How Green Are the 2010 Winter Olympics? The Venues and Beyond...

Vancouver BC Canada hosts the 2010 Winter Olympic Games from February 12-28, 2010.

In its Olympic bid, VANOC promised sustainability. That included certifying the venues as green buildings at LEED Silver or higher. In the years leading up to the big event, Vancouver and Whistler have constructed or renovated dozens of buildings.

But this program goes far beyond the buildings. Host Denis Du Bois has been covering sustainability at the Olympics since before the Beijing Games in 2008. He has toured venues under construction and met the thought leaders on sport and the environment. In this program he brings together very different perspectives on how green the "green games" will be, and how they could be greener. Hint: the greenest Olympics = no Olympics; the greenest host city is the same city every year.

The Building Priorities Briefing this month begins its third year as a monthly program about sustainable energy in the built environment.

Vancouver BC Canada hosts the 2010 Winter Olympic Games from February 12-28, 2010.

In its Olympic bid, VANOC promised sustainability. That included certifying the venues as green buildings at LEED Silver or higher. In the years leading up to the big event, Vancouver and Whistler have constructed or renovated dozens of buildings.

But this program goes far beyond the buildings. Host Denis Du Bois has been covering sustainability at the Olympics since before the Beijing Games in 2008. He has toured venues under construction and met the thought leaders on sport and the environment. In this program he brings together very different perspectives on how green the "green games" will be, and how they could be greener. Hint: the greenest Olympics = no Olympics; the greenest host city is the same city every year.

The Building Priorities Briefing this month begins its third year as a monthly program about sustainable energy in the built environment.

Vancouver BC Canada hosts the 2010 Winter Olympic Games from February 12-28, 2010.

In its Olympic bid, VANOC promised sustainability. That included certifying the venues as green buildings at LEED Silver or higher. In the years leading up to the big event, Vancouver and Whistler have constructed or renovated dozens of buildings.

But this program goes far beyond the buildings. Host Denis Du Bois has been covering sustainability at the Olympics since before the Beijing Games in 2008. He has toured venues under construction and met the thought leaders on sport and the environment. In this program he brings together very different perspectives on how green the "green games" will be, and how they could be greener. Hint: the greenest Olympics = no Olympics; the greenest host city is the same city every year.

The Building Priorities Briefing this month begins its third year as a monthly program about sustainable energy in the built environment.