The largest international organization influencing the green building marketplace, the World Green Building Council is a coalition of 90 national green building councils that works to facilitate the global transformation of the building industry through market-driven mechanisms. Leading the Corporate Advisory Board, Mandyck will serve as a global champion for the green building movement, providing insight on market trends and partnering with the organization’s Board of Directors to set an ambitious agenda to maximize the value of the global network of green building councils.

“As governments struggle to get traction on issues vital to our economic and environmental future, business is filling the leadership void. Under John’s leadership, the corporate advisory board will identify ways to unlock the potential of green building as the most effective way to future proof our investment in cities and communities. At the same time, we are creating healthier places for people, while working within our increasingly resource constrained world.” - Jane Henley, CEO, World Green Building Council.

During past 10 years, the World Green Building Council has built a global network of 25,000 companies in 96 countries, with a mission to improve the way the built environment is designed, constructed and used by people every day.

“Our research shows that global green building activity has been doubling every three years thanks in great part to the tremendous work by green building councils around the world. This confirms that the green building movement has shifted from ‘push’ to ‘pull’–with markets increasingly demanding no less than green buildings. United Technologies is pleased to increase its work with the World Green Building Council to accelerate the adoption of green buildings to lower building costs while conserving the earth’s precious resources.” – John Mandyck

Carrier, part of United Technologies, was the first company to join the U.S. Green Building Council in 1993. Carrier is also a founding member of the U.S., Argentina, China, India, Singapore and France Green Building Councils. In addition to his new role with the World Green Building Council, Mandyck serves as co-vice chairman of the Board of Directors for Urban Green Council, the U.S. Green Building Council’s New York City Chapter, serves on the Center for Green Schools Advisory Board, and is an official advisor to China’s Green Building Council.

For more information on UTC Climate, Controls & Security’s commitment to green building, visit www.naturalleader.com.

About the World Green Building Council:

The World Green Building Council is a network of national green building councils in more than 90 countries, making it the world’s largest international organization influencing the green building marketplace. Green building councils are member-based organizations that empower industry leaders to effect the transformation of the local building industry toward sustainability. With 100,000 green buildings registered, the influence and impact of this global network is a significant force for social and environmental change.

Source: PRWEB

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The first Solar Decathlon was held in 2002; the competition has since occurred biennially in 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011.

The next event will take place Oct. 3–13, 2013, at Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California. The competition houses will be open to visitors on eight days over two weekends. Public hours will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily:

Thursday, Oct. 3–Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013
Thursday, Oct. 10–Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013.

What The Solar Decathlon Does:

• Educates students and the public about the money-saving opportunities and environmental benefits presented by clean-energy products and design solutions
• Demonstrates to the public the comfort and affordability of homes that combine energy-efficient construction and appliances with renewable energy systems available today
• Provides participating students with unique training that prepares them to enter our nation’s clean-energy workforce.

DOE Decathlon Impact:

Since 2002, the Solar Decathlon has:

• Involved 112 collegiate teams, which pursued a multidisciplinary approach to study the requirements for designing and building energy-efficient, solar-powered houses
• Established a worldwide reputation as a successful educational program and workforce development opportunity for thousands of students
• Affected the lives of nearly 17,000 collegiate participants
• Expanded to currently include 65 participating teams and nearly 10,000 students in three competitions around the world: Solar Decathlon Europe 2012, Solar Decathlon China 2013, and the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013
• Educated the public about the benefits, affordability, and availability of clean energy solutions by generating widespread media coverage and harnessing digital tools to reach tens of millions of people.
• In 2011, the Solar Decathlon:
• Provided more than 350,000 house visits to the public over 10 days
• Offered 31 workshops onsite for the public and held a dedicated day of six workshops for builders and industry
• Reached millions of readers and viewers in markets across the globe through various media.

For more information on the Solar Decathlon, click here.

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The 2013 fund for residential tax credits has already reached its $5 million cap. The cap was also reached well before the end of the year in 2012, which resulted in $1.9 million in residential applications being rolled into this year.

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Whether you’re looking for a deeper understanding of the green building marketplace, what’s new in building science best practices and techniques, or the latest news on innovations and opportunities, you’ll find the nation’s leading experts, solutions and best practices at the Excellence in Building Conference.

