BUILDING ENERGY POSITIVE
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL AND STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

**SOLAR DECATHLON KICK-OFF EVENT**
Jan 30th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm  in Kellen Auditorium, 66 West 5th Avenue.

11:00  Welcome

11:10  Climate Change and Low Lying Communities: Virginia Terry, Part time Faculty, Milano the New School for Management and Urban Policy

12:00  A Whole Life Approach to Next Generation Energy Producing Solar Housing: Solar Decathlon Student Representatives from Fall 2009 Architecture and Social Practice

Virginia Terry is a former director of SustainAbility Inc., a strategic consultancy and think tank specializing in corporate environmental and social responsibility. She is now an independent consultant advising major corporations on sustainability initiatives. She has worked with a range of companies including Shell, Novo Nordisk, Kellogg, Holcim, and Nike on long-term projects focusing on climate change, local economic development, and human rights. She has also led projects for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the Global Reporting Initiative, and the Global Environmental Management Institute.

Students from 2009 Architecture and Social Practice
Keefe Butler, Miryam Dreyfuss, Jason Hudspeth, Kelly Jordan, Tom Klaber, Hyun Oh Koo, Vasilis Kyriacou, Zackary Lauth, Shuang Meng, Shana Mosher, Niloufar Mozafari, Kim Noel, Erich Rau, Homero Rios, Peter Russell, Natalie Schloeder, Brandon Schumacher,
Samta Shah, Siena Shaw, Chris Steffens, John Stinar, Jose Luis Vidalon, Helene Wasserman, Mandissa Whittington, Fara Britt Woolf, Stephen Yanczura, Valerie Zekas