California is once again a trendsetter with adoption of groundbreaking climate change regulations, AB 32 and SB 375. Implementation, however, is the tricky part. What does it all mean for new development and your business? What are the challenges of putting these pioneering regulations into practice? Should they be a model for other states?

Discover why retrofitting existing buildings is worth the effort. Learn how to generate cost savings as an owner and add value to your project, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. What are the costs and benefits of green retrofits? Find out how you can pay for them using public and private funding sources and energy performance contracting (EPCs).

Volatile energy supplies make the news, but will dwindling water sources have a bigger impact on new development? How do droughts, climate change, population growth, water infrastructure and scarcity impact the entitlement process for your projects in the West? Explore potential new solutions.

What if your community created its own power, had its own water supply and grew its own food? It's not as farfetched as you'd think. In a world that grows more global and interconnected by the day, are self-sustaining local communities the future?

New policies will create a bewildering set of choices for lowering carbon in new development. How will they affect the feasibility of your projects? Hear from several firms across the country that are pioneering evaluation tools to help sort out this complexity and assist in finding the most logical and cost-effective measures for energy savings and greenhouse gas reductions.

Ask experts and practitioners your questions on the cost benefit analysis of new neighborhood certification programs. As carbon laws become the norm in communities throughout the United States, do LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED ND) and Sustainable Sites (an interdisciplinary effort by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the United States Botanic Garden) represent a path to compliance?

With over $100 billion explicitly targeted for Green investments, what are the incentives and benefits for sustainable development? Who will control spending of the funds and how will this investment result in private sector opportunities? How is the Recovery Act going to serve as a "down payment" on a Green economy and what does it portend for future policy.

New developments around the world are incorporating sustainable energy, carbon management and water conservation systems into their sites. Take a tour of several revolutionary projects and hear about the innovative practices being implemented to achieve their sustainability goals.

How does an owner decide to seek LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED EB) certification? What are the financial rewards? What is the process? How has it been implemented in the field? And, what about the future?

This case study of the Los Angeles Community College District describes how a public-private partnership can lead the way as a model of sustainability. The partners share how they got the deal done and how they are achieving energy efficiency and sustainability on a campus-wide basis.

Green is here to stay, but how will adverse economic conditions affect sustainability efforts in the coming year or two? With growing job losses and rising vacancy rates, will companies and institutional investors continue to pay a premium for sustainable development?

Bring your most important questions, insights, and lessons learned. Our panel of industry experts from the previous session will answer questions and offer feedback. This session is guaranteed to be lively, stimulating, insightful, and relevant to your day-to-day business activities. Be ready to share and participate.