Planning Sustainable Cities Conference

NOV 3 - 4, 2016

Piper Auditorium, Harvard GSD

Planning Sustainable Cities Conference An Infrastructure-based Approach DAY 1 WELCOME <6:30 pm>

PLANNING SUSTAINABLE CITIES KEYNOTES ON SUSTAINABILITY

<6:40 pm>

<7:00 pm>

DAY 2 WELCOME <8:30 am> SESSION 1 <8:40 am>

WATER & LANDSCAPE SESSION 2 <10:40 am>

ENERGY & TRANSPORTATION <LUNCH 12:15pm, Light lunch available> SESSION 3 <1:10 pm>

FOOD & WASTE

THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE <2:45pm> SESSION 4 <3:35 pm>

INFORMATION

CLOSING REMARKS <5:05 pm>

Special thanks to all SIAB Members and speakers.

Conference Coordinator: Judith RodrĂ­guez, jirodrig@gsd.harvard.edu

ZOFNASS PROGRAM FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE

PLANNING SUSTAINABLE CITIES CONFERENCE An Infrastructure-based Approach Thursday, Nov. 3, 6:30pm - 8:20pm Friday, Nov. 4, 8:30am - 5:15pm Location: Piper Auditorium Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA 02138

The Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure is pleased to host the Planning Sustainable Cities Conference. The conference aims to present an infrastructurebased approach to city planning, an analytical framework for urban sustainability, focusing on the services and performance of infrastructure systems. This conference will serve as the launch of the latest Zofnass Program publication â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Planning Sustainable Cities. An Infrastructure-based Approach,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; directed and edited by Prof. Spiro Pollalis.

Infrastructure is understood as a series of systems that function in synergy, directly linked to urban planning. The conference aims to decode in different sessions the key infrastructure systems of Energy, Landscape, Transportation, Waste, Water, Information and Food, to explore their synergies through land use planning, engineering, economics and policy. The conference sessions are modeled according to the key infrastructure systems delineated in the Planning Sustainable Cities book.

This event will convene city planners, leaders in infrastructure development, designers, engineers, experts, academics, and public officials to share perspectives on sustainable city planning as well as to discuss the proposed infrastructurebased planning approach for sustainable cities. www.zofnass.org #zofnass_conference Follow us: @zofnassprogram

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Location: Piper Auditorium Gund Hall Harvard Graduate School of Design 48 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA Public transportation is recommended, as well as other mobility options such as Uber, Lyft, or Fasten.

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DAY 1

Nov 3 at Piper Auditorium, Harvard GSD

WELCOME & BOOK LAUNCH <6:30 pm>

Prof. Spiro Pollalis

Professor and Director of the Zofnass Program Harvard Graduate School of Design

Paul Zofnass

President, EFCG, and Zofnass Program Founder

Dr. Joan Zofnass

Conference and HR Director, EFCG, and Zofnass Program Founder

KEYNOTES ON SUSTAINABILITY: INTEGRATED PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE <7:00 pm>

Marty Janowitz Laura Bonich

Vice President, Practice Leader Sustainable Development Stantec Principal NV5

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Welcome <8:30 am>

Nov 4, Piper Auditorium, Harvard GSD

WATER & LANDSCAPE <8:40 am>

Ifetayo Venner Jonathan Buckley

Global Leader â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Water Supply and Treatment Arcadis Partner Global Studio TCA

Elizabeth Bradford

Sustainable Communities Service Area Lead CH2M

Mark P. Smith

Deputy Director, North American Water The Nature Conservancy

Melissa Carter Mayor Dawn Zimmer

Laura Bonich

Director of Project Management MWH Global Mayor City of Hoboken Principal NV5

ENERGY & TRANSPORTATION <10:40 am>

Roberto Mezzalama Rick Phillips Jim Grant Richard Corolewski Coralie Cooper

Principal and Project Director Golder Associates Associate VP, Director of Urban Design HNTB Associate VP, Energy and Fueling Systems Director HNTB Federal Business Unit Director POWER Engineers, Inc. Energy Analysis and Sustainability Division US Department of Transportation (DOT) VOLPE

12: 15 pm - 1:10 pm Lunch Break (Light lunch available) <Recycle and Compost bins available>

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DAY 2 FOOD & SOLID WASTE <1:10 pm>

Marty Janowitz Dr. Gary Adamkiewicz Comm. Martin Suuberg Veronica Gassert

Vice President, Sustainable Development Stantec Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Food System Resilience Associate Boston Office of Food Initiatives

BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE <2:45 pm>

Dr. Andreas Georgoulias Dr. Sven-Uwe Mueller

Lecturer & Zofnass Program Research Director Harvard GSD Senior Advisor for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure Inter-American Development Bank

INFORMATION <3:35 pm>

Terry Bennett

Sr. Industry Strategist, Civil Infrastructure Autodesk Inc.

Tim McManus

Vice President.

Capital Projects & Infrastructure Practice McKinsey & Company

Karen Weiss

Senior Industry Strategy Manager for Civil Infrastructure Owners, Autodesk Inc.

Erin Mosley

Vice President, Technology & Innovation Management Consulting Practice Lead CH2M

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TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE

Infrastructure, Laura Bonich

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

6.2: Sustainable water planning

BOOK CREDITS

6.3: Water system decoding

ADVISORS TO THE ZOFNASS PROGRAM

6.4: Objectives and guidelines for a sustainable water system Chapter 7: Energy Infrastructure

PART 1: SUSTAINABILITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND

7.1: Industry perspectives

CITIES

Planning Considerations for Energy Infrastructure, Roberto

Chapter 1: The Zofnass Program for Sustainable

Mezzalama

Infrastructure

Developing a Sustainable Energy Plan, Richard Corolewski

1.1: The program, Paul Zofnass

7.2: Sustainable energy planning

1.2: Produced research, William J. Bertera

7.3: Energy system decoding

1.3: Expanding on city-scale research, Spiro N. Pollalis

7.4: Objectives and guidelines for a sustainable energy system

Chapter 2: Planning Infrastructure

Chapter 8: Solid Waste Infrastructure

2.1:

Challenges

in

infrastructure

planning

and

8.1: Industry perspectives

implementation, Spiro N. Pollalis

From Wasteful to Waste-less: Transforming Perspectives on

2.2: Financing sustainable infrastructure, Ana Maria

Urban Waste Management, Cathy Smith, Marty Janowitz

Vidaurre

Integrated Solid Waste Management Systems, Michael Cant

2.3: Synergies and sustainable infrastructure planning,

Sustainable Cities and Solid Waste, Daniel Dietch, John Wood,

Marty Janowitz

Robert M. Beinstein 8.2: Sustainable solid waste planning

PART 2: SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

8.3: Solid waste system decoding

GUIDELINES

8.4: Objectives and guidelines for a sustainable solid waste

Chapter 3: General Framework

system

3.1: Scope

Chapter 9: Information as Infrastructure

3.2: Methodology

9.1: Industry perspectives

Chapter 4: Landscape as Infrastructure

Information as a New Form of Infrastructure, Terry D.

