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  • Greensburg Webinar: Greensburg, Kansas, and Beyond

    This great green event is over now!
    Date: Tue December 15 2009   to Tue December 15 2009
    Tuesday, 12 noon -1:30 pm EST
    Event Type: Online Events (Webinars/Webcasts)
    Web Site: www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/webinars.html

     

    Greensburg, Kansas, has been pursuing a vision of a model green community since recovering from a massive tornado in May 2007. This second Webinar in the Greensburg series focuses on the town's efforts to rebuild green and features:

    * A detailed look at Greensburg's built environment in a 100% renewable city: tools, design strategies, and successes.
    * Greensburg's approach to wind-generated electricity, successes in other rural communities, and the impact community wind is having in America.
    * John Deere's plans for green dealership buildings throughout North America and the company's partnership with DOE and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on a Commercial Building Energy Alliance to reduce energy use in retail buildings.

    Target Audience: This Webinar is geared toward federal agencies, state energy offices, renewable energy and energy efficiency associations, architects, residential and commercial builders, planning firms, and utilities.

    Presenters:

    * Chuck Banks, Principal, Banks Associates
    * David Jeffers, Manager, Retail Brand Experience, John Deere Corporation
    * Shanti Pless, Buildings Energy Efficiency Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    * Tom Wind, Owner, Wind Utility Consulting, PC

    How to Attend: You can attend the Webinar via your computer and phone lines free of charge, but you must register in advance to obtain the URL and password for logging on via the Internet and the phone number to connect to the audio.

    See website to register and for more information.

    Presented by the Building Technologies Program at the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy.

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    Greensburg GreenTown is a charitable, nonprofit organization working in Greensburg, Kansas to rebuild the town, reinventing itself as a model for sustainable building and green living now recognized around the world.
    www.greensburggreentown.org/


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