Making the Business Case for Green Building

The Civic Garden Center and the Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati are hosting an Architectural Foundation Lecture today that focuses on making the business case for Green Building.

Details are below. You can also find this information on the Civic Garden web site.

Making the Business Case for Green Building

Gary Jay Saulson, Director of Corporate Real Estate, The PNC Financial Services Group, discusses the positive economic and productivity impact of Green (Sustainable) Buildings and why building green makes sense for corporate America.  He provides details on the design and construction of PNC’s Firstside Center, one of the largest certified green buildings in the world, and the collaborated efforts to obtain a LEED(TM) Silver Certification.  PNC has adopted a green building policy and has developed a new bank branch prototype that follows LEED(TM) building standards.  PNC has built the first LEED(TM) certified building in the state of Delaware and the first green bank branch in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio.  PNC currently has the most certified green buildings of any corporation in the United States and is the first company to qualify under the USGBC volume build program.  PNC also has the largest corporate LEED(TM) certified green building in the world and currently has under construction a 780,000 sf mixed used project in downtown Pittsburgh including office space, hotel, condominiums and parking garage that will be LEED(TM) certified.  The Fairmont Hotel will be the country’s first major flag Green Hotel.

When: Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Where: Held at the historically significant First Unitarian Church,

536 Linton Street at Reading Road

Time: 4:30 pm  registration

5:00 pm    Mr. Saulson’s Lecture

6:00 pm    Reception
Across the street at the Civic Garden Center 2715 Reading Road

Cost: $75 Patron Level; $25 Day of Event

Reservations: 513/221-0981 ext. 18