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• Greener Vegas Inc. is a non-profit organization incorporated in the state of Nevada in 2007 (501(c)3 pending). • Since we began our Convention Partner Program in January of this year, Greener Vegas has now worked directly with more than 30 Associations and indirectly with a dozen more shows at the request of the general contractor or the venue. • Greener Vegas provides publicity of these partnerships including recycling totals and environmental impact analysis on our website www.greenervegas.org • Many tradeshows are featured in articles posted to the Greener Vegas website. • In addition to these services, Greener Vegas also networks with community organizations to “Reuse” items from the show floor that may otherwise have been designated trash. • 36 tons of decorative rock and 18 tons of sand transferred to the Springs Preserve to be reused in their landscaping needs. • Excess showbags, lanyards, pens, paper, etc. donated to the upcoming UNLV Graduate Convention for the Hospitality & Tourism Dept. • Large moving cases (previously used to move display material) donated to the Las Vegas Academy theater • Greener Vegas now offers complete Green Consulting services for tradeshows including: o Cardboard and plastic recycling o Plastic bottle and aluminum can recycling o Organic composting o ID badge recycling o “Green” product resources • We offer exhibitor “sponsorships” on recycle bins that function as advertising space helping associations generate revenue and defer the cost of our expanded services. • To date, Greener Vegas has removed over 320 tons of recyclable material from the convention floors • Greener Vegas is a member of the National Recycling Coalition and IAEE. • Greener Vegas continually researches new “Green” technologies and opportunities for sustainable business models in Las Vegas Greener Vegas also works with private corporations and sporting events • Greener Vegas provides race course composting bins for the “Rage in the Sage” and the upcoming “Pumpkin man” Triathlons Also the Greener Vegas Organization is very fortunate to be a preferred partner with the UNLV Department of Conventions and Tourism Program, providing students with Work-Study opportunities. These students are future sales and tradeshow executives.
Going Green at the
It was easy to see the enthusiasm of Gerald Sawyer; Chief Operating Officer for the World Market Center , as he met us at the recycling complex located at the rear of what will soon be the largest trade show complex in the world. Twice a year the World Market Center hosts more than 600 exhibitors who ship in more than 1500 truck loads of display furnishings. Mr. Sawyer explained the unique problems faced by a complex of this size that must remove literally hundreds of truckloads of excess Styrofoam, cardboard, and plastic (used in furniture packing) in a just few short days. His solution was to purchase and install the necessary equipment on-site in order to reduce the volume of this mass to a manageable size, and at the same time prevents it from ending up in the local landfills.
A standard bailer is used to compress plastics; a large crosscut bailer reduces cardboard to shreds, and a machine to melt Styrofoam (which is 90% air). During peak show times as many as twenty workers separate and load materials into the respectable machines as fast as the trucks loads can be dumped into the recycle area. A local recycling services company provides the manpower and transportation to remove the compressed, shredded, and melted material, which is then sent to various recycling plants for further processing. In the case of Styrofoam (one of the worst environmental offenders), the broken pieces are melted into small manageable ingots. The ingots are then shipped overseas where a processing plant remakes the material into new usable Styrofoam, thus virtually no waste.
While the equipment was a large investment Mr. Sawyer calculates that investment will be paid off in 2.5 years by saving the World Market Center $300,000 a year on waste removal costs. The savings to our environment are even greater.
As the World Market Center grows from its current 2.9 million square feet, to nearly 5 million square feet when the next phase opens in July of 2008, to the approximate 12 million square feet when the center is completed in 2013. "…of course by then we will have added a second recycling complex similar to this one at the north end of the complex" Mr. Sawyer proudly explained as we ended our tour.
