On or around the first of every month, 2nd Green Revolution updates the green events calendar for the coming month. Last November we began including a post highlighting some of the intriguing events for that month. Unlike past months where many of the events on the calendar take place abroad, May showcases numerous conferences, workshops, and informational sessions stateside. This month’s events appear to occur in geographic and topical clusters. Several are in New York City, a couple in the United Kingdom, and a few others focus on community and neighborhood development. Two of those in the UK center on lifecycle analysis, a topic that will play an increasingly important role in improving sustainable business practices.

The following conferences, webinars, and symposiums caught our eye. For more, check out the green events calendar.

New York City

CONFERENCE: Sustainable Building Series: Retrofits

When: May 10 – 12 2010
Where: New York, New York, United States
Further details: http://www.sustainablebuildingsseries.com/

CONFERENCE: Capital Green

When: May 12 – 13 2010
Where: New York, New York, United States
Further details: http://capitalgreensummit.sustainablebuildingsseries.com/

CONFERENCE: Preservation: Sustainability 3
When: May 21 – 22 2010
Where: New York, NY, United States
Further details: http://www.preservation-shortcourse.org/

CONFERENCE: Sustainable Facade Design and Engineering Conference
When: May 24 – 26 2010
Where: New York, NY, United States
Further details: http://www.sustainablefacadedesign.com/

Community Focused

Taking Root: Fifth National Farm to Cafeteria Conference
When: May 17 – 19 2010
Where: Detroit, MI
Further details: http://farmtocafeteriaconference.com/5e

New Urbanism: the Prescription for Healthy Places — and Economic Value

When: May 19 – 22 2010
Where: Atlanta, GA
Further details: http://www.cnu.org/cnu18/

The United Kingdom

CONFERENCE: International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings
When: May 5 – 7 2010
Where: Brighton, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
Further details: http://seb10.sustainedenergy.org/

CONFERENCE: Enabling Offshore Wind Supply Chain Summit 2010
When: May 25 – 26 2010
Where: London, Illinois, United Kingdom
Further details: http://www.enabling-offshore-wind-supply-chain-2010.com/

CONFERENCE: LCA Sustainable Supply Chain Europe
When: May 25 – 26 2010
Where: London, Illinois, United Kingdom
Further details: http://www.lca-sustainable-supply-chain-europe.com/

Other

CONFERENCE: US-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue 2010 Conference – Increasing Trade in Clean Electricity
When: May 19 – 20 2010
Where: Rosemont, Illinois, United States
Further details: http://events.energetics.com/USCanadaCleanEnergy2010/

CONFERENCE: Energy Storage Summit 2010
When: May 24 – 26 2010
Where: San Diego, California, United States
Further details: http://www.energystoragesummit.com/

- Eric Wilson

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