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The
Ask Me How Home Show Archives
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| April
5, 2008 — |
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were LIVE at the FIRST annual Houston Green Expo: Sustainable
Energy and Green Building Consumer Event. It was free to the
public and over 10,000 people came to learn about innovative
solutions for building green and living green in hot and humid
climates. The Houston Green Expo was the FIRST in the NATION
where all products & materials exhibited had to meet specific
Green Guidelines. Listen now and learn more.
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Part
1 — Apr 05, 2008, 3:00 to 3:30 PM
We kick the show off with Brian Malarkey, AIA,
LEED® AP, IIDA, who is the Executive Vice President of Kirksey
Architects & Director of Eco-Services. Brian is also the
President of AIA in Houston. We talked about the importance
of this event and what it means to our lives. We also talked
to Lynda M. Kornbleet who is the founder & President of
Pay Less Insulation about saving energy and resources. |
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Part
2 — Apr 05, 2008, 3:30 to 4:00 PM
Mayor Bill White from the City of Houston joined
our show once
again. We talked about this monumental
and historic event and what it means to the citizens of this
region.
Dr.
Cris Eugster, Ph.D., LEED® AP, Chief Officer for Sustainable
Growth for City of Houston's Mayor's Office talked about how
important the entire green living concept is to growth for
the region and how impressed he is with the Houston citizens'
enthusiasm for embracing it.
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Part
3 — Apr 05, 2008, 4:00 to 4:30 PM
We next had the pleasure of talking to Tom Hunter,
AIA, LEED® AP. Tom is with Worley Parsons in Houston and
is co-chair of the AIA Houston Committee on the Environment.
We are fortunate to gain from his experience and vision.
Water & energy conservation are key components to going
green, so we talked to Sean Giuliani with Jarrell Plumbing,
a Direct Energy Company. We discussed how everyone can save
water and energy. |
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Part
4 — Apr 05, 2008, 4:30 to 5:00 PM
We wrapped things up with Steve Stelzer, AIA,
LEED® AP, who is Program Director of the Green Building
Resource Center for the City of Houston; Lora-Marie Bernard
the Executive Director of USGBC, Houston Chapter and Adele Houghton,
AIA, LEED® AP, founder of the Green Guide for Health Care
and Chair of Gulf Coast Green/Houston Green Expo. |
| February
2, 2008 — |
Another
great
show about Green Building. Our special guest in the first hour
was Steve Stelzer AIA, LEED AP. Steve is the newly appointed
Program Director for the City of Houston's new Green Building
Resource Center. We talk about how Mr. Stelzer and this excellent
new resource center will help Houston build green as efficiently
and quickly as possible.
In the second hour we talked to Michael Strong, builder of the
first
L.E.E.D. Gold Home in Texas, which is right here in
Houston. Michael Strong, GMB, CAPS is the co-owner of GreenHaus
Builders and Brothers Strong. |
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Part
1 — Feb 02, 2008, 3:00 to 3:30 PM
Special
Guest Steve Stelzer talks about Mayor White's Green Building
initiative and Houston's commitment to building green. |
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Part
2 — Feb 02, 2008, 3:30 to 4:00 PM
Steve Stelzer talks about what the new Green
Building Resource Center will provide the public. |
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Part
3 — Feb 02, 2008, 4:00 to 4:30 PM
Special Guest Michael Strong talks with us about
his experience building the
first
L.E.E.D. Gold Home in Texas. |
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Part
4 — Feb 02, 2008, 4:30 to 5:00 PM
Michael Strong continues discussing building
the first L.E.E.D. Gold Home in Texas. |
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