AREW presents 'Greening Your Office 'event.

The Association of Real Estate Women (AREW) will present "Greening Your New York City Office", a seminar to be held on Tuesday, March 25 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. featuring a panel of experts who will offer a multifaceted review of the many ways in which small and large companies can move toward the goal of achieving a sustainable office environment.

Panelists, who will present the architect/interior designer, property management and legal points of view respectively, will be: Joan Blumenfeld, FAIA, LEED, Principal, Perkins+Will; Lance Carlile, Sr. Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle; Lori Schwarz, Esq., Principal, Zetlin & De Chiara, LLP. Peter Syrett, AIA, LEED, Associate Principal of Perkins+Will will serve as moderator for the discussion.

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This seminar will focus on the unique issues of greening an office in New York City from lease signing through construction and into occupancy. The panel will discuss "green" leases, LEED-CI and LEED -EB, sustainable building and the New York City building code, means to lower your operational costs, how to create a healthier workplace, how to strengthen the relationship between environmental responsibility and corporate mission; and how to work with commercial building landlords on all of these issues.

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The seminar will be held at the LEED Silver-level offices of Perkins+Will, 215 Park Avenue South (just north of the W Hotel, NE corner of Union Square) on the 4th floor. Perkins+Will is also providing wine, beverages and light fare. Cost for AREW members is $25; non-member cost $35. Registration: www. arew.org.

Joan Blumenfeld, FAIA, LEED, is Director of Interior Design at Perkins+Will. Her clients include Bloomberg, L'Oreal, Reuters, Fidelity, Sothebys, and Planned Parenthood, as well public sector entities such as the NYC Fire Department and the Office of General Services. Her award winning projects have been published in Interior Design, Vanity Fair, the New York Times, Contract, Architectural Record, Metropolis, and other press. She was 2007 President of the AIA NY Chapter, is a former board member for IIDA, Pro Mujer, and WX, Women Executives in Real Estate, and a LEED Accredited Professional. She led the design of the Perkins+Will New York office, anticipating LEED Silver, and the COFRA offices, anticipating LEED Gold.

Blumenfeld holds a Masters of Architecture with Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophical Psychology from the University of Chicago.

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Lance Carlile has over 22 years of real estate experience. Currently Regional Property Management Director for New York at Jones Lang LaSalle, he is responsible for all aspects of financial management, maintenance and operations for a 12.6 million square foot portfolio of commercial office buildings. His responsibilities include the day-to-day management of the portfolio for owners such as Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Equitable, New York Life, LaSalle Investment Management, Invesco, Pitcairn Properties, UN Development Corporation and Mutual of America, and the supervision of over 55 Jones Lang LaSalle professionals and approximately 120 other Jones Lang LaSalle employees. He is also charged with developing and implementing Green Building strategies across the portfolio and is a member of the firm's Property Management Executive Committee.

Prior to joining Jones Lang LaSalle, Lance Served as Senior Vice President at the New York City Economic Development Corporation where he was responsible for commercial and industrial real estate development projects throughout New York City.

Carlile has a master's degree in urban planning from the University of Michigan and a bachelor's degree in political science from Illinois State University. He is a member of the Commercial Management Board of Directors of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) md a member of the Board of Directors of the Building Owners and Managers Association of NY (BOMA/ NY). He is a licensed real estate broker in the state of New York and a LEED Accredited Professional.

Lori Samet Schwarz represents architects, engineers,

construction managers, sureties and developers in a variety of construction-related matters, including contract disputes, delay claims, design defects, and work site accidents. Her practice focuses on litigation, arbitration and mediation of construction claims, in state and federal court, through the American

Arbitration Association and through private mediation of disputes. Schwarz regularly consults with clients on risk management and construction contracting issues and has an extensive background in general commercial litigation.