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asked general and technical questions. Participants includ- ed: Joel Todd , environmental consultant and chair of the LEED Steering Committee; Lynn N. Simon , FAIA, LEED fellow and senior vice presi- dent of Thornton Tomasetti; and Brendan Owens , vice president of LEED technical development. Q&A to follow. When/Where: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 10 to 11:15 a.m., at the Philadelphia Convention Center, USGBC In- teractive Media Lounge, Broad Street Entrance, Simon, FAIA, LEED Fel- low, is a senior vice president in Thornton Tomasetti’s San
Francisco office. After 18 years leading Simon & Associates, Inc., a green building consult- ing firm she founded in 1994, she joined Thornton Tomasetti in 2013 and is responsible for leading its U.S. West Coast building sustainability efforts and for managing complex green design and consulting projects. She is a green build- ing pioneer and a leading au- thority in the industry, and has consulted on numerous LEED projects, including some of the earliest to achieve certification in California. LEED v4 provides insight into the synergies within the building system, providing solutions for optimizing perfor- mance, and ultimately achiev- ing better environmental, eco- nomic and social outcomes. The U.S. Green Building Council’s Greenbuild International Con- ference and Expo is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. This year, 30,000 attendees from 90 countries will attend Greenbuild, which will feature 1,000 exhibitors and spon- sors with green products and service innovations as well as 100 education sessions led by business, environmental and social leaders. n Manko, Gold, Katch- er & Fox in 2014 best law firm rankings PHILADELPHIA, PA — The 2014 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® : “Best Law Firms” lists Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP , in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Tier 1 rankings for Environ- mental Law (NJ) and Arbi- tration, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation, and Mediation (PA). The firm was also listed in the National Tier 2 rankings for Environmental Litigation and Environmental Law. Rankings are based on a rig- orous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of ad- ditional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. To be eligible for these rankings, a law firm must have at least one lawyer who is included in Best Lawyers as part of the an- nual peer review assessment. MGKF currently has 14 attor- neys listed for their work. n
HILADELPHIA, PA — Scot Horst , senior vice president of LEED
at USGBC , prov ided a h i g h - l e v e l overview on the future of LEED and its newest ver- sion of the green build- i ng r a t i ng
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system, LEED v4, launched at this year’s Greenbuild. Follow- ing Scot’s remarks, Building- Green’s Nadav Malin moder- ated a media panel on the new version of LEED, which delved into a variety of frequently
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