How can the region utilize existing industrial and employment land more efficiently, reduce environmental impacts and maintain quality of life? Come to Metro for an Eco-Industrial Footprint brownbag discussion from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at Metro Regional Center, 600 NE Grand Ave., Portland. Andreas Koenig, international expert on eco-industrial development, will share lessons, tools and strategies that local jurisdictions can adopt to create more efficient and sustainable industrial areas.
Koenig's experience in sustainable industrial development draws upon 20 years of consulting for the bi-lateral aid agency, the German Technical Cooperation Agency, as well as resource management and industry-related projects throughout Asia, North America, North Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean. Koenig has developed a number of tools and guidelines for eco-industrial development, including an EID Planning Guide for local government through the American Planning Association, and will share his work at the brownbag.