grams were pivotal to helping the City of San Rafael achieve the first-ever Beacon Award for achievements in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, saving energy, and implementing a broad array of sustainability practices in city government and the community at large.


Moderator: Karalee Browne, Program Coordinator, Institute for Local Government Presenters: Paul Philleo, Director, Department of Waste Management and Recycling, County of Sacramento Cory Bytof, Volunteer & Sustainability Coordinator, City of San Rafael Steve LeFever, Director of Community Development, City of South Gate


ROOM 105 Healthier Schools By Design: EPD and HPD for the Future A quarter of all Americans spend their day in American schools. Most of them are children. For more than a generation we have been filling these venerable in- stitutions with things made of just what we don’t really know. Miracle materials that make up the walls, floors and fur- niture contain phthalates, VOCs, PFCs, BPA, Halogenated flame retardants, linked to an number of ailments, and all are on the rise in our young population. But there is a movement underway, led by the USGBC, Living Building Institute and the Healthy Building Network that is changing the way we build and make wiser purchasing decisions. Designers, manufacturers, moms, dads, and school


officials can make a difference for this and future generations—to do it right from now on.


Presenters: John Diffenderfer, Principal, Architect, Co-Chair USGBC-NCC Green Schools Committee, Aedis Architects Eden Brukman, Technical Director, Health Product Declaration Collaborative Mikhail Davis, Director of Restorative Enterprise, Interface Carpet


ROOM 204 Green Purchasing with Ease Green purchasing is a practice that a growing number of organizations are using to meet their sustainability goals. This session will highlight strategies and resources that can help streamline green procurement processes for state agencies, local governments, school districts, and businesses. Participants will learn where to find model policies, sample specifications, cooperative pur- chasing opportunities, tracking tools, and other green purchasing resources from the Responsible Purchasing Net- work, California’s central procurement office (e.g., its Buying Green website), and other sources. All State govern- ment entities in California are legally mandated to purchase goods with reduced impacts on human health and the environment. Consequently, Califor- nia has developed an Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) program to implement this law. This session will describe California’s leading-edge EPP program and showcase several of its successes in developing green con-


tracts, which public entities throughout California can use to easily access green products at discounted prices.


Presenters: Alicia Culver, Director, Responsible Purchasing Network Daniel Q. Garza, P.E., Procurement Engineer, CA Department of General Services - Procurement Division


1:30pm- 2:45pm ROOM 101-102 Rainwater Harvesting in California: Fact or Fiction? As California battles with a drought of historical proportions, this presentation will argue that rainwater harvesting is an important element in solving ongo- ing California’s water supply problems. Following a brief introduction of current affairs, we will present the stormwater problem and current solutions. We will discuss why ROI’s are not factored in stormwater infrastructure costs, and why we should be focusing on more in- novative BMP’s for stormwater control. The rainwater solution has many ben- efits and is a proven strategy. Current plumbing code in California specifically addresses rainwater and provides guidance for the architectural and engi- neering community. Rainwater system technologies are rapidly evolving and improving, thus facilitating wider imple- mentation. While these systems are not necessarily the panacea, they are part of an integrated water strategy that will bring many benefits, which include miti- gation from droughts, delaying water


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