FW: News Release: Green Technology: Use Less Resources and Increase Profits - The First National Sustainable Design Expo

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News for Release: Tuesday, May 3, 2006

U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA)

Green Technology: Use Less Resources and Increase Profits

The First National Sustainable Design Expo

Contact: Suzanne Ackerman, (202)

564-4355

/ ackerman.suzanne@...

(Washington,

D.C.

- May 3, 2006)

Imagine a world where houses are built from plant materials instead of cement

and bricks. Drinking water is disinfected by solar energy, not

chemicals. And homes are designed to harvest rainwater to supply hot and

cold water. It's not a far away dream - you can see it next week at the

first National Sustainable Design Expo on the National Mall in Washington,

D.C., May 9-10 which showcases the best new designs for sustainable products and

technologies, also called " green technology. "

A highlight of the Expo is EPA's second annual People, Prosperity and the

Planet (P3) Awards, a national competition involving 41 teams of college and

university students who will exhibit their novel design projects.

Sustainable designs prove that providing a higher quality of life and

protecting the planet are compatible with economic prosperity. Businesses

are taking notice - - last year, four P3 design projects became new commercial

ventures. Projects included designs for green buildings, alternative fuel

technologies, plans for safe drinking water in developing countries and even

greening the apparel industry.

" Businesses are discovering green technology not only helps green the

planet, but puts more green in their wallets. Scientific innovation has

long driven the U.S.

economy, " said Dr. Gray, assistant administrator for EPA's Office

of Research and Development. " Now innovation is driving the movement

toward environmental sustainability in the United States

and making it profitable. At the Expo, you will see designs for how we

will heat our homes, clean our drinking water, and design our transportation

systems in the near future. "

The P3 Award was launched in 2004 to respond to the needs of the developed and

developing world in moving toward sustainability. This national

competition enables college students to research, develop and design

scientific, technical and policy solutions to sustainability challenges.

Support for the P3 competition includes more than 45 partners in the federal

government, industry and scientific and professional societies. The expo

will include exhibits by companies, government and nonprofit organizations,

demonstrating successful sustainable technologies and products. The expo

is co-sponsored by the National Council for Science and the Environment;

Environmental and Energy Study Institute and Green Chemistry Institute.

The National Sustainable Design Expo is open to the general public without

charge and will take place on May 9, from 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m. and May 10, from 9

a.m. to 3 p.m. on the

National Mall between 3rd and 4th streets.

Information on the expo and the P3 Award: http://www.epa.gov/P3

Expo agenda: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/p3/press/agenda06.html

EPA's sustainability research program: http://www.epa.gov/sustainability

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