4.1: Industry perspectives

Bennett, Lynda Sharkey

Landscape as Infrastructure: An Industry Perspective,

9.2: Sustainable information planning

Jonathan Buckley, Jeanette Southwood

9.3: Information system decoding

Green and Blue Spaces: Landscape as Infrastructure,

9.4: Objectives and guidelines for a sustainable information

Jade Paul, Erin Mosley, Robert M. Beinstein

system

4.2: Sustainable landscape planning

Chapter 10: Food as Infrastructure

4.3: Landscape system decoding 4.4:

Synergies

between

landscape

10.1: Industry perspectives and

water

Sustaining Cities, Sustaining Ourselves, Gary Adamkiewicz

infrastructure

10.2: Sustainable food planning

4.5: Objectives and guidelines for a sustainable landscape

10.3: Food system decoding

system

10.4: Objectives and guidelines for a sustainable food system

Chapter 5: Transportation Infrastructure 5.1: Industry perspectives

PART 3: EXAMPLES OF PLANNING WITH THE GUIDELINES

Smart Cities and Green Transportation: Creating a Model

Chapter 11: New City in Asia

of Sustainable Urbanism, Rick Phillips

11.1: DHA City Karachi (DCK)

5.2: Sustainable transportation planning

11.2: Implementation of Planning Guidelines in DCK

5.3: Transportation system decoding

Chapter 12: City Expansion in Europe

5.4: Objectives and guidelines for a sustainable

12.1: Hellinikon urban development model

transportation system

12.2: Planning strategies and infrastructure systems for

Chapter 6: Water Infrastructure

Hellinikon

6.1: Industry perspectives

12.3: Guidelines and actions for sustainable planning

Changing the Water Paradigm in Urban Infrastructure: Managing Water throughout the Water Cycle, Douglas

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES

M. Owen

ZOFNASS PROGRAM CORE RESEARCH TEAM FOR THE

City Planners and Engineers as Stewards of Sustainable

PLANNING GUIDELINES

Water Infrastructure, Melissa M. Carter

CONTRIBUTORS

Do It Like You Did It Last Time? Reexamining Water

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BOOK LAUNCH

Planning Sustainable Cities

About the Book Planning Sustainable Cities: An Infrastructure-based Approach provides an analytical framework for urban sustainability, focusing on the services and performance of infrastructure systems.

The book approaches infrastructure as a series of systems that function in synergy and are directly linked with urban planning. This method streamlines and guides the planning process, while still highlighting detail, each infrastructure system is decoded in four â&#x20AC;&#x153;system levelsâ&#x20AC;?. The levels organize the processes, highlight connections between entities and decode the high-level planning and decision making process affecting infrastructure. For each system level strategic objectives of planning are determined. The objectives correspond to the five focus areas of the Zofnass program: Quality of life, Natural World, Climate and Risk, Resource Allocation, Leadership. Developed through the Zofnass Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, this approach integrates the key infrastructure systems of Energy, Landscape, Transportation, Waste, Water, Information and Food and explores their synergies through land use planning, engineering, economics and policy.

The size and complexity of infrastructure systems means that multiple stakeholders facing their own challenges and agendas are involved in planning; this book creates a common, collaborative platform between public authorities, planners, and engineers. It is an essential resource for those seeking Envision Sustainability Professionals accreditation.

June 2016: 8-1/2 x 11: 356pp Hb: 978-1-138-18842-6 | eBook: 978-1-315-64235-2 *20% Discount Available - enter the code FLR40 at checkout For more information visit: www.routledge.com/9781138188426

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The conference discussion sessions are focused on infrastructure-based planning considerations and synergies that support a sustainable city, according to the book â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Planning Sustainable Cities. An Infrastructure-based Approachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (Routledge, June 2016).

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WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

Landscape is a regulator of endless processes, producer and consumer of raw materials, highly multifunctional and synergistic. Most of the challenges of sustainable landscape systems are how to align goals and strategies with social and economic benefits, providing services and opportunities for a community in harmony with long term environmental objectives.

As a goal water infrastructure systems should promote equal and reliable access to water. The Water Infrastructure session will explore planning strategies toward a sustainable water system.

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TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

Sustainable energy infrastructure procures the use of natural resources within their capacity for regeneration, providing renewable and low emission alternatives to fossil fuels.

Perspectives from an infrastructure-based framework towards sustainable energy systems will be discussed.

Sustainable transportation infrastructure systems should aim to avoid, minimize, and compensate for its negative impacts on individuals, communities, and ecosystems in the process of its inevitable expansion to meet and manage increased user demand.

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INFRASTRUCTURE-BASED APPROACH for Planning Sustainable Cities

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FOOD INFRASTRUCTURE

Sustainable waste management systems should look for strategies that promote environmentally sound services, efficiency, economic affordability, and socially acceptable practices. The Waste Infrastructure session will explore infrastructure-based approach towards planning sustainable waste management systems.

Food is essential for the sustainable development of modern societies and contemporary cities. A sustainable food system should cover the basic human needs for food, maximize social, economic and environmental benefits, as well as reduce the risks of negative impacts.

+ INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE Information is the dynamic and vital resource of our century, a web of linkages continuously expanding across sectors to meet emerging needs. An information infrastructure system is sustainable not only when it is sustainable by itself, but also when it is integrated synergistically to other infrastructure systems in ways that enhance their sustainable performance.

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Thursday, November 3, 2016 Piper Auditorium, GSD

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Welcome to Day 1 Prof. Spiro Pollalis, Professor and Director of the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure, Harvard University GSD <6:40 pm>

Planning Sustainable Cities Prof. Spiro Pollalis, Professor and Director of the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure, Harvard University GSD

The Zofnass Program presents its research that has resulted to a new approach towards planning sustainable cities, founded on sustainable infrastructure. The city’s hard infrastructure, defined as open space, transportation, energy, water, food, solid waste and information, are systems operating in synergy, with buildings and their occupants being the infrastructure’s clients. According to our approach, city planning is an iterative process of space planning and infrastructure, aiming towards a sustainable outcome. The approach is anchored on the city’s sustainable infrastructure according to the credits of Envision®, the rating toolkit that has been developed by the Zofnass Program and further developed, distributed and supported by the Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure. The five dimensions defined by the Zofnass Program guide the overall approach: quality of life, natural world, allocation of resources, climate and risk and commitment to a sustainable outcome. The proposed city planning approach has been applied to a new 600,000 people city in Asia, which is under development, and a city infill in Europe.

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KEYNOTES ON SUSTAINABILITY: Integrated Planning and Infrastructure If Cities Were Beings - A Systemic Aproach to Infrastructure Marty Janowitz, Vice President, Sustainable Development, Stantec The conventional approach has long considered infrastructure units in relative isolation and therefore has underappreciated their connections, interactions and effects on both other infrastructure components and on the communities they serve. This longstanding isolationist approach is characteristically conveyed through typical patterns of planning, siting and procurement. Until recently we rarely saw clear intention to connect or modify individual infrastructure components to avoid negative interactions or synergistically take advantage of other complementary systems, much less consider broader quality of life implications. The emerging trend accepts the premise that there are inevitable, inextricable and multiple interactions and potential connections that also impact other dimensions of urban communities – education, health, recreation and commerce to name only a few. This necessarily requires extensive cross-disciplinary understanding and dedicated attention to design, planning and operations that are interwoven, aligned and complementary to support healthy, functional human societies, avoiding harmful pollution and environmental degradation, and strengthening resilience and adaptive capacity.

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Detailed Schedule DAY 1

PLANNING SUSTAINABLE CITIES Keynotes & Book Launch

Every Design Decision Matters Laura Bonich, Principal, NV5 Every design decision matters. We are constructing sustainable resilient cost conscious buildings and we must bring that focus to decisions about land use, sites and the infrastructure that serves our vertical built environment. Green buildings use less water, produce less wastewater, use less energy (and can host energy generation), but they also require access, displace the natural environment, are full of people that need food, need information technology and generate waste.

The support infrastructure uses both natural and financial resources to construct, operate and maintain. Planning Sustainable Cities provides planning guidance and objectives for the integration of our infrastructure design decisions. The engineering profession has focused primarily on meeting individual infrastructure demands. Our design decisions still remain largely in discipline based silos, relying on historical data and traditional code compliance for each individual infrastructure system. An integrated approach brings an understanding of the need to influence demands and consider the relationship between infrastructure systems in our design decisions. We are successfully influencing the design of vertical construction â&#x20AC;&#x201C; now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to influence the design of our traditional infrastructure.

