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Green Workplace Challenge Events and Workshops

Workshop #5

Hands-on Workshop: Resources for Getting Ahead

Friday, February 24, 2012
8:30 – 10:30 am

Location: Regional Enterprise Tower, 23rd Floor, 425 6th Ave, Pgh., PA 15219

Cost: FREE for Green Workplace Challenge participants; $25.00 for non GWC participants.

Continental Breakfast Provided

Participants at this workshop will work with a team of experts and assistants who will help participants maximize their performance in the Green Workplace Challenge. The Green Workplace Challenge support team will provide one-on-one assistance to help structure Portfolio Manager Accounts, enter utility data, set the right baseline, and submit completed actions so that participants can quickly be credited with competition points. The workshop will also feature some time-saving recommendations so that competitors can get as many points as possible amidst tight time budgets.

This workshop will be especially helpful for:

- Small and medium sized businesses who do not have full time staff dedicated to sustainability programs but want to cash in on the benefits of energy saving and sustainability initiatives. Many small businesses can rocket themselves ahead in the competition in just a few hours of participating in this workshop.

- Large businesses that do have dedicated sustainability staff but need to navigate complex portfolios so that they can claim credit for their achievements as efficiently as possible.

- All participants who want to be able to ask questions about the Green Workplace Challenge Manual in order to maximize point potential.

This event is the 5th of 12 workshops in a year-long series of Green Workplace Challenge participant workshops.

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Green Workplace Challenge 1st Qtr. Celebration/Workshop #4

See Who the Leaders Are!

Friday, January 27, 2012
8:00 – 11:45 am

Location: Fairmont Pittsburgh

Cost: FREE for Green Workplace Challenge participants; $25.00 for non GWC participants.

Breakfast Provided

Come celebrate the early achievements of the bold cadre of companies and organizations that have risen to the call for action and competition through the Green Workplace Challenge (GWC)!

Participants at this workshop will interact with a panel of companies to learn what drives them to compete in the GWC, what actions they have put into place, and how different strategies are paying off.

The event begins with an inspirational keynote by Dr. Valerie Patrick, Bayer Corporation's Sustainability Coordinator, about the market opportunities, innovation drivers, and the financial returns that Bayer is pursuing in the spirit of competition embodied in the GWC.

Participants can also engage with a panel on innovative lighting and energy efficiency technologies that have direct benefits to energy savings (and GWC competition points).

Lastly, the workshop invites participants to share their concerns and needs about their greening strategies with experts during a closing networking session.

Discover what regional impact the competition has already accomplished in just 4 months, recognize the achievements of the competitors, and learn how your organization can adopt what has worked for these leaders.

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For more information about the Green Workplace Challenge and its workshop series, visit the Green Workplace Challenge Website.

Sustainability and Healthcare Series: Improving Healing Environments

Sustainable Pittsburgh’s sustainable business network, Champions for Sustainability (C4S) has launched a series of workshops that advance the mutually reinforcing agendas of sustainability and healthcare.

The emphasis for each event involves articulating the health outcomes, healthcare benefits, and business case, as well as best practices, resources, examples, and how to get started.

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