Portland Greening Signature Buildings Field Session Date & Time: Thursday, September 9th, 9:45am-12:30pm & Friday, September 10th, 8:00am-10:30am Speakers: Ralph DiNola, Green Building Services, Tim DuRoche, Portland Center Stage/Gerding Theater, Nancy Hales, First Stop Portland
Green building is key to creating authentic experiences of a place, and in Portland, the city with the most LEED-certified buildings per capita in the nation, greening of its buildings plays a crucial role in the eco-story of the city. Portland boasts vibrant city center, transit-friendly urban lifestyle and richly diverse, compact, and green neighborhoods. What have we learned about the greening of our built environment and its draw as a tourist destination? What are visitors seeking as they visit these neighborhoods and reflect on their own sense of place? Ralph DiNola, LEED Faculty, LEED AP BD+C, Principal, Green Building Services Passion and vision go hand-in-hand in Ralph DiNola's transformative green design approaches. His leadership in the industry towards merging the historic preservation and green building movements led to the development of a groundbreaking training module "Using LEED on Historic Projects" for the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). He has also participated in the development of the LEED for Retail Rating Systems with the LEED for Retail Core Committee, and strategic planning for the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Preservation Green Lab. >> Learn more: http://www.ecotourismconference.org/field-sessions Register for the Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2010 (ESTC 2010) - Sept 8-10, 2010, Portland, Oregon, USA - to participate in these field sessions and other exciting programs! >> Register now: http://www.ecotourismconference.org/register *Early-bird special registration rates are available through July 8th.
