Sustainable Talks - Sustainable Design Forum 2012 (Event)

Sustainable Design Forum 2012 will be taking place from September 24th to the 27th in Dubai. The program this year will consist of a combination of seminars and workshops; which will be appeal to architects, interior designers, design consultants, project mangers and government bodies. Attendants of the workshops will be able to work together in teams to find solutions to real life challenges and will be also benefit from walking away with a certificate of attendance at the end of the workshop.

One of the topics being addressed at the Forum is Education for Sustainable Development. More precisely the topic is called, "Learning from Best Practice."  In this talk Verena Harwardt, discusses how sustainability became a value in Germany and how it can become a value in the UAE. Education for a Sustainable Development suggests that for the UAE to spread the awareness and change behavior sustainability needs to be a value that people cherish.

Other topics covered at forum include the following:

Sustainable construction in the Middle East
24th September 2012, 12:30 - 13:30

Green Project Management
24th September 2012, 16:15 - 18:15 

Sustainable Enterprises: Value Engineering
25th September 2012, 11:30 - 12:30

 Landscaping from a Different Perspective
26th September 2012, 11:30 - 12:30

Education for Sustainable Development
27th September 2012, 11:30 - 12:30

Intro to the Blue Economy: Beyond Green
27th September 2012, 15:15 - 16:15

To register or for more information click here

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Sustainable Innovation 2012 (Event)

The 17th International Conference of Sustainable Innovation: Resource Efficiency, Innovation and Lifestyles is part of the ‘Towards Sustainable Product Design’ series of conferences. It will take place on the 29th-30th October 2012 at Alanus University in Bonn, Germany.

Sustainable Innovation 2012 [SI12] focuses on Resources, Innovation & Lifestyles. SI12 has attracted over 2000 delegates from 50 countries. It includes 50+ presentations and 'top 30' reviewed papers

Other features include:

• 2 expert panels 
• Leading thinking and practice 
• Insight into emerging trends 
• Excellent networking 
• Space for creative thinking 

 For more information or to register click here.

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Green Business Seminar: Energy, Revenue, Cash Flow (Event)

Green Business Seminar: Energy, Revenue, Cash Flow will take place at the Northern Virginia Community College at the Schlesinger Center, Alexandria Campus, on October 23, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. The Northern Virginia Community College (Alexandria Campus) and Relerience, a green energy consulting company, have formed a strategic alliance to provide a Green Business Seminar for the business community in Northern Virginia.

The Green Business Seminar will inform companies about labels. Specifically it will address Green Business Plans & Strategies Involving Green Energy solutions and energy management strategies, optimize resources, gain access to capital, attract more revenue, achieve business growth, and create jobs.

The event organizer is Gina Dennis, the CEO of Relerience. Approximately 1,000 executive leaders and business owners are expected to attend the Green Business Seminar.

Attendees include:
* Companies seeking alternative strategies to grow their customer base and increase cash flow.
* Companies interested in implementing green energy initiatives to increase their revenue.
* Companies interested in energy management strategies to increase access to capital.
* Defense contractors, restaurants, hotels, franchises, manufacturers, retailers and technology firms.
* Transportation companies, car dealerships, commercial banks and health care facilities.

To register click here.

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BIT's World Congress of Greentech (Event)

On October 19-21, 2012, BIT's annual World Congress of Greentech will take place in Guangzhou Baiyn International Convention Center, China. This conference will focus on practical perspectives on green economy, promotion of sustainable or renewable energy, and technical solutions.

The mission of the World Congress is to reign in excessive emissions from fossil fuels, halt the rise of the oceans and avoid extreme weather. The event promulgates practical solutions and policies for greenhouse gas mitigation.

The conference will cover a wide array of topics related to the development of a low carbon economy to manage climate change.

They look to stakeholders in the low carbon economy who are engaging policy makers, NGO leaders, economists, investors, engineers, scientists, industrial leaders, carbon traders, brokers, clean emerge producers, and energy consumers.

There will be a Cluster of conference with 5 Co-current Symposiums. There will also be cutting-edge keynote addresses by prominent leaders from China and abroad, 300+ sessions covering issues related to sustainable development, 1000+ oral presentations from world leaders.

This gathering of experts from around the globe are seeking to develop a low carbon economy and promoting energy efficiency, clean energy.

This conference is also an unparallelled opportunity to develop long-term partnerships with Fortune 500, investors, VCs, GCs and Financing Institutions that are looking for interesting projects. The event also boasts a low carbon career fair.

Join organizers in Guangzhou who are gathering to engage the historic task of preserving our planet for future generations.

