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Campus Tour MARCH 14, 2008
9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Click here for Green Conference evaulation form.
Purpose:
- To educate the Dutchess County business community on the benefits of environmentally-sound, sustainable business practices.
- To share resources, information and best practices on how being "green" is good for business.
Sponsors:
- Dutchess Community College
- Dutchess County
- NYSERDA
- Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation
- Dutchess County IDA
- Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Southern Dutchess Chamber of Commerce
- The Poughkeepsie Journal
- Dutchess County Economic Development Corporation
- Kirchhoff Construction Management
- Johnson Controls
- Council of Industry
- New York State Dormitory Authority
- American Institute of Architects
Conference Schedule :
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Check-in, Lobby, Dutchess Hall |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks Dr. D. David Conklin, President Dutchess Community College William Steinhaus, Dutchess County Executive |
| 9:15 - 10:30 a.m. | Keynote presentation by nationally published authority on greening businesses: Darcy Hitchcock, author of The Business Guide to Sustainability* and president of a consulting firm that specializes in the implementation of sustainable business practices *Book is complementary with registration fee |
| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. | LEED - What it is, how it can work for large and small businesses - a walk through of credits. (1 CES HSW) |
| 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | NYSERDA presentation to discuss its programs and available funding for owners and vendors
Presenter: Gregory Lampman, NYSERDA |
| 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Luncheon and Networking - Louis Greenspan Dining Room |
Afternoon Workshops (workshops run concurrently)
1:15 – 2:15 p.m. and repeated at
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Photovoltaic and their successful application in the Hudson Valley Presenters: Jeff Irish, Hudson Valley Clean Energy, and Patricia Myers, Town of Poughkeepsie Supervisor
(1 CES HSW) HVCE Presentation
Waste Management and Sustainability - Recycling, electronics, florescent bulbs, hazardous materials, construction debris. Presenters: MaryAnn O’Connor and Frank Kelley, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
(1 CES HSW)
LEED certification: its benefits to the company's "bottom line" Presenter: Joseph Kirchhoff, Kirchhoff Construction Management
(1 CES HSW) LEED Certification Presentation
Financial incentives, grants and loans for energy projects (Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation and NYSERDA) Presenters: Gregory Lampman, NYSERDA, and Eric Kiszkiel, Manager of the Energy Efficiency Division for Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation.
(1 CES HSW) NYSERDA Presentation
Green Cleaning - Presenters: Liz Lanzano, Director, Environmental Services, Vassar Brothers Medical Center and Jon Beltz, Regional Manager, 3M Corporation.
(1 CES HSW)
Getting Started - How to bring Sustainability into Your Organization. Presenter: Darcy Hitchcock. (1:15 p.m. session only) How to Bring Sustainability to your Organization Presentation
Cost Benefits of Green Renovation and Construction-Presenters: Charles Samul, Director of Client Outreach, and Jodi Smits Anderson AIA, Lead-AP, Director of Environmental Programs, Dormitory Authority of the State of New York. (2:30 p.m. session only)
(1CES HSW) Cost Benefits Presentation
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Click here for directions to DCC.
CES HSW available
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