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COST:  FREE ~ please check your schedule prior to registration.

The US Green Building Council - Los Angeles Chapter and the Southern California Gas Company will be hosting 8th Annual Municipal Green Building Conference & Expo on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at the Energy Resource Center in Downey.  Each year, this event brings together Southland municipal policy makers and implementers along with leading architects and engineers to further the development of a sustainable and energy efficient future. Breakout sessions will feature all aspects of sustainable design, construction, and operations practices for buildings and communities, including their impact on people, climate, the environment, and the economy.

Morning Keynote: Larry Eisenberg, Executive Director, Facilities Planning & Development, LACCD

Larry H. Eisenberg has served as the executive director of Facilities Planning and Development for the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) since 2002. In that role, he directs its $5.7 billion sustainable building and renewable energy programs and oversees its planning, facilities development, maintenance and real estate activities. By the time the construction program is complete, the district's nine campuses will feature almost 100 new buildings that exceed the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED  certified standards, including nearly 50 "zero-energy" buildings. Mr. Eisenberg's renewable energy plan will ensure that the campuses will produce enough on-site power to be energy independent.

Afternoon Keynote: Eric Corey Freed, architect and principal, organicARCHITECT

Eric Corey Freed is principal of organicARCHITECT, an architecture and consulting firm in San Francisco, with 15 years of experience in green building. Eric teaches the Sustainable Design program he developed at the Academy of Art University and University of California Berkeley. He is on the boards of Architects, Designers & Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR), Green Home Guide and West Coast Green, as well as advisory boards of nearly a dozen other organizations. He is one of the founders of ecoTECTURE: The Online Journal of Ecological Design. His monthly column at GreenerBuildings.com is syndicated to over a dozen other publications. Eric lectures around the country at 40+ conferences a year, and his work has been featured in Dwell, Metropolis, Town & Country, Natural Home and Newsweek. Eric is the author of "Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies", a best seller with 50,000 copies in print.