Online Registration
Joint Meeting of ASSE, AIHA, ACHMM, MAOHN
(Formerly the TEAM Approach)
Co-sponsored with Minnesota Safety Council and Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
March 18, 2010
Beyond Green Architecture: How Cutting Edge Environmental Design Benefits the Health and Safety of Workers - The Great River
Energy Experience
We have all heard about how companies are looking at minimizing their impact on the environment but it isn't often that
an energy company actually puts this into practice. Great River Energy decided to be an example of minimizing energy usage in the community
during the design and construction of their new corporate headquarters in Maple Grove, Minnesota. The goal was to follow the guidelines of the
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System — a set of criteria established by the U.S. Green Building
Council (USGBC) to encourage and accelerate global adoption of sustainable green building design and practices. LEED is a third party
certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.
Following a tour of the Great River Energy facility, the panel presentation will explain the obvious environmental advantages of
green design and construction along with how this design affects the health and safety of building occupants. Panel members will present science and
practice based associations between employee health and productivity with good indoor air quality, low emitting material components, individual workstation
thermal and ventilation control and the use of exterior views, natural daylight and task lighting. They will discuss the design strategies and techniques
they have used to boost productivity and worker satisfaction while improving energy efficiency at the same time. After this presentation, participants
will be able to:
- Describe employee wellness benefits from green workplace building design and construction.
- Discuss relationships between worker productivity and green architectural components.
- Relate specific workplace design strategies that can result in increased employee health and wellness.
Panel Presentation:
Mark Lucas, Great River Energy, Manager of Facilities Services
Amanda Nonnemacher, McGough Companies
Russell Philstrom, Perkins+Wills (Architects)
Many thanks to the following organizations for their continued support:
American Industrial Hygiene Association - Upper Midwest Chapter
American Society of Safety Engineers - Northwest Chapter
Minnesota Association of Occupational Health Nurses
Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers - North Star Chapter
Designed to Meet the Requirements of:
- BCSP: .1 CEU
- Minnesota State Board of Nursing: 1.5 contact hours
- AAOHN: 1.25 contact hours
- AIHA: .5 ABIH CM points (for three l-hour meetings)
- CHMMs can earn up to 2 CMPs
Location:
Great River Energy
12300 Elm Creek Boulevard
Maple Grove, Minnesota 55369
763-445-6103
(across from Arbor Lakes Shopping Center)
Time and Registration Fee:
5:00 p.m. - Hearty Appetizers & Non-alcoholic Beverages
6:00 p.m. - Tours of Great River Energy Facility
7:00 p.m. - Panel Discussion and Q & A
8:00 p.m. - Adjourn
Registration Fee (Includes handout, CEUs and hearty appetizers)
$35.00 (members and guests)
$30.00 (students and retirees)
Please Note:
1. Preregistration is required. No reservations will be accepted after March 10, 2010.
2. No reservations without accompanying check.
Print off the mail-in form for this Joint ASSE, AIHA, ACHMM, MAOHN Meeting here
(.pdf format). Mail-in registration only for this meeting.
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