the standard for green seal helps to increase the products, the green products, the green services and assist in aiding green jobs within a city. a certified green seal hotel gets rid of the -- approximately 400 tons in average to a regular hotel. that's like taking 73 cars off the road. the strict standards that have been employed to address the certification for the kempton hotels have included an audit, not just energy audit, but a full audit of each of the hotels. so, again, i would sigh that green seal couldn't be more pleased to be here and to say how important it is that kempton hotels have provided environmental leadership, not only here in the city, but as a model for their industry. [applause] >> thank you, michelle. now i'd like to ask the mayor to make a few comments. thank you very much. >> thank you all for taking the time to be here. i just wanted to congratulate kempton group for their example. i appreciate intimately the work you are doing because it's the work we are doing in the city and county of san francisco, trying to lead by example. we talk about leadership not

hardly a green building. there's also a special about durability in terms of the materials to make it up. i am having a meeting next week with folks about the construction of buildings. right now, there is a requirement in the san francisco building code required to take your demolition construction debris to a registered facility, and they are required to do a recovery of some percentage. >> 65%, and you need a registered for any thing greater than a single axel picked up. >> of their committed to a recovery rate. we have recovery, but we're talking about deconstruction come up with the park that will be reused. -- the construction, -- deconstruction, with the part that will be reduced. so there is a regulation, and they put it in place, and that is all. especially with the green toad. san francisco's green building ordinance, and we both word about the -- wrote the ordnance and dealt with implementation with a small number of people, and it primarily relates to new buildings. i will go through the ordinance

the green building -- cal green -- fitting into our green coat. he did a wonderful analysis, different spreadsheet to show that we were more or as restrictive. the one thing that floated to the surface, in cal green, there is a medium building category. i think it is thousandto -- 5000 to 20000 --those would be small buildings to us in san francisco. so they are going to be captured in a way that is more akin to the larger buildings. i think that is all. if there are any other questions, i would be happy to answer. >> i have a strong concern for the gray water systems that we are in the process of looking into. is that part of the pummeling -- plumbing, progress moving forward? >> frankly, i am not the expert, so i do not know where that is coming into the picture. >> gray water systems have become an issue. department of building inspection has tried to get ahead of the curve by adopting one of the policies in the gray water system so that we have a basis to review those things. we are working with the public utilities commission on gray water pr

green. >> my own direct experience, generally, the buying public will not pay more if it is green. maybe that is something people don't want to hear. it is the honest truth. that is my own direct experience. i think it is absolutely -- what will happen with the current green movement in building, is that it will become standard. it is becoming the standard. ultimately, it will be frowned upon when a house does not have these features, i think. i think that is how it will migrate into society, in that way. it is a good thing. it is becoming an awareness of all of these things, your appliances, your window rating, things like that. it is something that happens over time. people like to talk about it. i have sold properties where they are solar-ready, which means they have all of the equipment installed to bring the solar down, the solar energy from the roof, down into the sub-area, to then transmitted to the electrical outlets and things, but the panel did not get installed yet because maybe the person did not want to spend the extra $20,000 or $30,000. it is a promise it is coming.

green builders. >> just to name a few resources in town that are low-cost, there is a monthly green building professionals meeting that typically is posted at the department of the environment, but it is by building it green, open to any interested parties. you go to builditgreen.org and ask to get on the mailing list, and there is a lot of information on the web site. they have the mission to facilitate overall change in the market to institutionalize standardized green buildings and practices, so there is not only information for how to verify. how to identify green materials, there is a database to resource system, so there is -- >> the energy resource center is at howard street. >> yes. they typically host in the neighborhood of 100 to 200 class's each semester, so basically twice that many a year, and they are affiliated with other programs throughout california streets of san francisco and stockton trading centers are the biggest, and they tend to focus in san francisco on commercial construction and building related issues, documents been focused on small-commercial and residential, a

there are three categories along the blue green light. there are existing plans and policies that affect the entire system. there are existing plans and policies that were developed through neighborhood plans, and then, there are existing community plans that were developed throughout the length of the system, so we reviewed all of those documents, summarized all those elements that are pertinent to the blue- green way, and included that summary within the document we prepared. as well as looking at the existing conditions, we wanted to look at what the resources of open spaces are that are out there today, not only along the blue green light, but within half a mile so that we could identify what types of deficiencies might exist and how new carts might be able to fill those efficiency gaps. to help organize the blue green way, approximately 13 miles long, we tried to divide it into three sub-areas. the no. sub area, which is from mission creek is lace creek, and includes mission bay and the central waterfront and illinois street. the cen