Click here for a detailed fact sheet on the World Market Center
Artists rendering of WMC when complete in 2013
Click Here for an update to this story
Webmaster note: "This site built using 80% recycled code "
It was easy to see the enthusiasm of Gerald Sawyer; Chief Operating Officer for the World Market Center , as he met us at the recycling complex located at the rear of what will soon be the largest trade show complex in the world. Twice a year the World Market Center hosts more than 600 exhibitors who ship in more than 1500 truck loads of display furnishings. Mr. Sawyer explained the unique problems faced by a complex of this size that must remove literally hundreds of truckloads of excess Styrofoam, cardboard, and plastic (used in furniture packing) in a just few short days. His solution was to purchase and install the necessary equipment on-site in order to reduce the volume of this mass to a manageable size, and at the same time prevents it from ending up in the local landfills.
A standard bailer is used to compress plastics; a large crosscut bailer reduces cardboard to shreds, and a machine to melt Styrofoam (which is 90% air). During peak show times as many as twenty workers separate and load materials into the respectable machines as fast as the trucks loads can be dumped into the recycle area. A local recycling services company provides the manpower and transportation to remove the compressed, shredded, and melted material, which is then sent to various recycling plants for further processing. In the case of Styrofoam (one of the worst environmental offenders), the broken pieces are melted into small manageable ingots. The ingots are then shipped overseas where a processing plant remakes the material into new usable Styrofoam, thus virtually no waste.
While the equipment was a large investment Mr. Sawyer calculates that investment will be paid off in 2.5 years by saving the World Market Center $300,000 a year on waste removal costs. The savings to our environment are even greater.
As the World Market Center grows from its current 2.9 million square feet, to nearly 5 million square feet when the next phase opens in July of 2008, to the approximate 12 million square feet when the center is completed in 2013. "…of course by then we will have added a second recycling complex similar to this one at the north end of the complex" Mr. Sawyer proudly explained as we ended our tour.
Click here for a detailed fact sheet on the World Market Center
Artists rendering of WMC when complete in 2013
Click Here for an update to this story
Webmaster note: "This site built using 80% recycled code "
It only takes a s(eco)nd...
Is that shirt you're wearing green? Well it should be. And your pants should be green, and your shoes should be green, and your hat should be green, and - if the exhibitors at this year's Pool Tradeshow have anything to say about it - your underwear should be green too! By the way, you can have all your green clothing in almost any color you want.
Of course were talking about "green" clothing made in the environmentally conscious sense - organic cotton, water or vegetable-based dyes, water soluble glues, ozone-bleaching, and other natural processes.
"It only takes a second to change the world" was the motto for more than 60 exhibitors who were part of the "s(eco)nd" section of the 2008 Pool tradeshow where they displayed all types of fashion and accessories that showed "Green" can come in any style and color
Staff of "Organik"
Disply by "Livity Outernational" Better yet, after talking with many of the exhibitors, Greener Vegas found that these companies are not just being trendy by offering "green" fashion; almost all of these owners are making a true commitment to the environment by doing things like using recycled paper for their business cards and brochures, contributing monies to carbon offset programs like Carbon-Fund and 1% for the Planet, utilizing sweatshop free manufacturing and promoting Fair Trade. Some even power their facilities using renewable solar and wind energy. You can find a complete list of the show's green exhibitors here: S(eco)nd ShowGuide
In addition to the green vendors at this year's show, Advanstar, the show's producer, allowed Greener Vegas to implement a plastic ID badge recycling effort and to recycle left-over show materials at the close of the event. This amounted to nearly 2 tons of paper, plastic, and cardboard. Follow this link to see the impact of this recycling here
Bamboo flooring designates the "s(eco)nd" area of the show
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Webmaster note: "This site built using 80% recycled code "
Is that shirt you're wearing green? Well it should be. And your pants should be green, and your shoes should be green, and your hat should be green, and - if the exhibitors at this year's Pool Tradeshow have anything to say about it - your underwear should be green too! By the way, you can have all your green clothing in almost any color you want.
Of course were talking about "green" clothing made in the environmentally conscious sense - organic cotton, water or vegetable-based dyes, water soluble glues, ozone-bleaching, and other natural processes.
