Turning Green into Gold Comes to Internet in Mid-December as Free Webinar

    /24-7PressRelease.com/ - NEW YORK, NY, December 04, 2006 - North America's most acclaimed educational program on green buildings, Turning Green into Gold , will be presented on the internet for the first time on December 14th at 1 pm Eastern time. The program will be conducted as a 90 minute webinar. It will be moderated by B. Alan Whitson, President of the Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute .

The December 14th webinar can be viewed for free. Funding for this free educational session has been provided by Owens Corning. The webinar will be free only on this date. Subsequent viewings of the archived webcast will require an educational processing fee. This webinar is being produced by Platinum Development Company, a full service webcasting company which serves the green building industry via TalkPoint technology.

This fact filled webinar gets right to the bottom line, answering the two basic questions on everybody's mind — "Does Green Cost More?" and "Are Green Buildings Worth More Money?"

Economic insights have been compiled from three of the Institute's top rated educational programs on high performance buildings. These three popular programs were presented in 20 U.S. and Canadian cities during 2006:
• It's The Money: Separating Green Fact from Fiction
• Renovate for ROI
• Guidelines for a High Performance, Sustainable Workplace

This 90-minute webinar is the distillation of all the knowledge packed into these three seminar programs and the practical insights offered by 56 of North America's top practitioners of green design, construction and operations who served as panelists at the seminars.

Webinar Moderator Alan Whitson, who holds a RPA designation (Real Property Administrator), is known for tackling head-on the money issues affecting design, construction and operational decisions. His experience encompasses over 30 million square feet of facilities worldwide. In addition to presenting the Turning Green into Gold seminars, Whitson recently spoke at IFMA World Workplace, IIDEX/Neocon, Facilities Midwest Expo, and several regional green building conferences. Whitson is also a member of BOMA International's Energy & Environment Committee.

Educational credits will be offered including 1.5 CEUs from AIA.

To register for the webinar, go to www.squarefootage.net

About Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute
The firm is a leader in the design and delivery of high impact educational events for the commercial building industry, presenting more than 300 programs in 50 metropolitan areas. It owns the federal trademark Turning Green into Gold and is one of only 10 firms selected as a U.S. Green Building Council Education Provider. It is based in Portland, OR. Click on www.squarefootage.net for the schedule of seminars, workshops, and webinars; and latest books and research on green building and real estate.

About Owens Corning
Owens Corning was founded in 1938. The company has continued to grow as a market-leading innovator of glass fiber technology. A Fortune 500 company for more than 50 years, Owens Corning has become a leader in advocating sustainable approaches to the manufacture of products and construction of commercial and residential buildings. Its corporate headquarters building is a model of energy efficiency with reported energy savings in excess of $2 million over the past eight years.

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