I wanted to make everyone involved with the CAE aware of a one day conference that is being held here in Pittsburgh by the Green Building Alliance.
It is the Green, Healthy Schools Conference, and it is being held on Thursday, November 4th from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Phipps Conservancy and Botanical Gardens.
Here is some information on the Green, Healthy Schools Conference, taken from the GBA website:
Join two nationally recognized keynote speakers and representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Education and Governor's Green Government Council to discover the importance of high-performance, healthy K-12 schools.
School administrators, board members, teachers, architects and parents are encouraged to attend this full-day conference featuring:
- Vivian Loftness, FAIA, LEED AP, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture
- Bill Reed, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Integrative Design Collaborative, Regenesis, Inc., and Delving Deeper
- Michael A. Walsh, Deputy Secretary, PA Department of Education
- Dennis Maloskey, Director of Sustainable Engineering and Development, PA Governor's Green Government Council
- Patricia Vathis, Environment and Ecology Curriculum Advisor, Office of Environment and Ecology, PA Department of Education
Much valuable information will be shared and attendees will:
- Learn about the importance of high-performance, green, healthy K-12 schools
- Discover regenerative design: integrating and regenerating the health of our social and ecological systems
- Learn about Pennsylvania's new environment and ecology curriculum standards and Pathways to Green Schools resources
- Discover Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens' educational programs and opportunities for K-12 students and teachers
- Understand the economics of building and operating green schools, as well as financing opportunities through existing policies and programs
- Listen to case studies from local schools
- Envision schools as interactive learning laboratories
For more information on the conference, or to register, visit www.go-gba.org/green_schools_conference.
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Jeffrey Davis AIA
Principal/Architect
FortyEighty Architecture
Pittsburgh PA
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