Q&A

Led by Prof. Spiro Pollalis <8:35 pm > Zofnass SIAB Dinner at Harvard Faculty Club, by invitation only.

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Welcome to Day 2

Prof. Spiro Pollalis, Professor and Director of the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure, Harvard University GSD <8:40 am>

Session 1: LANDSCAPE & WATER Moderators

Jonathan Buckley, Partner, Global Studio TCA Laura Bonich, Principal, NV5

Sustainable Cities: How Water Quality, Efficiency, and Resiliency Impact LongTerm Success Ifetayo Venner, Global Leader â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Water Supply and Treatment, Arcadis

In its 2015 Global Risks Report, the World Economic Forum lists Water Crises as the top global risk for impact, noting that it is the biggest threat facing the planet over the next decade. Many of the other top risks identified are also linked to water, such as failure of climate change adaptation, extreme weather events, food crises, and the spread of infectious diseases. Water issues pose the greatest risk to city sustainability and are increasingly a challenge with urbanization. Cities that best understand this will be the first to improve their water sustainability and use their water assets to attract investment and improve their competitive position, ultimately becoming more livable.

The Arcadis Sustainable Cities Water Index identifies what it means to be a sustainable water city, breaking down water sustainability in to three core elements â&#x20AC;&#x201C; quality, efficiency, and resiliency. It assesses 50 global cities to identify which regions and cities are harnessing their water assets to the greatest long term advantage. European cities topped the list, generally scoring well across all three core elements. North American cities are strongest in water quality, but score lower on their resilience to water related disasters and scarcity. No US cities made the Top 10. Performance of cities in other regions was more mixed. However, the older and more established cities of in Australia and Asia trended towards the top half of the rankings, and the more emerging cities in Latin America, the Middle East and Asia trended towards the bottom half of the rankings.

This presentation will review the index and rankings, defining what it means to be a sustainable water city, summarizing how the various regions and cities performed with respect to water sustainability, and identifying where cities can improve to become more sustainable.

Introduction to Landscape as Infrastructure Jonathan Buckley, Partner, Global Studio TCA Research has shown that the most liveable cities are the most competitive. This is a result of attracting and retaining the best talent and providing a physical and social structure that makes locating and staying more attractive. The presentation includes examples of how, by having access to high quality, multi-functional public open space and public realm, landscape significantly contributes to liveability and function to accommodate multiple objectives around climate change, urbanisation and changing work patterns.

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Session 1

Detailed Schedule DAY 2

WATER & LANDSCAPE Friday, November 4, 2016 Piper Auditorium, GSD

Surveys of business leaders, public authorities and the voluntary sector identified shat (in response to the challenges that these sectors have to create a more sustainable city) “visionary leadership” and “clear objectives” were the highest ranked. The presentation includes examples of how landscape provides the function to meet some of the most important objectives when planning for sustainable cities.. Examples used include how city parks store water, manage storm water, provide safe transport routes, reduce rainfall penetration, cool cities through shading and how trees stores carbon. Having landscape as infrastructure is not new and lessons from the decisions taken in the past (that we benefit from today) is important to study when planning for the future. Examples are used.

Today, we have an opportunity to not only re-develop former industrial land for transport and employment but also multifunctional green spaces to meet longer term needs. But who pays? The presentation considers what approach may be needed to ensure the benefits of landscape as infrastructure can be maximised.

Planning and Designing Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure: Innovative Envision Approaches by CH2M Elizabeth Bradford, Sustainable Communities Service Area Lead, CH2M

Urbanization, aging infrastructure, resource pressure, and climate change concerns are driving public and private demand for more sustainable and resilient solutions and infrastructure. But with multiple sustainability and resiliency drivers and limited resources, how does a large organization or program: •Ensure that requirements, both for today and tomorrow, are being met?

•Know--and communicate--how sustainable or resilient their current initiatives are?

•Identify areas for short- and long-term improvement?

• Compile and communicate myriad cross-functional and new requirements throughout organizations?

•Enable and train staff to plan and design more sustainable and resilient projects?

•Know which design alternatives will provide the highest return on investment with respect to sustainability and resiliency, while creating future value for communities?

•Understand and communicate the sustainable and resilient infrastructure value proposition to stakeholders?

The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s (ISI’s) Envision rating system provides an objective framework with metrics and guidance for teams to build more sustainable and resilient projects.

CH2M recognizes that the goal of ISI, and of many of our clients, is more than project certification− the aim is to create systemic change by mainstreaming sustainable and resilient infrastructure.

To take Envision from project to program level, we developed an easy and affordable approach that leverages CH2M’s in-house capabilities and customizable tools and resources. This approach, together with Envision rating system metrics, can operationalize sustainable and resilient planning and design requirements on large-scale infrastructure programs. Similar to a program’s risk management or quality management processes, this phased approach helps organization and program leaders assess performance, identify stretch goals, communicate priorities, provide for capacity building, and allow for project-specific application while institutionalizing the ability to replicate the process internally.

During this presentation Ms. Bradford will provide a brief overview of Envision and share CH2M’s innovative approach, supported by case study examples, for operationalizing sustainable and resilient planning and design for organizations and large-scale programs.

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Sustainable Infrastructure: Designing to Achieve Multiple Benefits

Mark P. Smith, Deputy Director, North American Water, The Nature Conservancy Infrastructure is built and cities are planned to address specific needs or solve specific problems.

How these needs and problems are defined and articulated are a critical part an analytic approach to infrastructure and cities planning. Using examples from the Floodplains-by-Design Program in Washington state and urban stormwater management the presentation will show how changing the ‘definition of the problem’ resulted in projects which provided solutions met more of the communities needs and therefore were broadly supported within communities and with funding entities. Solving for multiple problems simultaneously often leads to different outcomes than would result from solving for the same problems individually. The presentation will highlight some of the key elements and challenges needed to facilitate the development of multi-benefit projects.

Alewife Stormwater Wetland: Sustainable Clean Water Infrastructure in Cambridge, MA

Melissa Carter, Director of Project Management, MWH Global: Water Resources Engineering The Alewife Stormwater Wetland project is the highlight of a recent $26 million project and a $125 million ongoing program in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It embodies the concept of multi-use and sustainable infrastructure. It was conceived as a concrete storage tank to serve a 420 acre neighborhood as a result of court-ordered combined sewer separation. Through broad stakeholder involvement, the project transformed into an “environmental miracle” that restored wildlife habitat and added features for the general public’s use and improved quality of life.

As part of the Boston Harbor Cleanup, the City of Cambridge partnered with the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) to eliminate combined sewer overflows (CSOs) to the Alewife Brook. The City also desired to improve stormwater quality and reduce roadway flooding and sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) threatening the health and safety of the general public. Ten acrefeet of stormwater storage was deemed necessary, for which the City had no available land. A partnership with state agencies was thus born, converting 3.5 acres of low value conservation land into a wetland engineered for stormwater management that unlocked opportunities for biodiversity and new open space.

The Alewife Stormwater Wetland is a powerful example of how innovative approaches to science, planning, engineering, landscape architecture, ecology and construction can concurrently resolve infrastructure needs, enhance the environment and create new social and economic resources for the community.

Climate Change Adaption & Resiliency Efforts in Hoboken, NJ Mayor Dawn Zimmer, City of Hoboken

Hoboken, New Jersey is a low-lying urban coastal community that is facing the impacts of climate change. It is increasingly vulnerable to flash flooding and coastal flooding due to rising seas and more frequent heavy precipitation events. In addition, Hoboken’s combined sewer system regularly gets overwhelmed by heavy rain events leading to overflows into the Hudson River and backups into streets, homes, and businesses.

