<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><div style="text-align: left;" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><div style="font-family: ArialMT; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">Panel Discussion Invitation </font></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><font class="" face="Calibri" size="4"><span class=""><i class="">....................................................................................................................................</i></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><i class=""><b class=""><span class=""><span class=""><font color="#993300" class=""><font class=""><span class="">'Urban Green: Sustainable Development Benefits of Building with Wood</span></font></font></span></span><span class="">'</span></b></i></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><i class=""><span class=""><span class=""><font color="#993300" class=""><span class=""> </span></font></span></span><font class=""><span class="">…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………</span></font></i></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><span class=""><font class="" size="4" face="Calibri"><span class=""><b class="">Host<o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><font class="" size="4" face="Calibri"><span class=""><span class=""><b class="">Yale Club </b></span></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><font color="#993300" face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><b class=""><i class="">Save-the-Date</i></b></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class=""><strong class=""><b class=""><font face="Calibri" class="">RSVP</font></b></strong><font color="navy" face="Calibri" class="">: <a href="mailto:events@sustainabilitypractice.net" title="mailto:events@sustainabilitypractice.net" style="color: purple;" class="">events@sustainabilitypractice.net</a></font></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><p class="" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Date:</b> September 21, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Time:</b> 6:30 – 8:30pm <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><font class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Venue:</b><span class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"> Yale Club, </span></span></font></font><span class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 15px;"><font face="Calibri" class="">50 Vanderbilt Ave, New York, NY 10017</font></span></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><b class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">Moderator:</b><span class=""><span class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"> Michael Deane, Chief Sustainability Officer, Turner Construction</span></font><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;"> </font></span></span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Panelists:</b> </span></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16.049999237060547px;">Frank Lowenstein</span><span class="" style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;">, Deputy Director, NEFF, and Senior Fellow, US Dept. of State Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas; </span></span></font><span class="" style="line-height: 16.049999237060547px; font-size: 15px;"><font face="Calibri" class="">Chad Oliver</font></span><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16.049999237060547px;">, </span><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pinchot Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Director of </span><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Yale</span><span class="" style="line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;">'s Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry; </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"> <span class="" style="line-height: 16.049999237060547px;">Roger Platt</span><span class="" style="line-height: 16.049999237060547px;">, President, US Green Building Council, Sustainability; Bill Parsons, National Director, Architectural and Engineering Solutions, Woodworks; Michael Green, Principal, Michael Green Architecture</span></span></font><span class="" style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><br class=""></span><span class="" style="line-height: 16.049999237060547px; font-size: 15px;"><font face="Calibri" class=""> </font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Panel Description</b>: </span></font><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;">'Urban Green: Sustainable Development Benefits of Building with Wood'</span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="line-height: 17.25px; font-size: 15px;"><font class="" face="Calibri"><br class=""></font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;">The demand for wood buildings is growing, with particular attention in recent years to the potential for multi-story wood buildings. While steel and concrete have dominated the construction industry for over a century, associated costs during production include high levels of greenhouse gas emissions. As old as the hills, wood is a renewable alternative to steel and concrete. Building with wood has lower carbon emissions during production and stores carbon within timber used in construction. The benefits of wood during construction also include reduced waste, faster construction time, and reduced costs. With advances in technology and inspiration from the past, wood can provide beauty and multiple benefits to society when used in new construction. Innovative wood buildings, ten stories or more in height, have been constructed across the world, including in England, Australia, Norway, Canada, and the United States.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><font face="Calibri" class=""> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Increasing the amount of responsibly harvested wood used during construction is a necessary part of our nation’s commitment to green building, sustainability, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Join us to discuss the sustainability benefits and complexities of building with wood, the connection between forests and climate change, and the future of wood buildings. Our panel includes leaders in architecture, green building engineering, forest conservation, and wood products. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><br class=""></span></font></div></div></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><b class="">About the Sponsors:</b></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><b class=""></b></span></font></div></div></div></body></html>