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Press Release: Fort Mason Center to host West Coast Green “Design Slam”
August 21, 2009 by Ian Bryan
SAN FRANCISCO - Green building professionals from across the nation will converge at Fort Mason Center on October 2nd during the West Coast Green Conference to brainstorm design strategies and practical ideas for the continued evolution of Fort Mason Center as a leading environmentally sustainable destination.
As part of a planned rehabilitation of Pier 2, Fort Mason Center plans to adopt LEED Silver standards and install a large-scale solar array, which will provide for 80% of energy consumption. The Slam will provide a medium for development of a solar conversion plan by the leading solar engineers in the Bay Area.
This ‘meeting of the minds’ is an opportunity for Fort Mason Center to benefit from the design leaders assembled at West Coast Green and to harvest the intellectual capital of its visionary participants. The Slam is set to involve West Coast Green participants and advisors, including Eric Corey Freed, Gil Friend, David Johnston, Sim Van der Ryn, Bill Reed and The Education Director from PG&E.
Registration options for West Coast Green include student, spouse and partner discounts as well as group rates. Scholarship and volunteer opportunities are also available. To register for the full 3-day conference, or for more information, visit http://www.westcoastgreen.com/register or call (800) 724-4880.
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West Coast Green is an annual conference launched out of a need for a common conversation for decision makers influencing the greening of the built environment. Today, four years since its inception, West Coast Green continues to provide dynamic, big-picture, systems-thinking education, strategy, connections and professional development to these leaders. http://www.westcoastgreen.com
Fort Mason Center, a waterfront destination for thought provoking programs, events and organizations which support and reflect the evolving cultural fabric of San Francisco, has served, for over three decades, as a national model of military base conversion, multi-tenant collaboration and National Park Service partnership. Significantly, the success of the Center has been achieved in a way that supports three pillars of sustainability: the preservation, interpretation and enrichment of local culture; ecological responsibility with regards to use of resources; and fiscal responsibility ensuring continuity.
The collaboration with West Coast Green will strengthen Fort Mason Center’s role as a model of sustainability and help to generate additional synergy with other partners including Long Now Foundation, the National Park Service, San Francisco Conservation Corps, Zip Car, Eat Well, LMS Architects, and Presidio School of Management. http://www.fortmason.org
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Ian Bryan
828.242.1868