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Malachite LLC to speak at Practicing Law Institute Green Real Estate Summit, March 19, 2010

Leanne Tobias, Managing Principal of Malachite LLC, will speak at the Practicing Law Institute’s Green Real Estate Summit 2010, in New York City on March 19.  Leanne will lead a panel on “Finding the Money in 2010”, highlighting the latest developments in green real estate finance, joined by John Christmas of Hannon Armstrong, David Winstead of Ballard Spahr, and Marc Winters of McNaul Ebel. 

 

Malachite LLC Team Leads ULI Conference on Green Commercial Building Retrofits

Malachite LLC team members George Vavaroutsos, Michael Schneider and Leanne Tobias hosted and led an Urban Land Institute conference on green building retrofits in San Francisco on January 21, 2010.  George and Michael highlighted the key elements of green commercial retrofits, and the steps needed to plan and conduct a green retrofit, and the newest technologies available for green retrofits.  Leanne reviewed the important investment case for green retrofits and key financing developments to bring retrofits to reality.  A roster of leading green real estate experts joined the Malachite team to explore key sustainable retrofit projects, including the Empire State Building, San Francisco’s TransAmerica Pyramid, Seattle’s Joseph Vance Building, and the Build It Green multi-family residential retrofit initiative.

 

Leanne Tobias Keynote Speaker at Reimagine Summit, Edmonton, Canada

Leanne Tobias, Managing Principal of Malachite LLC, was the keynote speaker at the second annual Reimagine Summit in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on December 9, 2009.  The Reimagine Summit, sponsored by the Manasc Isacc architecture firm, provides a venue for Canadian property owners to “reimagine” the sustainable retrofit of commercial buildings.  Leanne also participated in a Post-Summit Q&A to answer additional audience questions.

 

Retrofitting Office Buildings to be Green and Energy Efficient

This new book by Leanne Tobias, with Malachite's George Vavaroutsos and other leading green building experts, is a step-by-step guide to green and energy-efficient building retrofits. Published by the Urban Land Institute, the book includes case studies from around the globe and teaches you how to plan for, design, construct, finance and operate and energy-efficient green building. The book is available from the Urban Land Institute and on Amazon.

 

Malachite LLC Team attends USGBC GreenBuild Expo; Leanne Tobias speaks at BASF Events

The United States Green Building Council hosted its annual GreenBuild Expo in Phoenix, Arizona November 10 - 13, 2009. The Malachite LLC team, including Nick Katz and Caitlin Cunningham, were on hand to discuss the latest developments in building sustainability with industry leaders. Malachite's Leanne Tobias joined BASF on November 12th for its 2nd Annual Greenbuild Round Table discussion on sustainable building practices. The BASF Round Table was followed by the signing of Leanne's new book on building retrofits. Leanne also discussed her book, Retrofitting Office Buildings to be Green and Energy Efficient, at a BASF event for Greenbuild attendees and media.

 

CREOpoint Interviews Leanne Tobias of Malachite LLC

San Francisco, November 6, 2009. At the annual Urban Land Institute Conference, Leanne Tobias moderated a standing-room-only discussion panel to debate ideas on how to retrofit commercial spaces. CREOpoint, the Global Commercial Real Estate Community caught up with Ms. Tobias after her panel to speak about her new book, Retrofitting Office Buildings to be Green and Energy Efficient. Catch her here online at CREOpoint.

 

2009 Urban Land Institute Fall Meeting & Expo

San Francisco November 3 - 6, 2009. The Urban Land Institute invited Malachite's Leanne Tobias to address the conference on how to retrofit different types of existing commercial buildings, small and large, leased and owned. As the moderator of the Friday November 6th session, Retrofitting Offices to be Green and Energy Efficient: Practical Approaches, Leanne discussed money saving retrofit ideas with Michael Bangs of Adobe Systems, Richard Bartholomew of WRT/Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC, David Eichler of LCOR Incorporated and Nathan D. Taft of Jonathan Rose Companies. To learn more about Leanne's educational session of ULI's November conference, please visit the online website.

 

Leanne Tobias Speaks at The Sustainable Building Series: Retrofits

October 20 - 22, 2009. GSMI presented this San Francisco conference to identify strategies to capitalize on the green building market. Malachite's Leanne Tobias headlined a session on Creating Value with Investment in Green Retrofits with Jose Guevara of Cushman & Wakefield of California, Inc. To learn more about this conference and Ms. Tobias' discussion, refer to the online website.