Hanley Wood, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and EMerge Alliance announced they will unveil the world’s first Net Zero Zone at the 2014 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. The conference will take place at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Oct. 22-24.
“Driven by the innovative work of EMerge Alliance and its members, the launch of the new Net Zero Zone will make Greenbuild 2014 the first conference and expo to have exhibition space where booths are fully powered by an on-site microgrid including alternate energy generation, storage, and distribution,” said Lindsay Roberts, show director of Greenbuild. “This is an important step for the trade show industry and sends a strong message to the entire green building movement that hybrid power in buildings is both possible and practical.”