Build and Buy Green Conference and Expo
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The 2009 "Hawaii Build & Buy Green Conference & Expo" will be held in Honolulu on May 19 and 20, 2009.
FIRST DAY (Tuesday, May 19, 2009): LEED for Homes workshop with separate registration and venue (http://usgbchawaii.org/events). QUESTIONS regarding the LEED for Homes Workshop: cwood@cjsgrouparchitects.com.
SECOND DAY (Wednesday, May 20, 2009): At the Ko'olau Ballrooms, 45-550 Kionaole Road, Kaneohe, Hawaii.
Hear Keynote Speaker Dana Bourland, Vice President of Enterprise Community Partners, share her insights as a national expert on the status of the green building movement and the green economy. Ms. Bourland is responsible for the successful $570 million Green Communities® Initiative to build green, affordable housing, Fast Company magazine has named her one of the “Most Influential Women in Technology.”
WHO: OPEN TO ALL interested in the greening economy and green jobs, including building and design industry professionals, engineers, developers, planners, suppliers, REALTORS®, government housing agencies, property managers, non-profits, and workforce trainers.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 20, 2009
7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Breakfast and Expo begin at 7:30 am; Program begins at 8:00 am)
WHERE: Ko’olau Ballrooms, 45-550 Kionaole Road, Kaneohe, Island of Oahu, Hawaii
Driving Directions: http://koolauballrooms.com/?page_id=5. Please consider carpooling or taking transit.
Point-to-point bus information available at www.google.com/transit
WHAT: Expo with Table Top Exhibits; and THREE tracks of concurrent seminars:
Track A. Greening Affordable Housing (with assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development): Designing, building, and financing green housing; the Green Workforce; DHHL Goes Green and other case studies; Hawaii green building trends; Making the Market; local case studies; transforming public housing into green assets; NAHB Green Rehab; the energy audit.
Track B. LEED 2009 Update: Hawaii USGBC; LEED Neighborhood Development; Hawaii LEED project case studies; Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (federal economic stimulus energy grants); pathways to Hawaii Net-Zero Energy Homes.
Track C. Green Projects & Products: LEED for Schools Hawaii case studies; LEED at Universities local case studies; Honolulu Rail Transit LEED Projects; tropical landscaping; The Honu Guide; MA`O Farm Project; carbon offsets and the carbon market.
For more information:
Registration: Contact Ramona Mullahey at (808) 522-8185 x249 or ramona.mullahey@hud.gov
Expo Table Top Exhibits: Contact Karen Shishido at (808) 587-2676 or kshishido@dbedt.hawaii.gov
Conference Sessions: Contact Gail Suzuki-Jones at (808) 587-3802 or gsuzuki@dbedt.hawaii.gov;
or Dean Masai at (808) 587-3804 or dmasai@dbedt.hawaii.gov
The 2007 "Hawaii Build and Buy Green Conference and Expo" featured 47 exhibits, 34 presentations, and approximately 600 participants over two days. It was conducted at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. Presentations are available: 2007 event.