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Building Efficiency in Germany and the U.S. Workshop

Tuesday, Mar 8, 2011

GABC was honored to be a supporting partner for this workshop organized by the German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (GACC) in cooperation with the Building Energy 11 conference in Boston, MA. The event featured presentations from German and American energy efficiency experts as well as German efficient building companies who are preparing to enter the US market. Over 80 participants engaged the speakers who included the Vice Mayor of Cambridge, MA, Henrietta Davis and Dr. Manfred Hegger, of the University of Darmstadt in Germany, as well as company representatives such as Stephan Tanner of Intep, who built the first passive house in the US and Martin Wilhelm of bb22, who has developed a green urban planning design that has already been implemented in Frankfurt, Germany. A focus on passive houses showed that they are now becoming quite affordable in Germany and are quickly gaining interest and support in the U.S. as well.    more…