East Coast Green - Session Descriptions

East Coast Green is offering over 30 continuing education sessions focused around individual topics tracks throughout the conference.

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TH16P5
Thursday, September 16, 2010, 4:14 pm - 5:15 pm

Sustainable Education: Willow School Case Study
1.0 HSW/SD LU Hours - Approved
1.0 USGBC CEU Hours - Approved

This presentation will describe the principles of sustainable and regenerative design and how these principles were used at The Willow School in the design, construction and operation of its two buildings: a LEED Gold classroom building built in 2002/03 and a LEED Platinum building constructed in 2006/07. The presentation will introduce the concepts of biomimicry and biophilia and show how these were used as frameworks for the built environment, the curriculum, and the continuing operation of the school. Finally, the presentation will introduce the "Living Building Challenge", describe how this protocol takes the design process beyond the sustainable model, and how this will be used for the design of the school's next building.

Speaker:

Mark Biedron
Trustee and Co-Founder,
The Willow School