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Text Box: *Green Building* The Green Building Roundtable discusses the current and emerging trends in green building technologies and sustainable building and site design. This quarter’s Green Building Roundtable is: Design for Reuse Sustainable Building and Deconstruction January 28, 2010 8AM-10AM 33 Andrews Parkway, Devens, MA (Conference Room 1) This roundtable focused on the emerging trend of designing buildings to be deconstructed or reused. Past roundtables have focused on building longer-lasting buildings and moving away from our current disposable design and build practices. We went a step further and looked at ways people are deconstructing buildings and reusing the materials to construct new buildings (really extending the life-cycle of building materials!). We discussed how to incorporate reuse strategies into new building designs and looked at some sample reclaimed materials and local resources for reuse. Check out the Green Building Resource Library for more information or contact neilangus@devensec.com

Text Box: *Transportation* The Transportation Roundtable discusses strategies to curtail the increasing cost of transportation, including new technologies, route consolidation, bio-fuels, and anti-idling practices. The next Transportation Roundtable: TBA Several local businesses are collaborating with EcoStar and encouraging their employees to register their interest in car/van pooling to Devens on the MassRIDES website. Learn about this free service and how it can benefit your company and its employees. Contact Dona Neely to learn more. Five companies that employ a total of 1,200 people have already expressed interest! CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PRESENTATION FROM THE FEBRUARY 13, 2009 TRANSPORTATION ROUNDTABLE

“EcoStar members recognize that accountability extends beyond legal requirements to product and land stewardship as well as open communications and responsiveness to all stakeholders.”- EcoStar Statement of Purpose, Page 5, EcoStar Action Guide.

Text Box: *Compliance University* Our Compliance University sessions, facilitated by the Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance (OTA), provide a comprehensive overview and clarification of environmental regulatory compliance expectations and processes. Content includes the review of state and federal regulations, the enforcement process, availability of assistance resources, the importance of demonstrating good faith, and the basic concepts of management practices. Past sessions have focused on water use/ wastewater discharge practices and hazardous waste management; future topics will cover air emissions and toxics use and emergency preparedness. Let us know if you have a particular topic of interest!

All of these events are free for EcoStar members. Non-members are welcome for a nominal registration fee of $20. A light breakfast will be available.

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Text Box: EcoStar Roundtables are a service of the Devens Eco-Efficiency Center, designed to provide forums for area businesses to share best practices, discuss challenges, exchange resources, build partnerships, and focus on issues pertaining to Green Building Practices, Transportation, Compliance and Environmental Health and Safety Issues. (This page is updated frequently, so be sure to check back here often for upcoming sessions)

Text Box: *Env. Health and Safety* The Environmental Health and Safety Roundtable (EHS) provides a venue for professionals with environmental, health, and safety responsibilities to come together and learn from the sharing of info. and resources. Next meeting: New OSHA Penalty Structures: What are they and when will they be applied? February 18, 2011 8AM-10AM (snow date) 33 Andrews Parkway, Devens, MA (Conference Room 1) Employee Safety on the job is serious business and Occupational Health and Safety Standards are readily enforced by OSHA. OSHA is implementing several changes to its administrative penalty calculation system. Many of the agency's current penalty adjustment factors have been in place since the early 1970s, resulting in fines that OSHA feels are often too low to have an adequate deterrent effect. Administrative penalty adjustments will be made to several factors. This presentation, led by Ed Bajakian of Safety Associates, will explain the new procedures. The outcome of OSHA's changes to the administrative penalty calculation system will have a significant impact on all employers. Learn what you can do to play it safe! Register for the next EHS Roundtable here

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