just give greens a chance. just give them a chance. everyone wants to look good, feel better, and have more energy, and that's where these guys come in--dark, leafy greens. nutritionists call them the superheroes of the vegetable world. they say they are packed with vitamins "a," "c," and "k," as well as iron, calcium, and fiber. and because of all of that nutritional appeal, what started out more as a comfort food has found acceptance amongst the masses as of late, yet few of us quite know what to do with them when we see them in the store--unless, of course, you're in ventura at the 71 palm restaurant. that's where you couldn't find a bigger fan of dark, leafy greens than chef poireir. >> ok. we got a baby bok choy. beautiful. nice and pretty. we got a bit of chard right now, the red and the green. just direct from the farm. et voila. >> it's like a whirlwind in the kitchen with this chef as he makes cooking with greens actually look easy. take, for example, this dish. he adds noodles and a little white wine reduction with some sweet

the greens are determined not to let their renewed popularity go to their heads. >> germany's greens have a lot to laugh about at the moment. they are posting their highest ever approval ratings to route the country. -- throughout the country. the leader says the greens must keep their feet firmly on the ground. he says the party is under no illusions. it's party is largely due to disappointment in angela merkle 's government. >> it is amazing what they are doing in berlin. they are tearing each other apart, challenging each other's authority. no plan, no direction. overseeing it all, the chancellor can never make a decision. >> of local villagers are campaigning against the planned underground storage facility for co2. fundamental green causes have now entered the mainstream. the greens have fought successfully to become a major party. >> over the years, the greens have not only battled to enter regional parliaments. they have also doubled for specific political issues. the things the greens were saying 10 years ago are things everyone is saying now. >> the surge in popularity may h

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million, $22.5 million which were identified for the blue green way. this lists the projects that we have identified initially that we could potentially improve including the planning process that is now under way in a variety of projects, but we also need to recognize that of all the projects we have identified, we will not be able to complete the mall, so part of the funding is prioritizing the projects we can get to. on may 26, we had our first community workshop where we presented the culmination out what we call the existing conditions document along the blue green way. each of the commissioners receive a document of this. it is available on the website of the port, and i need to thank commissioner brand and for attending the meeting and helping to steward the project along. it was a long meeting but well attended. we covered the planning process, the planning context, the existing conditions and opportunities and constraints, the best practices, and the next steps in the planning process. i'm going to try to briefly summarize each of these in thi

. >> from insane slobs to green jobs. the obama administration has created over 200,000 green jobs. i am sure you are thinking, wow, that's a lot of people working on wind farms and leb pro con lawn mowers. it is a good thing you are pretty. as byron york reports, he has been trying to figure out exactly what kind of jobs the administration considers green and what he has learned will blow the mind out of your clap. despite spending hundreds of millions of stimulus dollars on green jobs the government doesn't even have a definition for what the hell a green job is. and a labor department promg jekt that is working on -- project working on finding green jobs says jobs like financial analyst and public relations and buyers and news reporters should be considered green. it is enough to make a cat fall asleep in his orange juice glass. >> that's a crazy, stupid cat. i love you. lauren, how can you claim to create something when you don't even know what that something is? >> well, they mention correspondence and reporters in this article that the administration is claiming they have crea

what we ended up doing with the california green building code was bring in into our previous green buildingpter, 13c, the environmental concerns chapter, and bring forward those more restrictive provisions in the state code -- and there were many -- and as well integrating our own green building code. that was done with a great help of the department of the environment, contracts with held on consultants. months and months, half a dozen hearings, public hearings on the green building code. it will make some differences in san francisco. it will make it more difficult and expensive to build certain types of buildings but the state said you must do it. it is interesting, and a green building stuff is happening so fast, everybody getting up to speed, it is almost standard practice now for most construction types, these days. the other big change in the code is the residential. the state, for the first time, and then did something called the international residential code, irc, and it applies to one and two-family dwellings. they adopted the code because many small towns and cities around the s

let's think green and act greent green. thank you for being part of this video. we appreciate your attention and your time, and we hope you will learn more by calling us or going to our website. thank you all very much. governor welcome to culturewire. on march 18 the san francisco arts commission hosted the 2010 mayor's artwork. the mayor's arts award was established to honor an individual artist with a lifetime of outstanding achievement in the art and civic life. this year's award is to none other than carlos santana. before the award ceremony, the director of cultural affairs had a chance to sit down with carlos to ask him a few questions. >> once a year, mayor gavin newsom gets to select one distinguished individual to receive the mayor's arts award. in 2010,á(át that distinguished individual was none other than the legendary musician carlos santana. carlos, it is so great for the city to be able to recognize you. given all of your accomplishments already, from the awards, all of the other distinctions you have received, what does it mean for you to get the

