{"id":16379,"date":"2009-11-05T12:10:25","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T19:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=16379"},"modified":"2015-08-17T14:54:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T21:54:24","slug":"nau-inspires-worldwide-audience-to-build-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-inspires-worldwide-audience-to-build-green\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU inspires worldwide audience to build green"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTo capture the Greenbuild 2009 conference in the northland, events are planned for \u201cFlagstaff\u2019s Green Weekend<\/a>,\u201d Nov. 13 through 16, featuring local green attractions, tours of NAU\u2019s green buildings, trips to the Grand Canyon, green parties and local discounts for conference goers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What do Al Gore, Sheryl Crow and Northern Arizona University have in common? They will be featured at\u00a0Greenbuild 2009<\/a>, the world\u2019s largest green building conference and expo convening in Phoenix Nov. 11 through 13.<\/p>\n

The conference, hosted by the United States Green Building Council, attracts up to 30,000 building professionals from around the world to engage in sustainable building educational sessions, seminars, networking events and green building tours.<\/p>\n

This year NAU is in the sustainability limelight.<\/p>\n

The university will be featured in conference exhibit booths, an off-site NAU green building marketplace, an NAU hospitality suite and a daylong bus tour to the Mountain Campus for a up-close view of its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified buildings.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur presence at Greenbuild is a great way to showcase NAU\u2019s leadership in sustainable building,\u201d says\u00a0Susan Thomas<\/strong>, a lecturer in construction management who advises students headed for LEED certification. \u201cThis conference is important to our students who are the builders of tomorrow and will have a huge impact on the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

NAU President\u00a0John Haeger<\/strong>\u00a0will be on hand to reaffirm his\u00a0sustainability pledge<\/a>\u00a0during an NAU Greenbuild hospitality reception on Nov. 12 at the Hyatt Regency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nSome of the leaders in the country\u2019s sustainability arena will be attending NAU\u2019s Greenbuild reception at the Hyatt Regency in Phoenix on Nov. 12.NAU President\u00a0John Haeger<\/strong>, a charter signatory and leader in the\u00a0American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment<\/a>, will be joined by Anthony Cortese and James Buizer, members of\u00a0Second Nature<\/a>, an organization working to accelerate movement toward a sustainable future. The organization supports senior college and university leaders in making healthy, just and sustainable living the foundation of all learning and practice in higher education.Cortese, president of Second Nature, co-founded the organization with U.S. Sen. John Kerry. He also is a co-organizer of the\u00a0American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment<\/a>\u00a0and co-founder of the\u00a0Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education<\/a>and the\u00a0Higher Education Association Sustainability Consortium<\/a>.Buizer, is the science policy adviser to Arizona State University President Michael Crow, and serves as director of the ASU\u2019s University Center for Integrated Solutions to Climate Challenges. He also is a professor of practice in climate adaptation policy and institutional design.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

NAU\u2019s alliances and commitment to green building will be represented in the exhibit hall in displays by Kitchell Construction, Timmons Design Engineers and Arup construction consultants\u2014businesses that partnered with NAU to construct its LEED-rated buildings, including the award-winning Applied Research and Development building.<\/p>\n

An\u00a0NAU Greenbuild Marketplace<\/a>\u00a0on Nov. 11 at Sundt Construction\u2019s new Gold LEED-Certified sustainable headquarters in Tempe will be the place to learn more details about the university\u2019s hands-on green curriculum and the alliances that make it successful.<\/p>\n

The marketplace program will showcase the greening of northern Arizona based on collaborative and educational efforts and alliances. Private industry and public agency partners, including Sundt Construction, Kinney Construction Services and the Grand Canyon National Park, will join NAU faculty, staff and students to offer a presentation about perspectives and lessons learned when planning and building green.<\/p>\n

About a dozen \u201cmarket stalls\u201d will highlight student-led conceptual designs, including a LEED Gold-rated office building, a LEED-certified native plants greenhouse and a green transit-stop shelter program for Tusyan, near the Grand Canyon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe marketplace will focus on the industry and agency initiatives that offer mentored internships and other professional experiences to engage students in real-world LEED and sustainability challenges,\u201d Thomas says.<\/p>\n

The conference, which touts learning, networking and celebrating, will feature a keynote address by former Vice President\u00a0Al Gore<\/a>\u00a0and a concert by Grammy winner and environmentalist Sheryl Crow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northland Greenbuild To capture the Greenbuild 2009 conference in the northland, events are planned for \u201cFlagstaff\u2019s Green Weekend,\u201d Nov. 13 through 16, featuring local green attractions, tours of NAU\u2019s green buildings, trips to the Grand Canyon, green parties and local discounts for conference goers. What do Al Gore, Sheryl Crow and Northern Arizona University have…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}