Held Wednesday at Tech City in the Town of Ulster, experts from across the Tri-State region brought the latest news and challenges in the quickly changing green building field. Panelist and Focus Media client Pete Berman of the Ruby Group outlined institutional roadblocks from the banking and appraisal communities that may be slowing the use of geo-thermal energy in the residential market. Neil J. Alexander, Partner for Environment & Sustainability Law at Cuddy and Feder and an expert in this quickly evolving field spoke on how sustainable building specifications could soon become requirements by regulation, and this issue should be considered as part of the Green planning process. Attending for Focus Media, Kerry Donovan.