October 25, 2005—The US Green Building Council (USGBC), together with the Enterprise Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, the Trust for Public Land and others have announced initiatives and ideas designed to assist in the rebuilding efforts of the Gulf Coast communities ravaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The immediate opportunity that presents itself is during the Council’s annual 2005 Greenbuild Conference & Expo, which will be held in Atlanta on November 9-11, 2005. At that event, charrettes with Gulf Coast experts and government leaders and mini-charrettes on specific topics with regional experts have been organized, says the Council.
Scholarships have been arranged for 30 Gulf Coast community leaders to come and be a part of the proceedings.
The Greenbuild panel sessions will focus on embedding sustainable strategies in the rebuilding effort and will culminate in a documentation work session on Friday, November 11, 2005 that will compile all the ideas generated in order to quickly produce a workable document to guide the reconstruction efforts, says USGBC.
The US Green Building Council is the nation’s leading coalition of corporations, builders, universities, government agencies and nonprofit organizations working together to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. For more information, visit its Web site.
