Dedicated to advancing sustainable laboratories globally.
Meet Our Speakers
A Global View on
Laboratory Sustainability
Monday, April 15
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EDT
Labs2Zero Program Update
Gordon is the President of I2SL
and the inventor of many important, widely applied technologies that have had a significant impact on lab sustainability and energy efficiency such as sash sensing VAV fume hood and laboratory airflow controls, the electronic venturi airflow valve, and demand based control of lab ventilation.
I2SL
Alison is a former research astrophysicist who is dedicated to saving our home planet by bringing energy efficiency to lab buildings. Alison has worked in both consulting and lab owner’s roles and serves as Secretary of the I2SL Board of Directors. She was a 2018 recipient of the I2SL Go Beyond Award.
I2SL
Opening Keynote Address: Smart Labs—Energy Efficiency Across the Campus and Across the World
Wendell is an Associate Chancellor who leads UC Irvine’s sustainability program; which is recognized by EPA’s Environmental Leadership Achievement and Climate Leadership Awards; Sierra Magazine’s Top 10 Greenest Campuses; an AASHE STARS Platinum rating; 21 LEED Platinum awards; and was the first to attain the Better Buildings Challenge.
University of California Irvine
Tuesday, April 16
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EDT
SLCan Opening Remarks
John is one of RWDI’s most experienced consultants, with over 35 years delivering high-performance buildings and more than 1,500 lab projects in North America. He is President of the SLCan National Board, Secretary of the SLCan Toronto Chapter, I2SL member, and a WELL Accredited Professional.
RWDI
Applying Ancient Knowledge: The Path Towards Better Collaboration and Sustainable Design Through Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Barb Martin is the Senior Partner
in Han Martin Associates, a majority Indigenous-led consulting company that was formed in 1995. She has over 30 years of experience working in Indigenous, women’s, equity, and organizational development issues. Barb is Mi’kmaq and originally from the Esgenoôpetitj (Burnt Church) First Nation in northeastern New Brunswick.
Han Martin Associates
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT
Award-Winning Sustainable Design
Senior Vice President and Principal
of van Zelm since 1993, Dave has over 30 years of experience designing and planning high-efficiency, sustainable academic facilities and implementing campus energy conservation measures for colleges and universities. Among his areas of specialty are high-performance laboratory facility design, net zero design, and carbon neutrality.
Van Zelm Engineers
Peter Herman, AIA, a Principal and Creative Director at Ellenzweig, joined the firm in 2007 and has 30 years of architectural design experience with a focus on science and engineering facilities. Peter has completed projects for institutions that include Brown University, Michigan State University, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Vermont, and Stony Brook University.
Ellenzweig
Erik is a partner with Behnisch Architekten’s Boston office, where he leads in digital design and Building Information Modeling. Prior to joining Behnisch in 2012, Erik specialized in design/build and fabrication. He directs multidisciplinary teams and is actively involved in systems integration, digital workflows, and optimizing the interfaces between design and realization of projects.
Behnisch Architekten
As IMEG’s National Director of Science and Technology, Brandon works with clients in educational, government, and private corporate markets. He has extensive experience with a broad variety of systems and an in-depth understanding of energy modeling and sustainable solutions.
IMEG
Kevin Marshall is lead technical architect at IDS, where he works closely with other disciplines to develop projects. Throughout his career, Kevin has worked on a wide variety of projects but has mostly focused on the higher education market. He has been an active participant in the AIA Michigan Mentoring program for many years.
IDS
4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. EDT
Canadian Decarbonization Trends and Case Studies
With over 25 years of experience
and a strong background in Science & Technology, Vladimir has been involved in project management, design, specification, construction, energy analysis and controls of building systems such as HVAC, plumbing, and fire protection. He is a Certified Energy Manager with Association of Energy Engineers and LEED AP BD+C professional.
Sustainable Labs Canada
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Mrigesh Roy, CEM, CEA, LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP ID+C, RESET AP, BEMP, has over 12 years of experience in sustainable and high‐performance building design using advanced computation methods. He has been part of teams for many high-profile sustainability projects that are LEED Gold or Platinum certified.
