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That's because it's gone mainstream. Being still at the heart of conservation is now getting ink inother "It's not just Mother Earth News says Anita Ledbetter, executive directo r of San Antonio's Metropolitanb Partnership for Energy (MPE). "Noew it's in Business Week too. That' a huge paradigm shift. "When we talk abou emissions orair pollution, people automatically thinm about cars. Actually, 40 percengt of our air pollution comesfrom buildings. That's the part that we work on.
San Antonio'ws in a great position to join Austin in leading Texas towarfd highperformance building," she The MPE is a consortium of entitiea including Bexar County, the city of San San Antonio Water System (SAWS), VIA Metropolitan , Greater Bexar County Council of Citiews and Solar San Antonio. The partnership'a goal is to increasw San Antonio's energy efficiencyt and growth potential througn soundenergy policies, renewable alternatives and green building implementation.
One exampls of how green is growing will be on May 3 when The conventiob opens in San Antonio with the themof "Growing Beyond "That used to be just one segment of the 200,000-square-footy show. Now we expect all exhibitorx to respond to thegreen initiative," explainds Torrey Carleton, executive director of the San Antonio chapter of the AIA. The show's Web site adds that, "We are drivenm to reduce waste, maximize efficiency and recyclse atevery opportunity." This year's show is a hosting around 830 exhibitors and 24,000 attendees. Those figures are comparable to the ones fromlast year'zs convention in Los Angeles.
The timing to promote greebn building was onSan Antonio'e side, however. The Alamo City was chosen as the site of the conventioj celebratingthe AIA's sesquicentennial more than a decade ago becaus e of its central location and diversw cultures. Exhibitors are bringing green alternatives for everythint from floors to Steven Wagner, marketing director for BR-111 Flooring of Miami, will be showingh off the company's Triangulo engineerex flooring products. "The industry standard for solide hardwood floorsis 3/4-inch thick. The premised with an engineered floor is to use less hardwoodc andmore filler," he "The overall thickness of our producy is about a half inch.
Of that, only aboutt a quarter inch is hardwood. The rest is plywood. That meanws you use less of the hardwood making the producgt moreenvironmentally friendly. Also, a wear laye r that thick means it can be sanded and refinisherd a couple of times so you're not replacing it every few years with even more While Wagner is advocating putting wood on the floor, Kelly Luckett, president of Green Roof Blocks in St. wants people to put plants ontheie roofs. "What we're doing," explainas Luckett, "is basically replacing the green spacw that was sacrificed bythe building's footprinr by putting vegetation up on the rooftop.
" Luckett adds that green roofs address a host of environmental "It soaks up much of the storn water runoff which lessens the load on waterf treatment plants. It also keeps the sun's rays off the roofinbg material. That can make a roof last up to three times longer. And, of it keeps the building much cooler than a grave or blacktop roofso there's less energyu used." Luckett's rooftop plantes are hardy, drought resistant sedums. The Chicago city hall has a greem roof and Green Roof Blocks are currently being installer onthe two-acre Chicago Convention Center. "The AIA is a huge show for Luckett adds.
"It's one of the biggestf shows every year andthis year, with the green theme, it's even more That green theme is not only beingt stressed for products. People at the show are also expected to act greejas well. Exhibitors are encouraged to cut down on papee handouts and attendees are asked to find hotel rooms within walking distanced of theHenry B. Gonzalez Conventiojn Center. Spokespeople are even being toldto "be assertivr stewards of a more sustainable environment." That assertiv attitude is part of the AIA'xs 2030 Challenge.
The organizatio n is calling on mayors all over the country to reduceetheir cities' energy consumption to its 1990 levels by the year 2030.
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