CP900 SYMPOSIUM - Go Green Now: Embracing Energy Efficiency, Healthy Housing, and Green BuildingJoin us at the NeighborWorks® Training Institute in Atlanta, Georgia for a full-day symposium on green building for affordable housing and community development. By participating you will to learn how your organization can promote healthy communities and healthy families, protect the environment, and save materials, energy, and money. The Go Green Now Symposium will offer a comprehensive introduction to the green building movement, which is quickly going mainstream in the affordable housing and community development industry as all levels of government mandate and encourage green building, and as professionals working in the field recognize the environmental, social, and economic advantages over conventional building. The symposium will appeal to green building novices and experts alike as we explore a wide range of topics related to sustainability and discuss how they apply to housing rehabilitation, rental housing development and management, community and economic development and homeownership. Dennis Creech, Executive Director of Southface, an Atlanta-based national green building leader, will be our Featured Speaker. Breakout sessions on topics such as energy efficiency techniques, healthy housing, green homeownership financing, smart growth and “greening your organization” will focus on bringing green to scale, providing proven, easy-to-follow tools and examples that non-profit organizations can take home and use immediately. From cost-effective best practices to innovative ideas for green development in urban, suburban and rural areas,, experts from leading green organizations will lead sessions that emphasize practical approaches to going green now. The Go Green Now Symposium will bring together sustainability experts and non-profit and housing professionals from across the country. The day will provide housing developers, homeownership counselors, asset managers, housing authorities, rehab specialists and organizational leaders and management with tips and best practices for going green. It will also mark a major milestone in the affordable industry’s adoption of green building as NeighborWorks® America announces its own corporate green initiative. Join us for this exciting, informative and inspirational day. Symposium Cost: The symposium cost is $210 and includes materials, plenary session, workshops, light continental breakfast, refreshments, and luncheon with an outstanding speaker and the NeighborWorks® Networking Reception that evening.Course length: 1 Days Tuition: $ 100 Course counts toward a professional certificate: No |
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