"BUILDING CONFIDENCE: FROM SUSTAINABLE POLICY TO PRACTICE" - June 21-22, 2004
Intermediate & Advanced LEED™ & LABS21 Workshops - June 20 & June 23

The registration deadline was June 13, 2004. See bottom of page for more details.

The CPUC will fund half the registration and dorm housing for all UC and CSU
employees. Funding is limited, so please sign up now!

With the implementation of new clean energy and “green” building policies and the redefinition of design, construction, and operation bottom lines, forward-thinking institutions are pursuing integrated strategies that use social and environmental issues as core competitive advantages.  The 21st-century goal is to develop environmentally responsible, energy-efficient facilities that promote architectural excellence, are resource-efficient, provide healthier settings for worker productivity, and incorporate smart infrastructure for continued operations.
 
This conference explores ways to improve the design, operation, and maintenance of multiple building settings.  To ensure efficient use of energy, conference workshops will examine best-practice examples of how to best design buildings to minimize energy use in the provision of comfortable indoor environments, to provide high-quality low-energy lighting, and to efficiently provide other energy services.  It will provide an overview of California campuses as integrated systems and promote opportunities to monitor and optimize these systems--saving not only the up-front cost of equipment, but the ongoing expenditure of energy over the lifetime of these new buildings.

The Building Confidence Conference will: 1. Provide a forum to demonstrate progress in energy efficiency, sustainable development, and strategies for incorporating policies into institutional practices. 2. Challenge, motivate, and educate public and private universities and institutions in the areas of best energy efficiency strategies, sustainable building, transportation and purchasing practices, and new policies. 3. Establish an information cooperative among institutions. Conference sessions are designed to be interactive, facilitating the opportunity for dialogue and exchange of ideas.   Based on the success of the previous building conference in Merced and the pre- and post-conference training LEED™ and Labs21 workshops, we anticipate at least 350 participants from the University of California (all 10 campuses), the California State University system, the California Community College system, private higher education institutions, government agencies, the private sector, and NGOs. As a result of this conference, California’s higher education institutions will be fully prepared to take the next steps in creating more energy-efficient building communities that incorporate sustainable practices on a large scale. UC Green Building and Clean Energy Policy   In order to provide practical assistance in complying with the new UC Green Building and Clean Energy Policy, there are a large number of sessions that include information on these and related subjects.  Many of these sessions include examples of reproducible projects that have been implemented around the UC, CSU, and community college Systems.  These sessions are designated in the agenda as “Policy to Practice.” Many of the sessions will be a part of Training and Education efforts that have been initiated through the new CPUC-funded UC/CSU/IOU Energy Efficiency Program.

Department of Education Headquarters, State of California, Sacramento--the first state-owned government building in the nation to receive a LEED 2.0 Gold rating. (Photo: Erhard Pheiffer)   The newly built National Resource Defense Council building in Santa Monica, CA, which is seeking LEED™ version 2.1 Platinum certification. (Photo: Kathy Frevert).

Conference Includes:

o Two days (June 21-22) presentations, panel discussions, and roundtables on all aspects of sustainable design and building.
o Pre-conference intermediate LEED™ NC workshop: how to handle new construction, existing buildings, and multiple building certification (June 20).
o Pre-conference Labs21 workshop on Environmental Performance Criteria: Toward LEED™ for Labs (June 20).
o Post-conference Labs21 High Performance/Low Energy Design Course (June 23).

The complete conference and workshops schedule is shown below.  Click here for the downloadable PDF of this information, including times, locations, tours, maps, and pre- and post-conference LEED™ and Labs21 workshop details. Click here for maps of both the UCSB campus and the surrounding area.

For UCSB campus and area maps, please see www.tps.ucsb.edu/campusmaps.html.  Bren Hall is located in quadrant E5 of the campus map, on Lagoon Road (near the East Gate campus entrance).  The UCEN (University Center) is located in quadrant F3. Anacapa Hall is in quadrant F5.

Click here for the downloadable PDF of complete conference and workshop information, including times, locations, tours, maps, and pre- and post-conference LEED™ and Labs21 workshop details.

The registration deadline was June 13, 2004.

Participants will be housed at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Additional information: Mo Lovegreen, Director, Office of Sustainability, UC Santa Barbara, (805) 893-3664, mo@geog.ucsb.edu or kathys@icess.ucsb.edu