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Net Zero: From Target to Reality
The concept of net zero – buildings and industrial processes that produce as much energy or water than they require – has been an aggressive goal in the green building and sustainability community for several years. But many architects, builders, and manufacturers across the globe are now showing how to make net zero a reality.
Join us on Oct 14 for a lively, interactive discussion with several of the world's leading net zero thinkers and practitioners to hear about inspiring breakthrough innovations in green building, clean energy, materials science, sustainable design, and manufacturing - and hear why net zero is emerging as one of the next big things in clean tech.
Speaker Bios:
Brad Liljequist
Technical Director,
Living Building Challenge
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Brad is a sustainable building expert, urban designer, planner, and program and development manager with 25 years of experience. He directed development of Petal and Net Zero Energy Certified zHome, the first multifamily zero net energy community in the United States, as well as Issaquah Fire Station 72, the world’s most energy efficient fire station and recipient of the international 2012 ASHRAE Technology award. He brings a pragmatic, results-oriented focus to catalyzing deep change throughout the built environment, with a particular passion for zero carbon footprint buildings and communities. He is a graduate of Georgetown University (history), studied theology at the University of St. Andrews, and holds a Master’s in environmental policy from the University of Washington Evans School.
Alex Steffen
Planetary Futurist in Residence, IDEO and Editor, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century
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Alex Steffen is an award-winning author, speaker and strategic advisor, who has spoken to audiences around the globe and advised many of the world’s most forward-looking companies, NGOs and public institutions. Alex seeks and shares strategies for better understanding the planetary crisis we face, and using our new insight to improve the odds of humanity thriving over the long-term, while we succeed and prosper today. He is currently Planetary Futurist in Residence at the design and innovation company IDEO, where he is exploring the practice of design thinking as applied to the anticipation of large-scale change.
Jonathan Rowe
Content Marketing Manager and former Zero Energy Buildings Program Manager
Autodesk
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Jonathan Rowe is a Program Manager for the Sustainability Solutions team at Autodesk, a world leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software and services. With deep expertise in high performance buildings and green manufacturing, Jonathan focuses on new software development, product management, market research, industry engagement, thought leadership, and business strategy. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Stanford University.
Clint Wilder
Senior Editor
Clean Edge
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Clint Wilder is Clean Edge's senior editor, a blogger about clean-tech issues for the Green section of The Huffington Post, and co-author of Clean Tech Nation and The Clean Tech Revolution (both with Ron Pernick). E-mail him at wilder@cleanedge.com and follow him on Twitter at @Clint_Wilder.
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