Evening Reception and Roundtable Discussion

A networking mixer where you'll have an opportunity to talk one-on-one with fellow Forum members, building beneficial relationships while gaining insight into colleagues' expertise and sharing your own.

Where:

Full Goods Building Breezeway at the Pearl Brewery
312 Pearl Parkway
San Antonio, TX 78212

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Program:

5:30 p.m.  Networking (complimentary appetizers, cash bar)

6:00 p.m.  Pearl's vision and sustainable technologies:  Bob Sohn, Executive Director, Pearl Institute

6:15 p.m.  Small-group roundtable discussions (4 sessions, 20 minutes each).  Topics include:

• Solar (photovoltaic cells, thin film, concentrated solar, solar hot water)
• Water (roof top collection, reuse/recycle, desalination)
• Fuel cells (stationary, auxiliary power, transportation)
• Wind power
• Energy storage
• LEED certification
• Renewable power financing incentives and options: federal and/or state
• Energy efficiency and conservation programs
• Green residential construction
• Sustainability jobs training and education
• Smart metering
• Smart grid
• Nuclear power production
• Other topics as emerge

7:45 p.m.  Networking and tours of the Pearl campus (including history of the urban redevelopment project, and overview of sustainability practices at Pearl Stable, Full Goods Building, Can Building, Pearl campus grounds)

Sponsors:

• Alamo Architects
• Alamo Colleges    
• Build San Antonio Green    
• Cinco Solar
• CPS Energy    
• Lyda Swinerton Builders    
• Overland Partners    
• Pedernales Electric Coop
• Sustainable Homes    
• Sustainable Perspectives Group    
• Texen Power Company
• USGBC Central TX Balcones Chapter
• Lake Flato Architects