[Greenbuilding] Keynotes confirmed! Deal for the public sector! ASTM Symposium on Standards and Sustainable Building - April 19-20 in Washington, D.C.

Fri Apr 6 11:29:52 CDT 2007

*apologies for cross-posting*

Have you registered yet?  The cutoff date for reduced-rate online
registration is April 11.

In addition to the great line-up of peer reviewed papers below, we are
pleased to announce our three keynote speakers have been confirmed!

James Connaughton, Chairman, White House Council on Environmental
Quality
Edwin Pinero, The Federal Environmental Executive
Earle Kennett, Vice President, the National Institute of Building
Sciences

To register for the Symposium, please visit >
http://www.astm.org/MEETINGS/COMMIT/e06symp.htm
(**Students are free. Public sector attendees get 3 for the price of 1!
Contact kinn.alison at epa.gov for details.)

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The First International Symposium on Common Ground, Consensus Building,
and Continual Improvement:
Standards and Sustainable Building
April 19-20, 2007
AED Conference Center -- Dupont Circle, Washington, DC

Sponsored by ASTM E6 on Performance of Buildings, Subcommittee E06.71 on
Sustainability
in cooperation with the US Environmental Protection Agency and the
Office of the Federal Environmental Executive

REGISTRATION

The cutoff date for reduced-rate online registration is April 11.   To
register for the Symposium, please visit >
http://www.astm.org/MEETINGS/COMMIT/e06symp.htm
(Students are free. Gov't attendees get 3 for the price of 1!)

GOALS & AGENDA

Sustainable building standards are at the forefront of the environmental
movement in many ways: taking an holistic, systems approach to defining
preferability; pushing the science of life cycle assessment; asking the
tough questions about chemicals of concern; balancing environmental,
economic, and social considerations; and responding to consumer demand
by communicating the keys to responsible purchasing. Furthermore, the
leaders in sustainable building standards development are engaging
stakeholders in an open, transparent process-demonstrating that
consensus can bring real industry transformation.

This forum provides a unique opportunity for governments, professional
organizations, trade organizations, industry, standard developing
organizations, and environmental organizations to discuss the world of
standards and sustainable building.  The Symposium will explore current
and developing standards, as well as the organizations developing them.
Furthermore, the Symposium will highlight opportunities and needs for
coordination and consensus in the marketplace.

The following peer-reviewed papers will be presented:

April 19 -- PRODUCTS
-An International Standard for Environmental Communication - Gary
Wilson, Kleinfelder, Inc.
-Type I Eco-Labels: Use and Misuse in Sustainable Building - Susan
Herbert and Scott McDougall, TerraChoice Environmental Marketing Inc.
- Developing and Driving Environmentally Preferable and Sustainable
Product Standards into the Marketplace - Kirsten Ritchie, Gensler
- Data Standards That Support Sustainable Buildings and Procurement -
Gregory Norris, Sylvatica
- The Label Game - Bill Walsh, Healthy Building Network
- Responsible Purchasing Network -- Identifying Environmental Purchasing
Standards - Dan Burgoyne, State of CA Dept of General Services, Chris
O’Brien, Center for a New American Dream
- A Standard Developing Organization's Analysis of Low-Emitting Products
Certification Programs - What does it take?- Ben Taube, Greenguard
Environmental Institute
- IAQ Standards and Guidelines - Ken Sandler, EPA
- Development of American National Standards for Sustainable Products -
Jane Wilson and Jaclyn Bowen, NSF International
- Meeting Customer Demand with BIFMA’s Sustainable Assessment Standard -
Bill Stough, BIFMA consultant
- Evaluating Sustainability Using Standard Approaches: The BEES Tool -
Barbara Lippiatt, Nat'l Institute of Standards & Technology

April 20 -- BUILDINGS
- Building Systems for Introducing Standards and Sustainable Design -
William Kelly, Catholic University
- Standards vs. Recommended Practice: Separating Process and
Prescriptive Measures from Building Performance - Wayne Trusty, Athena
Institute
- Designing an Assessment System of Buildings for All Lifecycle Stages
Based on the Concept of Eco-efficiency - Junko Endo, Nikken Sekkei
Research Institute; Shuzo Murakami and Toshiharu Ikaga, Keio University
- The New Normal - Green Building Systems - Susan Herbert and Scott
McDougall, TerraChoice
- BRE Environmental Profiles - 7 years' experience - Kristian Steele,
Building Research Establishment (BRE) (UK)
- Development of a Canadian National Standard on Design for Disassembly
and Adaptability - Michael Clapham, Natural Resources Canada; Simon Foo,
Public Works and Government Services Canada; Jabeen Quadir, Canadian
Standards Association
- The Review of Sustainability Building Standards in China - Gang Liu.
China Institute of Building Standard D&R
- Progress Report on ASHRAE/USGBC/IESNA 189, Standard for
High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- John Hogan, City of Seattle DPD
- Continuous Improvement of the LEED Rating System - Joel Todd, USGBC
consultant; Scott Horst, Horst, Inc.; Tom Hicks, USGBC
- GSA Review of Sustainable Building Rating Systems - Donald Horn, GSA -
Public Building Service
- Sustainability in Building Construction General Principles-ISO 15392 -
Wolfram Trinius, Buro Trinius; Christer Sjvstrvm, Centre for Built
Environment
- Practice, Education, and Research for Sustainable Infrastructure -
Richard Wright, PERSI

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Alison Kinn Bennett
Sustainable Building Projects Manager
Co-Chair EPA Green Building Workgroup
Co-Chair ASTM Symposium on Sustainable Building Standards

phone 202-564-8859
fax 202-564-8899

http://fedgreenspecs.wbdg.org
http://www.wbdg.org/sustainableEO
http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding
http://www.epa.gov/epp
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