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When James Smith decided to organize a Green Building Focuas conferencein Birmingham, he had no idea it woulfd generate so much interest. Sincee the start of solicitation for sponsoreand exhibitors, organizers have expanded twice to accommodate the growingy number of exhibitors and doublec its space at the , said Smith, president of Green Building Focus, an international media company that promotes sustainable development.
The expansion and stront local interest point toone thing, said Smith: Birmingham’zs potential to be a hub for green business and manufacturing, with a railroad and Interstate system that can easily access partz of the Southeast within sustainable building Smith said the latest conference expansion will allowq for up to 250 exhibitors in the Nortn Hall of the convention center and 3,000 attendeese in its concert hall for “Our intent is to sell out,” he said. “We’vs been marketing it heavily in the Southeast and peoples have signed up from all the surrounding We expect to see a good blend of professionals andgovernmen officials.
” So far, he said, several hundre d people have registered to attend and he expects many more by the monty of the conference. Includex in the lineup to speak and present is EdBegleyg Jr., actor and environmental activist, Charles Kibert of the , Kara Grover, an architect from India and who Smity called the “greenest architect in the world,” Jeff DuFresne, directo of the ’s Atlanta district, and others. Among the lineupl of events duringthe three-day conference, the will hold a receptioh to share with exhibitors incentives the city and state have to offetr to green companies.
The conference and expo will be held July 28 and 29 at the OnJuly 30, the Internationa l Code Council will present a semina on its ICC 700 national green building a residential building code that many in the industry believe will one day be