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To address these threats, the city is implementing a comprehensive flood resiliency plan with $230 million secured through the post-Sandy Rebuild by Design competition. The four-part “Resist, Delay, Store, Discharge” employs both hard infrastructure and soft landscape for coastal defense (resist); recommends policies to enable the urban fabric to slow down water (delay); a green circuit to trap water (store) and water pumps to support drainage (discharge).

Following a year-long community planning process, a preferred alternative has been identified for the “resist” alignment component of the Rebuild by Design project. A green infrastructure strategic plan has been created and is being implemented to address flooding, with new road, open space, and redevelopment projects incorporating green infrastructure. The City of Hoboken has broken ground on the first of three “resiliency park” projects designed with integrated green infrastructure to help reduce flooding. In partnership with North Hudson Sewerage Authority, construction was recently completed on the city’s second wet weather pump station to alleviate flooding in western Hoboken. A sustainable stormwater demonstration project at Hoboken City Hall is designed to raise awareness in the community about the benefits of disconnecting downspouts from the sewer system, among many other initiatives to make Hoboken as resilient as possible.

Q&A

Led by Laura Bonich and Jonathan Buckley

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Session 2: ENERGY & TRANSPORTATION Moderator

Roberto Mezzalama, Principal and Project Director, Golder Associates

Planning Sustainable Energy Infrastructures Roberto Mezzalama, Principal and Project Director, Golder Associates Energy infrastructures are a vital part of cities, as energy is a primary need of modern life. Energy infrastructures are also undergoing a very rapid change, as the energy systems evolve from centralized to distributed production, and are increasingly based on renewable energy sources. The demand for electricity is increasing sharply in the developing world, where many people are still struggling to access reliable energy sources, and changing in nature in the developed world due to the changing patterns of industrialization and urbanization and the very aggressive greenhousegas reduction policies in developing countries. The Paris climate agreement will accelerate these changes and the deployment of renewable energy sources, while the effects of climate change are already an important driver for energy operators. Extreme wheatear conditions are increasing maintenance costs, conflicts in the use of water relating to cooling water or hydropower and land use conflicts relating to crops for biofuels or solar farms are becoming more and more frequent.

During this introduction, we will explore how the guidelines for planning energy infrastructure can help designers and decision makers to plan for sustainable and resilient energy infrastructures at the urban and regional level. The presentation will first explore the many aspects of the energy infrastructures in their relations with the urban, rural and natural environment, and will present the rationale and the key sustainability aspects considered by the guidelines.

Urban Transportation / Urban Livability â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Introducing the Zofnass Transportation Guidelines Rick Phillips, Associate Vice President, Director of Urban Design, HNTB

The topic of this presentation is an overview of the Zofnass Transportation Infrastructure Guidelines with particular focus on their powerful contribution to creating livable cities. The presentation is based on a paper, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cities and Systems, Urban Livability and the Zofnass Tools for Sustainable Infrastructureâ&#x20AC;?, co-developed by Rick Phillips and Zofnass researcher, Richa S. Vuppuluri, and presented at the 2015 International Making Cities Livable Conference in Bristol, England.

The key assertion of this presentation is that transportation planning and design, if conducted in accordance with the Zofnass Transportation Guidelines, will naturally support the generation and stewardship of eminently livable cities that are models of environmental sustainability.

The presentation will begin with a brief overview of the structure and content of the Transportation Guidelines. After describing key attributes of urban livability and the fundamental balance between the land use strategy of walkability and the transportation tactic of multimodality, the presentation will illustrate examples from the Transportation Guidelines that support this assertion.

Why are the Zofnass Guidelines as a whole so vital to making cities livable? Urban form and infrastructure are intricately and inextricably related: just as intermodal transportation correlates to

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Detailed Schedule DAY 2

ENERGY & TRANSPORTATION

urban walkability, every category of sustainable infrastructure correlates to one or more attributes of the vision we all stand for: livable cities built to last, sitting lightly on the earth.

Sustainable Energy Planning and Airports

Jim Grant, Associate Vice President, Energy and Fueling Systems Director, HNTB This presentation will examine what airports in the West are doing to become more sustainable.

Topics include planning to a Net Zero Energy Campus, energy efficiency, renewable energy and lower impact energy production. Real-world examples include San Francisco International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, Denver International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport will illustrate energy planning in aviation. Presented by Jim Grant, HNTB’s energy and fueling director.

The ‘Denny Substation” – Planning Sustainable Cities Richard Corolewski, Federal Business Unit Director, POWER Engineers, Inc. The “Denny substation” is an example of the future of energy engineering when planning and developing sustainable cities. In the city of Seattle, the zoning restriction on building height changed from 200’ to 400’ resulted in doubling of the electrical load density and the need for a new substation. The new substation not only had to be developed in the center of a growing, crowded large city, but had to include sustainability as a major design element. To accomplish this challenge the design team had to include over 30 areas of expertise, and had to involve over 70 stake holders to turn this challenge into reality.

Renewable Energy Generation Technology and Transportation Infrastructure

Coralie Cooper, Sustainability Lead, Energy Analysis and Sustainability Division, U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center

Transportation sources appear poised to surpass the electric power sector as the leading emitter of GHG emissions in the United States. Introducing vehicle technologies to reduce fuel consumption and GHGs is a critical component of a strategy to reduce overall transportation emissions, but transportation infrastructure may play an important role as well. A significant area of land in the U.S. is made up of roads, parking lots, and highway rights of way. Installing new infrastructure that facilitates the introduction of advanced technology vehicles, using land for renewable energy installations, or creating new habitat for threatened species are examples of ways that transportation infrastructure can be used to improve sustainability and reduce GHGs. The presentation provides an overview of two such efforts, in both cases using transportation infrastructure for renewable electricity generation.

Q&A

Led by Roberto Mezzalama <12:15 pm - 1:00pm> Lunch Break, light lunch available <Please compost food waste, plates, cups & recycle bottles>

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Friday, November 4, 2016

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Session 3: FOOD & WASTE Moderators

Marty Janowitz, VP, Discipline Leader Sustainable Development, Stantec Dr. Gary Adamkiewicz, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

From Wasteful to Waste-less - Transforming perspectives on urban waste management Marty Janowitz, VP, Discipline Leader Sustainable Development, Stantec

The approach and practices of urban waste management have been in an ongoing process of progressive evolution. This has not been simple or easy and should be seen against the larger background of changes within the socio-political and environmental context of the urban environment. There are two key aspects of waste management that strike us in the matter of community sustainability and infrastructure development: the need for a shift in public attitude and understanding of what waste really is, and the need for communities to plan for waste infrastructure needs in the context of broader community planning initiatives. A systemic life cycle approach is called for with waste management systems serving as one the cornerstones and influence points.

By valuing waste products as nutrients rather than disposables we can accelerate the shift from component-based infrastructure to integrated, synergistic urban systems.

Sustaining Cities and Sustaining Ourselves: Thoughts on Sustainable Food Planning

Dr. Gary Adamkiewicz, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health When we think about climate change or environmental degradation, we immediately conjure images of factories, industrial production and traffic-choked cities. Our global food systems, however, are associated with a significant proportion of global carbon and water budgets and impart significant pollution burdens. Globally, agriculture corresponds to 70% of water consumption, covers 34.3% of land area, is responsible for 17% of greenhouse gas emissions (or 30% if we include the associated deforestation), and occupies 37.3% of the labor force. At the same time, climate change and other environmental pressures are having direct effects on food production. A sustainable food system is one that covers the basic human need for food, maximizes the social, economic, and environmental benefits, and reduces the risks of negative impacts. For city planning, a sustainable food infrastructure needs to consider the surrounding food-productive landscape and the effects of food processing, distribution, and retail nodes. As with most complex issues, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no single answer. Cities need to adopt comprehensive policies which recognize the complexity of urban food systems and how they are shaped by market forces, local and national policy, and human behavior.

