DBEDT Build and Buy Expo 2009

DBEDT Build and Buy Green Conference and Expo

The 2009 "Hawaii Build & Buy Green Conference & Expo" will be held in Honolulu on May 19 and 20, 2009.

FIRST DAY (Tuesday, May 19, 2009): LEED for Homes workshop with separate registration and venue (http://usgbchawaii.org/events). QUESTIONS regarding the LEED for Homes Workshop: cwood@cjsgrouparchitects.com.

SECOND DAY (Wednesday, May 20, 2009): At the Ko'olau Ballrooms, 45-550 Kionaole Road, Kaneohe, Hawaii.

2009 BBG Registration Form

Hear Keynote Speaker Dana Bourland, Vice President of Enterprise Community Partners, share her insights as a national expert on the status of the green building movement and the green economy. Ms. Bourland is responsible for the successful $570 million Green Communities® Initiative to build green, affordable housing, Fast Company magazine has named her one of the “Most Influential Women in Technology.”

WHO: OPEN TO ALL interested in the greening economy and green jobs, including building and design industry professionals, engineers, developers, planners, suppliers, REALTORS®, government housing agencies, property managers, non-profits, and workforce trainers.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 20, 2009

7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Breakfast and Expo begin at 7:30 am; Program begins at 8:00 am)

WHERE: Ko’olau Ballrooms, 45-550 Kionaole Road, Kaneohe, Island of Oahu, Hawaii

Driving Directions: http://koolauballrooms.com/?page_id=5. Please consider carpooling or taking transit.

Point-to-point bus information available at www.google.com/transit

WHAT: Expo with Table Top Exhibits; and THREE tracks of concurrent seminars:

Track A. Greening Affordable Housing (with assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development): Designing, building, and financing green housing; the Green Workforce; DHHL Goes Green and other case studies; Hawaii green building trends; Making the Market; local case studies; transforming public housing into green assets; NAHB Green Rehab; the energy audit.

Track B. LEED 2009 Update: Hawaii USGBC; LEED Neighborhood Development; Hawaii LEED project case studies; Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (federal economic stimulus energy grants); pathways to Hawaii Net-Zero Energy Homes.

Track C. Green Projects & Products: LEED for Schools Hawaii case studies; LEED at Universities local case studies; Honolulu Rail Transit LEED Projects; tropical landscaping; The Honu Guide; MA`O Farm Project; carbon offsets and the carbon market.

For more information:

Registration: Contact Ramona Mullahey at (808) 522-8185 x249 or ramona.mullahey@hud.gov

Expo Table Top Exhibits: Contact Karen Shishido at (808) 587-2676 or kshishido@dbedt.hawaii.gov

Conference Sessions: Contact Gail Suzuki-Jones at (808) 587-3802 or gsuzuki@dbedt.hawaii.gov;
or Dean Masai at (808) 587-3804 or dmasai@dbedt.hawaii.gov