With more than 55 educational sessions covering every facet of the building science industry, you’ll find CEU’s that contribute to the fulfillment of six professional credentialing programs. At the opening and closing keynote luncheons, you’ll hear from the industry’s leading thinkers and doers on the future of building science. On the exhibit hall floor, you’ll see what’s next in product and service innovations servicing home performance. 

EEBA’s Excellence in Building Conference is where green building leaders and newcomers alike come to make contacts, do business and develop solutions in the brave new world of building science.

Collaboration, conversation, connection and celebration are why, year after year, EEBA is at the center of the best in building science and product integration.\

Date: September 25-27, 2012

Registration Options

Full Conference Registration:
Early Rate (through 7/31/12)$500
Regular Rate (8/1-9/18/12) $550
Onsite Rate $600
Student Rate: $350

Single Day Registration:
Early Rate (through 7/31/12) $180 per day
Regular Rate (8/1-9/18/12)$200 per day

Expo Only:
Day One ( 9/25) $125 per person
Day Two (9/26)  $125 per person

HOTEL INFORMATION & RESERVATIONS

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A Wind Energy Conference Held June 3-6, 2012 in Atlanta, GA.

WINDPOWER® is the focal point for wind professionals to network with and learn from industry leaders and experts, and to discover the latest in industry products and services. All of your industry peers – and competitors – will be at WINDPOWER 2012; it’s where serious wind professionals convene to grow their companies, find solutions to their business challenges, and reconnect with colleagues and friends.

Atlanta is a manufacturing hub, and holds tremendous potential to play a major role in the further expansion of wind development and public embracement as a source of competitive energy for America. The Southeastern U.S. is a new frontier for utility-scale wind. With wind resource potential, new technical innovations, and taller turbines able to reach higher winds, the Southeast is a region of the United States worth further exploration.

Tens of Thousands of wind industry professionals, experts, leaders, decision makers, educators, and researchers attend WINDPOWER. This is your opportunity to meet new clients, solidify existing relationships, learn from industry experts, and interact with hundreds of exhibitors representing every segment of the global wind industry. You can’t afford to miss this event!

Date:June 3-6, 2012

Location: Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA.

Register Here

New This Year:

Attendee Toolkit

An invitation-only network that enables you to use your social networks to initiate and manage your face-to-face, real-time interactions – where valuable business relationships develop. The Toolkit’s social networking and scheduling applications allow you to find and connect with business partners, colleagues, speakers, and other important attendees based on business segment and matching interests, then communicate and coordinate face-to-face meetings at the event.

• Access expanded profiles about attendees, speakers, and sponsors from the popular
• LinkedIn platform, as well as event registration information, and detailed information about who’s attending.
• See recommendations from other attendees with matching interests, and find out who else is attending the event. Coordinate communications and meeting requests easily and securely.

Education

WINDPOWER Knowledge Hub

The WINDPOWER Knowledge Hub is open exclusively to Main Conference Pass attendees, making networking at WINDPOWER easier and more worthwhile than ever. All educational session moderators and speakers have been given the chance to spend time at the WINDPOWER Knowledge Hub, speaking with attendees at the close of their sessions. You’ll want to take advantage of this exclusive and limited-time networking opportunity to meet industry leaders, experts, and seasoned professionals.

FREE Conference Proceedings 

With each Full Conference registration, you’ll receive one set of Premium Access Conference Proceedings – all the concurrent session’s PowerPoint presentations synced with audio, including video-recorded general sessions, and poster presentations – a $300 value!

Industry Essentials 

Industry Essentials are the WINDPOWER prerequisites necessary to getting the most out of the three-day regular conference program. Each Industry Essentials includes an online and onsite component so attendees can get a complete experience that mixes education and networking. (Separate registration required) Session topics include:

• Advanced Wind Turbine Manufacturing & Design
• Maximize Your WINDPOWER
• International WINDPOWER
• Investing Wisely Overseas
• Operations & Maintenance
• Communication Summit

New Academic Track 

This year’s educational line-up includes 16 specialized, market-specific tracks – and now includes an Academic Track. This track is dedicated to promoting the work being accomplished by the academic community in support of wind energy. Sessions in this track feature detail research being conducted by students, faculty, and educational programs.

Networking

Exhibit Hall After-Hours Receptions 

Monday, June 4 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm New for this year, exhibitors will have the option of hosting a Monday evening reception in their booths following the traditional closing time of the exhibit halls. This extended time allows attendees to network with specific exhibitors in a more relaxed atmosphere, without the hustle and bustle of an open exhibit hall. You can also use this informal networking opportunity to plan out your evening’s activities.

