Friday, March 29, 2013

Green Building Event 2013 - ISSP Conference Chicago

ISSP Conference 2013
May 8 -10, 2013
Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel
Chicago, Illinois


ISSP is hosting its next face-to-face summit of ISSP members and other sustainability professionals from May 8–10, 2013 at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. Speakers from GRI, Alaska Airlines, The Nature Conservancy, Presidio Graduate School and other top flight organizations will address conference attendees. Sustainable Urban Communities, Integrated Reporting, Sustainability In the Industrial Sector and Green Architecture are just a sampling of the great content that will be presented.

In addition to a high quality agenda and a gathering of sustainability leaders from around the world, the program includes exciting pre-conference workshops, and the inauguration of the next class of inductees into the ISSP Sustainability Hall of Fame(TM), collaborative work on the ISSP signature Sustainability Lexicon Project(TM), and an interactive World Cafe that will help chart the future of the profession.

Check this page frequently for updates about the conference - http://www.sustainabilityprofessionals.org/issp-conference-2013 .

Registration discounts are available through April 1, 2013.
Register now!

Conference Registration and Hotel Reservations
We have arranged a special rate at the Hotel Knickerbocker for the days of our event. Click here to directly make reservations at the discounted rate for any of the nights of May 7 - 9 . If you wish to stay longer, contact the hotel directly at 800-621-8140 to make your reservations and let them know you are with the ISSP conference so that they apply the discount to the conference portion of your stay.

Sponsorship and Vendor Expo Opportunities
ISSP offers organizations of all types the opportunity to broaden their presence in the sustainability community via sponsorships as well as participation in a vendor expo to be held at the conference. ISSP is heavily promoting the event to its members and in cooperation with a variety of media partners. As a result, conference sponsors and their products and services gain visibility with thousands of people interested in the latest in sustainability. For more information about sponsorship and vendor expo opportunities, download the overview posted at the bottom of this page. Check out our great line-up of sponsors and expo vendors to date. Thanks to all of them for supporting the conference!
Posted By Stephan Levitsky

Monday, March 25, 2013

Recycled Roof for Major Sports and Entertainment Arena

Here is a good example of how recycled materials can be used to renovate a roofing system on a high use, very visible sports arena in Boston. The question now becomes - how does the owner pass the energy savings on to the sports fans?