Continuing Education

How to Design Cost Effective Green Buildings

Presented by John A. Boecker, AIA

NOTE: 8.0 PDHs

Looking to design LEED® projects that cost less? This intense full day program teaches how. The session will examine how the integrative design process can produce green buildings that cost less to build than conventional construction. It will cover integrative design from its conceptual underpinnings to actual case studies, including a step-by-step process for implementing this approach. The workshop begins by looking at natural systems as a model for whole systems thinking. Following this conceptual overview, we will review case studies from constructed projects. This is followed by a description of how to define project intentions and integrate them after defining the basic elements of integrative design. The Presenter will also include an examination of how to move beyond a mere mental mode to embrace systems thinking. This includes an examination of moving beyond green buildings toward restorative and regenerative design.

A step-by-step outline will be presented of how to implement the integrative design process from the proposal and pre-design phases through construction, delivery and operations phases, and conclude with a case study of how to neutralize first costs, while achieving high performance and integrating LEED credits. Much of the course content is derived from The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability, a ground-breaking book co-authored by the presenter, published in 2009.

After completing this intense 8 hour program, attendees should be able to apply the concepts behind integrative design and demonstrate the benefits of an integrative process. Participants will learn to incorporate integrative design strategies and implement the basic elements and steps of an integrative design process.

About the Presenter
John A. Boecker, AIA

John A. Boecker, AIA, serves as a founding partner in 7group, an internationally recognized multi-disciplinary consulting firm focused on green development that collaborates with developers, architects, engineers, builders, government, and building owners engaged in green projects.

As an architect, his practice has focused exclusively on green buildings since 1996. Mr. Boecker designed two of the first 15 projects nationwide to achieve LEED Certification. He has also served as a team member on over 45 LEED Certified projects and another 50 LEED Registered projects. He Co-Chairs the USGBC International Task Force, served on the LEED Steering Committee from 2002-2009, served as LEED Faculty from 2001-2008, and Chaired the USGBC’s national LEED Curriculum Committee from 2002-2007. Mr. Boecker co-authored The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building, a seminal book published by Wiley in April, 2009. He also authored the “LEED Services Profile” in the AIA Architect’s Handbook for Professional Practice.

John has taught design at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg Area Community College, and has served as a guest lecturer at Harvard. He has lectured in 33 states and 11 countries about green buildings. He also serves as an advisor to Environmental Building News and was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Green Professionals in 2009. John holds a B.S. degree in Architecture from Penn State and a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University.

This program qualifies for 8 CE hours for:
X Professional Engineers
X Licensed Architects
– Land Surveyors

Programs are 8:30am to 5:00pm and include lunch.

Fall Seminars:
• $225 per person per program before September 15th.
• $275 per person per program after September 15th.