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The Office Building Show
The 2008 BOMA International Conference and The Office Building Show, June 22-24 in Denver, attracted 4,000 participants from around the country and overseas with its world-class speakers, premier education, information sharing and showcase of the best products and services available in the industry. Read More.
Sustainability Visionaries take the Stage at BOMA International Conference
Walraven (left) and Wilson
The industry’s most important conversation on sustainability took place Monday, June 23 at the BOMA International Conference in Denver. Green business leaders discussed the realities and opportunities before the commercial real estate industry and corporate America as more companies and property professionals make the business case for going green. The panel was moderated by Forrest Sawyer and panelists included BOMA Chairman Brenna Walraven; Sally Wilson, CB Richard Ellis; Arah Schuur, Clinton Climate Initiative; Catherine Greener, Saatchi & Saatchi S.; Rick Fedrizzi, USGBC.
BOMA International and the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) held a press conference at the BOMA International Conference in Denver to announce the new BOMA Energy Performance Contract Model. BOMA Chairman Brenna S. Walraven was joined by Arah Schuur, director, building retrofit program for CCI and Henry Chamberlain, president, BOMA International in announcing the details of the landmark model that removes barriers to performing energy retrofits to existing buildings.
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BOMA International testified before Congress on June 6 about making the General Services Administration (GSA) lease and construction process efficient, transparent and user-friendly. Gail H. Seekins, senior property manager with Akridge and a past president of the Apartment and Office Building Association in Washington, D.C., represented BOMA before a House hearing of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Read More
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BOMA International joined a coalition of more than 100 organizations calling on the United States Senate to pass immediately legislation that would extend a set of tax provisions that either expired at the end of 2007 or will expire at the end of 2008. Among the extenders in the bill are the 15-year timeline for depreciating leasehold improvements and the expensing of brownfields clean-up costs, both of which expired at the end of 2007. Read More
