2nd Annual Building for Sustainability Workshop

Tuesday, October 23, 2007
8:30 am - 5:00 pm

(Click here for a registration form)

Hosted by the Chicago Center for Green Technology
445 N. Sacramento Blvd, Chicago, IL 60612

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ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

What does sustainable building mean? Is going green worth it? How can you build healthy, affordable, well-designed homes and facilities for your community? Join CCLF for a unique daylong session about the issues community developers face when they consider design and green building.

You will:

• Learn how to plan and develop energy-efficient & environmentally-friendly housing or facilities, without sacrificing good design.
• Find professional providers with green expertise.
• Hear about the challenges to affordable green design, and how public and private policies are changing.
• Learn about public and private grant programs and other resources used to write down the costs of building sustainably.
• Take a tour of the Chicago Center for Green Technology--the third building in the United States to be designed according to the LEED rating system using the highest standards of green technology available.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• new and experienced community developers
• nonprofit organizations
• community-based housing developers

CONFIRMED PRESENTERS

Susan King, Harley Ellis Deveraux
James Mann, Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation
Kevin Pierce, Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure
Mark Fick, CCLF

KEY AGENDA ITEMS

• Sustainability 101
• Case Studies – The Developer’s Perspective
• City of Chicago Policies & Programs
• Basics of Sustainable Operations for Management & Residents
• Policy and Resource Challenges
• Understanding Systems and Standards: Energy Star / LEED / City of Chicago / Green Communities
• Closing / Where do we go from here?
• Tours of Chicago Center for Green Technology

Click here for a registration form. For more information, feel free to email the workshop coordinator, or call 312.252.0440 ext. 205. Scholarships are available on a first-come, first-served basis: register early!

Support for this workshop has been generously provided by:

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation

The Grand Victoria Foundation

HSBC - North America

With additional thanks to:

Chicago Center for Green Technology

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