Green Building Program

The Green Building Program encourages a whole-systems approach through design and building techniques to minimize environmental impact and reduce the energy consumption of buildings while contributing to the health of its occupants.

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Getting a Scottsdale Green Building designation is easier than you think!

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Scottsdale has joined US local governments to vote in favor of 2021 building energy efficiency codes - Smart Energy International links to external site .

Green Building Webinar Series

Scottsdale hosts a green building education series featuring speakers and experts to discuss timely topics and issues involving the future of electrification, decarbonization, energy efficiency, renewables, indoor environmental quality, water use reduction and reuse, edible landscapes, low-impact building materials and innovative near-zero impact projects.

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Living an Edible Landscape Life for Homes & Neighborhood Schools - Thursday, February 10th, 2022 from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

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Joan Baron, Master Gardener & Kelly Hedberg, Educator

This season we will visit a successful school garden at Rover Elementary School in Tempe, AZ. Environmental artist and garden educator Joan Baron will visit with Kelly Hedberg, an outdoor educator with over twelve years of teaching experience in gardens and outdoor settings in Arizona. Together they share a deep connection between nature and promoting garden activities for adults and children. They will tour us through the Rover School garden where Kelly is currently educational consultant working with grades K-5 as well as creating video programs for teachers to use their class curriculums. Joan and Kelly have observed positive childhood development through environmental literacy with hands-on garden activities. They will share seasonal planting ideas along with exciting tips to help you grow your own successful edible gardens.

Webinar Recordings

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January 13, 2022 - Electric Vehicles, Battery Storage & Electrification
June 3, 2021 - ReVision House Solutions
April 7, 2021 - Simple Solutions to Restore our Earth and Presentation Slides (PDF)
Feb 4, 2021 - Scottsdale Edible Garden

The content of these presentations do not represent the opinion or endorsement from the City of Scottsdale. The presentations represent the opinion of the speakers.

Past Speakers

Scottsdale’s Green Building Program would like to thank the following speakers for participating in the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 lecture series seasons. Topics included economic value of green, solar energy and battery storage, edible landscapes, building with earthen materials and ductless mini-splits cooling/heating.

Joan Baron Environmental Artist & Urban Garden Educator	Steve Caldwell VP of Operations, GreenSheen Paints
Michael Ginsburg Arizona Builder and Innovator	Ed Gorman President, Modus Development
Jeff Grout Senior Energy Consultant	Bill Sheaffer Exec. Director, Valley of the Sun Clean Cities Coalition
Carol Stuttard Master Gardener	John Trujillo Principle, Circonomy Solutions

Recent News

Attend free June Green Building Webinar - ReVISION House Scottsdale
Join a free Green Building webinar from 6-7 p.m. Thursday, June 3. Register here Green Builder Media has joined

Join us for a virtual Green Building Education Series class on edible gardens
This free webinar runs from 4-5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4. You’ll meet master gardeners Joan Baron and Morgan Winburn,

October Green Building program kicks off 21st season with discussion on electric vehicles
The road ahead is electric. Put your gas budget to better use, skip the morning traffic and help drive Arizona