Here are six forums from the Summit:

Forum 1: Clean Development Mechanisms - Rebuild Economic Order and Policy beyond Copenhagen Conference  
Forum 2: Emission Trade based Green Economy - Each Nation’s Role in Climate Change Control  
Forum 3: Implementation of Low Carbon Industries Secondary Sector - Local Solutions to Global Problems: Take Action for Climate Changes  
Forum 4: Implementation of Low Carbon Industries- Secondary Sector - Translation of Traditional Processes to Advanced Green Manufacturing  
Forum 5: Clean Sciences and Technology for Traditional Energy & Sustainable Industries - Barriers, Policy-Makers and Roles of Market Players  
Forum 6: Low Carbon Green Architecture - Across Cultural Exchanges of Credits to Control Greenhouse Gases

Click here for programme

© 2012, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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Update on the Green Schools and the Community College Summits (Events)

As reviewed in an August 13th post, the Green Market Oracle is proud to be an outreach partner for Green Schools and Community College Summits and Expo. Both the Community College Summit and the Green California Schools Summit emphasize innovations in technology, policy and practice.  Organizers expect approximately 3000 to attend the combined summits. These two events will take place concurrently on September 27-28, 2012 in Pasadena, California. It is fitting that this event is taking place in the state that is on the leading edge of the green schools movement and the home of the nation’s first green building rating program for K-12 schools.

The Green California Schools Summit  is one of the nation's largest annual green school events. The Summit is a gathering of those involved in the greening of California's schools - from facility managers, finance officers, teachers and administrators to architects, engineers and curriculum developers.  

California’s community colleges are the largest network of higher education in the nation. They are essential to green jobs, green businesses, green building, energy management and resource conservation. Programs in California's community colleges offer hands-on exposure to new technologies and provide local communities with models of sustainability.

A wide array of experienced stakeholders are participating in the Community College Summit including the Keynote speaker Kelly Meyer, CA State Architect Chet Widom, and Board of Governors CA Community College member Henry A.J. Ramos .

Continuing education credits are offered for AIA, Build It Green, CMAA, and ICC for both events. On Friday September 28 there will be a day long workshop of the Green Curriculum Institute that focuses on the Education and Environment Initiative (EEI) materials.

Readers of the Green Market Oracle will receive a 20% discount if they enter the code GRMARKET (all caps) when registering. 

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Event: Photovoltaics Industry at the Crossroads

A discussion of the future opportunities and risks for the Photovoltaics industry will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 29 March 2012. The event is being organized by pvXchange and Via Expo in parallel with the South East European Solar Exhibition.

Some of the questions that will be addressed include:
1. European markets – Do current markets meet expectations?
Grid Parity / Incentive Parity / Generation Parity – What happens after subsidies?
2. Accelerating the adoption of photovoltaics – What role will the consumer play?
3. Consolidation of the photovoltaic industry – How to survive?
Optimizing procurement – How to distribute photovoltaics?
4. Traditional solar firms versus new entrants – Who will lead the game?

Here is a list of the panelists:
David Rehacek - Sales Director EEC, SMA Solar Technology AG, (Inverters)
Tobias Krauth - Sales Director Germany; Sungrow Deutschland GmbH, (Inverters)
Dusan Kutal - Area Sales Manager EEC - Trina Solar Ltd., (Modules)
Matthias Wagner - Sales Director, GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd., (Wafer)
Georg Urban - Area Sales Manager EEC, PVXCHANGE International AG, (Distribution & Procurement Partner)

For more information click on the following links:
Solar Exhibition for South East Europe
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Brochure

To take part in the event and to promote your company contact: office@viaexpo.com

© 2012, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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Two Examples of Business at Work on Earth Day 2011

Earth Day 2011 included some helpful efforts to get business people involved with environmental issues. Women and the Green Economy (WAGE)™ and the New Orleans Green Business Expo stand out due to their efforts to accelerate the growth of the green economy.

WAGE promotes sustainability and solutions to climate change. This group is engaging women leaders in the creation and development of a global green economy by providing new thinking and creative power.

Women constitute more than half of the world’s population and make 85 percent of all consumer choices. Women are also rising to key positions of power and their increasing prominence can help lead the way to a sustainable green economy.

This group enjoys the support of a wide range of leading women including some of the world's best business women, including: people like Mindy Lubber, President, CERES and Denise Bode, CEO, American Wind Energy Association

WAGE's goal is to create a policy agenda for Rio+20 and generate relevant national initiatives that will promote the green economy, secure educational and job training opportunities for women and channel green investment to benefit women.

The city of New Orleans distinguished itself by holding an Earth Day Festival that included a green business exposition.

New Orleans' Earth Day Festival held a service on Palm Sunday honoring victims of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, followed by informative talks on solutions to the spill. The Green Business Expo, highlighted Louisiana businesses working toward a greener future as well as the organizations working to protect coastal heritage and make New Orleans a hub for progressive environmental action.

© 2011, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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