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THE NATION’S LARGEST NET ZERO BUILDING CONFERENCE

4th Annual Conference, presented by

August 24th, 2017 | IBEW NECA Net Zero Plus Facility | Commerce, CA

#NZ17, our fourth annual Verdical Group net zero conference, has sold out

again with 600+ attendees, 45 exhibitors, 40 speakers and 3 inspiring

keynotes including the California State Senate President Pro Tempore, Mr.

Kevin De Leon.

Take a tour of the beautiful net zero IBEW-NECA facility today, to see how net

zero is done. Our host venue is one of the highest profile net zero buildings in

the country, which makes it the perfect home for this year’s Net Zero 2017

Conference – the nation’s largest net zero building event.

NZ17 is where the net zero movement happens, so roll up your sleeves and

dive in. Our expo hall is packed with leadership companies and if you think

your company should be counted as a leader talk to us today about exhibiting

next year in 2018. We’re sure the momentum will continue to grow.

Best,

Drew Shula

Founder & Principal

Verdical Group

Hi Friends,

As they say in the recent Hollywood

hit La La Land, "It's another day of suuun"

in Los Angeles. Welcome to the City of

Angels, where the sun is shining brightly,

the solar panels are installed, and the

meters are running backward!

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AUGUST 24, 2017 | LOS ANGELES, CA

“California is pushing harder than ever on climate action goals. Southern California Edison

(SCE) is excited to have the opportunity to act as a catalyst for this move to a low carbon and

prosperous economy that the people of California want. Sponsoring the Net Zero Conference

is one clear way for us to do this. The Net Zero Conference has proven to be a local hotbed

of lively industry collaboration, dedicated to climate action in the building industry.”

“The Verdical Group Net Zero Conference is a great

opportunity to communicate our message of energy

efficiency, and future natural gas technologies to both

local and national environmental leaders. As the

largest ZNE conference in the nation, this provides SoCalGas® the opportunity to spread that message to a

vast amount of customers within our service territory

and beyond.”

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KEYNOTES

Dr. Chris LuebkemanFellow, Director for Global Foresight,

Research and Innovation

Arup

R. Rex Parris is a Lancaster, California

native who was first elected as Mayor in

2008. Currently serving his fourth term,

Parris’s leadership revolves around the

overall well-being of Lancaster residents,

with emphasis on public safety, crime

reduction, community health and

wellness, as well as community and civic

pride; all of which have resonated well

among citizens and constituents, in

addition to gaining Parris nationwide

recognition. Demonstrating the City’s

municipal fortitude and progressiveness,

Parris has been at the forefront of

repositioning Lancaster as a global

leader in the field of alternative energy.

Under his auspices, Parris has led the

City into forward-thinking unique

partnerships with innovative

organizations from all over the world.

These relationships led to the

establishment of many more residential

solar communities and municipal solar

ordinances, as well as Lancaster

becoming home to BYD’s first North

American electric bus manufacturing

plant and battery storage facility. Mayor

Parris’ tenacity for serving his community

with a “can do” attitude has garnered

many municipal “firsts,” including

shepherding the City of Lancaster to

becoming one of the world’s first Zero-

Net Energy Cities.

Kevin de LeónCalifornia State Senate

President Pro Tempore

California’s 24th District

Kevin de León is currently serving in the

California State Senate as the current

Senate President Pro Tempore. He is the

first person of Latin American descent to

hold the office in nearly 150 years. De

León previously served four years as a

State Assembly member for the 45th

district, which includes areas such as

Hollywood, Silver Lake, Chinatown,

Highland Park, and many others.

Prior to his career in public service, De

León worked as an educator teaching

U.S. citizenship courses. He remains a

member of the California Teachers’

Association to this day.

The crux of De León’s distinguished work

as a legislator has centered around issues

effecting the environment, the working

poor, and public safety; de León famously

co-chaired Proposition 39 – The California

Clean Energy Jobs Act – which has

accelerated job growth in California’s

clean energy sector. His 2012 proposition

to create a state-run retirement savings

plan for low-income workers made

national headlines as the first of its kind to

be introduced. Further examples of De

León’s work include championing bills that

improve energy efficiency in schools, and

create more space for urban parks.