Crossey Engineering
Kevin Shea is a Principal with
Introba in Vancouver leading the Science and Technology sector in Canada. With a background in mechanical engineering and more than 15 years experience, Kevin is passionate about laboratory design and creating healthy and efficient buildings to support exciting research and manufacturing.
Kevin Shea
Sustainable Labs Canada
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Julia Beresford is a senior environmental specialist with Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) on the Greening and Climate Action teams. She provides advice and guidance on major projects and runs climate risk and vulnerability studies to help guide PSPC Asset Management Plans.
Public Services and Procurement Canada
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Sarah Low, RIBA, LEED AP, has extensive experience in academic and institutional projects, and projects with a strong sustainable design component, targeting LEED Gold and Platinum, net-zero energy, Living Building Challenge, mass timber, and urban agriculture. She is a LEED Accredited Professional.
Diamond Schmitt Architects
Wednesday, April 17
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT
Reducing Carbon Emissions in European Labs
Nikolai is the research and development energy manager for Sanofi in Frankfurt, Germany. Prior to that, he as a project engineer in nuclear decommissioning and wastewater treatment systems for both AREVA and RWE Nukem in Germany and a project engineer for ThyssenKrupp Turbine Components.
Mario is an engineer with Johnson and Johnson with global responsibility for HVAC, cleanrooms, and lab ventilation. His experience includes HVAC system design, commissioning, lifecycle cost and energy analysis for labs and pharmaceutical production. He is also a LEED AP, a member of the technical committee of the Belgian Cleanroom Workgroup, and board member of EGNATON.
An architect since 1998, since 2003, Miguel has been a laboratory designer, completing more than 75 specialized projects in scientific buildings, laboratories, pharmaceutical production units, animal facilities, cleanrooms, and healthcare. He is a Board member of EGNATON, European Association for Sustainable Laboratories.
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT
Canadian Green Labs Panel
Kimberly is the Sustainability
Officer at McGill Office of Sustainability focused on the integration of environmentally responsible practices in laboratories. Her background is conservation and applied research, and she has experience in project and program management.
McGill University
Bio coming soon.
University of British Columbia
Ray is the Energy Manager at Dalhousie University. He previously worked as an energy efficiency specialist in the commercial sector and is a profession engineer, Certified Energy Manager, and Measurement and Verification Professional through the Association of Energy Engineers.
Dalhousie University
Bud Fraser is currently managing
the UBC Sustainability Planning and Engagement team, where he works with business units and stakeholders to develop and implement sustainability and resource conservation plans and has project managed Zero Waste Action Plans, a Water Action Plan, and the Climate Action Plan.
University of British Columbia
Alexa, a Sustainability Manager in
the Dalhousie University Office of Sustainability and a teaching associate in the College of Sustainability & Marine Affairs Program, is a dedicated manager, educator, sustainability and equity, diversity, and inclusion advocate.
Dalhousie University
Christina Greever-Wilson has been
in the laboratory sustainability field since 2015, first at the University of Colorado Boulder and since 2019 with My Green Lab. As a Senior Programs Manager, she leads the International Laboratory Freezer Challenge and supports My Green Lab Certification. She earned an Emerging Leaders Award from I2SL in 2022.
My Green Lab
4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. EDT
Decarbonization and Space Optimization
Isabel leads LPA’s laboratory
planning practice, helping create innovative research and development facilities for corporate, pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. She works with laboratory managers and scientists to create high-performance laboratories that are inspiring, sustainable, functional and safe.
LPA Design Studios
Michael focuses on identifying contamination/pollution and coming up with appropriate management strategies. This career path allows him to leverage his Sustainability Management/Biology academic background. Michael is also a returned Peace Corps volunteer from Paraguay.
LANL
Harshda leads LPA’s structural engineering practice in San Diego, spearheading major civic, education, life science and biotech projects. She uses her technical expertise and experience to help develop innovative and efficient structural strategies that support larger project goals.
LPA Design Studios
As Director of Planning and
Facilities, Suzann provides guidance and oversite of approximately 1.4 million assignable square feet for the School of Medicine, with a primary focus on research and office space. She is responsible for project oversight, space utilization, and strategic planning. Suzann joined CU Anschutz in June of 2012 as a Project Manager with Facilities
Management.
