[Save] Jonathan Rose to Speak at Center for Real Estate, Friday, April 9

[Jeff Levy]

PRACTICING THE ELUSIVE: INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Presents... 


JONATHAN ROSE, "Buidling Green Communities"

Friday, April 9th

Time: 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: MIT's Center for Real Estate, Third Floor of 120
Massachusetts Avenue, Building W31 Room 301

For a map go to: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg

Mr. Rose is President of Jonathan Rose Companies LLC, a network of
community and land use planning and development firms that collaborate
with cities, towns and not-for-profits to plan and develop environmentally
responsible projects by creating vibrant, diverse cultural centers with a
balance of jobs, housing, open land and mass transit. Mr. Rose is an innovator
- bringing together solutions to planning, community development,
finance, culture and land preservation - and a leading thinker and
speaker in the Smart Growth and green building movements. His projects
have consistently modeled new solutions to development, environmental
and community problems. Mr. Rose's projects range from low income
housing for homeless people with AIDS, seniors and first time home
buyers, to state-of-the-art academic buildings, performing arts centers
and libraries. His award-winning work also includes land preservation,
urban infill, inner city urban industrial, wholesale, artists and
telecommunications projects. In 1999 his Denver Dry Goods Building was
selected by the AIA as one of the nation's 10 most environmentally
responsible developments. In 2001, he received the Northeast
Sustainable Energy Association's Green Building Award for the Burnham
Building in Irvington, New York. In 2002, Mr. Rose received the Open
Space Institute's "Land Conservation Award" and in 2003 his firm
received the Clean Air Excellence Award in Community 
Development/Redevelopment for Highlands' Garden Village in Denver,
Colorado. Mr. Rose's community development activities include serving
as Chair of the Board of the Greyston Foundation, an innovative
entrepreneurial community development organization that has been
revitalizing Yonkers, New York. He also serves on the Board of the
Enterprise Foundation. For more information on Jonathan Rose and his
work visit www.rosecompanies.com.


PRACTICING THE ELUSIVE: INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
explores how to use a sustainability framework to transform the built
environment and society through the vision and professional innovation of
today's practitioners. Speakers will present opportunities and challenges in
implementing sustainability principles in architecture, engineering,
construction, real estate, planning, and community development. All lectures
are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. 

For all series info see http://web.mit.edu/sfgs/speakers/ or email
elusive at mit.edu.