Albemarle Green Building Seminar and Expo a Success

The College of The Albemarle (COA) and UNC-CSI hosted the very first Albemarle Green Building Seminar and Expo on February 28, 2008.  This day-long event consisted of a variety of seminars focusing on green building concepts and a vendor hall exhibiting green technologies and products. Over 200 local and regional contractors, trades people, homeowners, and high school students attended the event to learn about green building practices and technology, creating new markets through education, and green building opportunities in Northeastern North Carolina. 

Guest Speaker List & Presentations:
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Lee Norris, Cherokee Partners
Why Go Green if my Customers are not Asking for it?  

Ed Mitchell, Developer, River Dunes Community
What is Green, Who is Doing it, and Why? Minimizing Impacts with Sustainable Alternatives

Dona Stankus, NC Solar Center
Healthy Homes and Indoor Air Quality
Energy Efficiency

Mike Ortosky, Soil and Environmental Consultants
Site Sustainability Part 1, Part 2 

Nancy White, UNC-CSI; Dennis Savor, Earth Savor LLC
Water Quality and Efficiency
Water Efficiency and Conservation - Cisterns

Vendor exhibit hall list:

ACF Environmental
Alpha Advantage
Beach Mortgage Company
Earth Saver LLC
Fred Adams Paving
Kelloggs Supply Co.
Lightstyles LTD/ Marvin Windows
Metro Window Film
Neighbors Plumbing
Outer Banks Heating and Cooling
Sherwin williams
Soil and Environmental Consultants
Solar Panels Plus
Sound Structures
Wise Flooring

3rd Annual Albemarle Green Building Series The Local Green Economy- Jobs & Marketing the Outer Banks Thursday, March 4th, 2010 College of the Albemarle - Roanoke Island Campus On March 4, 2010 the College of The Albemarle and the UNC Coastal Studies Institute hosted the third annual Albemarle Green Building Seminar and Expo.  The event was held at the College of the Albemarle Roanoke Island Campus and included a vendor expo exhibiting green technologies and products, focused seminars, and information about training opportunities for the emerging green job market.  The seminars focused on alternative energies, specifically residential wind power and photovoltaic cells, energy efficiency and weatherization, and sustainable landscape design.  There was also seminars offered on marketing green technologies, a regional green market panel discussion, and information on classes offered by the College of The Albemarle that relate to the expanding green job market.  The vendor expo included over 20 businesses that manufacture, distribute and provide innovative green products or services.  The expo was free to the public all day, and many people attended the expo to learn about sustainable technologies.  Students from local areas schools including First Flight High School and Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Coastal Studies attended both seminars and the expo.  The $250 grand prize winner was a man looking to break into the sustainable technology market from previously being employed as a boat builder.  The Third Annual Albemarle Green Building Seminar and Expo was a success in spreading important information about possible alternatives to the use of fossil fuels.    Sponsors of this event included: Gold - Blue Green Outer Banks           Outer Banks Home Builders Association           Waldt Renewables Silver - Real Escapes Ltd. Bronze - Atlantic Shutters   Expo Vendors Rainbow of Greenville Waldt Renewables Solar Services Inc Atlantic Coast Shutters Infrared Inspections and Imaging Inc Hart Power Solutions Outer Banks Heating and Cooling Real Escapes Ltd Albemarle and Associates Ltd Blue Green Outer Banks Outer Banks Home Builders Association Currituck County Economic Development Evergreen Foam and Insulation Earth Saver Kelloggs Sandhills Solar & Wind >> 2010 AGENDA >>REGISTRATION FORM Vendor Information >>VENDOR INFORMATION >>VENDOR CONTRACT PDF >>SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES PDF