The Myth of Sisyphus: A Roadmap to Greening Our Buildings

Mar 6, 2009 at 3:15 pm

Presented by: Eric Corey Freed, Principal, organicARCHITECT

Session Description:

In this new, thought provoking talk, you will uncover the hidden opportunities across our largest environmental problem areas. By reviewing the construction issues around the suburbs, Las Vegas and New Orleans, you will see the world in a new way. Drawn from the most advanced research in green building, this provides with a roadmap of our buildings for the next 50 years. Using rich graphics, multimedia and never before seen research, this seminar will change your view of green building.

Bio:

Eric Corey Freed is principal of organicARCHITECT, an architecture and consulting firm in San Francisco, with over 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 was the founding Chair of Architecture for The San Francisco Design Museum and 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 is the author of "Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies" a best seller with 50,000 copies in print. "Sustainable Schools", his next book, will be released in 2009.

organicARCHITECT is considered a leader in the field; named by San Francisco Magazine "Best Green Architect" in 2005 and "Best Visionary" in 2007; and "Green Visionary" by 7x7 Magazine in 2008.