February 23, 2012

Greenbuild 2012 – San Francisco here we come!

by macko in EBS News, Green Building No Comments

Today we will commence a blog series focused around Greenbuild 2012 – yes the one in San Francisco in November – that will strive to bring relevant updates as well as opinion pieces on what will be (or at least is touted to be) the biggest Greenbuild ever.

A couple of important things to announce in this first posting – they are as follows:
Greenbuild dates: Nov. 14-16, 2012

Greenbuild SF site:  Greenbuild San Francisco

Greenbuild SF location: Moscone Center 747 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94103

Greenbuild Host Committee & Volunteer Info: Visit USGBC-NCC’s website for information on Host Committee activities, volunteer opportunities and the most up to date information on Greenbuild parties, tours and happenings:  USGBC NCC Host Committee

What I want to stress beyond the basic info listed above is that this year’s Greenbuild is determined to be the biggest, the best and the most unique.  San Francisco is a destination city with most inhabitants claiming origin from other parts of the country or the world.  It is a come one, come all city that despite it’s less than 1 million inhabitants (805,463 as of June 2010 Census) is considered a major international destination. Tourism, food, culture/diversity and the arts make up some of the most attractive aspects of this one-of-a-kind city – what I think is most impressive is that when Greenbuild comes to town in November, approximately 5% of the city’s regular population will congregate in one area of downtown.  That’s amazing, 5% of a city all located one area, gathering around a relatively unknown (to most of the world) topic (that of green building) for an entire week!

As a member of the Greenbuild Host Committee I want to make sure you keep apprised of the progress we’re making in an effort to, as I said above, make this the biggest, best and most unique Greenbuild ever.  Please follow updates on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn

Check back in a month for more updates!

–The EBS Team