Utah Heritage Foundation

We’re excited that Liz Dunn has been selected as one of the keynote speakers at the 2011 Salt Lake Sustainable Building Conference on May 20, 2011.  Dunn is an architect with the Seattle practice Dunn and Hobbes which specializes in urban adaptive use, including historic preservation.  For the last three years, Dunn has also headed up the Preservation Green Lab for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, where strategic policies are developed, implemented, and measured for integrating the reuse and retrofitting of older and historic buildings into city and state efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

But the Preservation Green Lab is working nationwide on preservation issues.  As an example of their work across the country, recent article appeared in Preservation regarding the use of district energy in West Union, Iowa, where the Preservation Green Lab is measuring the positive impacts on reducing the overall use of energy across the entire town.

The 2011 Salt Lake Sustainable Building Conference will be offering three keynote addresses at this year's event from leaders who tackle issues each in their own way.  Through practical application, advocacy, and inspiration, these addresses offer a balanced and invigorating experience for building professionals, thought leaders and decision makers who see the built environment as one of the keys to Targeting a Sustainable Future on a local, regional & global basis.  The other speakers at this year’s conference will be Ron Jones and Dr. Joseph Cory.

We encourage you to learn more about the conference at their website.