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Susan Kaplan, LEED AP Director, Sustainable Development Battery Park City Authority One World Financial Center New York, NY 10281-1097 212.417.4303 kaplans@batteryparkcity.org www.batteryparkcity.org Susan Kaplan, Director of Sustainability for Battery Park City Authority, has been working on the sustainable development of Battery Park City since 1999, when the Authority created Environmental Residential Guidelines that would create a standard for green development in Battery Park City and well beyond. She also has been the Owner’s Representative for many of the parks along Battery Park City’s public esplanade. Ms. Kaplan served as the Authority’s Owner's Representative for the Solaire, the first green residential high-rise known in the country and, we are told, the world. Ms. Kaplan oversees the sustainability program of all the buildings in design or construction in Battery Park City, which, upon completion, will total 5 million square feet of sustainable development, with 20,000 residents and employees working and/or living in healthier, more efficient buildings and neighborhoods. Ms. Kaplan is the Vice Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Technical Committee for its internationally respected rating system, known as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), which has become the defacto standard for sustainability for much of the country. She is also a member of the USGBC’s LEED Steering Committee and the Chair-elect of the Board of Directors of the USGBC NY Chapter. Ms. Kaplan serves on the NYC Dept. of Buildings’ Advisory Committee on Sustainability and has worked with NYC’s City Council on evaluating LEED for New York City. She has also worked with the Habitat for Humanity to help make sustainability a standard in their multi-family homes. Ms. Kaplan has presented to the US Conference of Mayors in Albuquerque and again in Washington, DC on the applications of the successes of the buildings in BPC for cities around the country. She has also presented to the UN, ASHRAE, NYC’s City Council, and even to the Bond Buyers of NY. In May of 2007, Ms. Kaplan was asked by the Israeli Sustainable Building Initiative to travel to Israel to run a one week workshop to help formalize green guidelines for the country. In October of 2007, Ms. Kaplan traveled to Mexico at the request of the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation to participate in the development of a green building rating standard for Mexico. Ms. Kaplan has degrees in Environmental Science and Landscape Architecture and is a LEED Accredited Professional. Louis C. Kirven III Commissioner, Department of Planning and Development City of Yonkers City Hall Yonkers, NY 10701 Lou Kirven leads the development initiatives in this fast growing city. With $5 billion dollars in current and proposed development underway, Yonkers has more development per capita than other locality in New York State. Lou was appointed Commissioner in January 2007 and is responsible for overseeing the offices of community development, economic development, planning as well as the city’s urban renewal agency. Previously, Lou served as the Director of Business Development for Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) overseeing all of ESDC’s activities in Westchester County. Prior to Empire State Development, Lou was a founder and President of a start-up sporting goods company; a legislative assistant to United States Senators John Heinz of Pennsylvania and John Seymour of California and an attorney in private practice. Lou serves on the Boards of the Westchester Community College Foundation and the Fairchester Chapter of the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). Lou is a graduate of Simon’s Rock, Tufts University and Georgetown University Law Center. Peter Klein |
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