9th Annual Global Environmental Sustainability Symposium
Building Sustainability: Preservation, Reuse, & Green Construction
April 14, 2016
Central Connecticut State University
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Come join us. Learn, teach, and participate in a day of dialog about historic preservation, building materials salvage, and the 'green' building movement.
The Central Global Environmental Sustainability Action Coalition (GESAC) invites you to learn and teach about
the actions humans must take to ensure that our children and grandchildren will experience
a life of peace, health, and harmony
with our one and only home -EARTH.
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Click on the names of our Presenters and Exhibitors to see their websites
9:45 - 10:00 AM Student Center, Alumni Hall | Welcome & Opening Leah Glaser, Ph.D., GESAC Board Member and Central Associate Professor of History |
10:00 - 10:45 AM Student Center, Alumni Hall | Redeveloping Brownfields: Environmental, Social, and Economic Impacts Tim Sullivan, Deputy Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Economic Development Deputy Commissioner Sullivan will explain and discuss Connecticut's strategy to reuse Brownfields, including the rescue and reuse of industrial buildings and structures for redevelopment. |
11:00 - 11:45 AM Student Center, Alumni Hall | Building Reuse, Preservation & 'Green' Construction Policy Moderator: Bill Finch, Former Mayor, Bridgeport, Connecticut Tim Garceau, Assistant Professor-Planning/Geography, Central Connecticut State University Panel members will discuss how local and state policies and legislation related to reuse and preservation of existing structures, and related guidelines for 'green' construction, either promote or hinder sustainable development. |
12:00 - 12:45 PM Student Center, Alumni Hall | Lunch & CJ May's Resourcery: The Magic of Sustainability in the 21st Century Lunch time magic will be provided by CJ May, a veteran sustainability professional who uses magic to show his audiences the power they have to protect the planet. He will share his unique magic and powerful vision of how we can each work wonders through recycling, clean energy and water protection. |
1:00 - 1:45 PM Student Center, Alumni Hall | Bringing 20th Century Design Into the 21st Century Moderator: Ross Spiegel, Associate-Green Team Leader (Fletcher-Thompson, Inc.); CT Green Building Council Board Member Panel Members: Even the greenest new building cannot compete with the environmental benefits of the "embodied energy" contained in existing buildings. Adapting existing, and sometimes historic, structures to LEED standards presents both challenges and rewards. Project designers and managers will feature case studies and models from throughout Connecticut. Moderator Ross Spiegel will highlight some of the strongest aspects of these projects from the perspective of Connecticut's Green Building Council. |
2:00 - 2:45 PM Student Center, Alumni Hall | Building Deconstruction: The Value of Reuse Sherill Baldwin, Environmental Analyst, Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection With the newly drafted Connecticut Comprehensive Materials Management Strategy, a number of priorities have been outlined, including how best to divert more construction and demolition (C&D) materials for reuse and recycling. Ms. Baldwin will provide an overview of C&D debris in Connecticut, what is building deconstruction and materials reuse, the value of reusable resources and share information about building deconstruction and material reuse centers in Connecticut. |
3:00 - 3:45 PM Student Center, Alumni Hall | Building Environmental, Social, & Economic Sustainability: State, Local Government, & University Kristina Newman-Scott, State Historic Preservation Officer, Connecticut Department of Economic & Community Development Join in a discussion with leaders from state & local government, and academia about the role each plays in ensuring the processes and systems associated with managing building construction reuse, preservation, and demolition function in support of environmental, social, and economic sustainability throughout Connecticut. |
4:00 - 6:00 PM Student Center, Alumni Hall | Illustrated Poster Session, Sustainability Fair & Social Non-governmental organizations, businesses, and governmental agencies that offer sustainability information, jobs/internships, and service. Jazz Music provided by Brown Paper Sax Sustainability Fair Exhibitors (click on vendor's name to see their website): Central Geography Department and others |
6:00 - 6:15 PM Student Center, Alumni Hall | Closing Remarks Charles E. Button, Ph.D., GESAC Founder & Chair and Central Professor of Geography & Sustainability Leah Glaser, Ph.D., GESAC Board Member and Central Associate Professor of History |