CU Anschutz
Shannon is a Sustainability Analyst
at Los Alamos National Laboratory focused on greenhouse emission reductions including fugitive emissions and Scope 3 along with net-zero planning.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Ethan joined CU Denver/Anschutz
in October 2010 and is Director of Environmental Health & Safety overseeing a department of 30 professionals across five divisions. Prior to that he served in the U.S. Army (retiring in 2023 from the Army Reserves at the rank of Colonel) and was an Associate Professor in the CU Department of Medicine.
CU Anschutz
Thursday, April 18
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT
U.S. Green Labs Leaders
Star is the Green Labs Program Manager at the University of Georgia and is dedicated to making the research enterprise more sustainable and more equitable. She is on the I2SL Board, a founding Vice President of I2SL's Georgia Chapter, and a Higher Education Association Sustainability Consortium Fellow.
University of Georgia
Nick is the sustainability
coordinator at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he started the green labs program in 2015. Nick works to reduce electricity consumption, waste generation, and water usage campus-wide and has recently focused on composting and autoclave intensity at UAB.
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Lindsey is the Green Labs
Coordinator at The University of Texas at Austin where she has overseen the Green Labs program for the past four years. She has background in Geosciences and Environmental Studies with a focus on research and working in the Environmental Health and Safety group.
University of Texas, Austin
Nena is Associate Director of Environmental Programs in the EHS department at The University of Texas at Austin. She oversees the Hazardous Materials group, the Environmental Operations group, Green Labs, and the EHS On-Call program. She has over 25 years of experience as an EHS professional.
University of Texas, Austin
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT
Ventilation, Heat Recovery, and System Optimization
Michael founded Western
Mechanical Solutions (WMS) to focus on minimizing the energy use of buildings through innovative application of engineering. WMS represents various energy recovery products. Michael has been actively involved with the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air-Conditioning Engineers
since 1996.
Western Mechanical Solutions, LLC
Dan is CEO and President of
Aircuity. He has over 25 years of expertise across a wide variety of vertical markets and disciplines in commercial and light industrial building markets. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland and an MBA from Villanova University.
Aircuity
Paul Fuson is a National Business Development Manager of Life Science for Siemens Smart Infrastructure. With more than 39 years of experience in building controls and developing and delivering safe ventilation control solutions for critical environments, Paul manages sales and business development efforts across North America.
Siemens
Friday, April 19
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT
Decarbonization Trends and I2SL Growth in the UK
Tracy is a Regional Director at AECOM who leads the Building Engineering Science Sector, where she is responsible for the strategic delivery and quality assurance of multi-disciplinary engineering projects across the government, higher education, pharma and commercial industries.
AECOM
As Managing Partner, Phil leads growth and direction and is Partner lead for Science and Technology and Education sectors. He has extensive experience leading wide-ranging multidisciplinary design teams on complex projects from small laboratory refurbishments to large scale masterplans and new state-of-the-art research facilities.
Oberlanders Architects
Nick is a Regional Director for Oberlanders Architects, specializing in lab planning and strategic scientific end-user engagements within the sciences, innovation, and technology sectors. He is of the co-founding members of the Constructing Science Consortium and supports I2SL in the UK and the efforts European Cancer Community Foundation.
Oberlanders Architects
Tes is an experienced Project Manager with a multi-disciplinary technical background and significant experience in technically challenging projects in the Science, Technology, and Manufacturing buildings. He is a founding member of Constructing Science, the UK's leading consortium of expertise in Life Sciences.
Tes Adamou
EEDN
Ioannis is an Associate Director at Atelier Ten specialising in Engineering and Environmental Design Consultancy. He teaches environmental design and sustainability at various universities in and around London and is an expert in simulation-supported design processes (energy, comfort, and embodied carbon).
Atelier Ten
Rufus is a Project Manager for NuGreen, a sustainability consultancy business with a focus on decarbonising healthcare waste and resource management. Before joining NuGreen, he worked within a phase 3 clinical trial research lab and for a specialist IPC company. He now looks to help the two sectors work towards sustainability, having seen firsthand how resource and energy
intensive they both are.
Rufus Henderson
NuGreen
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