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November 21, 2008
Getting your mind around 2009
The seasonal slow-down in work is the perfect opportunity for home builders to catch up on the latest technologies and expand their capabilities. With 2009 just around the corner, now is the time to plug into trade shows, conferences, and green building organizations that are eager to help builders reach the next level.
Some of the standard heavyweights like the International Builder's Show (you might want to turn the sound down before clicking that link) continue the recent trend of offering green building education courses. If you are going to be in Las Vegas in January, check out the "Green Building Products: Can They Perform as Promised?" class. This session will look at the latest products on the market and should offer a few tips on how to use technical methods for sniffing out potential problems. The session also promises to offer legal advice for builders so that they can get better product warranties for new technologies and reduce their liability risk.
Or if you are looking for something a little closer to home, and happen to live in Florida...
The International Code Council (ICC) was founded on the idea that homes should be built to a higher, or at least consistent, standard, thus creating safer cottages for all. ICC is starting to address green building in their own way, and regional events are sprouting up everywhere. If you are a builder in Florida and looking to beef up your educational credits, you might want to pre-register for the Green Building Safety Institute. The learning event is geared for those ready to pick-up the technical knowledge of how the I-Codes support green building and highlights the skills necessary to assess green building practices.
Finally, if you just can't get out to attend any sessions or educational events in the next few months, then you probably missed the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo this week up in Boston. I missed it as well. But the extremely good news is that the key note speaker's presentations are all free to view on the web. If nothing else, check out Van Jones presentation on the most important tool in fighting climate change, the caulk gun. Jones is president and founder of Green for All and is worth watching for his humor and common sense approach to going green.
Now is a great time to get engaged in green building, get an education, and get a jump start on 2009.
Posted by Andrew Hunt at November 21, 2008 12:30 PM
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