*2010 Green Building Seminar Series ***
3/2: *“Evaluating Green Products and Materials”* – decision-making strategies, including resources for creating and working with a matrix of what’s important to you 3/9: *“Designing for Change”* – including aging in place, functional design that can adapt to changing needs, planning for additions, and how to make the most of what you have without adding on 3/16: *“Reducing Construction Waste”* – introduction into options for construction waste, including strategies and local resources for reducing, reusing and recycling construction materials, on-site waste management, and the basics of deconstruction 3/23: *“Designing for Maximum Energy Efficiency”* – including Passiv Haus, Net Zero Energy, and Climate Responsive Energy Design 3/30: *“Designing from the Outside In”* – Ian Shapiro, President of Taitem Engineering, discusses a new approach he developed for looking at how we think about our built environment 4/6: *“Green Building Theory and Reality”* – how well are our green buildings performing? What has worked, what hasn’t, and what we’ve learned from the past decade of green building. All seminars are held 7:00-9:00 pm at the First Unitarian Church of Ithaca Annex (208 E. Buffalo St., near Aurora). The series is presented by Tompkins County Cooperative Extension in partnership with the Ithaca Green Building Alliance, with support from the First Unitarian Church of Ithaca. Fee: $5/seminar or $25/series, scholarships available. Dates and topics subject to change. For the latest information, contact Guillermo Metz at [email protected] or 272-2292, x.185, or visit www.ccetompkins.org<http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/tompkins/events/www.ccetompkins.org> . -- ---------------------------------------------------- Gay Nicholson, Ph.D. President Sustainable Tompkins 109 S. Albany St. Ithaca, NY 14850 www.sustainabletompkins.org 607-533-7312 (home office) 607-220-8991 (cell) 607-216-1552 (ST office) 607-216-1553 (ST fax) [email protected] _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
