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September 04, 2008

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Everyone's talking about it - "green building" is becoming more common every day! With rising energy prices, energy conservation is at the top of the list. What does it really take to "go green" in the commercial building industry? How can we save energy and reduce our carbon footprint while maintaining reasonable costs for building maintenance, renovation or construction? How much do green technologies really cost and how much do they save? The Green ACTION Summit is designed to answer these questions and give you hands-on tools for reducing carbon emissions in your buildings.

If you haven't attended a green building conference yet or are looking for real-world advice, consider what we offer. The Green ACTION Summit is designed as an educational, informative experience for people at all levels of the commercial building industry - building owners, contractors, developers, engineers, facilities managers and suppliers. Sessions will address the HOW and WHY of specific topics, such as water conservation and solar energy, while case studies will INSPIRE you and give you a STEP-by-STEP look at integrating green strategies into the projects you undertake.

Check out the sessions and DON'T MISS this great one-day overview of green building for commercial projects! REGISTER TODAY!

Conference Moderator:

Phil Williams, PE, LEED AP, VP Webcor Builders

Phil Williams is Vice President of Technical Systems at Webcor Builders and Chairman of the San Francisco Mayor's Green Building Task Force. Webcor Builders is California's largest general contractor and green building company. Webcor is the Winner of the 2007 Top Overall Project and Best Green Building.

"We see green building practices similar to safety practices; you don't hide them, you share them to benefit everyone. We do this through our trainings, our outreach with other construction professionals, our work with local government agencies, etc."

Featuring Jerry Yudelson of Yudelson & Associates as the KeyNote Speaker

(Click Here to Read Jerry's Testimonials)

Jerry Yudelson is a professional engineer and marketer who has trained more than 3,000 people in the US Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating system. He chaired the Steering Committee for the world's largest green building conference for four years. Mr. Yudelson is also the author of five books, two of which have been published in the last eight months. The Green Building Revolution addresses the basics of green building, while also introducing the people and projects that are advancing the green building movement. Green Building A to Z: Understanding the Language of Green Building is a comprehensive guide for the emerging green building enthusiast into green building and the technology that supports it. At the Green Action Summit, Mr. Yudelson will present "The Business Case for Zero-Net-Energy Buildings." Learn more about Jerry on our KeyNote Speaker page.

Jerry shares his views on greening the shopping center industry and he profiles the actions of some of the leading players in the shopping center world. ICSC Interview

Check out some of Jerry's latest books.

Conference Greening Practices

At The Green ACTION Summit , we want to minimize our impact on the environment. As a result, we plan to neutralize our carbon emissions through LiveNeutral, and we are encouraging conference participants to do the same. Calculate your carbon emissions and consider offseting the impact of attending the Summit at http://www.liveneutral.org/home.

LiveNeutral is committed to providing individuals the opportunity to reduce the threat of climate change. The average American driver contributes 11,500 pounds (over 5 metric tons) of climate changing emissions each year. By neutralizing your transportation-caused carbon dioxide emissions through LiveNeutral, you will be supporting projects that are reducing climate-changing emissions.

LiveNeutral purchases emissions credits through the Chicago Climate Exchange because of the demonstrated effectiveness of its members in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, CCX members are exceeding their emissions reduction targets. When LiveNeutral purchases your emissions credits, they are stimulating a consumer market and encouraging more entities to join emission reductions programs like the CCX.

The threat of global climate change can be reduced if greenhouse gas emissions are reduced globally, and we all pay our climate dues.

The Green ACTION Summit is being developed by The Data Bridge Inc., a software development and marketing firm that has developed products and systems to help businesses increase their opportunities through intergrated e-mail marketing systems across the nation. Our firm focuses on improving and educating the Commercial Building, Real Estate and Risk Management industries. We've built a nationwide network of contractors, facility managers, property managers, building owners, architects, engineers and suppliers. We help our clients reach the appropriate segments of this target audience through tailored e-mail campaigns and intergration with other media and systems. Please check out our website at www.thedatabridge.com.

A message from the Owner:

The Data Bridge is responsible for marketing The Disaster Preparedness Summit, a conference currently being held in cities across the nation and targeted to this same industry. The success of The Disaster Preparedness Summit inspired the idea of helping connect and educate people in the Green Building industry. As a previous contractor myself, I find the Green Building movement quite compelling. Taking care of the environment always seems to be the right thing to do. It is an interesting balance of ergonomics, common sense and the ability to test our creative abilities. Change is a good thing, and I think that our generation is embracing it. Applying what we have learned about the built environment over history and what we can apply now is moving our world in the right direction. It's about much more than the built environment, but it is just a simple change in the way we think. The freedom to be creative lets us take advantage of that change.

-Kelly Olcott, Owner, The Data Bridge

Check out this video on the "greenest city" competition between
LA and San Francisco!

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as of August 25, 2008

Our Corporate Sponsors:

www.webcor.com

Webcor is the largest green builder in California and responsible for the construction of dozens of sustainable buildings and LEED certified projects, including the Letterman Digital Arts Center, Symantec and the California Academy of Sciences. Currently, they are constructing LA Live in Los Angeles and the W Hotel in Hollywood, both mixed-use projects.

www.wm.com

Waste Management puts Think Green® into action every day. The waste they collect helps power over one million homes and their landfills provide more than 17,000 acres of protected wildlife habitat.

www.cool-roofsystems.com

Cool-Roof Systems is a leading provider of Sprayed Polyurethane Foam (SPF) coatings, the most proven, durable and energy saving roofing system available today.

www.citadelenvironmental.com

Citadel Environmental Services, Inc. is a one of the most respected and diversified environmental health and safety firms in the West. For the past 14-plus years, high-profile clientele, including the most prominent companies in the world, have come to trust Citadel’s expertise and diversified technical knowledge in the environmental and safety industries.

www.orgatechomegalux.com

Orgatech has specialized in energy efficient indirect lighting for nineteen years. It was one of the first US companies to introduce HID Indirect Lighting and is dedicated to providing the most efficient, architecturally inspired lighting fixtures produced in the United States.

www.californiagreensolutions.com

California Green Solutions helps California companies and California communities find green and sustainable business solutions to improve community sustainability, health and economic development.

www.thedatabridge.com

Tha Data Bridge is a pioneer in the Green marketing industry. The company focuses on finding effective strategies to reach a client's market using only email and the internet.