Daily Operations

Just by booking your event at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, your event is automatically green. We are dedicated to green! Every day, our staff thinks g1(greenfirst) by collecting materials that are being deposed of and giving the materials to companies that turn them into usable raw product. We recycle the traditional items — plastics, aluminum, glass, cardboard, all paper, wood and the not-so traditional items — batteries, sod, water and food.

The building was designed to reduce natural resources usage and to operate at the highest green potential. To achieve these high goals, we:

Operate our own grey water reclamation plant.
Use natural fresh air to ventilate and cool the building.
Use water cambros for fresh drinking water.
Maintain the highest waste diversion rate possible.
Aggressively recycle all products including batteries and light bulbs.
Monitor Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Nitrous oxide (NO2) levels inside and out.
Purchase recyclable products and goods.
Use indigenous plants for landscaping requiring only natural rainfall.
Use aquifer water for makeup water in the cooling towers and for sidewalk cleaning.
Consider all natural resources for daily operations.
Monitor computer readings of thermostats, light sensors, air in-takes and controllable systems.
Use low- or no-volatile organic compounds (VOC) in paints, carpeting, adhesives and sealants.
Use environmentally friendly cleaning products and an automatic, green-certified dilution system.
Use of environmental friendly office supplies. Ie: motherboard clipboards w/ reuse paper, wooden refillable pens.
Donate leftover food.
Use china and cloth, whenever possible.
Use biodegradable, organic products including plates, flatware and paperware.
Purchase from the ‘Buy Fresh, Buy Local’ program.
Compost unconsumed food and kitchen waste.
Grow vegetables and herbs on the Center’s rooftop terrace.
Purchase a portion of our power from Pennsylvania’s wind farms.