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Architectural Record’s Innovation 2008: The Net-Zero Energy Buildings Conference Opens Oct. 7 in NYC
Limited space available for media to attend sold-out event to learn how buildings are becoming super energy-efficient
WHEN: October 7 from 12:30 to 5:15 p.m. (registration begins at 11:30 a.m.; keynote is from 12:40 to 1:30 p.m.); and October 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: The McGraw-Hill Companies Corporate Headquarters, 1221 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue, between 48th and 49th Streets), 2nd Floor Amphitheater, New York, NY 10020.
WHO: Keynote speaker MIT Professor Daniel Nocera will explain his breakthrough, energy efficient discovery for emulating the way that plants use photosynthesis to create energy from sunlight, followed by presentations by leading architects, engineers and scientists at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Buro Happold North America, Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat, DEGW North America, Environmental Systems Design, Inc., Glenn Hughes Consulting Associates, Ingenhoven Architekten, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, MechoShade Systems, Inc., National Renewable Energy Laboratory, PPG Industries Glass Technical Center, Solomon Cordwell Buenz, and Transsolar KlimaEngineering. Architectural Record Deputy Editor Charles Linn, FAIA, and McGraw-Hill Construction President Norbert W. Young, Jr., FAIA, will also be available to assist media by providing background, expertise and interviews to supplement coverage.
WHAT: Architectural Record invites media representatives to attend Innovation 2008 for a look at zero-energy building forecasts and trends, implications for skyscrapers, and new technologies and materials, such as high-performance glass. Several sessions focus on human-interest angles-- building usage and its affect on sustainability, how architecture affects wellbeing, etc., and case studies on The New York Times Building, Loyola University Information Commons, and Masdar Headquarters (for the first zero-carbon, zero-waste town) are also part of the program.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND COMPLIMENTARY PRESS PASSES: Contact Lisa Jaycox at +1 212-512-3272 or lisa_jaycox@mcgraw-hill.com.
About McGraw-Hill Construction
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About The McGraw-Hill Companies
Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) is a leading global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands including Standard & Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWeek and J.D. Power and Associates. The Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2007 were $6.8 billion. Additional information is available at www.mcgraw-hill.com.
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Media Contacts:
Kathy Malangone
+1 212-904-4376
kathy_malangone@mcgraw-hill.com
Lisa Jaycox
+1 212-512-3272
lisa_jaycox@mcgraw-hill.com
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