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Conference Makes It Easier to Be Green

The 2004 National Green Building Conference in Austin, TX, on March 14-16 will make it easier for builders, developers and others in the industry to incorporate "green" techniques or otherwise "go green."

Attendees at the conference will have the opportunity to exchange green building ideas; network with green experts; participate in educational sessions ranging from green financing, green land development, green marketing and green remodeling to resource conservation and more; as well as see the latest in green building products and technologies from more than 65 exhibitors.

Some 500 builders, developers, land planners, remodelers, architects, engineers, real estate professionals, government officials, students, researchers and contractors are expected to attend.

In addition, because the conference is being held in the heart of the city that gave birth to the green building movement, there will also be tours to eight different technology and housing sites.

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The education courses offered include, for home building:

• What You Need to Know: Green Building Guidelines
• The Greening of American Homes
• Building Green Homes as a System
• It's Possible: Zero Energy Homes
• IAQ Best Practices
• Remodeling It Green

Land planning and design:

• The Latest Trends in Green Building Design
• Low Impact Development: Concept and Design
• Low Impact Development Success Stories
• The Art of Developing Green
• Successful Green Building Programs

Financing: 

• Green Mortgages

Marketing:

• Get the Word Out: We're Green
• Green Building for High Production Builders Means Profits 

Resource conservation:

• It's Not Garbage: Recycling Construction Waste
• Energy: The Keystone of Green Building
• Water Conservation: A Reservoir of Ideas

Tours will be available on the first day of the conference, including visits to award-winning infill subdivisions, Austin’s first SMART housing development and:

• The Pfeifer Residence, a $1.2 million “one-of-a-kind” custom residence featured in Fine Home Building magazine, that was built with a rainwater collection and irrigation system, xeriscaping, gray water recovery, ventilated radiant barrier roof system, seal attics hydronic heating and a water-based air conditioning system that uses the swimming pool as a heat sink.
• The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
• Hornsby Bend Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is known internationally as an award-winning, environmentally friendly treatment facility, where “Dillo Dirt,” a soil enhancer, is manufactured. A stopping off point for migratory birds and the home of local wildlife, the site is being developed as a wildlife educational area.

The conference is being held at The Hilton Austin Hotel and Convention Center, which is located at 500 East 4th Street.

To download a conference program and for registration information, click here, or contact . NAHB University of Housing at 800-368-5242 x8EDU.

For hotel reservations, call 800-236-1592 or 512-482-8000, or click here to visit the hotel's Web site.

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