ECCE & UC Berkeley conference on 'Green Building, the Economy and Public Policy’ – webcasts and papers online

(14 Jan '10)

The European Centre for Corporate Engagement (ECCE) at Maastricht University and the University of California at Berkeley jointly organized a conference on ‘Green Building, the Economy and Public Policy’ at Berkeley on 2-3 December 2009.

The conference, which was attended by more than 170 policy makers, industry experts and top academics, was the first in what will be an annual series of conferences on this important topic. The first day of the conference included panels exploring green labeling in real estate, investment strategy, residential energy consumption, technology, and building codes. Panelists included representatives from CB Richard Ellis, Webcor Builders, the US Green Building Council, TIAA-CREF Global Real Estate, and Wal-Mart.

Arthur Rosenfeld, Commissioner at the California Energy Commission gave the keynote address on December 2. The second day of the conference featured six high-quality research papers on various topics related to energy efficiency and green building.

The conference program, including links to all presentations and papers is available here. In addition the full conference can be viewed online here.