[Imc-newsroom] The Governor's Conference on Building Green

[Robert Herendeen]

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The Governor's Conference on Building Green
March 26, 2002  ----  9:00am-3:30pm
Illini Union,1401 West Green Street
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:  SIM VAN DER RYN,  SOLAR ARCHITECT

ATTENDANCE IS FREE BUT TICKETS ARE REQUIRED. REGISTRATION BY 15 MARCH 2002 
IS STRONGLY ADVISED. FOR REGISTRATION FORMS, FULL PROGRAM 
DETAILS:   http://www.environ.uiuc.edu/Horizons2002/building_green.html

Contact:
         William Sullivan
         Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
         University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
         217/244-5156        wcsulliv at uiuc.edu

Green building is an idea, and a green building is one manifestation.  At 
the UIUC, the green concept is embodied in the Campus Sustainability 
Initiative, Governor Ryan's "Green Government" Proclamation of December 
2001 
(http://www100.state.il.us/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=1603), 
and a proposal for a green building for the Department of Natural Resources 
and Environmental Sciences (http://www.greenbldg.uiuc.edu/).

This one-day conference covers current best practice, innovative 
technologies, standards, and institutional barriers and 
opportunities.  Leaders in this young field will present outstanding 
examples of green buildings and success stories in getting them accepted 
and built.

Green includes:
         o less resource and energy demand,
         o less impact on climate change,
         o less disruption of local and distant environments,
         o less noise,
         o in the long run, less expense.

Green also includes:
         o more recycling of water, sewage, materials, office paper,
         o more use solar energy,
         o more use of natural light,
         o more efficiency of energy and other resource use,
         o a more healthful internal environment,
         o a more pleasant working environment,
         o higher worker productivity,
         o enhanced access for pedestrians and cyclists,
         o more solar and biomimicking technology,
o high community participation in planning, design, and use.

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Illinois Natural History Survey                         217/333-6294 fax
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Champaign, IL 61820 herendee at uiuc.edu   herendee at uiuc.edu
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Book "Ecological Numeracy: Quantitative Analysis of Environmental Issues": 
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