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Design, Build or Renovate for ROI

How to Gain Competitive Advantage through High Performance Buildings
by Glenn Fischer, posted on 10:31 AM, May 22, 2006
Design, Build or Renovate for ROI,
How to Gain Competitive Advantage Through High Performance Buildings & a Sustainable Workplace
 
Whether it’s corporate, educational, healthcare, institutional or multi-tenant space, the widening use of green criteria is changing the real estate game. Interior construction issues that were once considered routine are now increasingly complex.
 
Are you equipped to adequately address the changes occurring today? What about daylighting, space layout, VOCs, recycled content, IAQ protocols, energy guidelines, churn, new government regulations affecting moves? Do you know which standard to use? What are the cost implications?  Find out in this half-day seminar where to get the biggest Return on Investment (ROI)
 
Thursday, June 22 - Vancouver BC

Theatre C300

UBC Robson Square

800 Robson Street

Vancouver BC V6Z 3B7

Timeline:

7:45 to 8:30 am - Continental Breakfast

8:30 am to Noon - Program

Tickets:

$99 CDN At the Door

$89 CDN Advance

To Register:

www.squarefootage.net

Take Home Knowledge You Can Start Using Tomorrow

  • Learn how to pencil out the numbers for a high performance project.
  • How to weigh the critical factors in applying green building standards for renovation and interior fit out projects.
  • How to calculate how much saving a watt is worth – It’s over $6 per square foot and ROI exceeds 500%.
  • Discover building materials and systems that make money and how to avoid those that add costs faster than value.
  • Get the unbiased truth about LEED-NC, EB, CS, CI. Where they hit the mark, where they miss.
  • Solving cost dilemmas. Where to find the biggest payoffs. How to explain them to the CFO. 
  • Best practices if you’re the landlord, owner-user, or tenant.

Speakers & Panelists Bring Wealth of Experience

  • Seminar Leader: Alan Whitson, RPA, President of Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute. Grab your chance to tap Alan Whitson’s experience as an Asset Manager, Facility Manager, Construction Manager, Development Manager, Broker and Consultant for 40+ million square feet of real estate. As manager of planning and construction for Bank of America's data processing center he was responsible for 2,000 construction projects a year. Today, he is a member of BOMA International's Energy & Environment Committee.
  • Kevin Hanvey, LEED AP, Associate/Director of Sustainable Design, Omicron

  • Peter Laforest, Manager of Technical Services, GWL Realty Advisors

  • Marie Schneider, Facilities Manager, Simon Fraser University

  • Michel Labrie, LEED AP, Associate, Director of Sustainable Design, Hughes Condon Marler Architects

Earn Educational Credits
AIBC: 3 Learning Units
BOMI: 3 CPD Points

IFMA: Pending 
IDIBC: .3 CEUs  

Who Should Attend this Seminar -Professionals involved in the design, construction, operation and management of existing and new buildings including:

  • Architects, engineers, interior designers, space planners, and other building design professionals
  • Facilities managers
  • Developers, building owners, and property managers
  • Corporate real estate executives

A Special Bonus for Every Attendee
Every attendee will receive a free CD of Alan Whitson’s brand new book, Interior Fit Out: Guidelines for Sustainable & High Performance Workplace, a $70 retail value.

You can register for the seminar at www.squarefootage.net




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