"It only takes a second to change the world" was the motto for more than 60 exhibitors who were part of the "s(eco)nd" section of the 2008 Pool tradeshow where they displayed all types of fashion and accessories that showed "Green" can come in any style and color
Staff of "Organik"
Disply by "Livity Outernational" Better yet, after talking with many of the exhibitors, Greener Vegas found that these companies are not just being trendy by offering "green" fashion; almost all of these owners are making a true commitment to the environment by doing things like using recycled paper for their business cards and brochures, contributing monies to carbon offset programs like Carbon-Fund and 1% for the Planet, utilizing sweatshop free manufacturing and promoting Fair Trade. Some even power their facilities using renewable solar and wind energy. You can find a complete list of the show's green exhibitors here: S(eco)nd ShowGuide
In addition to the green vendors at this year's show, Advanstar, the show's producer, allowed Greener Vegas to implement a plastic ID badge recycling effort and to recycle left-over show materials at the close of the event. This amounted to nearly 2 tons of paper, plastic, and cardboard. Follow this link to see the impact of this recycling here
Bamboo flooring designates the "s(eco)nd" area of the show
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Webmaster note: "This site built using 80% recycled code "
Las Vegas ' newest and largest GREEN commercial building, The Molasky Center, nears its grand opening. The 265,000 square foot high-rise has been built to the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) LEED Standards earning a Gold Certification.
Pamela Puppel, Media Director for the Molasky Group, was kind enough to give Greener Vegas a pre-opening tour.
From ground floor to rooftop the entire building has conservation built-in. The automated parking garage features "priority parking" for 24 bicycles for health-conscious employees, with showers and lockers available in the ground floor 24 Hour Fitness center that is now open. The uppermost floor of the 7 level parking deck incorporates solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs which contributes power back into the Las Vegas grid.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) has moved their corporate offices and now occupies 7 of the 16 floors. Speaking of water - The Molasky Center utilizes a state-of-the-art "Dolphin" water reclamation system that captures and filters the building's waste water and feeds it into the landscape. Even the toilets feature special "user selectable" low-flow plumbing to minimize water waste.
The theme of recycle/reuse is apparent on (and in) every floor. Special raised floor construction allows for pressurized air to be vented up from the floor. This has shown to be 30% more efficient than standard ceiling vented air conditioning. The building insulation is composed of shredded blue-jeans. Many rooms and public areas minimize electrical use of unnecessary lights by making use of motion or natural light sensors.
Planners at the Molasky Center also went green when choosing furnishings and décor. For example much of the cubicle furniture is covered with a fiber made from natural corn silk, many carpeted areas utilize recycled fiber carpet squares, Countertops are fabricated from shards of recycled glass, and bamboo (a highly renewable resource) was chosen for several wall and floor treatments
In addition to the previously mentioned, other tennents who are now, or soon will be open, include Jason's Deli, Bank of Nevada, The Java Detour, and Legal Copycats.
So as you drive along I95 and pass by the new Molasky Corporate Center with its gleaming green glass - know that its not just "green" on the outside…it's a whole new way of doing business in Las Vegas.
Webmaster note: "This site built using 80% recycled code "
Pamela Puppel, Media Director for the Molasky Group, was kind enough to give Greener Vegas a pre-opening tour.
From ground floor to rooftop the entire building has conservation built-in. The automated parking garage features "priority parking" for 24 bicycles for health-conscious employees, with showers and lockers available in the ground floor 24 Hour Fitness center that is now open. The uppermost floor of the 7 level parking deck incorporates solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs which contributes power back into the Las Vegas grid.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) has moved their corporate offices and now occupies 7 of the 16 floors. Speaking of water - The Molasky Center utilizes a state-of-the-art "Dolphin" water reclamation system that captures and filters the building's waste water and feeds it into the landscape. Even the toilets feature special "user selectable" low-flow plumbing to minimize water waste.
