Wednesday, May 26th, 2004
“Sustainability Dollars and Sense: Understanding the Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings”
a webcast by The Society for College and
University Planning (SCUP)
Noon to 2:00 pm ET

AIA Continuing Ed. Credits:
This webcast offers 2 hours of continuing education units

We know that many of you are being asked, and asking, the questions which will be answered in very useful ways in our next no-travel webcast.

New research and practical experience about the overall costs and financial benefits of "green" or "sustainable" buildings is changing the perception that building green is considerably more expensive and perhaps not worth the extra cost.

Now, introducing green building practice into the planning, design, construction, and operation of higher education facilities not only demonstrates stewardship of the environment and promotion of a healthier ndoor environment - it's becoming good business sense and a financial investment.

Among our panelists is the lead author of the recently published work that represents the most comprehensive report yet on the costs and financial benefits of green buildings. The report found that the upfront investment of about two percent of construction typically yielded life cycle savings of over 10 times the original investment. You can find that complete, 134-page PDF document, "The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings," on the US Green Building Council's website here:
http://www.usgbc.org/Docs/News/News477.pdf

Read it, then come and join our interactive webcast and ask your questions of our panelists on May 26!

Who Should Attend?

This webcast is aimed at: campus planners, campus architects, higher education administrators and those responsible for campus procurement, consultants, program planners, and others who are responsible for facilities, building, and sustainability and campus planning.

Panelists

Anthony Bernheim, FAIA, is Principal, Green Design, for SMWM, a San Francisco architecture, interior design, planning and graphic design firm, which has brought "green" leadership to numerous large projects.

Greg Kats is a Principal at Capital E, and a leading expert on clean energy technologies and high performance buildings.

Scott B. Lewis is the President of Oppenheim Lewis, Inc., a full service project management and cost consulting firm providing a variety of construction consulting services.

Webcast Format

This presentation will be by webcast with audio from a telephone link.

You will need a computer and a telephone to participate. This is an easy and convenient way to participate in an educational session and share it with your colleagues. Invite your planning team to this informative webcast! Project the web portion of the broadcast to a group through a data projector, and listen via a speakerphone. One low fee allows you a link through your computer and telephone. After you register, you will be forwarded instructions on how to join the webcast about a week out from the broadcast date, as well as PDFs of supportive materials that you can print out.

AIA Members and
Continuing Education Opportunity

SCUP is a registered provider of continuing education units for the American Institute of Architects. If you are eligible to earn continuing education units from AIA, sign the AIA report form that will be sent to each listening site in advance of the program, and fax it back to the SCUP office. SCUP will submit completed session forms to AIA for you.

This webcast offers 2 hours of continuing education units. Anyone attending the broadcast may request a certificate as a record of his or her attendance.

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Full webcast info

Cost:
$195 for US SCUP members,
$255 US nonmembers

Questions?
Please contact Kathy Benton at kbenton@scup.org
or call 734.998.6966

To register:
https://www.krm.com/regonline/