Clean Tech Open and California Public Utilities Commission to Host 2008 Green Building Symposium
Industry, government and academic experts to discuss future of 'greening' U.S. infrastructure
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Clean Tech Open and the
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will host the second annual
Green Building Symposium in San Francisco on December 9th. Featuring a panel
discussion with thought leaders from federal and state government, research
and academia, venture capital and the green building industry, the event will
focus on the most pressing energy challenges facing the building industry.
Challenges to be discussed include the fact that U.S. buildings produce 48
percent of domestic carbon emissions, as well as the growing national
commercial energy bill which is currently at $120 billion a year.
The Symposium will be held at the CPUC's San Francisco headquarters, and
is sponsored by the five national labs in the National Laboratory
Collaborative of Building Technologies: Argonne National Laboratory in
Illinois, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, National
Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado, Oak Ridge National Laboratory in
Tennessee, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington State.
Event Details:
What: Clean Tech Open Green Building Symposium
When: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Who:
-- Dian Gruenich, Commissioner, California Public Utility Commission
(CPUC);
-- David Rodgers, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency, Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy;
-- Jeanne Clinton, Clean Energy Adviser to CPUC Commercial Sector;
-- Dru Crawley, Team Leader, Commercial Buildings, U.S. Department of
Energy;
-- Matt Golden, President, Founder & Chief Building Scientist,
Sustainable Spaces;
-- Paul Holland, General Partner at Foundation Capital;
-- Steve Selkowitz, Head of the Building Technologies Department, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory; and
-- Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials.
Where: California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue,
San Francisco, California 94102
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helping today's clean tech innovators become tomorrow's viable cleantech
businesses. The core of Clean Tech Open is an annual regional business plan
competition that provides cleantech entrepreneurs and early stage companies
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