The theme of recycle/reuse is apparent on (and in) every floor. Special raised floor construction allows for pressurized air to be vented up from the floor. This has shown to be 30% more efficient than standard ceiling vented air conditioning. The building insulation is composed of shredded blue-jeans. Many rooms and public areas minimize electrical use of unnecessary lights by making use of motion or natural light sensors.
Planners at the Molasky Center also went green when choosing furnishings and décor. For example much of the cubicle furniture is covered with a fiber made from natural corn silk, many carpeted areas utilize recycled fiber carpet squares, Countertops are fabricated from shards of recycled glass, and bamboo (a highly renewable resource) was chosen for several wall and floor treatments
In addition to the previously mentioned, other tennents who are now, or soon will be open, include Jason's Deli, Bank of Nevada, The Java Detour, and Legal Copycats.
So as you drive along I95 and pass by the new Molasky Corporate Center with its gleaming green glass - know that its not just "green" on the outside…it's a whole new way of doing business in Las Vegas.
Webmaster note: "This site built using 80% recycled code "
A World of Green
It is encouraging to note that as we move forward in 2008 that more and more conventions held here in Las Vegas are providing exhibitors the opportunity to highlight their "green" products. Even industries that you may not expect to be going green are. For example at this year's "World of Concrete" a number of exhibitors were on display in the "Green Site" section of the convention.
The way companies approached being green covered the three "R"s of conservation - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. For example:
REDUCE -- A number of companies have developed more efficient insulating materials or reflective coatings to reduce consumer energy costs while other companies have reformulated chemical compounds used in concrete work to reduce VOCs and carbon emissions created during production.
REUSE - Wastewater pollution from concrete pours has become an issue. One company, Slurry Recycle Solutions, has developed a system to capture, filter, and reuse the wastewater created from concrete mixers.
RECYCLE - Utilizing recycled material that would otherwise be thrown into our landfills to manufacture new building products is another way go-green. Enviroglass, out of Austin TX., produces countertops and flooring materials from recycled glass and porcelain. These countertops were installed here at the Molasky Corporate Center as part of their LEED certification process.
In fact, it is the U.S. Green Building Councils LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards that have driven much of the trend in developing these products and services. As more and more contractors seek LEED certification, the construction industry must supply this demand. This encourages more and more companies to find "Green" alternatives for their clients. It seems that necessity is also the "mother of 'green' invention".
For a complete list of all WOC
Greensite Participants Click Here.
Webmaster note: "This site built using 80% recycled code "
It is encouraging to note that as we move forward in 2008 that more and more conventions held here in Las Vegas are providing exhibitors the opportunity to highlight their "green" products. Even industries that you may not expect to be going green are. For example at this year's "World of Concrete" a number of exhibitors were on display in the "Green Site" section of the convention.
The way companies approached being green covered the three "R"s of conservation - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. For example:
REDUCE -- A number of companies have developed more efficient insulating materials or reflective coatings to reduce consumer energy costs while other companies have reformulated chemical compounds used in concrete work to reduce VOCs and carbon emissions created during production.
REUSE - Wastewater pollution from concrete pours has become an issue. One company, Slurry Recycle Solutions, has developed a system to capture, filter, and reuse the wastewater created from concrete mixers.
RECYCLE - Utilizing recycled material that would otherwise be thrown into our landfills to manufacture new building products is another way go-green. Enviroglass, out of Austin TX., produces countertops and flooring materials from recycled glass and porcelain. These countertops were installed here at the Molasky Corporate Center as part of their LEED certification process.
In fact, it is the U.S. Green Building Councils LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards that have driven much of the trend in developing these products and services. As more and more contractors seek LEED certification, the construction industry must supply this demand. This encourages more and more companies to find "Green" alternatives for their clients. It seems that necessity is also the "mother of 'green' invention".
For a complete list of all WOC
Greensite Participants Click Here.
Webmaster note: "This site built using 80% recycled code "
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