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Reducing Food Waste in Massachusetts: A Comprehensive Approach

Commissioner Martin Suuberg, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Wasted food represents one of the greatest challenges of our time. But that waste also represents one of our greatest opportunities. Nationally, it is estimated that 40 percent of our food supply goes uneaten. Here in Massachusetts, more than 15 percent of our trash is food waste, more than any other material. When also counting other organic materials like compostable paper and yard waste, more than a quarter of our trash is organic materials.

Massachusetts has taken a comprehensive approach to this problem, working closely with a diverse range of stakeholders. Our approach includes a commercial food waste disposal ban, along with a suite of supporting strategies, including an extensive technical assistance program for businesses and institutions, regulation changes to ease development of anaerobic digestion and compost facilities, grant and loan programs to support infrastructure development, and new tools and guidance to foster increased food donation and up-front food waste reduction.

This set of strategies has resulted in a growing system to handle food materials, including new food rescue organizations and technology developers, increased hauling networks, and growth in new compost and anaerobic digestion facilities. More recently, in part supported by grants from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, these initiatives have sparked the growth of a nascent infrastructure for managing packaged food materials.

Massachusettsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; emphasis has been on larger commercial and institutional food service operations to start. However, as that system continues to expand, it will create new opportunities for more cost-effective opportunities to reduce food waste from smaller businesses, schools and residents.

Urban Agriculture: Our Vision for the City of Boston

Veronica Gassert, Food System Resilience Associate, Boston Office of Food Initiatives Better planning and design can help make cities more livable. Similarly, more intentional and innovative design of food systems can help to create more equitable food access and community food security. This presentation focuses on one segment of the food system, urban agriculture, which the City of Boston views as activities related to growing, selling, and distribution of food in a city environment. If designed and integrated effectively into a cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food system, these activities can yield a multitude of benefits that go beyond addressing peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basic need for healthy food. From ecology to health, societal and economic, the benefits of urban growing efforts in Boston can help to substantially revitalize its low income communities of color. What obstacles must be removed in order to better incorporate urban agriculture into existing metropolitan food systems? And furthermore, how can we do that in a way that brings equity and justice to our food practices and policies? Through analyzing qualitative impacts of local food production models, namely urban community gardens and farms, and examining local agricultural initiatives led by community members, the answers to these questions are made clear. It can be asserted that through well designed urban agriculture policies, cities like Boston can both improve the functioning of their local food systems and promote a system that is built upon the values of quality, equity, health, and justice.

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THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE Moderator

Dr. Andreas Georgoulias, Lecturer & Zofnass Program Research Director, Harvard GSD

Commercial Incentives for Sustainable Infrastructure: The case of the Long Beach Courthouse Dr. Andreas Georgoulias, Lecturer & Zofnass Program Research Director, Harvard GSD Infrastructure sustainability is a common â&#x20AC;&#x2039;but elusive goal in most of the projects announced in the recent years. Cost and feasibility questions make the business case for sustainable infrastructure an argument that is mostly optional and attributed to those who can afford to go beyond the single bottom line. However, contractual, programmatic and project delivery innovations can make infrastructure sustainability a commercially feasible approach. This presentation will examine such a case in the Long Beach Courthouse, the first project delivered in the United States under the Performance-Based Infrastructure framework.

The sustainable infrastructure imperative. A Multilateral Development Bank Perspective

Dr. Sven-Uwe Mueller, Senior Advisor for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure In the next 15 years the worldwide infrastructure stock will more than double. Roughly two thirds of this investment will take place in the countries of the global south. In order to make these new infrastructure investments sustainable it is necessary to leapfrog the inefficient, sprawling and polluting systems of the past. Since their beginning multilateral development banks have been financing infrastructure projects and thus have a special responsibility to promote this transition to more sustainability in infrastructure projects.

Environmental and social safeguards have been one of the first steps to integrate these considerations into the project cycle. Sustainability assessment systems are the next step to improve sustainability on the project level. How can these methods be applied more broadly? And what are the challenges to improve the sustainability of infrastructure projects? The presentation will try to answer these questions from the standpoint of the MDBs.

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Session 4: INFORMATION Moderator

Terry Bennett, Senior Industry Strategist, Civil Infrastructure, Autodesk

The Future of Making Infrastructure – the Role of Information in the Connected Era Terry Bennett, Senior Industry Strategist, Civil Infrastructure, Autodesk

The world is changing. Population growth, urbanization, and economic expansion are set to push demand for buildings and infrastructure to unprecedented levels. At the same time we are drowning in data, with more and more of it built environment relevant. Technology has always disrupted how things are made, and today infrastructure systems are now deeply connected and related to each other, both physically and digitally. How do we turn this data into useful, action information? This presentation will frame the panel member presentations by setting the stage on the impeding Era of Connection and the key role information will play on infrastructure at all scales.

Utilization of Predictive Analytics for Improved Delivery of Infrastructure

Tim McManus, Vice President, Capital Projects & Infrastructure Practice, McKinsey & Company

This presentation will focus on an analysis of our industry’s performance in delivering urban infrastructure globally – the how’s and why’s it usually goes horribly wrong. We will discuss how through the use of Predictive Analytics, we can learn from the lessons of history and deliver more effectively for less cost.

A Smart City Starts with Smart Planning: Design Make and Use in the Era of Connection

Karen Weiss, PE., Senior Industry Strategy Manager for Civil Infrastructure Owners, Autodesk

Millions of connected devices and sensors are collecting massive amounts of new forms of data every day. While most people equate a Smart City to increased use of sensors and autonomous vehicles, a truly ‘smart’ city is one that makes use of data and technology to make work easier, life better, access faster and fosters community engagement. This presentation will provide a glimpse into how rising innovation in planning and design technology is providing a platform to create, communicate and evaluate options that result in a more connected, sustainable and resilient community providing that better planning leads to better outcomes.

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Smart City Transformations: Digitizing the Built Environment

Erin Mosley, Vice President, Technology & Innovation / Management Consulting Practice Lead, CH2M Smart technologies offer cities profound opportunities to transform complex urban spaces into great cities: inclusive, competitive, connected, safe, and resilient. This presentation will highlight critical success factors in coordinating city-wide Internet of Things (IoT) systems integration, urban infrastructure design and construction, financing services, and complete city operations services.

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Speakers Bios DAY 1 Paul Zofnass

President, Environmental Financial Consulting Group, and Zofnass Program Founder Paul is President of the Environmental Financial Consulting Group (EFCG), a firm he founded in 1990 to provide strategic and financial advice to the environmental and infrastructure engineering/ consulting (“e/c”) industry. EFCG currently serves as a retained advisor to over 50 major e/c firms, and has served as an advisor to over 300 firms over the past 27 years, and completed over 140 M&A assignments. Prior to that he spent 17 years in finance at Citibank and at Oppenheimer, where he was Managing Director in Investment Banking.

He is an alumnus of Harvard College, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School.

