Nov. 6, 2011 - As achievements go, it's nowhere close to landing the Olympics.
For enhancing the reputation Philadelphia seeks as a leader in the green-building movement, though, the city's selection as 2013 host for the U.S. Green Building Council's 12th annual conference could be a significant event. Quite possibly a game-changer for the region's economy.
But that hinges, its advocates acknowledge, on much work that needs to be done between now and then - in City Hall and the state Capitol, in hospitality and tourism circles, even at the zoo and museums.
When it comes to the region's accomplishments in building more sustainably and with environmental sensitivity - the Comcast Center being perhaps the most showy example - "green building is a well-kept secret here, and it should not be," said Janet Milkman, executive director of the Delaware Valley Green Building Council (DVGBC), which serves the five-county Philadelphia area and the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, as well as the state of Delaware.
Milkman's goal is to ramp up green building's profile before an estimated 22,000 to 27,000 national and international enthusiasts arrive to attend workshops, network, and see what's behind Philadelphia's claims of progress toward becoming America's greenest city. The Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, to be held at the Convention Center from Nov. 20 to 22, 2013, is the world's largest gathering on green-building practices. read more>>>
No comments:
Post a Comment