Carol Swedlow

The floor covering industry offers a range of rapidly renewable and biodegradable options, including cork, linoleum, and bamboo. This seminar will cover specifications, LEED, installation procedures, and maintenance recommendations for these environmentally-friendly materials.

Aronson’s owner Carol Swedlow is a licensed architect and member of the USGBC who is working to complete LEED certification. Over the last decade, she has helped to change the conversation about materials, artisanship and sustainability in the floor covering industry through her relationships with designers, her work with artisan fabricators around the world, and her workshop series on the subject for architects and designers. In the process, she has honed a philosophy of environmental sustainability that is reflected in flooring collections featuring natural fibers and other sustainable materials, beautiful design, and quality workmanship.

 

Murray Levi, AIA LEED AP

Perennially popular lecturer Murray Levi will debunk a series of media myths about renewable energy in discussing current technologies and their applicability to various building types and uses.

Murray Levi is a passionate advocate of sustainable design whose work demonstrates that excellence in architecture results from applying the principles of sustainable design.  In addition to his role as Vice President and Director of Architecture and Sustainability at The LIRO Group, Murray serves on the Board of Directors of the USGBC New York Chapter and is Chairman of its Program and Education Committee, the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment, the NYC Department of Buildings Model Code Program Advisory Committee on Sustainability, and is Chairman of the EBA-NYS High Performance Building Task Force.

 

Terry Mowers

LEED offers Materials and Resources credits and points towards certification for building materials made from reused, recycled, or rapidly renewable materials or certified wood, or extracted, processed, or manufactured regionally. Terry Mowers will outline the LEED criteria and explain why certain materials are acceptable and others are not.

Terry Mowers and his work/life partner Suzanne Tick specialize in material development for commercial and residential interiors, including award-winning textiles, architectural glass, carpet, and woven metals for clients such as Knoll, Tandus, Skyline and Tuva Looms. In addition to an education in design and marketing, Terry holds a second BA in Environmental Science from the College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse University.

Ronald Weiss

Reproduction, or recreating the pattern, color, fabrication and texture of an existing swatch of carpeting, is one approach to carpeting for historic buildings. If extant carpeting is not available, finding an historically appropriate design or developing one based on information known about the time period are alternatives. Ronald Weiss will discuss construction, fibers, colors, patterns and installation for carpet in historic settings. Case studies, including Gracie Mansion and projects for the Rockefeller, Loeb and Forbes families, will illustrate the process.

Ronald Weiss is a specialist in carpets of historic design from the 19th century. Ron is a recent addition to the Aronson’s sales staff and he brings with him 30 years of experience with carpeting for both contract and residential clients.