the green, the blue, no, no, the green -- that is too much."franciscans could never figure this out, and some actually went to my private garbage. reporters had a photograph taken of my garbage. it opened the lid. came down and visit me at home. there was a top of a water bottle in a green been, not the blue one. this is outrageous. the garbage police are next because they are going to find you. this is a way of generating money. of course, what we were ultimately generating was hysteria. now, we are here to celebrate what we have really generated is jobs. the folks you see behind me are green collar examples. these are the folksthat because of these proposals, because of these new ideas have work and have the dignity that comes with a paycheck. 118 jobs have been created in the last couple of years since we instituted some of these new proposals. recology has over 1000 folks disproportionately in the recycling business now. that is why they changed their name, so there was this notion of recovery, as opposed to the old scavenger framework. it

in light green/dark green option. supervisor mirkarimi: share, emerald and chartreuse and forest green -- sure. even if the price point is a little bit green and on par with pg&e, but a lot more grain is that much more, with that not be sort of the same schematic that we would assign our pricing as well? >> could be. one thing to recall is that marin's programs specifically targeted the hawaii users in the higher tiers, the sort of thing they are struggling with has they have rejiggered some of the tears -- tiers. at launch, they were the same rates, but now, they are slightly higher. supervisor mirkarimi: those be in residential and commercial? >> that is residential only. we have been very clear in terms of seeking bidders to provide ideas about how they might do phasing, whether they will target certain customer groups and would benefit that may have for either pricing, were ability or just risk mitigation in terms of op outs and those kinds of things. marin had a very specific model they were going after of seekin

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the most aggressive green building standards in the country. we have better solar power than the rest of the country. can you take advantage of the existing options or do you have to choose one or the other? >> you can absolutely take advantage of all of the above. you have a program which will give you the correct -- give you the grant, and that this is sponsored out of the government workforce we will give you a higher incentive. you can take advantage of the statewide california initiative program and the tax credits. you can finance the balance of that through the growth finance program. we will not allow you to finance the rebates. but everything that you would not get them taken off at the very front end. >> you have a lot of experience with this. i made a statement that some people may consider audacious. you can get a check -- is that possible? >> what we all started with was, if this is not simple, people will not do this. we are trying to make life easier. you have to be evaluated. generally speaking -- you apply within a few days. yo

we have green television stations, green termite killer is, green cards, ecological worms, the co-fashion, you can cut -- eco-fashion, you can put eco in front of anything and someone will be greener-than- thou. how do you know? how do you show that you are greener than the next person? are you really? here is one. i read a delta magazine recently while i was flying, they replaced 500 sheet rows of virgin took the paper, not sure what that is, therefore leaving 424,000 trees standing. does clean toilet paper leave trees standing? an important question, since most trees are grown today are wrong for one purpose, to produce pulp to be turned into paper. so, if you recycled paper and use green toilet paper, are you saving trees or killing trees? do those lands that would have resulted in pulp for paper turn into soybean fields? or subdivisions for wall -- wal- mart parking lots? how do we know if using green toilet paper is as green as it sounds? of course, we all know that ethanol is a great boon to the environment. it will allow us to burn fuel is that we grow right here at home. unfortuna

that is why green buildings make economic sense. this is not just making an % aesthetic point for a point about the environment, it is also making a strong dollar arguments, and that is exactly the direction we need to continue to go in. we have a certified requirement in san francisco, not for public but also private buildings, but we have never done platinum for an urban commercial project of this type, so that is exciting and complement's the project. this will be an extraordinary model building but just for the state but for the country, so it is a very exciting project in that respect. >> the mayor will be joining tim from local 3. >> thank you all for coming. i'm dr. mitch caps -- katz, director of the san francisco health department. we are very proud of san francisco general hospital. [applause] thank you. for 125 years on this side, this hospital has taken care of people, regardless of their ability to pay, no matter what their ethnicity was, whether they were a man or woman or transgendered -- would never came fourth, we t

>> green this is the weird one and i should have gotten to you last and she is green because she is walking. very good. this patient. >> (inaudible). >> very good. >> we tagged red. >> because? >> not responding -- >> very good and tagged red correctly. triage and i hope you guys can do it and 32 can do and divide the reds and the yellows and th greens are walking wounded and blacks are dead and simple as that and how long should you be with a patient? not more than 15 seconds and ho long does it take to check breathing? and you know right away and couple seconds to ask for a command and 22nds to check this and 15 seconds with a patient at the most and common injuries are brucing bruising, lacerations and sprains and si signs and symptoms that you wil see is pain, di discoloration, e deformity and some of the treatments and you want to see the wounds and see blood and ri open the shirt so you can treat it and you see blood here and rip the shirt open and the bloo is from somewhere else and i immobilize them and someone has an object and never remove it and it's embedded and if you pull it o