EPA GREEN HISTORIC PRESERVATION INITIATIVE SYMPOSIUM IN NOVEMBER

The Role of Green Preservation in Creating and Maintaining Sustainable Communities: What Works, What Doesn’t, What Should Change? November 13, 2012 – San Francisco, CA

• Keynote Address: Sustaining Livable Communities, Past, Present and Future
• Stewards of our Environment: A Sustainable Perspective on Building Reuse
• Healthy, Equitable Housing
• Green Preservation: Impacting the Bottom-line of Your Local Economy
• Lunch: The Fast Track to Sustainable Communities: High-Speed Rail and Transit Oriented Development
• Informing Policy through Tools and Research
• Public Buildings that are Relevant and Efficient
• Participant CharRette at The Old Mint
• Observer Wrap-Up
• Closing Reception at The Old Mint

Who: The symposium will target subject matter experts, leaders and decision makers, such as: Planners, Architects, Preservation Organizations, Federal and Local Government Organizations, Developers and Green Building experts. What: This is the fourth in a series of symposia and will explore:

• Green Historic Preservation issues relevant to the West Coast as well as national successes and lessons.
• The policy framework that communities need to promote and encourage data collection and other metrics for quantifying the value of building reuse.

Why: Attendees will engage in facilitated dialog on key issues, incentives, challenges and policy changes needed to successfully green historic communities. EPA will use feedback from the symposium series to compile a final report of recommendations for federal and state agencies. For more information, visit their website.