WINDPOWER After Hours 

Monday, June 4 from 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Join us for this brand new networking event following the close of the first official conference day! Get to know downtown Atlanta by visiting more than a dozen local venues where you can enjoy discounted food and beverages, listen to some great local musicians, all while catching up with your colleagues or forming relationships with new clients or partners.

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Check out this Houston art studio “colony” created from used shipping containers.

The folks at Independence Art Studio in Houston have created a 4 unit art studio space using old 20-foot shipping containers. The building is located on a half acre of land with lots of trees, horses, a fire pit, and even a tree swing.  The builder (a graphic designer by day) wrote an interesting post on the studio blog describing his experience with the conversion.

Now that the containers are up on their blocks in the right places, it’s time to cut one side off of each of them. Plasma cutters are probably the easiest way, but the cheapest machine I can find is $1,000 and I’ve heard that welding of any sort can damage your eyes so that you lose color perception. This is much too high of a price for a graphic designer to pay.I look around the shop to see what else might do it. I settle on using a SawzAll that came with a loft we rented in NYC a few years ago.

As you may have gathered, this project was not exactly LEED certified, but it is a neat and the design is über hipster. Basically, It’s another interesting example of using shipping containers as buildings.

What?  The use of shipping containers isn’t even green you say?  Save it for the forums…

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“These awards recognize the best and most innovative builders and remodelers in green building”, said NAHB Chairman Barry Rutenberg, a home builder from Gainesville, Fla. “The demand for green building is growing in leaps and bounds, and these winners set a great example of what can be accomplished in terms of sustainable and energy efficient building practices.”

The awards were presented during the Muddy Boots Mixer, a special networking and awards event, and one of the highlights of the three-day conference, which featured educational programs, an exhibition of green products and a tour of local green homes.

Individual Project Awards

Five single-family home projects were honored:

• . MGM Construction of San Francisco, for Project of the Year,
  Single-Family Custom Builder
• Meritage Homes of Goodyear, Ariz., for Project of the Year,
  Single-Family Production Builder
• Chandler Design-Build Inc. of Mebane, N.C., for Project of the Year,
  Single-Family Small Volume Builder
• TC Legend Homes/Zero-Energy Plans LLC of Coupeville, Wash., for
  Project of the Year, Single-Family Concept and Research- Enterprise
• Purdue University of West Lafayette, Ind., for Project of the Year,
  Single-Family Concept and Research- Academic

Two remodeling projects and one multifamily project were also honored:

•  Trifecta Construction Solutions of Fort Meyers, Fla., for
  Multifamily Project of the Year
• G HOME by Rocking Horse Redevelopment of Phoenix, Ariz., for
  Remodeling Project of the Year Over $100,000
• G HOME of Rocking Horse Redevelopment of Phoenix, Ariz., for
  Remodeling Project of the Year Under $100,000

Green Building Advocacy Awards

Two awards were given to individuals or organizations for their efforts in green building advocacy:

• The Mungo Companies of Irmo, S.C. for Builder Advocate of the Year
• G STREET of Scottsdale, Ariz., as Remodeler Advocate of the Year

NAHB also named T.W. Bailey, of WaterMark Custom Builders in Frisco, Texas the recipient of a special new award, the “NAHB Green Outstanding Contribution Award,” for his dedication and work to further green building education.

Additional information about the National Green Building Awards can be found at www.nahb.org/greenbuildingawards.

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Tour the Bear Creek Dome, a 35 ft tall Geodisc home in North Branch near St Paul Minnesota. The home is owned by Tessa and Dennis, owners of Natural Spaces Domes. Everything in Bear Creek Dome is natural. The floors are radient heated, and the dome walls have 16″ of insulation. Check out the fireplace, which is fitted with ducts to channel warm air to other areas. This video is featured on PlanetGreen.com

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Summit programming will focus on water efficiency as the industry grapples with increasing challeges arising from drought and access to sources of water supply critical to the region’s continued growth. Other seminars will feature some of the state’s leading building science professionals as well as policy makers who will be defining the market landscape at the state and local levels.

Summit partners and exhibitors will benefit from their ability to reach hundreds of potential customers on the Show floor and thousands more via the media outreach that will occur in advance of the Summit.

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