Chris’s interest in the built environment

blossomed early, propelling him to pursue

a multi-faceted education, beginning with

engineering and culminating in a

Doctorate in Architecture from ETH in

Zurich, a city to which he remains deeply

connected. Chris gained valuable

experience as the protégé of esteemed

Spanish Architect, Santiago Calatrava.

But, subsequently he turned to his other

love, education, by accepting teaching

positions at several prestigious

universities. In 1999, Chris joined Arup as

the Co-Director for Research and

Development. A couple of years later, he

formed the Foresight, Innovation and

Incubation team, which has evolved to its

present form as Foresight + Research +

Innovation.

Chris spends the majority of his time

travelling the world to give keynote

addresses, talks, workshops and expert

interviews to a wide variety of government

agencies, non-profits, corporations,

schools, media outlets and industry

groups. Ostensibly, Chris’ mission is to

facilitate conversations about how to best

embrace change and its effects on the

built environment, but in so doing he acts

as an indispensable emissary to the very

groups whose work intersects with that of

Arup, building rapport and cultivating

relationships with future clients.

The Honorable R. Rex ParrisMayor

City of Lancaster

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SPEAKERS

Lisa Fay Matthiessen

Urban Fabrick

Auditorium & TheaterRegistration & Networking

7:00 AM — 8:00 AM Registration, Breakfast, Networking, and Exhibitor Tables

Welcome

8:00 AM — 8:45 AM

Opening Remarks

- Drew Shula, Founder & Principal, Verdical Group

Welcome

- Michelle Thomas, Senior Manager, Energy Codes & Standards & ZNE Strategies, Southern California Edison

Living Building Challenge LA Collaborative (LBC-LA) Introduction

- Justin Di Palo, Collaborative Facilitator, LBC-LA

- Avideh Haghighi, Collaborative Facilitator, LBC-LA

Morning Keynote

8:45 AM — 9:30 AM - Kevin de León, California State Senate President Pro Tempore, California’s 24th District

Building Below Zero – The IBEW/NECA Net Zero Plus Transformation

9:30 AM — 10:00 AM

- Dick Reed, President, IBEW

- Jim Willson, Chapter Manager, LA-NECA

- Dan Henrich, President, PDE Total Energy Solutions

- Greg Zickovich, Superintendent, O’Bryant Electric

- Forrest Peterson, Engineering, Preconstruction Executive,

Morrow-Meadows Corporation

- Jami Rice, Vice President, Relationship Manager,

Banc of California

- William Mazzetti, Senior Vice President & Chief Engineer,

Rosendin Electric

The Perlita Passive House Journey

10:00 AM — 10:30 AM- Holly Hill, Director of Sustainability, Verdical Group

- Xavier Gaucher, Certified Passive House Consultant, ePHiciency

Break

10:30 AM — 11:00 AM Coffee Break, Networking, Exhibitor Tables

Morning Panel – SoCal Utilities and the Net Zero Future

11:00 AM — 12:00 PM

- Nurit Katz, Chief Sustainability Officer, UCLA (Moderator)

- David Jacot, Director of Efficiency Solutions, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

- Marc Ulrich, Vice President of Customer Programs & Services, Southern California Edison

- George Minter, Regional Vice President, External Affairs and Environmental Strategy, SoCalGas

Lunch

12:00 PM — 1:00 PM Lunch, Networking, Exhibitor Tables

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MORNING SCHEDULE

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Auditorium Theater

Human Purposed Net Zero Design: Three

Project Case Studies

Afternoon Panel – From Design to Developer:

The Methods, Motivations and Money that

Move NZE Forward

1:45 PM — 2:15 PM

- Melanie Berisha, Architectural Graduate, BNIM

- Matthew Porreca, Principal, BNIM

- Chad-Jamie Rigaud, Architectural Graduate, BNIM

- Christianne Jordan, Architectural Graduate, BNIM

- John Andary, Principal, Integral Group

- Cathy Higgins, Research Director, New Buildings

Institute

- Bill Maclay, Principal, Maclay Architects

- Andy Bush, Principal, Morgan Creek Ventures

Overview of NREL’s Commercial Buildings

ZNE Portfolio

2:15 PM — 2:45 PM

- Ramin Faramarzi, Principal Engineer, NREL

- Shanti Pless, Senior Energy Efficiency Research

Engineer, NREL

Zero Energy: Making it the New Normal Net Zero Waste Product Manufacturing

2:45 PM — 3:15 PM

- Brad Liljequist, Director of Net Zero Energy Buildings and

Living Community Challenge, International Living

Future Institute

- Ralph DiNola, CEO, New Buildings Institute

- James Connelly, Living Product Challenge Director,

International Living Future Institute

- Jane Abernethy, Sustainability Officer, Humanscale

- David Stover, CEO & Co-Founder, Bureo Skateboards

Achieving Net Zero Across an International

Airport

ZNE is a Process: A Case Study That Explores

the Keys to Success

3:15 PM — 3:45 PM

- Kirsten Ritchie, Principal, Gensler

- Anthony Bernheim, Program Sustainability Manager,

The Allen Group (representing SFO)

- Lisa Fay Matthiessen, Urban Fabrick

- Greg Collins, Principal, Zero Envy

- Peter Tolkin, Principal, Peter Tolkin Architecture

- Ron Movich, Development Lead, Peter Tolkin

Architecture

Auditorium & TheaterAfternoon Keynote

3:45 PM — 4:15 PM - The Honorable R. Rex Parris, Mayor, City of Lancaster

Expo Hall

Facility Tours & Happy Hour in the Hall

4:15 PM — 5:30 PM Drinks, Networking, Tours, Exhibitor Tables, and a Tesla Coil!

Lunch Keynote

1:00 PM — 1:45 PM - Dr. Chris Luebkeman, Fellow, Director for Global Foresight, Research and Innovation, Arup

Auditorium & Theater

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A LA Dept. of Water & Power W Cascadia

B LA Better Buildings Challenge X Metropolitan Water District

C View Dynamic Glass YSloan, and Falcon Waterfree

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D Capitol Energy Systems Z Rosendin Electric

E Prosoco AA IBEW-NECA

F Morrow Meadows AB 1% For The Planet

G BlueFlame Energy Finance AC USGBC-LA

H Arup AD Banc of California

I SoCalGas AE AHBE

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K O’Bryant Electric AG Next Energy Technologies

L Hathaway Dinwiddie AH PDE Energy Solutions

M OneSource Distributors AI SageGlass

N Lutron AJ Kinestral

O WindowMaster AK Verdical Group

P Southern California Edison #1 ALInternational Living Future Institute

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Tour Stop Description Sponsor616 Lobby One Source

318 Fire Alarm Lab

319 Fire Alarm Lab

310 Process & Instrumentation Lab

311 Transportation Lab

303 Voice Data Video Lab

302 Transformer Lab

214 Motor Controls LabOne Source and

Square D by Schneider Electric

300 Conference Room One Source

102 Break RoomOne Source and

Milwuakee Tools

301 Photovoltaic Control Room

703 Multi Purpose Room

700 Auditorium

321 LED Lighting

High Bay/Conduit Training

Mobile Solar Lab

Chiller Yard

Electrochromatic Glass SageGlass

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1 Solar Arrays

2 Electric Vehicle Chargers

3 NZP Weather Station

4 Solar Screen Wall

5 Drought Tolerant Landscape

6 Battery and Inverter Yard

7 Railway Crossing

Meet in the Lobby (Room #616) for a

building tour at the following times:

- Registration Hour (7:00 am – 8:00 am)

- Morning Break (10:30 am – 11:00 am)

- Lunch (12:00 pm – 1:00 pm)

- Happy Hour (4:15 pm – 5:30 pm)