He is a long-term environmentalist, having assisted Harvard to establish its Environmental Studies Program in the 1990’s and providing its first Environmental Scholarship; initiating and contributing the Zofnass Tree Identification Program to NYC’s Central Park; creating the Zofnass Family Preserve/Westchester Wilderness Walk, a 250 acre nature preserve with a 10-mile long hiking trail in Pound Ridge, NY, 45 miles from NYC; donating a permanent New England Forest Exhibition at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, and creating the Zofnass Infrastructure Sustainability Program at Harvard to develop a rating system to evaluate Sustainability as it applies to major civil infrastructure projects. He serves as a Faculty Member for Harvard’s Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; served on the Visiting Committee to Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum; a Board member of Riverkeeper; a Board member of the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, and served for 20 years on the board of the Westchester Land Trust. His wife has been a finance attorney for 35 years, served as Corporate Development Director for the Wildlife Conservation Society, and serves on a number of non-profit boards, including NY’s Historic House Trust, the Westchester Land Trust, and the Board of Directors of University of Virginia Law School. They have two daughters: one is a graduate of Harvard College and Tuck Business School, who lives in Denver with her husband and one-year old son, and works in finance; the other is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School, and is a senior associate at Bain Consulting in NYC.

Dr. Joan Zofnass

Conference and HR Director, Environmental Financial Consulting Group, and Zofnass Program Founder Joan holds both a PhD and a certificate in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. She was on the voluntary faculty of Mt. Sinai Hospital in NYC and continues to be a volunteer Mental Health educator and supervisor for the American Red Cross. In that role, she is on call to provide mental health services on site at disasters in the New York City area or anywhere in the country, when the Red Cross is called into action. While maintaining her psychotherapy practice and role as an educator, she began working with her brother at EFCG in 1996, where she is now both Director of Conferences and HR. She and her brother share a commitment to the environment and preserving and protecting it for future generations, a vision they inherited from their father and grandfather, both avid outdoorsmen. Together with her brother she helped to build and maintain the ten mile trail network of the Westchester Wilderness Walk. Joan divides her time between New York and waterside homes in Marblehead, Massachusetts and Rye, N.H., where she can pursue her enthusiasms for birding, kayaking and rescuing wildlife. She has participated in several overseas expeditions focused on preserving wildlife and open spaces and was invited to become a member of the Explorers’ Club. She is also a four time New York Marathon finisher.

Prof. Spiro Pollalis

Professor and Director of the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure, Harvard University GSD Professor Pollalis is Professor of Design, Technology and Management at the Harvard Design School. Since 2008, he is the Director of the Zofnass Program for the Sustainability of Infrastructure that has led to the Envision Rating System. He is also the Principal Investigator of the project “Gulf Sustainable Urbanism” for 10 cities in the Arab Gulf, sponsored by the Qatar Foundation.

He has taught as a visiting professor at the ETHZurich, Switzerland; TU-Delft, Holland; UniStuttgart, Germany; U-Patras, Greece; and has offered joint courses with the Harvard Business School on planning and development. He serves as the co-chair of the Advisory Committee on Future Cities for the Singapore-ETH Center.

Prof. Pollalis is the chief planner for the new DHA City Karachi for 600,000 people, currently under construction. He served as the Chairman and CEO of the public company for the redevelopment of Hellinikon, the former Athens airport, and he developed the base master plan and business plan (www.pollalis-hellinikon.com).

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Speakers Bios DAY 2 Professor Pollalis received his first degree from the University in Athens (EMP) and his Master’s and PhD from MIT. His MBA in high technology is from Northeastern University. He has an honorary Master’s degree in Architecture from Harvard.

Marty Janowitz

VP, Discipline Leader Sustainable Development, Stantec Marty Janowitz is Vice President, Sustainable Development at Stantec. He has more than 30 years’ experience consulting internationally in environmental and sustainability planning, policy and engagement. He’s responsible for guiding Stantec’s efforts to become an exemplary model of sustainability in all its operations and leads the company’s initiatives to develop an integrated sustainability consulting practice. He’s played a leading role in the sphere of sustainable infrastructure serving on the Zofnass Program’s Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory Board. He’s an Envision Professional, Verifier and Trainer, was Chair of an ISI Technical Committee and is a member of its new Envision Review Board.

He was advisor to Stantec’s Envision Platinum Grand Bend Wastewater treatment project – the first such project first and first Envision project in Canada. Marty was elected a member of Canada’s Clean 50 - outstanding contributors to sustainable development and clean capitalism.

Laura Bonich Principal, NV5

Laura has worked for NV5 since 1994 where she directs the Sustainability Practice and provides strategic approaches to all aspects of integrated infrastructure master planning.

Laura has advanced goals for the sustainable optimization of infrastructure recommending best practices for water, wastewater, reclaimed water, drainage and transportation on large public and private projects throughout the United States, including several new town developments and over 100,000 single family lots and associated commercial. She further emphasizes the financial impacts of implementing sustainability to reduce traditional infrastructure and site development costs. Laura is a registered civil engineer, LEED AP, ENV SP; a member of the Harvard Graduate School of Design Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory Board, Chair of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s National Technical Committee for the ENVISION rating system, full member of the Urban Land Institute, past branch president of ASCE and holds a Master’s in Business Administration.

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Ifetayo Venner

Global Leader – Water Supply and Treatment, Arcadis Ifetayo is Arcadis’s Global Leader for Water Supply and Treatment and the North America representative on its Sustainability Leadership Team. She has a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering from McGill University; a MSc in Environmental Engineering and Science from Stanford University, and an MBA in Management and Sustainability from the University of South Florida.

Ifetayo is also involved in several Water Environment Federation (WEF) committees and task forces related to wastewater treatment, resource recovery and sustainability. She is Director of the WEF Sustainability Community of Practice and sits on the Committee Leadership Council Steering Committee. She is also on the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Envision Review Board.

Jonathan Buckley

Partner, Global Studio TCA Jonathan Buckley is a Chartered Landscape Architect and Envision Sustainability Professional based in the United Kingdom. Jonathan graduated with his Degree from University of Gloucestershire and Post Graduate Diploma with Commendation from Leeds Beckett University. He came to be involved in the SIAB whilst a Principal and Global Urban Development & Infrastructure Leader at Golder Associates. Jonathan has over 28 years of private sector multi-disciplinary design experience across a range of infrastructure development projects. He is currently an independent consultant having founded Global Studio TCA in 2015. Jonathan is currently working exclusively for SWS Engineering, as a new start-up enterprise based in the UK. Envision is central to a design approach being developed that balances safety, suitability and responsible use of source materials in infrastructure design.

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Speakers Bios Elizabeth Bradford

Sustainable Communities Service Area Lead CH2M As Sustainable Communities Service Area Lead, Ms. Bradford provides management consulting services to CH2M’s public, non-governmental organization, and private sector clients. She is passionate about workplace diversity, social equity, and linking a community’s social resilience to its ecological and economic resilience using a business case approach that integrates the value of ecosystem services.

As an Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) and Trainer, she leads ENV SP accreditation workshops, advises on projects, and supports ISI’s Risk and Resiliency Technical Committee. Additionally, she developed a customizable approach that leverages CH2M’s in-house capabilities and Envision rating system metrics to operationalize sustainable and resilient planning and design requirements on large-scale infrastructure programs.

Ms. Bradford served 7 years in the US Navy (1994-2001) before pursuing a BS in Geology (University of South Alabama) followed by an MS in Hydrogeochemistry (Dartmouth College). Her most recent publications include Making the Case for Increasing Public and Private Investments in Wastewater Treatment: The Importance of Integrating Effects on Natural Capital and The Business Case for Natural Infrastructure (www.

NI4Biz.org).

Mark P. Smith

Deputy Director, North America Water, The Nature Conservancy Mark P. Smith is the Deputy Director of North America Water for The Nature Conservancy (TNC), a global organization whose mission is to protect the lands and waters on which all life depends. In this role he works with TNC staff and partners to integrate environmental considerations into the everyday decisions of water and land managers.

