October 7th to Oct 8th, 2021
The Energy and Environment Leadership Symposium provides an in-person forum for leaders that want to know more about common-sense policy in the intersection of energy and agricultural production and environmental concerns. This symposium will create opportunities for community and thought leaders to come together for high-level discussion, education and collaboration about the state of the energy and agriculture industries and how those two sectors can be a solution to environmental concerns. This is a symposium with sought-after industry leaders and innovators who will challenge the way our attendees think about the future of sustainability. The Energy and Environment Leadership Symposium seeks to identify common-sense policies that work in the areas of energy, agricultural production, and environmental issues as well as showcasing thought leaders on topics that matter now to industry, community, and government leaders.
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Campus Commons – MultiPurpose Room #1203
1051 22nd St.
Greeley, CO 80639
Time And Location
Thu, Oct 7, 2021, 10:00 AM –
Fri, Oct 8, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT
Panel Discussion On Tiny Houses
The panel discussion will center around the exploratory initiative with ASTM to develop standards specific for tiny houses and how tiny houses are a solution to sustainable housing. Speakers representing the tiny house industry include, Lissy Velez, Mitch Holmes, Joe Callantine, and Robin Butler.
Lissy Velez With ASTM
Lissy Velez is a program manager of the new business development team with ASTM International. Lissy has been in charge of our exploratory initiative with ASTM to develop standards specific for tiny houses.
Over 12,000 ASTM standards operate globally. Defined and set by us, they improve the lives of millions every day. Combined with our innovative business services, they enhance performance and consumer confidence.
Working across borders, disciplines, and industries we harness the expertise of over 30,000 members to create consensus and improve performance in manufacturing and materials, products and processes, systems and services.
For more than a century, ASTM has been well known as one of the world’s largest and most established standards creating organizations. Today, ASTM also offers a wide range of products and services that go well beyond standards: training, proficiency testing, certification and the new portal service Compass. These offerings significantly enhance the benefits ASTM provides to its stakeholders worldwide.
Mitch Holmes With MitchCraft Tiny Homes
Mitch Holmes is the owner of MitchCraft Tiny Homes, a custom tiny home builder located in Fort Collins, CO.
He and his team have been on the forefront of the tiny home industry, focusing on high quality tiny homes built to exceed industry standards and expectations.
With a professional background in cabinetmaking, finish carpentry, and residential construction, he gained an appreciation for the details and creative ways of expression through the built environment.
While building his own personal tiny home, he realized his passion for building and designing small spaces, and saw the need for an alternative way to approach housing. Since 2015 MitchCraft has constructed over 70 tiny homes on wheels, for customers nationwide.
Joe Callantine With Life Size Tiny Communities
Joe Callantine is the CEO of Life Size Tiny Communities and a super advocate for tiny houses.
Joe Callantine was personally invited to the symposium by Lori Saine, Weld County Commissioner, District 3 in Greeley, Colorado.
Joe launched his company to serve as the vehicle to create the nation’s first replicable tiny home community. This template will help solve the missing middle in the housing market all around the country. Joe is developing his first tiny home community in the Colorado Springs, Colorado area.
Life Size: Tiny Communities, Bonsai Village, Colorado
Life Size Tiny Communities is offering, using a crowd note (debt based), an 8% annual deferred, preferred return for approximately 2 years. Upon successful stabilization and refinance of the community, we will also pay a 1.25x Bonus on the principle and all investors will exit. Please see the Financial Opportunity section for more detail.
The property is located in the Colorado Springs area, under El Paso County jurisdiction. El Paso County passed legislation in 2017 legalizing tiny homes. The community model remains an appealing option for most current and aspiring tiny homeowners, as single lot build out is typically cost prohibitive for one tiny home.
Of the few tiny home communities that do exist in Colorado, all are currently full and have a backlog of people on their waiting list. With the housing market in its current condition, the demand for tiny homes will continue to rise.
Robin Butler With NOAH
Robin Butler is the founder of NOAH.
Born in Kentucky, raised in Maryland, Robin originally took over a family construction business in 1974 and has been self-employed in construction ever since. He moved to Florida in 1992 to help rebuild Homestead, Florida after Hurricane Andrew. In the summer 2015, he started NOAH Certified, a third-party inspection and certification company for tiny houses on wheels.
As Founder of NOAH Certified, Robin brings 40+ years of experience building homes. From concept to completion, he’s designed homes, drawn plans, and built homes of all sizes. His experience working with the permit department, building inspections/inspectors, and planning and zoning provide a deep body of knowledge for the inspection and certification process.
Robin enjoys traveling the county speaking about standards and building codes for tiny houses on wheels. And, in his spare time, Robin likes to fish, snorkel and go hiking in the mountains. He is a happily married empty-nester, with four kids and seven grandkids, with three generations of family currently serving on the NOAH Certified team including Robin’s 23-year-old grandson.
A Message From Robin Butler: Why ASTM?
Ever since Noah came into the tiny house industry in 2015, we have been using Standards and Codes that did not quite fit. Because of the wheels, the I Codes were passed over, and the RV standards (NFPA 1192 and ANSI 119.5) were what most builders, jurisdictions and industry proponents opted for. Appendix Q came into the 2018 IRC but again left out the wheels or movability of Tiny Homes. Since the majority of the tiny home owners were living full time in their home, the RV Standards seemed insufficient for items like structural and energy standards.
In addition the homes have tiny home unique issues. They very small, well insulated and with better windows and are subject to tiny home specific moisture issues. And since they potentially move more than once in their life time, they must be able to be “unplaced” and make trips across our highways.
The need for tiny home specific standards and codes are real. The effort to create a committee through ASTM has, in my opinion, has gotten the most traction and has the best potential for meeting these needs in a timely manner.
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Robin Butler is also serving on the ASTM task-group to revise and reinstate ASTME541.
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