The U.S. Green Building Council to Present LEED Workshops at Ecobuild America
LEED: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design attracts USGBC members to new industry forum
Exton, Pa (PRWEB) April 18, 2005 -- U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
announces the availability of four workshops at SBIC's Ecobuild America, a new
cutting-edge technology show, June 20 – 23, in Orlando, Florida.
USGBC’s
four workshops will be held on June 20 and focus on:
LEED for New
Construction
One-day session for building owners, facility managers, design
teams and any building industry stakeholder interested in projects that provide
high performance "green" techniques in an environmentally sensitive and
economical package.
• Technical requirements of the LEED Green Building
Rating System for New Construction & Major Renovations (LEED-NC)
•
Preparing for the LEED Accreditation exam
• Understanding how LEED is being
used in green project design nationally
• Finding resources available for
pursuing LEED projects
• Reviewing the LEED Green Building Rating System
credit-by-credit.
Applying LEED for New Construction in Practice
One-day workshop on applying the LEED-NC Rating System process to specific
project types. This lecture/hands-on style workshop will prepare design and
construction professionals for pursuing LEED project certification by building
on their knowledge of the LEED Rating System criteria, tools and resources.
•
LEED in the context of integrated design
• Green and sustainable design
resources that help your project achieve LEED certification
• "How to"
session with a focus on particularly difficult credit
• LEED documentation
process.
LEED for Existing Building: Technical Review
One-day session
for building owners, facility managers and design teams will cover the technical
requirements and processes for achieving certification under the LEED for
Existing Buildings Rating System
• Strategies to advance existing buildings
to a sustainable level of operation, upgrade and reduce building operating
costs
• Solve building operation problems
• Improve indoor
environment
• Support higher productivity of building occupants.
LEED
for Commercial Interiors: Technical Review
One-day training session for
building tenants and designers will provide an in-depth discussion of the LEED
for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI) credit requirements and certification
process.
• Basic training principles of sustainability related to tenant
improvement projects
• Present the definitive standard for what constitutes a
green interior
• Technologies and strategies for achieving the LEED credits
to optimize performance of leased spaces.
Comments Ecobuild Conference
Director Mark Kalin FAIA, FCSI, and a USGBC LEED accredited professional, “The
addition of the LEED sessions on our opening day will be a great way to kick off
the event. As the week progresses, we expect many professional who participate
in the LEED workshops to benefit from the many diverse course offerings on our
program, perhaps the largest array of green construction and sustainable design
courses ever assembled in a single place. The quality of the speakers, the depth
of the presentations and the involvement of the entire design and project team,
including architects, engineers, contractors, specifiers, developers, product
manufacturers, code officials and facilities owners/managers is what sets
Ecobuild America apart from other green building events.”
Tom Paladino,
PE, Associate AIA, LEED AP and USGBC Board Member will be delivering the
kick-off keynote address, “The Future of Green Building: Solving Positive
Problems”. Additionally, all the Florida chapters of USGBC will be actively
providing promotional help, speakers, exhibiting their member services and
volunteering staff help for a successful event.
Focused on the needs of
the expanding sustainable design and green construction market, SBIC's Ecobuild
America combines sustainable building techniques with the technology that
supports ‘whole building’ approach to sustainability, through design,
construction and long-term operation. The exhibition portion of Ecobuild America
will features products that serve the entire scope of designing, constructing
and operating buildings for better energy and environmental performance. The
educational sessions will explore innovations in green building materials,
energy and technology, with particular emphasis on sustainable growth, green
construction, and environmental design.
SBIC's Ecobuild America is
produced by RCG Productions LLC, Exton, Pa. The show and conference premieres
June 20-23, 2005 at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort and Convention Center in
Orlando, Florida. Dates and locations have been secured for subsequent
conferences through 2010, including Ecobuild Federal, occurring in Washington,
DC December 13-16, 2005 and Ecobuild America 2006 to be held at Chicago’s Navy
Pier on June 27-29, 2006. .
For information about exhibiting, presenting
at, or attending Ecobuild America related events, call 1-800-996-3863, fax
1-508-790-4750 or visit www.ecobuildamerica.com. ;
About RCG Productions LLC
RCG Productions LLC (Exton, Pa.) produces
Ecobuild America, AEC-ST, the National Specifiers Conference, FM/IT and the
AEC/GIS IT Analyst Conference. RCG principals, George Borkovich, Richard C.
Vendola, Jr., and Chris Gibson have a depth of experience in technology and
event planning, including the former A/E/C SYSTEMS International conference and
exhibition. The annual event produced the world's largest CAD, GIS, and EDM
productivity forums and attracted 25,000 attendees and exhibitors in more than
1,400 booths. A fall event drew 6000 professionals to a 400-booth exhibit and
nine licensed events operated internationally. In 1997 the property and licenses
were sold to Penton Media.
For more information, visit www.ecobuildamerica.com
and www.aecst.com
About the Sustainable Buildings Industry
Council (SBIC)
SBIC teaches, values, and advocates a balanced, holistic
approach to designing new buildings. Many terms are used to describe improved
buildings, such as "green," "sustainable," "high performance," and
"environmentally responsive." SBIC is mindful these ideas must be kept in
context with other equally important design objectives, such as aesthetics,
accessibility, cost effectiveness, flexibility, high productivity, and security.
SBIC members believe all sustainable buildings must be low-energy,
climate-responsive, use minimal fossil fuels and cleaner, renewable energy.
Working in close partnership with federal agencies, policy makers, and national
laboratories, the council has led the way in defining a coherent "whole
building" approach to new building design.
For more information, visit
www.sbicouncil.org
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