[SustainableTompkins] 2nd Annual Green Building Conference. Newburgh. Hudson Valley Region

[GayNicholson at aol.com]

Building Green:
Strategies and Tools for Sustainable Communities
An  Educational Conference on Energy Efficiency and
Sustainable Design  Technologies for Housing,
Municipal, Historic, Commercial and  Institutional
Buildings, Landscapes and
Community Development in the  Hudson Valley

Thursday
October 26th, 2006
Newburgh Free  Library
City of Newburgh, NY
8:30 am - 4:30 pm

$30.00 registration  fee includes continental breakfast
and lunch. Make checks payable to the  “Hudson Valley
Regional Council.” Limited scholarships  available.

Please send completed form with check or voucher
payable to  Hudson Valley Regional Council for $30.00
to:
Orange County Planning  Department
124 Main Street
Goshen, NY 10924

For more information on  the program and scholarships
contact Simon Gruber at sgruber at frontiernet .net  or
845-534-5622. For registration information call the
Orange County  Planning Dept. at 845-291-2318.
Registrations can be faxed with a voucher  to
845-291-2533.

How can green design support community development  and
revitalization? What are the possibilities for
sustainable energy and  resource planning and
development at the local and regional level?  This
program is for municipal officials, design
professionals, economic  & community development
leaders, business owners, planners, property  managers,
financial institutions, and others interested in
energy  efficiency, advanced technologies and green
design for buildings,  municipalities and development
projects.

About the  Conference
Municipal buildings, housing, businesses, and
infrastructure  projects throughout the Hudson Valley
and the US are increasingly adopting  energy
efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation and
reuse,  recycling, and sustainable landscaping
technologies and practices. The  benefits include
reduced operating costs, increased energy
independence,  improved comfort and productivity of
building occupants, and enhanced  environmental
quality. These investments can also support local
economic  development and housing affordability goals.
This conference will feature a  wide array of
successful projects, emerging technologies, training
and  other technical assistance resources, financing
programs, and discussion  about challenges and next
steps.

Speakers and panelists will  include:
Co-Sponsors
Chris Benedict, Architect, City of Newburgh
David  Martindale, NY Solar Energy Industries
Association, Hudson Valley Smart  Growth Alliance
Bill Makofske, Ramapo College, Hudson River  Sloop
Clearwater

Grahame Maisey and Morris Pierce, Eco-Grid. Hudson,  NY

Ian MacDougall, City of Newburgh New York  Planning
Federation
Joseph “Bud” Nicoletti, City of White  Plains
Spectra Environmental Group Inc.
Ed Clerico, American Water  Mid-Hudson Energy
Smart Communities
Stefan Yarabek, Hudson & Pacific  Designs NY Solar
Energy Industries Association
Craig Jacobs, IBEW Union  Local 363 Association for
Energy Affordability
Sal Cuciti, Palisades  Interstate Park Commission
Sustainable Hudson Valley
Jessica Barry, Mid  Hudson Energy $mart Communities
Orange County Rural Development
David  Heppinstall, Association for Advisory
Corp.
Energy Affordability
And  others TBA



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Gay  Nicholson, Ph.D. 

607-533-7312 (home office)
607-279-6618  (cell)

1 Maple Avenue
Lansing, NY  14882
gaynicholson at aol.com

Sustainable Tompkins 
Program  Coordinator 
w_ww.sustainabletompkins.org_ (http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/) 

Southern Tier Energy$mart Communities
Regional  Coordinator
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
615 Willow  Ave., Ithaca, NY  14850
agn1 at cornell.edu