Prior to joining TNC, Mark spent six years as the Director of Water Policy for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where he worked on a broad range of water issues using a watershed approach. Before working for state government, Mark spent six years with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Boston as the project manager for the Casco Bay Estuary Project, a multi-year stakeholder driven, regional scale environmental conservation planning process. He has a master’s degree in Urban and Environmental Policy from Tufts University and a bachelor’s

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Melisa Carter

Director of Project Management, MWH Ms. Carter is a sustainable infrastructure advocate, water and natural resources engineer, and project manager at MWH. She has over 20 years’ experience on a wide variety of water and wastewater infrastructure projects and programs.

More recently, her focus has been on wet weather related projects to significantly reduce or eliminate sewer overflows that impact the water quality of natural waterways. This is also Ms. Carter’s fourth year serving as the chair of the Committee on Sustainability for the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section (BSCES) and participating in the Zofnass Program SIAB.

Mayor Dawn Zimmer City of Hoboken, NJ

Hoboken is a city on the front lines of climate change and Mayor Dawn Zimmer is committed to ensuring her city adapts and becomes as resilient as possible.

Zimmer led Hoboken through the difficult days of Superstorm Sandy and is implementing a comprehensive flood resiliency plan to protect from rising seas and strong storms. In partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and Sandia National Labs, Mayor Zimmer is building the foundation for a microgrid to improve energy resiliency.

She has been an outspoken advocate for changing federal and state regulations related to flood insurance, reconstruction funding, and building standards in order to meet the unique challenges and characteristics of urban communities.

Mayor Zimmer served on President Obama’s Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force and is currently a member of President Obama’s Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience. <Session 2> ENERGY & TRANSPORTATION

Roberto Mezzalama

Principal and Project Director, Golder Associates Roberto Mezzalama is Principal and Senior Project Director of Golder Associates since 2006. He is now leading several international projects. His role includes the management and direction of international working groups comprising experts from various nationalities, the definition of baseline studies and impact analysis methodologies for

Speakers Bios Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Studies according to various international standards and integration with the engineering team and client team. From April 2011 to April 2014, Roberto has performed the role of Global Sustainability Advisor for Golder Associates Corporation. The role included coordinating the preparation of sustainability reports, supporting the President and the Global Management Team in the definition of global policies and guidelines and the supervision of risk management related to Sustainable Development. From April 2014 Roberto is the Leader of the Global ESIA Technical Community; the role includes maintaining and enhancing relationships among ESIA teams at the Global level, identifying opportunities for international projects, participating in the preparation of proposals and work plans, reviewing reports and maintaining client relationships.

Rick Phillips

Associate VP, Director of Urban Design, HNTB Rick Phillips is an award-winning urban designer and planner who specializes in the visioning, planning, and design of complex engineering and public transportation projects. He is a registered architect and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).

For HNTB Corporation, Rick serves as Director of Urban Design for Northern California. He is deeply involved in the planning and design of regional passenger rail, urban public transit, and active transportation projects throughout the Bay Area, California, and beyond.

Rick played a central role in the creation of Downtown in Motion, Salt Lake City’s innovative downtown transportation master plan, built on a foundation of multimodal transportation, walkability, and sustainable land use.

Rick presents regularly at conferences and academic meetings on transportation design and the intertwined roles of land use and transportation in supporting a sustainable urban future.

Rick is the author of the introductory essay on Transportation in the new Zofnass book, Planning Sustainable Cities: An infrastructure-based approach.

Jim Grant

Associate VP, Energy & Fueling Systems Director, HNTB Mr. Grant has over 34 years’ experience and currently serves as Director for the Energy & Fueling Services Group in HNTB’s Bellevue, Washington, office.

He has expertise as a mechanical engineer, working primarily in the areas of central utility plants, renewable energy systems, energy conservation and aviation fueling systems for airports. At his home airport of Seattle-Tacoma International, he was responsible for a $100 million mechanical infrastructure upgrade program. For the Santa Barbara (Calif.)

Airport, he successfully completed a greenhouse gas inventory and carbon footprint reduction plan.

At Los Angeles International Airport, he led the planning and programming of the new $300 million central utility plant which included cogeneration and thermal energy storage. He led Utilities Master Plans for George Bush Intercontinental and Los Angeles airports resulting in over $300 million in capital improvement projects. As lead engineer on the LEED Platinum Terminal 2 West Expansion, at San Diego International Airport, he was responsible for the design of the central utility plant expansion.

Mr. Grant represented HNTB for 6 years as a SIAB member with the Zofnass program. He will be returning in that capacity as HNTB has signed up to support the Zofnass program for another year.

Richard Corolewski

Federal Business Unit Director, POWER Engineers, Inc. Mr. Corolewski is the director of the Federal Division of POWER Engineers and has more than 30 years of experience in the A/E industry, with more than 20 years in the federal market supporting projects in the U.S. and overseas. He is currently responsible for all business development, strategic planning and operations of POWER’s Federal Division, which specializes in energy engineering and design, including deep retrofits of buildings, renewable energy, generation, and energy security.

Mr. Corolewski is the chairman of POWER’s Sustainability Committee and is integral to shaping the direction of POWER’s sustainable engineering solutions. Together with POWER’s CEO, he serves on the Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory Board (SAIB) for the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. With other industry leaders, he promotes topics of sustainability within today’s global infrastructure.

Mr. Corolewski offers a thorough understanding of all aspects of project management and execution, including programming, planning, design, bidding and construction administration. He has managed federal, industrial, commercial, and government

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Dr. Gary Adamkiewicz

Mr. Corolewski’s experience with the federal government includes working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), National Guard Bureau (NGB), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), and other DOD, DOS and DOE agencies. Mr. Corolewski has been instrumental in securing and now supporting POWER’s participation on major federal government energy contracts. These contracts include a prime role on an Energy ID/IQ contract with NAVFAC, USTDA’s Energy Sector Planning Services ID/IQ, and a subconsultant role on an Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF) MATOC for solar and geothermal generation projects. POWER is also a team member on an Energy Conservation Improvement Program contract, two Energy Improvement Design Contracts with the Veteran’s Affairs Administration, and a USACE Tulsa Energy MATOC.

Gary Adamkiewicz is Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where his work focuses primarily on environmental exposures within low-income communities. Dr. Adamkiewicz also serves as the Healthy Cities Program Leader at the Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment where he directs studies examining the intersection between sustainability and environmental health. He cocreated the Harvard Extension School course, “From Farm to Fork: Why What You Eat Matters,” which focuses on the local and global implications of our dietary decisions. Dr. Adamkiewicz holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Coralie Cooper

Energy Analysis and Sustainability Division, US Department of Transportation Volpe Center Coralie Cooper is the Sustainability Lead in the Energy Analysis and Sustainability Division at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center.

At the Volpe Center, Coralie supports Federal and state DOT and city efforts to reduce vehicle fuel consumption and GHGs, improve transportation facility sustainability, and improve cyclist and pedestrian safety. Coralie was the DOT lead for tractors and trailers on the joint DOT/EPA Phase 2 heavy-duty fuel efficiency and GHG regulation, finalized this summer. Coralie has over 20 years’ experience working on light-, medium-, and heavyduty vehicle technologies and policies to reduce criteria pollutants, greenhouse gas emissions, and fuel consumption.

Prior to coming to Volpe, Coralie was Transportation Program Manager at an association of northeast state air pollution control programs where she developed approaches and policies to reduce mobile source emissions in the northeast U.S. Coralie has served on National Research Council, Society of Automotive Engineers, Transportation Research Board panels, workgroups, and committees. She has a B.A. from Boston University and a Masters in urban planning from MIT.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Commissioner Martin Suuberg

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Martin Suuberg was appointed on January 8, 2015 as the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) by Governor Charles D. Baker and his Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Matthew A. Beaton.

