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EGB Tour of LEED Projects in the Financial District followed by Happy HourSaturday, May 16, 2009 from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM (PT)San Francisco, CA |
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Event Details
Join Emerging Green Builders for a walking tour of LEED projects in the Financial District. We will meet at the Orchard Garden Hotel and visit several LEED certified projects, including hotel, office, conference, and retail spaces. Participants will hear about issues encountered and innovative solutions employed during the LEED certification process. The tour will end with a Happy Hour at the Orchard Garden Hotel. Come meet and mingle with other emerging green building professionals!
Space is limited, RSVP today!
Schedule
2:00 – Orchard Garden Hotel lobby
2:15 – Set up groups and start tour
2:30-3:30 – Natural Resources Defense Council; Knoll Furniture
3:30-4:30 – Bently Reserve; HOK
4:30-6:00 – Happy Hour at Orchard Garden Hotel – Roots Restaurant
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Orchard Garden Hotel: San Francisco’s Purely ‘Green’ Boutique HotelRelax and rejuvenate at the Orchard Garden Hotel, San Francisco’s innovative ‘green’ boutique hotel. Nestled in the heart of San Francisco, Orchard Garden Hotel is California’s first generation of true eco-friendly hotels - built to the national standards for green buildings developed by the USGBC, the first in California to achieve LEED-NC rating. The Orchard Garden Hotel was designed to achieve LEED certification for energy use, lighting, water and material use as well as incorporating a variety of other sustainable strategies. It verifies environmental performance, occupant health and financial return. Roots restaurant will be offering a $7.00 Organic specialty cocktail – as well as our House wine for $5.00 per glass. |
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Knoll FurnitureSince 1938, Knoll has been recognized internationally for creating workplace and residential furnishings that inspire, evolve and endure. Today, our commitment to modern and sustainable design has yielded a unique portfolio of products that respond and adapt to changing needs. We are aligned with the USGBC and can help companies, governments, healthcare organizations and educational institutions achieve LEED in the workplace. The Knoll San Franciso showroom was among the first to achieve LEED Silver certification under the USGBC's Pilot Project for Commercial Interiors v2.1. Since then, four more showrooms have earned certification, the most recent being: Miami - LEED CI Silver, Chicago - LEED CI Gold and Atlanta - LEED CI Gold. The new Dallas showroom is also pending LEED CI Gold. In addition, Knoll is the contract furniture industry's first member of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX®) and is the founding sponsor of the World Monuments Fund Modernism at Risk program. |
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Natural Resources Defense CouncilNRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. With the support of our members and online activists, NRDC works to solve the most pressing environmental issues we face today: curbing global warming, getting toxic chemicals out of the environment, moving America beyond oil, reviving our oceans, saving wildlife and wild places, and helping China go green. NRDC's renovation of a 1920s high-rise building in San Francisco received LEED Gold certification without costing more than a traditional renovation. |
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Bently ReserveThe historic Bently Reserve is the West Coast's premier destination for social gatherings and corporate events. One of San Francisco's most cherished buildings, the Reserve is famous for hosting the City's most lavish events. The Bently Reserve Conference Center is the epitome of everything San Francisco, boasting the West Coast's most advanced networking technologies, unparalleled eco-friendly operations, and the classic style of the Financial District's most distinguished building. The new Bently Conference Center occupies the entire second floor of The Bently Reserve and features the latest high-definition digital technologies and the most advanced building control systems to accurately monitor energy consumption and increase efficiency. With the goal of obtaining a LEED for Core & Shell Silver certification, the Conference Center was outfitted with a variety of functional core upgrades. |
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HOK Architecture Firm OfficeThe 34,000-square-foot HOK office is located on two floors of the historic One Bush Street building, in the heart of downtown San Francisco's financial district. Originally designed by HOK before the LEED-CI system was even established, the project qualified for the pilot program because of HOK's commitment to incorporating sustainable design principles and techniques into its standard design process. |
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When & Where
Financial District
San Francisco,
CA 94104
Saturday, May 16, 2009 from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM (PT)
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Emerging Green Builders Northern California
Emerging Green Builders (EGB) is a committee created to serve the interests of young professionals in the green building industry. The goals of the EGB are twofold: internal support and networking, and external education and outreach. Learn more about EGB in Northern California: http://www.usgbc-ncc.org/egb