Summit Education Program

This year’s education program kicks it up a notch by conducting extensive outreach and surveying to identify what matters to you most. Topics will include solutions and best practices reflecting your interests as well as your own experiences that you will be able to share with your peers. In addition to hearing from selected panelists there will be Q & A allowing for attendee participation and interaction.

In addition to our sessions covering facility and transportation solutions there will be sessions for educators who are part of efforts to connect facilities and campuses to learning opportunities. California has some of Nation’s leading Environmental Literacy Programs and Activities and this year’s Summit welcome’s these leaders as our key partners in Green Technology’s service to all of our education sector partners.

As always many of the education sessions will qualify for Continuing Education Credits, Units, or Renewal Points.

Green Technology is an AIA (American Institute of Architects) Continuing Education Provider, #G515 and an ICC (International Code Council) Preferred Provider, #1170.

Education Session Topics:

• Decarbonization and Embodied carbon
• Climate change, Climate mitigation, climate adaption and literacy
• Sustainability in the Curriculum and Student Engagement
• Transformative solutions for outdoor learning environments
• Community Schools
• Environmental Literacy – Bridging the gap between facilities and the classroom
• CALGreen for Schools
• Energy Code updates
• Stormwater permits, MS4 permits, School changes and/or best practices.
• Funding and grant opportunities for Schools & Higher Education: IRA, IIJA, school bus grant, green schoolyards grant, Proposition 2: Schools Facilities Bond
• Organic Waste Recycling/ Waste Diversion – SB 1383
• Best Practices for implementation of Sustainability initiatives within facilities
• Best Practices for implementation of Sustainability initiatives within the classroom
• Sustainable Infrastructure
• Energy Efficiency – Zero Net Energy
• Water Conservation, Water usages, Irrigation
• Water filtration, Recycled water, greywater
• Transportation electrification
• Sustainability Planning for Schools & Higher Education
• Energy Benchmarking Program
• Refrigerant Requirements Update
• School Board Policy Sharing of Best Practices
• Indoor Air Quality

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