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2026 Green Building Summit & Expo

May 7 @ 7:00 am - 11:45 am

$115.00
2026 CREJ Green Building Summit & Expo

The Cable Center
2000 Buchtel Blvd. S.
Denver, CO 80210

DATE:
May 7, 2026 (morning)

4 hours of real estate continuing education credit have been approved.
To qualify for CE credit, attendees must arrive in time for the opening remarks and may not depart prior to the conference conclusion. Attendees may only leave during scheduled breaks. (Colorado Dept. of Regulatory Agencies Rule 4.7.E)
No exceptions can be allowed.

Exhibitor/Sponsor Registration: Reserve your exhibit space today by contacting Lori Golightly at lgolightly@crej.com

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Conference Agenda

7:00 – 7:25 a.m.
Check-In, Registration and Networking
7:25 – 7:30 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Emcee
Lauren Reilly - Senior Marketing Specialist, Iconergy
7:30 - 8:15 a.m.
Decarbonization of the Built Environment
Decarbonizing our new and existing buildings is the climate change challenge of our time. New construction often requires materials whose embodied carbon may be greater than the building's lifetime operational carbon. Retrofitting existing buildings has its own sets of hurdles but largely avoids the large initial spike in embodied carbon while still having an operational carbon footprint. This panel will discuss various solutions and tradeoffs to tackling Whole Life Carbon in their work.
Panelists
Ken Urbanek, PE, LEED AP, ASHRAE HBDP - Senior Principal and Client Executive, IMEG
Victor Olgyay, AIA - Principal, Green Design Collaborative
Greg Kingsley, PhD, PE - President & CEO, KL&A
Amanda Spice - Embodied Carbon Specialist / Sustainability Project Manager, Group14 Engineering, Inc.
Jaymes McMullin, CEM, CMVP, LEED AP - Principal Engineer, McKinstry
Moderator
Jamy Bacchus, PE, BEMP, LEED Fellow - Principal | Building Performance, ME Engineers
8:15 - 9:00 a.m.
Passive House
Is Passive House the future of commercial real estate in Colorado?

Why does Passive House represent the way we need to be building? What is happening with Passive House in other U.S. commercial real estate markets? What is the potential for Passive House in Colorado? How can we implement Passive House in Colorado?
Panelists
Peter Ewers, AIA, CPHD, LEED AP BD+C - President, Ewers Architecture
Courtney Anderson - Net Zero New Buildings Manager, Office of Climate Action, Sustainability & Resiliency, City and County of Denver
Ryan Lobello, AIA, CPHD - Associate Principal, Director, Handel Architects
Nick Nigro - Senior Project Manager, Leggat McCall Properties
Chris Chatto, AIA, LEED AP - Principal, ZGF Architects
Moderator
Tom Hootman, AIA, LEED AP, WELL AP, CPHC - Founder, Principal, Form & Flow
9:00 – 9:45 a.m.
Networking Break - Food & Beverage in Expo Hall
9:45 - 10:15 a.m.
Innovation on the Boards
A look at two or three of Colorado’s next-generation green buildings currently in design
Panelists
Jeffrey Hall, AIA, LEED AP BD+C - Senior Associate, Sustainable Director, Gensler
Tony Thornton, AIA, LEED AP BD+C - Principal, Stantec
Additional Panelist - TBD, TBD
Moderator
Elizabeth Erfling - Project Executive, Mortenson
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Emerging Technology
Including AI, smart buildings, next-gen geothermal, energy storage, digital twins, etc.
Panelists
Josh Decker - Systems Engineer, Iconergy
Jeff Elsner, PE - Mechanical Engineer/Project Manager, Associate Principal, RMH Group
Michael Silverman, PE, CEM, LEED AP - Vice President, Marx/Okubo Associates
Jim Schneider, LEED AP - Executive Director, PCI Mountain States
Moderator
Hillary Hanson - Account Executive, Southwest, Energy Systems Group
10:45 - 11:15 a.m.
Codes, Regulations, and Rating Systems
a. The changing landscape and where we are heading
b. The new State Model Low Energy and Carbon Code, the drive toward zero energy codes, LEED v5, etc.
Panelists
Celeste Cizik, PE, CEM, LEED AP - President / Existing Buildings Director, Group14 Engineering, Inc.
Julie Edwards, Associate AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, Just Communities AP - Senior Sustainability Consultant, Mead & Hunt
Amanda Timmons, LEED AP O+M - President, Ampajen Solutions, LLC
Ben Levine - Director of Business Development, Touchstone IQ
Moderator
Elizabeth Gillmor, PE, BEMP, LC, LEED AP - Principal, Energetics Consulting Engineers, LLC
11:15 - 11:45 a.m.
Next-Gen Green
Emerging sustainability leaders in Colorado
Panelists
Hillary Hanson - Account Executive, Southwest, Energy Systems Group
Devon Bertram - SVP, Sustainability, Stok
Miles Dake, PE, AIA - Principal, Dake Collaborative
Additional Panelists - TBD, TBD
Moderator
Patti Mason, LEED AP - Climate Action Strategist | Senior Associate, DLR Group

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