Breakout Room Program

FRIDAY

Triple Bottom Line 

Friday, July 3th @ 1:00pm in Breakout Room #1 (Red Large)

Join David Wick and his team at TBL 21 as they discuss the triple bottom line – economics, environment and social sustainability and what it means for business and society.

What is the Triple Bottom Line, and how can it enhance your business? We'll show you the step-by-step process our members use to drive their performance and their sustainability. Step one is the Eco-Tracker, a simple but effective tool to show you where you stand today on the triple bottom line. Join TBL21 as they explain how it works and how it can help you. There will be plenty of time for questions and dialogue. www.tbl21.com

Residential Basics of Going Solar

 Friday, July 3th @ 2:00pm in Breakout Room #1 (Red Large)

Join Kevin Berg of Solar Oregon this free workshop covers the basics of why solar is a smart choice for Oregon homeowners.

Residential tax credits and incentives often pay for up to 80% of the cost! Participants will come away with basic knowledge about solar energy systems and will be prepared for any of our upcoming 3 hour workshops, or to do more focused research on their own and start working with a contractor. Put on by Kevin Berg of Solar Oregon. www.solaroregon.org

This free workshop covers the basics of why solar is a smart choice for Oregon homeowners. We will show you:

How well solar works in Oregon's climate
Available solar technologies
Financial incentives and tax credits
How to choose a contractor

Structural Insulated Panels 

Friday, July 3th @ 2:00pm in Breakout Room #2 (White Medium)

You are invited to come to the 2:00 P. M. seminar explaining SIPs and ICF’s to learn about the product qualities and characteristics and then attend the panel discussion at 3:00 to discover more about how to use them in building your own home or commercial building.

The structural/thermal/air barrier envelop of a traditionally framed house accounts for 80% of its energy savings or loss; therefore it follows that use of energy saving products and how tightly the house is constructed will have great impacts on the amount of energy the house will use. SIPs (structural insulated panels) and ICFs (Insulated Concrete Forms) are the best way to provide the most efficient building envelop. www.eco-panel.org

Join Eco-Panel as they discuss:

What the true measure of efficiency is when you talk about R-Values?
What makes the building envelop energy efficient?
What makes the building envelop sustainable?
How do SIPs and ICFs translate into normal design and construction?
How can you incorporate these products into remodels and additions?
What is it like to live in a home built of SIPs and/or ICFs?
How difficult is it to actually build homes out of these materials?
What are the costs of ICFs and SIPs vs Conventional Framing?

Sustainable Living Programs – Greening Your Home or Business

Friday, July 3rd @ 4:00pm – Breakout Room #1 (Red Large)

Join Shelley Lotz of Sustainable Living Programs and her panel of experts as they discuss how to make your home or business more sustainable. You can save resources and money through efficient practices. Energy, green materials, indoor environmental quality, water conservation, and green building standards will be discussed. Becoming a green business is healthy for your business. Sustainability practices benefit your customers, community and coworkers. Get recommendations for using green materials and products, reducing consumption, and improving recycling. Join the wave of the future and improve your triple bottom line. www.sustainablelivingprograms.com

Research for Business Start-up -Workforce Analyst for the State of Oregon

Friday, July 3rd @ 4:00pm – Breakout Room #2 (White Medium)

Join Ainoura Oussenbec, Workforce Analyst for the State of Oregon as she shows entrepreneurs and entrepreneur wannabees the most efficient ways to research and gather information online to build a business plan

SATURDAY

Low Impact Gardening & Landscaping

Saturday, July 4th @ 1.00pm in Breakout Room #1 (Red Large)

Join Donna Breedlow of One Earth Landscaping as she discusses Xeriscaping (low-water planting), organic gardening, edible landscaping and reducing your carbon footprint through landscaping. www.oneearthlandscaping.com

Sustainability From Within

Saturday, July 4rd at 1:00pm in Breakout Room # 2 (White Medium)

Join Michael Vasquez, martial arts expert, trained in Karate, Tai Chi and Qigong as he explores the inner world of sustainability that arises from the very core of one’s being and how it can be brought to life in everyday living.

Community Cohesiveness

Saturday, July 4th @ 2:00pm in Breakout Room #1 (Red Large)

Join Sharon Miranda in a discussion on Community Cohesiveness If you think about the definition of community, you would include, in that thought, the glue that is at the core of community. The glue that supports a decisive intelligent community of choice. Natural community formations do have an opportunity for cohesion, as long as their population is small enough and the diameter of the residential areas is within walking distance.

No longer living in such a culture, we are now blessed with the internet to not only close those gaps back up, bringing those people back together, and accommodating large populations to return to core communications, but we are also bringing people together across the globe. We are becoming a “Country in Air”. And through this cohesion of communication streams and routing systems we get many levels of benefits. Subtle: multi-media optimized learning, visibility and transparency in business due to “Populace Communication” systems. Obvious: trading, supporting, saving. Surprising: getting to know one another. The result - an intelligent community in love with itself.

Community Weaving

Saturday, July 4rd at 2:00pm in Breakout Room # 2 (White Medium)

Join Shaktari Belew as she discusses Community Weaving, an innovative approach to foster a community of responsible citizens who create Family Support Networks where they share their time, gifts, talents and resources with others.

Sustainable Green Engineering

Saturday, July 4th @ 3:00pm in Breakout Room #2 (White Medium)

Join Nabil Taha, a professional certified structural engineer as he presents the basics of sustainable engineering for residential and commercial buildings.

Eco-Housing

Saturday, July 4th @ 4:00pm – Breakout Room #2 (White Medium)

Join David Fisse as he present eco-housing from a community design perspective. Don't miss David Fisse present a unique E-COHousing development in South West Medford. LEED Certified to scale model home on display and Power Point presentation on the green features built into the model home. Net Zero energy goal low carbon footprint, Solar PV, Solar Hot water, Rain Water catch System, radiant floor heat, healthy & recycled materials used throughout the home, Green Roof.

SUNDAY

Sustainability From Within

Sunday, July 5th at 12:00pm in Breakout Room # 2 (White Medium)

Creating a Local Living Economy for the Rogue Valley

Sunday, July 5th @ 1:00pm in Breakout Room #2 (White Medium)

Ownership of business in a region by the people who live there is the cornerstone for better outcomes in economic development, ecological stewardship and social equity. Local buying, through the magic of multipliers, increases local income which in turn allows further investments in local development. Targeting the core sectors of food, energy, materials, finance, and health services with the concepts of local ownership, self sufficiency, zero-waste, and circular-economy concepts, can bring a green economy at the regional and, indirectly, the global scale. This talk looks at the inter-related forces of local ownership, local buying, import substitution, export growth, local capital accumulation and investment, and their contributions to improving social equity and ecological health. It also highlights important connections between the local, regional economy with the global one.

National Sustainable Building Advisor Program (NaSBAP)

Sunday, July 5th @ 2:00pm – Breakout Room #1 (Red Large)

Want to be a sustainable building advisor? Learn about the National Sustainable Building Advisor Program (NaSBAP). The course covers site design, energy, daylighting, solar, green materials, indoor environmental quality, water conservation, landscaping, construction methods, LEED and other green building standards.
The program attracts a diverse group of individuals such as home owners, contractors, architects, educators, building/project managers, resource conservation specialists, government agencies, and other industry professionals. Join this fast growing field in the green job sector. www.SustainableLivingPrograms.com