With nearly 30 years of experience working in environmental and natural resource agencies at the state and federal level, Martin is a lawyer and manager who has effectively and efficiently administered the environmental laws that protect the quality of life for all Massachusetts’ citizens.

Prior to his appointment as Commissioner, Martin served as Undersecretary for Environmental Affairs in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. At MassDEP, Martin served as Deputy Commissioner for Policy and Planning.

He took over this position after 9 ½ years as the Regional Director for the Central Regional Office in Worcester, which serves more than 70 communities in Worcester County and nearby areas and is responsible for environmental permitting, inspection and enforcement activities.

Over his long career, Martin has also served as General Counsel to MassDEP and to the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, as well as to the former Department of Environmental Management where he also served as Deputy Commissioner.

Before moving to Massachusetts, Martin was an

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Speakers Bios Associate Solicitor and then Deputy Solicitor at the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, DC, where he worked on land management and natural resource issues.

Veronica Gassert

Food System Resilience Associate, Boston Office of Food Initiatives Veronica Gassert is an Americorps fellow serving in the Mayor’s Office of Food Initiatives for the City of Boston. Over the past year, Veronica conducted literature reviews on food access and urban agriculture in order to contribute a food systems perspective to the overall resilience strategy for the city. She also engaged residents in her primary research on community gardens. Prior to her Americorps term, Veronica spent a year living in Hong Kong and volunteering with various initiatives including a workers’ rights non-profit organization, an after school English program for Kindergarteners, and an organic farmers’ collective in the countryside. Veronica’s interest in food and agriculture stems from her experiences farming on small scale operations in Massachusetts and Hong Kong. She is of Hong Kong Chinese and American descent and is inspired by cultural food practices from around the world. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from Northeastern University and is a certified yoga teacher. <Business Case For Sustainable Infrastructure>

Dr. Andreas Georgoulias

Zofnass Program Research Director & Lecturer in Architecture, Harvard GSD Prof. Andreas Georgoulias is an expert on sustainable infrastructure and large scale developments. He is the research director of the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure at Harvard, where he teaches since 2007. He has published three books and numerous case studies on his area of work. His current projects include the Infrastructure 360 Awards with the Inter-American Development Bank, a wide interdisciplinary effort to assess health impacts of cities in Asia, and research on waste-to-energy facilities. He is the lead developer of the Zofnass Economic Tool, a comprehensive analytic model that quantifies the external costs and benefits of infrastructure. In the past, he has led the development of the first rating system to assess sustainable infrastructure, now deployed in the US and globally as Envision, collaborated with Obermeyer, Hochtief, UniCredit Markets and Investment Banking, and the US General Service Administration. He has consulted for the Economist Intelligence Unit and the United

Nations Development Program, and led urban development plans in Cameroon, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Prof. Georgoulias holds degrees in Architecture Engineering from the University of Athens, a Master’s and a Doctorate from Harvard.

Dr. Sven-Uwe Mueller

Senior Adviser Sustainable Infrastructure, Inter-American Development Bank Dr. Sven-Uwe Mueller is seconded by GIZ as principal advisor for sustainable infrastructure and climate change to the Inter-American Development Bank. There he helps to promote the sustainability agenda of the bank by bringing in German and European experiences.

After his PhD. at the University of Bonn in 1996, Sven-Uwe Mueller entered Siemens AG where he held different corporate communication functions.

As the officer for Industrial and Environmental Affairs at the German Embassy in Beijing from 2004 to 2006, he coordinated Sino-German policy dialogue on renewable energy and climate change action. After this, as Vice President in the Government Affairs department of Siemens AG, he was responsible for international climate policy, energy efficiency and renewable energy issues, and the coordination of related industry initiatives.

Since 2009, Sven-Uwe Mueller works for GIZ, an organisation implementing international sustainable development projects for the German Government. In his prior position he worked as Deputy Country Director of GIZ China and Head of the Energy Sector. In this capacity he was responsible for the Sino-German energy cooperation, power sector reform, renewable energy and energy efficiency policies, technical cooperation in the field of wind power and biogas, and low carbon development strategies for the electricity sector. <Session 4> INFORMATION

Terry Bennett

Senior Industry Strategist, Civil Infrastructure, Autodesk Terry D. Bennett, LS LPF MRICS ENV SP LEED AP, is the senior industry strategist for civil infrastructure at Autodesk. He is responsible for setting the company’s future vision and strategy for technology serving the planning, surveying, civil engineering and heavy construction industries, as well as cultivating and sustaining the firm’s relationships with strategic industry leaders and associations.

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Speakers Bios Bennett has been a practicing professional, global author and lecturer for over 30 years focusing on the impact of technology to the infrastructure and urban planning, engineering, and construction industries.

He holds multi-state licensing in both Land Surveying and Natural Resource Forest Management, is a Chartered Land Surveyor with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Credentialed Envision™ Sustainability Professional with the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure, a LEED Accredited Sustainable Design Professional, and holds an FAA Remote Pilot Airman Certificate for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

He currently serves as a Board Member of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design’s Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory Board, is an editorial board member of Informed Infrastructure Magazine, a charter member of the Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure and a member of its technical committee and a council member on the Urban Land Institute’s Public Development and Infrastructure Council.

Autodesk is a world leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software.

Tim McManus

Vice President, Capital Projects & Infrastructure Practice, McKinsey & Company Tim is a Vice President in McKinsey’s Capital Projects & Infrastructure Practice leading their Mega Project Delivery group for North America.

He helps clients develop, implement, and deliver mega projects and capital programs in the North American infrastructure market and other market sectors. Prior to McKinsey, Tim served as Senior Vice President and Executive Director for Capital Programs in the Civil & Infrastructure End Market and Director of Global Program Management for AECOM, a $19.5-billion professional technical and management support services provider.

Before AECOM, Tim directed the development and implementation of Gillette Stadium, New England’s premier sports, entertainment and event venue, as the Program Manager for the New England Patriots management team. Tim also is an Adjunct Faculty/ Lecturer – Northeastern University, Graduate School of Engineering, Harvard University, US Department of State, and Columbia University.

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Karen Weiss

Senior Industry Strategy Manager Infrastructure Owners, Autodesk

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Karen Weiss became the Industry Strategy Manager for Civil Infrastructure Owners at Autodesk in October 2015. In her role, she provides industry leadership by developing and evangelizing the vision and plans for BIM as it applies to civil infrastructure owners. Ms. Weiss has a focus on strategies that help transportation agencies and cities use data and technology to make work easier, life better, access faster and fosters community engagement, among other things. Prior to taking on this new role, Weiss led the Infrastructure Industry Marketing team at Autodesk where she was responsible for providing marketing leadership and go-to-market realization planning and execution for civil infrastructure solutions worldwide.

Before joining Autodesk in 2008, Ms. Weiss spent 17 years with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, where she worked on design and construction projects and was also involved in the development and implementation of new methods that used technology to streamline engineering processes in highway design and construction.

Ms. Weiss later spent time in the private sector, managing design and planning projects for a private consulting firm in Wisconsin. Karen has a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Wisconsin.

Erin Mosley

Vice President, Technology & Innovation Management Consulting Practice Lead, CH2M As a leader in innovation, Erin shines a spotlight on how global trends and emerging technologies are impacting organizations and utilities around the world as they plan for, build, and manage vital community assets. She shares best approaches and technologies from different sectors and geographies as well as ways to reshape the infrastructure business that will dramatically improve quality of life from multiple perspectives, including: resilience, smart city transformations, economic development, asset management, natural capital, and cultural engagement. With a strong background in sustainability for the municipal sector, she has helped cities develop integrated water planning, implement groundbreaking sustainable infrastructure projects, and improve resilience to extreme weather conditions and sea level rise. She also leads CH2M’s engagements with the Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure and the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure at Harvard University.

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