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Coast Green 2009 Symposium – CALL FOR PRESENTERS <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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class=760334619-29092008><FONT face=Arial color=#008000><STRONG>SUBMITTAL
DEADLINE EXTENDED tO OCTOBER 20th!</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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seeks presenters from architectural, planning, engineering, education, energy
analysis and similar professions relevant to the conference theme</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #76923c; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">SUBMIT
YOUR PROPOSAL HERE</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">: <B><A
title=http://www.gulfcoastgreen.org href="http://www.gulfcoastgreen.org/"><SPAN
title=http://www.gulfcoastgreen.org
style="COLOR: windowtext">www.gulfcoastgreen.org</SPAN></A> </B> and click
on </SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #76923c; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">SPEAKERS</SPAN></B></P>
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class=760334619-29092008>2009 Theme:</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=760334619-29092008><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">CREATING
SUS<SPAN class=819061014-30092008>T</SPAN>AINABLE
COMMUNITIES</SPAN></B></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">large scale
low impact</SPAN></B></P></SPAN></o:p></SPAN>
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class=760334619-29092008>2009 Tracks</SPAN>:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Reducing the
Region’s Footprint</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">: This track will
explore options for reducing the region’s carbon and ecological footprints
while we continue to grow and consume.</SPAN> <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Alternative
Technologies</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">: This track will
focus on low-tech, low cost solutions to green building design
challenges.</SPAN> <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Smart Planning for
Inevitable Growth</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">: This track will
address the challenge of responsible planning to accommodate the predicted
growth of the region.</SPAN> <SPAN
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Implementing
Breakthrough Solutions</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">: This track will
highlight the latest programs and guidelines that encourage innovative
solutions in green building.</SPAN> <SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #76923c; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">ABOUT
GULF CO<SPAN class=819061014-30092008>A</SPAN>ST GREEN<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">With over <SPAN
class=760334619-29092008>6</SPAN>00 attendees in 2008, the Gulf Coast Green
Symposium has proven to be the leading green building conference along the Gulf
Coast region. In 2008 the two-day symposium on sustainable building targeted
toward design and construction professionals preceded a two-day consumer Expo,
attended by over 10,000 attendees, inaugurating Texas’ first green building
consumer expo featuring certified green building products & materials.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #76923c; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">While
you are at the website, sign up for the Gulf Coast Green monthly
newsletter!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Questions?
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Filo
Castore<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial><EM>Chair<BR></EM><BR>Gulf Coast
Green 09<BR><EM>Sustainable Communities</EM><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=1>April 16-17, 2009<BR>Reliant Park, Houston, TX<BR><BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.gulfcoastgreen.org/"><FONT face=Arial
size=1>www.gulfcoastgreen.org</FONT></A><BR><A
href="mailto:info@gulfcoastgreen.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=1>info@gulfcoastgreen.org</FONT></A><BR></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial Narrow"><STRONG>Filo Castore,
AIA, LEED AP<BR></STRONG>Associate Principal</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Arial Narrow"><FONT size=2>Director of Architecture
and Sustainability<BR><BR><FONT face="BankGothic Lt BT"><FONT color=#0000ff>ABEL
</FONT>DESIGN GROUP, LTD.</FONT><BR>One Greenway Plaza - Suite 450<BR>Houston,
TX 77046<BR>D: 713.574.9565<BR>P: 713.622.8899<BR>F: 713.622.5655<BR>M:
713.569.6249<BR></FONT><A href="mailto:fcastore@abeldesigngroup.com"><FONT
size=2>fcastore@abeldesigngroup.com</FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
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