Interfaith
Green Building Conference – 2019
Responding to Climate Change
Empowering Faith-Based Organizations to Lead the Way
(The Conference was videotaped. The symbol 
indicates where in the Program a video is available. Click to view that segment of the Conference. )
| Day One – Thursday, April 11th (5:00 pm – 8:30 pm) | |
| Opening words | Rev. Dylan Doyle-Burke, Assistant Minister (First Universalist) |
| Welcome and introductions to conference organizers, co-sponsors |
Moderator: Tom Abood (First Universalist) |
| Inspiration from our youth | Greta Thunberg (School Strike for Climate) ( video clip1), (VideoClip2 – Democracy Now) Nick Venner (Our Children’s Trust) |
| KEYNOTE ADDRESS:Simple. Serious. Solvable. The Three S’s of Climate Change. | Dr. Scott Denning (CSU), Introduction by Dr. Hilary Morland (First Universalist) |
| Review of Friday Conference Agenda |
Moderator: Toni Nading (First Universalist) |
| Closing Words |
Rev. Peter Sawtell (Eco-Justice Ministries) |
| Tour of First Universalist Renovated FacilityAbout First Universalist’s Green Building | Green First Team Tour Guides |
| Day Two – Friday, April 12 (8:30 pm – 5:30 pm) | |
| Welcome and Introduction | |
| Opening Words | |
| Inspirational videos | Moderator: David Takahashi (GreenFaith) |
| VIDEO: SESSION#1 Bill McKibben (350.org) Welcome, April 2019 2:17 Climate Action in Boulder’s Faith Community, June 2017 7:28 Mountain View United Methodist, Boulder 10:50 | |
| ENERGIZING YOUR CONGREGATION & BUILDING YOUR GREEN TEAM | |
| Establishing your North Star: Building a Green Team Growing motivation and gathering momentum | Moderator: David Takahashi (GreenFaith)VIDEO: SESSION#2 Video: Dancing Guy 0:49 Panel: Arthur Howe (Mt. View United Methodist) 4:00, Tom Abood (First Universalist Denver) 11:48, Rev. Dr. Peter Terpenning (Community United Church of Christ, Boulder) 20:30, Joan Gregerson 29:10, Popcorn Exercise 41:40 |
| Motivations for Climate Action: Lessons from Faith Communities and Secular Activism | Moderator: Rev. Peter Sawtell (Eco-Justice Ministries) VIDEO: SESSION#3 Panel: Rev. Selena Wright (Kirk of the Bonnie Brae, United Church of Christ), 5:40 * Creation Justice Churches Janel Apps Ramsey (Brew Theology), 13:00 Peg MacMorris (Foothills Unitarian), 23:38 Gina Hardin (350.org) 37:00 Q&A 49:00 |
| DEVELOPING A PATH TO ZERO EMISSIONS | Moderator: David Takahashi (GreenFaith) VIDEO: SESSION#4 |
| Architectural design options that support/ promote Zero GHG Emissions | David Takahashi (Introduction) 0:20 Guest Speaker: David Barrett (Barrett Studio Architects) (Slides-pdf) 2:05 |
| Discovering external sources of support | Panel: Ambra Sutherlin 14:00 Mark Bloomfield 21:00 Bill Brayden 33:16 |
| Educational Session | |
| Harvesting Onsite Energy | Moderator: John Bringenberg (First Universalist) |
| Energy efficiency/conservation Solar PV & Solar Thermal (Harvest solar energy) Heat pump technology (Harvest thermal energy) | VIDEO: SESSION#5 Panel: John Bringenberg 0:15 Paul Kriescher (Lightly Treading) 5:50 Jim Smith (Golden Real Estate) 18:15 Ben Valley (Independent Power Systems) 32:56 Bill Brayden (Brayden Automation Corp) 42:00 Q & A 53:45 |
| Educational Session | |
| Restoring Our Grounds/ Food Production and Zero Waste | Moderator: Tom Abood (First Universalist) Panel: Matt Royster, Sue Salinger (Hazon), David Braden, Pastor Joel Rothe |
| FINANCING / APPROVAL | |
| Third Party Financial Strategies for Zero GHG Emissions: Grants/Loans/ Leases/ Power Purchase Agreements | Moderator: David Takahashi(GreenFaith) VIDEO: SESSION#6 Panel: Inspirational 1:45 Julia Sullivan 7:15 Pete Stein 19:15 Tracy Phillips 29:01 David Wyatt 37:24 |
| Member-funded Financial strategies | VIDEO: SESSION#7 Presenters Todd Bohling 1:27 (Christ the Servant Lutheran) * Demand Charge * Commercial Tax Breaks * Member LLC Milt Hetrick 10:00 (First Universalist) * Steps to Zero GHG Emissions * Case Study Documentation * Spreadsheet Financial Model * Q & A 22:00 |
| Gaining Board/Vestry and Congregational Approval | VIDEO: SESSION#8 Presenters: Milt Hetrick 0:20 (First Universalist) Todd Bohling 6:15 (Christ the Servant Lutheran) Rev. Dr. Peter Terpenning 9:50 * Conservative Boards/Councils * Fundraising (Buy-a- panel) * Passionate Pastor * Progressive Congregation Q & A 15:50 |
| IMPLEMENTATION | |
| Contracting / Construction / Commissioning / Monitoring Operational Performance | Moderator: David Takahashi, (GreenFaith) VIDEO: SESSION#9 Providence Baptist Church, San Francisco- Bayview, CA. G.L. Hodges, Administrator “added solar to reduce high cost of energy” 0:58 Panel: Mark Bloomfield 4:28 Verification Commissioning Monitoring Ambra Sutherlin 13:07 Roadmap Arthur Howe 19:50 Trees, Water, People Electric Demand Control System Bill Braden 25:34 Electric Loads Video: Brett KenCairn, Boulder 38:37 Closing Q & A: Toni Nading 47:42 |
| NEXT STEPS | VIDEO: SESSION#10 |
| Invitation to join GreenFaith Green Building Collaboratory, | Presenter: David Takahashi (GreenFaith) 0:18 * Join Interfaith Green Building Collaboratory * Videotapes of Presentations * Provide a supporting community * Find Resources |
| Conference Evaluation Form Follow-up Email | Milt Hetrick (First Universalist) 1:50 * Interest in continuing? * Topics considered important, missed? * Frequency of Conferences/Workshops, etc Toni Nading (First Universalist) – 4:19 * Contact information (Presenters, Panelists, Exhibitors, Sponsors |
| Closing Words | Rev. Peter Sawtell (Eco-Justice Ministries) * Resolution of United Church of Christ: “The Earth is the Lord’s – not ours to wreck – Imperatives for a new era.” 6:05 * Interfaith Prayer – 8:40 |