap to a Sustainable Environment.

LEARNER OUTCOMES:

Learn about energy methods undertaken by LEED certified hospitals.
Learn what hospitals need to do to ensure better performing buildings.
Learn why LEED certified healthcare facilities are underperforming.
Understand the actual performance of LEED hospitals as opposed to the expected levels of energy efficiency.

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