Discussion on projects that improved the overall energy performance of the BOA Plaza Building.
Featured Presenter: Billy Rowland, Chief Operating Engineer of Bank of America Plaza, Peloton CRE.
$25-$35. Lunch is provided. Register.
Info: Dallas@2030districts.org
World's largest eco-expo featuring green nonprofits, businesses and schools. Demos, speakers, live music, food, children's activities and films. Free.
See trailers all decorated for the holidays. Sisters on the Fly from all over the state of Texas are opening their tiny homes on wheels for you to see. Sisters on the Fly are a group of women campers that enjoy fishing, camping, hiking, kayaking, shopping, junking, etc.
This training is specially designed for architects and engineers by the Building Codes Assistance Project (BCAP) and the Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE) and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Sunshot Initiative.
$15-$200. REGISTER WITH A FRIEND AND YOU BOTH GET 50% OFF!!
Info: Sara Smith at ssmith@bcapcodes.org
Treehouse is an environmentally-friendly home improvement store that went a major step above and beyond. Their new store in Dallas is described in news reports as "the world's first energy-positive" home improvement store. It means the facility generates ALL of its own energy using solar panels, and then some. 100 percent of the store's electricity needs are met by solar energy, with daily excess fed back to the utility grid to be used by others.
The annual Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards honors North Texas' green businesses, professionals, organizations, nonprofits and volunteers.
This year's honorary speaker is Lee Stetson as John Muir.
Presenters:
Paul Westbrook, owner of Four Cedars, an award-winning energy-efficient home.
Lydia Miller, former Sales Consultant with Green Mountain Energy
Tim Thiel from Covestro will be discussing:
Spray Polyurethane Foam is:
• One petroleum-based product that is not burned and has a long life.
• Two part foamed seamless barrier that protects occupants.
• A solution of choice at an increasing pace – residential and commercial.
It helps to provide:
• Improved building envelope integrity and performance:
• Highest R-value thermal barrier
• Barrier to moisture
• Barrier to air infiltration
• Barrier to vapor
• NFPA 285 compliant wall solutions
Frank Forrest from Carlsile will be discussing:
During this session, attendees will gain an understanding on integrating the big picture of recent, game-changing studies that are revealing the power of indoor environmental quality and the impact on human performance. $35.
Vote for your favorite green volunteers and leaders in North Texas. The top three finalists will be judged by a panel. Winners will be announced at the Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards on Nov. 3 at the Dallas Arboretum.