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Clean Tech Open and California Public Utilities Commission to Host 2008 Green Building Symposium

Posted on: Thursday, 4 December 2008, 12:56 CST

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Clean Tech Open and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will host the second annual Green Building Symposium in San Francisco on December 9th. Featuring a panel discussion with thought leaders from federal and state government, research and academia, venture capital and the green building industry, the event will focus on the most pressing energy challenges facing the building industry.

Challenges to be discussed include the fact that U.S. buildings produce 48 percent of domestic carbon emissions, as well as the growing national commercial energy bill which is currently at $120 billion a year.

The Symposium will be held at the CPUC's San Francisco headquarters, and is sponsored by the five national labs in the National Laboratory Collaborative of Building Technologies: Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado, Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington State.

A live webcast of the Symposium will be available, please visit: http://www.cleantechopen.com.

RSVP is Required.

About The Clean Tech Open:

A non-profit organization, The Clean Tech Open is an innovation catalyst, helping today's clean tech innovators become tomorrow's viable cleantech businesses. The core of Clean Tech Open is an annual regional business plan competition that provides cleantech entrepreneurs and early stage companies with the training, services and insights they need to successfully go to market. To date, The Clean Tech Open has assisted alumni companies in raising over $115m in funding, as well as created hundreds of jobs in the clean tech market. Fueled by a one of a kind network of over 400 volunteers and in-kind sponsors, The Clean Tech Open connects the public and private sectors with a shared vision for making the cleantech sector a thriving economic engine. Past alumni start-ups include GreenVolts and Adura Technologies. To learn more, please visit: http://www.cleantechopen.com.

The Clean Tech Open is under the fiscal and administrative sponsorship of Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth, a California 501(c)3 non-profit public benefit corporation. Acterra is located at 3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303-4303.

SOURCE The Clean Tech Open

Source: PR Newswire

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