• Opening Keynote


Rogers heads up Duke Energy — one of the nation's largest energy companiesand the third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide — and he is one of the country's most tenacious advocates for federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. Rogers will share his solutions-based vision for "decarbonizing" our energy supply and becoming the most energy-efficient economy in the world. Far from worrying about putting itself out of business, Duke Energy is betting its future on creating new value for its customers in a low-carbon world.


• General Session
• Greening Your Business Model


Green is the shape of the future and now is the time to start incorporating sustainability into your business practices. Our panel of seasoned developers who have gone green with good results will share their vision, strategies, and lessons learned in the pursuit of sustainability. No matter where you are on the green learning curve—you will take away ideas, tools, and practices that can help you take advantage of new market opportunities.


• Concurrent Sessions
• Green Certification Programs: Which One Is Right for Your Project?


Third-party certification is fast becoming required lapel-wear for serious green builders and developers. Learn the pros and cons of the major rating programs, and find out why our panel of developers selected the certification programs they did.


• Implementing Sustainability: Metrics and Methods That Matter


The next generation of sustainable real estate development must focus on complex issues that are less easily measured than energy, water, and material use. Critical decisions made in the acquisition, programming, and operation of a project have significant impacts on human ecology, social equity, livability, and profitability. Learn practical measures and development techniques that take sustainability beyond "the green box."


• Green Capital: New Sources of Financing for Sustainable Development


Last year the nation's largest pension funds and banks pledged billions of dollars to fight climate change and encourage sustainable development. And equity investment funds are springing up targeting green development. This panel of green investors and lenders will tell us what's driving these investments and how they are defining, valuing, underwriting, investing, and lending "green."


• Quantifying the Value of Green: The Reality and the Hype


How do the green features of a building or community development correlate to profits? Where are the business opportunities that will add green to your bottom line? New data will help you prioritize your green investments and add value to your projects.


• Sustainable Development on the Urban Edge


Projected demand for new houses and commercial buildings in coming decades presents both huge challenges and opportunities. Explore strategies for connecting new and existing development and infrastructure. Examine design principles that reduce vehicle miles traveled and resource conservation practices that help achieve triple bottom line results in suburban settings.


• Retrofitting Buildings: How Green Should You Go?


Renovating existing buildings to green standards offers significant economic and environmental opportunities. Learn how to balance short- and longer-term costs, benefits, and environmental performance. Hear from experts who have retrofit buildings of all sizes and circumstances to be greener—environmentally and economically.


• Interactive Workshops
• Green Development Practices That Pay Off


A panel of experts shares green development strategies and techniques that give the biggest economic and environmental bang for the buck and make your project more competitive.


• Sustainability and the Government Response: The Rules Are Changing


Governments are acting simultaneously at every level, with increasingly complex implications for developers. Get the big picture on green building mandates and incentives and learn how to respond to the changing regulatory landscape.


• Sustainable Development Project Analysis Session


Join a panel of ULI member experts in analyzing sustainable development opportunities for a project in the Charlotte market. This condensed advisory services panel includes a presentation by the panel sponsor, questions from the panel, questions from the audience, and concluding recommendations. The session is part of ULI's new initiative to address sustainable development issues through the proven advisory services panel process.


• Concurrent Sessions
• Future Proofing: Managing Risk in an Energy and Carbon Constrained World


Changing insurance terms, the concern that today's infrastructure may not withstand future conditions, green legislation, and unpredictable consumer demand are just some of the risks that developers must be alert to. Explore risk management in an era of change and take back practical strategies for "future proofing" your project.


• The New Marketing Paradigm


Green development marketing has focused on selling energy-saving features and environmental benefits, but new research shows we should be selling health benefits as well. Find out what homebuyers really care about, which market segments to go after, and how to make greener development a competitive advantage.


• Greening Your Portfolio


Today's Class A buildings are being trumped by a new class of real estate — "Class G." Tenant demand, new regulations, and building incentives could make non-green buildings obsolete sooner than expected. Find out how our panel of pros are turning their entire real estate portfolios a brighter shade of green.


• Closing Plenary Session
• Growing Cooler: Minimizing Development's Carbon Footprint


The built environment is responsible for almost half of all greenhouse gas emissions annually. Achieving climate stability will require changes in the way buildings and developments are planned, designed, constructed, and operated. This thought-provoking panel will explore the impact of carbon offsets, strategies for reducing vehicle miles traveled, and emerging technologies that can help address one of the most important challenges ever faced by our industry.

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