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Greetings friends,
As you may be aware, over the past year a group of students at
Mount Allison have been working on a Sustainable Residence Initiative. Last
year, we wrote a discussion document; met with key administrators,
professors, and others; informed students and received letters of support;
and ended the spring semester with a formal presentation to administrators.
Encouraged by them to continue the initiative, we have gathered together
representatives of Facilities Management, the Student’s Administrative
Council, faculty, and staff to work along with us.
Now, we are planning a Sustainable Building Seminar to be held on
March 9 and 10. The main objective of the seminar is to receive the input
of green building experts and to use their input to strengthen our
conceptual plan. We will be fortunate enough to receive the pro bono
expertise of prominent green building specialists from across North
America. As the agenda below describes, on March 10 green building experts
will meet with a representative group of students, faculty, staff,
administrators and other community members in two intensive workshop
sessions. These workshops will give participants the chance to discuss key
issues related to the project such as benchmarks, education & green design
and waste systems. This seminar provides an exciting opportunity for
members of the Mount Allison and Sackville community to interact with
innovative leaders in this field.
Your name has been suggested to our group as someone potentially
interested in this seminar. We are in the process of finalizing numbers for
this event . Space is limited so please let us know as soon as possible if
you would be interested in attending. Below is a list of expert
participants and a tentative agenda.
Thank you for your attention. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
Sincerely,
Anna Kirkpatrick
Françoise Aubin
Devon Floyd
Yuill Herbert
Yonatan Strauch
Experts:
*Rob Peña runs ECO-LOGIC Consulting for and is Vice President of Van Der
Ryn Architects, a Californian firm with over 35 years experience in green
building.
*Jeff Clearwater, from Boston, has designed renewable energy and water
systems for over 20 years, and is involved with the Living Routes
Ecovillage education program.
*Charlotte Matthews is the Sustainable Building Specialist from Payette
Associates in Boston.
*Glenn M. Keays, M.Sc. is a Senior Consultant in
Environmental Management with Jacques Whitford Environment Limited, in
Fredericton, New Brunswick
*Kevin Jeffrey is the founder of Avalon House Consulting, a company
offering information, expertise and products for Renaissance Living.
*Robert Eaton is a local architect and founder of Moncton-based
Architects4, and has written a paper on campus sustainability for Mount
Allison.
Tentative Agenda:
Friday
10 AM: Informal discussion and work period with present participants
Lunch with key administrators.
Afternoon - tour of the potential sites, the university and town
7pm: Panel presentation
9pm: organic dinner at the president’’s house
Saturday
organic breakfast
8:30 am Workshop session one
12 pm lunch
1pm Workshop session two
short break
5pm Public presentation of workshop outcomes
6:30 pm Informal dinner & potential outing
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