Upcoming Green Preservation Programs
by Barbara Campagna on August 7th, 2008
Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio - a National Trust Historic Site in Oak Park, Illinois
If you’re in Chicago or Louisiana in August or September, you can attend an upcoming event which focuses on sustainability and preservation.
CHICAGO – August 12th, 2008
I will be giving the same presentation twice on Tuesday, August 12th: New Directions for the National Trust: Going Green With Historic Preservation . First, I will give this talk at the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s Sustainable Architecture Lunchtime Series at 12:15 pm. Then at 5:30 I will be presenting it to the AIA Chicago at 5:30pm, where it is called Are Older Buildings Green? I believe that the AIA Chicago presentation is sold out, but there is a waiting list.
LOUISIANA, September 4-5, 2008
The National Center for Preservation Training & Technology (NCPTT), with 5 partners including AIA South Louisiana, are presenting a 2 day workshop in Vermillionville, LA entitled Built for the Bayou: Environmental Adaptations in Design Workshop . The workshop will be exploring environmental adaptations in design in Louisiana’s historic Gulf Coast architecture and their application in sustainable renovation. This looks like a really interesting regional approach to this topic. Wish I lived closer!
CHICAGO – September 24-26, 2008
NCSHPO (the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers) is presenting a 2 plus day workshop entitled the National Historic Tax Credit Conference at the historic Blackstone Hotel. This conference marks the one time each year that everyone involved in Historic Tax Credits – public agencies, private owners and developers, and nonprofit organizations – assemble to update their knowledge on the rehab tax credits and meet colleagues from around the country. This year special attention will be paid to completing projects using both LEED and the historic tax credit. My colleagues, Patrice Frey and Emily Wadhams and I, will be presenting a session with California SHPO Wayne Donaldson on Thursday afternoon.
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August 10th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
My impulsive approach to a green preservation program would be to focus on sustainability by focusing on the holistic individual. They should feel confident enough to set goals and work on attaining those goals. This is one way of demonstrating responsibility for the environment.
August 12th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
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