New Green Building Practices in China torrent

Leading green design specialists discuss green building practices in China at Scaling Up: From Green Buildings to Green Cities in the US and China.

The US and China are rapidly becoming the global centers for green design promotion, development, and investment, and many other Asian countries are beginning to follow suit.

Dan Geiger - Dan Geiger is the Executive Director of US Green Building Council - Northern California Chapter.

Jeffrey D. Heller - Jeffrey D. Heller, FAIA, an architect member of the Board since November 2002, practicing architect for 37 years, and is the founder and president of Heller Manus Architects in San Francisco. He currently serves as president of the AIA San Francisco. He also serves as an advisor and consultant to several San Francisco City planning and design projects including the San Francisco City Planning Department for Urban Design Guidelines. Heller earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is presently serving on the Board’s Executive Committee, Professional Qualifications Committee and IDP Implementation Task Force.

Paul Holland - Paul Holland is General Partner of Foundation Capital. In addition to coordinating the CleanTech practice at Foundation Capital, Holland's primary focus is on helping early-stage start-ups go from zero to $100M in revenue. He helped take public two venture-funded software start-ups, Kana Communications (KANA), and Pure Software (RATL). Holland currently serves on the board of directors for Bella Pictures, CalStar Cement, Coverity, Edge Dynamics (acquired by iMany), Ketera, Serious Materials, and TuVox; and previously for Talking Blocks (acquired by Hewlett-Packard) and RouteScience (acquired by Avaya).
Marc Porat - Marc Porat is Chairman of Serious Materials, CalStar Cement, and ZETA Communities.

Dan Winey - Dan Winey is Managing Principal, Asia Pacific Region for Gensler. Winey has been Gensler's Northwest region managing principal since 1995, responsible for offices in San Francisco, San Jose, San Ramon, Seattle, Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing. He's been on the firm's board of directors since 2000, and on its management committee since 1998. Prior to joining Gensler, he was a managing principal at San Francisco's Whistler-Patri Architects.

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