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From: "David Assmann" <dassmann@sirius.com>
To: "Hood.Timonie" <Hood.Timonie@epamail.epa.gov>, dAssmann@sirius.com
Subject: Green Building
Date: Tue, May 4, 1999, 6:30 PM
Sustainable Cities: Green Building Design And Construction Practices To Be
Featured At California State Recycling Conference
SAN FRANCISCO - The 1999 CRRA conference will have an entire track devoted
to green building design and construction practices. The five sessions will
focus on the following:
1. Overview: Green Building Design and Construction Practices (Mon. 10:45
am) Green Building Design and Construction Experts will answer the overview
question, "What Does It Mean To Build Green?"
2. Deconstruction, Construction Reuse/Recycling, and Materials Markets (Mon.
1:45 pm) Discussion will center around techniques and strategies for
deconstructing, reusing, recycling, and marketing on-site construction
materials and demolition debris.
3. Green Building Practices: Inside and Out! (Mon. 3:30 pm) Let's Talk
Sustainability: Energy efficiency, materials resource management, interior
design, and landscaping.
4. Green Building Resources and Tools - Designing Programs That Work! (Tues.
10:45 am) This session will examine the mechanics of green building - How to
get started, potential minefields, financing options, and what to include in
RFPs.
5. Green Building Projects: Let's Network (Tues 1:45 pm) Panel discussion
of local, state, and federal projects in progress. The audience is invited
to share what they are working on.
The CRRA conference is the premiere event for professionals engaged in
reuse, recycling, composting and market development in the State of
California. It will be held June 6th - 9th at Fort Mason in San Francisco.
This year's conference features eleven different tracks, with up to eight
sessions per track, as well as tours and workshops.
The tracks focus on Policy and Legislation; Local and State Government;
Business, The Three R's and Sustainability; Sustainable Cities: Green
Building Design and Construction Practices; Materials, Technology and
Markets; Recycling
Collection Options; Yard, Food, Wood and Other Organic Materials; Community
Economic Development; Outreach - Marketing, Advertising and Promotion; and
Collegiate and School Recycling. The workshops focus on Writing
Specifications
For Government, Promoting Zero Waste, Innovative Financing Strategies for
Recycling Businesses, Waste Prevention and Greening the Hospital Industry.
The conference theme is The Zero Waste Connection: Community, Business And
Sustainability, and the event is expected to attract more than 1,000 people,
including recycling professionals, business representatives, representatives
from government agencies, and participants from non-profit organizations, as
well as individuals.
More information on the conference, including the agenda and registration
information, can be found on the CRRA website at www.crra.com.
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