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Residential Green Design: Challenges and RewardsWhen: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Come enjoy three speakers from Stitt Energy Systems. Orlo Stitt, President, Stitt Energy Systems, David Stitt, VP and Suzanne Lantz, VP Design For Orlo's Bio CLICK HERE! For David's Bio CLICK HERE! For Suzanne's Bio CLICK HERE! Residential Green Design: The Challenges and Rewards You Wouldn’t Expect - Experience Has It’s Advantages The award winning design/build team at Stitt Energy Systems, Inc., with over 28 years experience in sustainable building, will share insights on the challenges and rewards of “going green”. Through video soundtrack and case histories, you will learn more about the practical integration of green principles in your projects. From selling to site planning, design, and construction, the Stitt team will show how to apply green principles when the site, budget, and clients’ expectations seem to jeopardize the ‘green’ in the project. Energy efficient techniques developed and proven by Orlo Stitt and verified by satisfied clients inspired the company’s holistic approach to home building and mirror its mission statement, which has always focused on energy and environmental sustainability. You will learn how this often resulted in humorous and unexpected insights. Throughout the process, the Stitt team helps clients enjoy and share their conviction and success in sustainable living. This session can help you do the same. |
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Sustainable Site Selection: Low Impact Development: 2 Cases in Arkansas Residential PlanningWhen: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 Steve Luoni, Director of the University of Arkansas Community Design Center For Steve's bio CLICK HERE! The presentation will address two Arkansas neighborhood developments planned by the University of Arkansas Community Design Center that have received national recognition for green design. Each project incorporates Low Impact Development (LID), a regenerative planning approach to improve a site’s delivery of ecological services in the course of its development. Since sustainability ultimately solves for the triple bottom line ¾ integrating environment, economic, and social measures ¾ LID technology is a foundation for enhancing neighborhood affordability and social capital. LID technologies: “shared streets”, “green streets”, conservation planning, indigenous landscaping, and “veranda urbanism” begin to constitute a holistic design framework. Case studies will also examine interdisciplinary planning collaborations, featuring ecological engineering solutions for civil infrastructure design. LID will not only maximize ecological and urban services in development, but also provide multiplier benefits necessary to achieve true sustainability. |
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PANEL DISCUSSION: Arkansas Residential Energy Codes, Legislation, & Tax CreditsWhen: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Susan Recken, Arkansas Energy Office For Susan's Bio CLICK HERE! For Ron's Bio CLICK HERE! Susan will be discussing the Arkansas' Energy Efficiency Codes. Susan will discuss training Arkansas' Builders and Building Code Inspectors on the Energy Code. She will also report on the field study performed by the Energy Office on the energy performance of 100 new homes in central and northwest Arkansas. Mark is with the City of Little Rock Building Inspectors. The Building Codes Division issue construction related permits and provides plan review and inspection services with regard to building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical construction in the City of Little Rock. The primary goal of the Division is to protect the public health and safety through the administration and enforcement of these codes. Within the Building Codes Division there are six working sections: Building Inspections, Electrical Inspections, Permits, Plan Review, Mechanical Inspections and Plumbing/Gas Inspections. Ron will discuss what it takes to qualify for an Energy Star Home or the $2,000 tax credit for new homes. He will discuss why some houses fail when others succeed. He will discuss the steps from plan review on the front end to certification at the conclusion and inspections in between. He will address costs & benefits and touch on energy efficient mortgages and financial incentives to offset some of the costs. |