November 2008
Easy (and Quick!) Steps to Getting Your Badge

Registration: Quick steps to register

1. Print out your final confirmation e-mail containing your barcode and bring it on-site to any of the many self-service pre-registration check-in kiosks. You may also type in your first and last name if you choose not to print your barcode.
2. If you haven’t registered yet: You can still pre-register in your hotel room. REGISTER HERE.
3. At the check-in kiosk: Scan your confirmation page or type in your first name and last name to confirm your registration.
4. The kiosk will direct you to a counter number. Present your ID to staff at that counter and receive your badge, then go to the bag pickup area for the rest of your conference materials.
5. You’re done!

Educational sessions: Important instructions to ensure you get in

1. Name badges must be worn everywhere. Tickets are not required for any sessions, meals or events. Electronic scanners will confirm your registration for events based on your badge
2. All attendees must pre-register with the online scheduler for all educational sessions to reserve a seat. GO TO THE SCHEDULER.
3. If you haven’t already pre-registered for educational sessions, you’ll need your registration username and password to log in to the session scheduler.
4. Over 100 self-service cyber kiosks will be available throughout the convention center to allow for immediate access if you want to change your session preferences.
5. If a session is full, you can use the scheduler to add yourself to the waitlist. Attendees on the waitlist for a given session will be seated on a first come, first served basis beginning 10 minutes prior to when the session begins. Show up as early as possible!
6. Be sure to show up to your confirmed sessions at least 10 minutes early, when unfilled seats will begin to be given to waitlisted attendees.
7. The session scheduler is updated in real time. Log in throughout the day to view changes in status from “waitlist” to “confirmed.”
8. Plan your entire Greenbuild schedule by adding in meetings and events, and then download your complete schedule to your PDA or Blackberry.

This Old House’s Kevin O’Connor Leads Panel on Green Homebuilding and Renovation

Green Homebuilder’s Day General Session Panel
Thursday, Nov. 20, 2:30-4 p.m.
The American home has changed dramatically over the past 100 years, and these changes will accelerate over the next 50 years. What will tomorrow’s homes look like? How will they be built, and how will we live? Is the current model sustainable? What changes are likely over the next 50 years? Hear from two renowned thinkers and practitioners on the subject in a lively discussion moderated by Kevin O’Connor, the Emmy-nominated host of PBS’ This Old House television series.
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Help Offset Greenbuild’s Carbon and Support Affordable Green Housing

A partnership with Enterprise Community Partners provides Greenbuild 2008 attendees and exhibitors the opportunity to help offset 100 percent of Greenbuild’s conference-related carbon emissions with a donation that supports affordable green homes. This offset is a great way to promote energy-efficient housing to cut greenhouse gas emissions while also helping ensure the benefits of green homes are accessible and affordable to all members of our society.
» Learn more about how you can make a tax-deductible charitable contribution to make Greenbuild carbon neutral.

Be Sure to Check Out These Events at Greenbuild

By now, you’ve heard a lot about our top-notch educational sessions, Green Homebuilder’s Day, and of course the exciting master speakers and plenary sessions. But Greenbuild is a big show, chock-full of high-quality offerings that you may not have heard so much about.

Exhibit Hall Opening Reception
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Steel

Greenbuild 2008 launches Tuesday night with the grand opening of our largest exhibit hall to date. Enjoy networking and food as you explore leading-edge green products, processes and technologies from nearly 800 companies. Learn more

Presidential Climate Action Project
Wednesday, November 19, noon - 1:30 p.m., Room 210AB
Thursday, Nov. 20, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Room 204AB
The Presidential Climate Action Project, a two-year, $2 million initiative of the University of Colorado Denver, has produced a 100-day plan for President-elect Barack Obama to jump-start federal leadership on energy security and climate change. PCAP’s preliminary plan contains more than 300 distinct proposals for actions the president could take under his own authority, as well as proposals for Congress. Members of the PCAP team will be involved in two Greenbuild sessions. In the first, they’ll give an overview of the presidential action plan; in the second, they’ll solicit public comment.

The Greener Good: USGBC Chapters Present Local Green Jobs and Social Equity Initiatives
Thursday, Nov. 20, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
The role of local advocates in promoting green jobs and ensuring social equity is part of the green building movement cannot be overstated. Come hear a panel of distinguished USGBC chapter representatives discuss their grassroots work in this important effort. Through innovate partnerships, curriculum creation and a dedication to rebuild, all of our panelists identified needs within their communities and are working to fulfill them. Learn more

Greenbuild and Build Boston: Two Shows for the Price of One

Seaport World Trade Center
Nov. 18-20
Your Greenbuild registration entitles you to a free exhibit hall pass to Build Boston, the largest regional convention and tradeshow for the U.S. design and construction industry. Build Boston features an exhibit hall with more than 350 booths from the nation’s leading suppliers of building technologies, products and services. The Build Boston exhibit hall is right across the street from the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center at the Seaport World Trade Center and is open daily from noon to 6:00 p.m., Nov. 18-20. Register online for Build Boston today using promo code BBGB08 and beat the lines onsite.

GreenRide

In addition to our shuttle service, we are again partnering with Ecology and Environment Inc. to provide GreenRide to help conference attendees share rides between the airport, hotels, conference center and other local destinations. Offering GreenRide is one more way of greening Greenbuild, and we encourage you to give it a try.
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