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"Shifting into the Mainstream" - Canada Green Building Council's 1st National Summit
Date: June 11-12, 2008
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre

The inaugural National Summit will be the largest indoor green building event in Canada and will be zero-waste! This historic event will bring together the entire green building industry, with some 100 delegates, 150 exhibitors, and over 50 speakers from all across Canada. Speakers include Dr. David Suzuki and Premier Campbell.

Shifting Into the Mainstream is where building industry decision makers will learn about how LEED® Canada is evolving from one-time certification to a life-cycle building performance management system for any type of building, new and existing.

LEED® Canada for Existing Buildings will be launched in 2009 and offer online assessment, action planning and performance verification as well as a certification process that is fast, economical and easy to access. This further development of LEED in Canada will allow for the massive scaling up necessary to meet the CaGBC goal of 100,000 buildings and 1 million homes certified by 2015, with 50% reduction in energy and water use, and 50 Megatonnes of GHG emission reductions.

Delegates will get first-hand reports from the national pilot projects involving K-12 schools, commercial offices and public administration buildings. This is the first round of pilots conducted with industry to test and enhance the new LEED rating system and the distributed delivery model, and will be followed over the next three years by similar projects to address all major building types.

If you’re committed to green buildings, you’ll want to join us.

For more information or to register, please visit:

www.shiftingintothemainstream.ca

Request for Proposal: Taking Stock Session

If your school or department has developed a new course or program, or is engaging in an activity that is transforming the teaching, promotion or practice of sustainable building and development, we want to help you share your story.

Proposals should be less than 300 words. It should describe the content of the presentation and can include up to three images that you intend to show. Send your proposal before end of Friday, April 11, 2008 to sdulmage@cagbc.org with the subject line "Proposal: Taking Stock 2008".

Presenters will be notified of their acceptance by April 17th.

Shifting Into the Mainstream - Media Passes

There are a limited number of media passes available. Media representatives interested in obtaining a pass should contact Nancy Grenier at ngrenier@cagbc.org for more information.

Passes will be allocated at the end of April.

Volunteer Opportunities

The Canada Green Building Council is looking for enthusiastic volunteers for its first national summit! If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please visit:

http://www.shiftingintothemainstream.ca/the_summit/volunteer.htm