Digging Deeper for Sustainable Design

For those of you in the bay area, San Francisco's IDSA brings you Digging Deeper: Unearthing the Building Blocks for Sustainable Design.

This participant-driven panel discussion will dig deep into the eco-issues
designers face everyday to reveal the building blocks for sustainable
design. Digging Deeper seeks to equip designers with the context, questions, methods and, actionable tools for designing green. Digging Deeper's panel of leading experts will introduce and discuss a series of sustainable design methods. They will then examine the steps required to successfully apply, measure and position the resulting sustainable solutions in both your workplace and the market.

July 22nd at Temple, 540 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94105.

Reception begins at 5:30pm. Keynote begins at 7pm. Priority attendance given to IDSA Members.

More info at www.idsa-sf.org

West Coast Green in Silicon Valley

West Coast Green announced today that Nobel Laureate, and former U.S. Vice-President, Al Gore will give the keynote address at this year’s conference, to be held September 25-27th, 2008, at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, CA. Gore joins a prestigious lineup of keynote speakers that includes best-selling authors Sarah Susanka and David Suzuki, http://www.hunterlovins.com/ as well as leading scientists, economists, architects, builders, venture capitalists, strategists, chief executive officers and government officials. As the leading hub for innovation in building, design and technology.

Building materials and processes account for roughly a third of carbon emissions, while the electricity-use and industry taking place in buildings account for another third. With built space in the US projected to double over the next 40 years, and buildings lasting an average of 75 years, reforming the built environment is one of the central challenges of our time. West Coast Green will bring together 14,000 individuals to educate, network and inspire the actions that will shape our collective future. For more information, visit West Coast Green's website.