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China Business Roundtable: Building Green in ChinaWednesday, February 20, 2008 Cosponsored by the Bay Area CouncilFaced with mounting environmental costs, China has begun taking giant steps forward in building a green future. Some of the most impressive advances are taking place in green architecture— buildings designed for environmental sustainability. The energy consumed in manufacturing and transporting building materials, building homes and offices, and running heating/cooling systems represents nearly half of China’s total energy use. Green buildings can reduce energy and water consumption by up to 70 percent and land use by 25 percent. Green design not only helps protect the environment; it has become an enormous business opportunity in China’s booming real estate market. Please join four leading planners and architects from the Bay Area and China, all of whom are heavily active in promoting and practicing green design in China, to learn how green design is taking off in that country and related business opportunities for Bay Area firms. We are especially pleased that Nixon Peabody is hosting the event. It is one of the first law firms in the nation to be recognized for employing green principles and sustainable building practices in the design of its offices. For more information or to register, please call 415-421-8707. To register online, please visit https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=190a08. Jeffrey Heller, FAIA, is president of Heller Manus Architects, founded in 1984. He is president of the California Architects Board and has served as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. John Kriken, FAIA, AICP, is the founder of Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP’s Urban Design & Planning studio, which is based in San Francisco. Kriken has won more than 20 national design awards and is particularly well known for his work in sustainable design. He sits on the San Francisco Arts Commission and chairs the Design Review Board of the Bay Conservation and Development Commission. David Nieh is general manager of planning and development for Shui On Land. Controlled by Vincent Lo, Shui On is one of China’s largest property developers and a leader in green design. The winner of numerous awards, Nieh formerly directed the studio for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s Shanghai office and was chief architect for the San Jose Redevelopment Agency. Daniel W. Winey is managing principal for Gensler Architecture’s Northwest Asia Pacific Region, which includes offices in Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, and India. An influential advocate of sustainable design in Asia, Winey has made Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accreditations mandatory in the U.S. offices he manages and requires LEED guidelines for all of Gensler’s Asia offices. |
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