Green Building in the Lehigh Valley Conference & Trade Show Thursday

 June 10, 2010 11:30 am – 5:00 pm

Holiday Inn Allentown Center City

* Practical & cost-effective solutions for greening Lehigh Valley facilities

* Over 300 expected attendees: office, industrial, health care & higher education facility owners as well as the region’s premiere architects, engineers and constructor and suppliers:

* Network with local businesses

* Leading green builders & planners will discuss the process, technology and financial impacts of utilizing green building practices

* Meet the suppliers of the most innovative green products and practices on the expo floor

Keynote Speaker: Scot Horst, Senior Vice-President for LEED at the U.S. Green Building Council

Scot Horst, Senior Vice President for LEED at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is widely recognized as one of the key leaders of the sustainable design movement. Scot was previously president of 7group, a leading green building consultancy, and president of Athena Institute, a non-profit committed to the evaluation of environmental impacts of buildings through lifecycle assessment. Since 2005, Scot has served as chair of USGBC’s LEED Steering Committee, the body that has principle responsibility for developing and implementing the LEED rating system. For this work, he is the 2008 recipient of USGBC’s Leadership Award in the LEED category. He has recently co-authored “An Integrative Design Manual: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability.” Scot is a LEED AP and LEED faculty member and has been a contributing author to the LEED reference guides. He is a sought-after speaker and a frequently interviewed expert on all aspects of green building and its intersection with humanity. More program information to follow