The 2010 Green Business Conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday at the Conference Center of the CFCC Citrus Campus in Lecanto.

The keynote speaker will be Jennifer Languell, PhD, President of the Florida Green Building Coalition.

Founder and President of Trifecta Construction Solutions, Dr. Jennifer Languell is a nationally recognized leader in educating the development and construction industries, as well as homebuyers, about the benefits of green building and sustainable development. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Science and Engineering, a Master’s in Civil Engineering and Construction Management, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and Sustainable Construction.

For almost a decade, Dr. Languell has been one of the country’s preeminent consultants in the creation of healthy, efficient and sustainable projects such as single-family residential homes, commercial and multi-family residential construction, land development and green building education and demonstration centers. She conducts approximately 100 educational trainings, seminars and workshops annually for the building and development industries.

As a renowned authority on green building, she regularly appears as a speaker at national and international industry conferences. In 2008 Dr. Languell won the Urban Land Institute of Southwest Florida’s prestigious Pathfinder Award, symbolic of vision and leadership in sustainability. In 2007, Trifecta received the Small Business Award from the Council for Sustainable Florida, and in 2006 Dr. Languell was named the National Association of Home Builders’ Green Advocate of the Year and also won the Council for Sustainable Florida Leadership Award.

Languell is an award-winning author, and has been featured in numerous publications and television programs including: BusinessWeek, CNN Headline News, HGTV, and CNBC’s “Bullseye.” She also stars in the Discovery Channel’s environmental series Discovery Project Earth, and serves on the National Governors Association Policy Academy on Advanced Energy Strategies for Buildings.

Since founding Trifecta, Dr. Languell has consulted with nearly 50 different businesses and organizations on the subject of green building and sustainability. During this period she has also certified more than half of all the green homes in the state of Florida using the Florida Green Building Coalition (FGBC) Green Home Certification Standards.

In addition, she has worked on more than 250,000 square feet of ongoing U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and FGBC commercial projects, and more than 30,000 acres of FGBC Green Development projects. Dr. Languell also devotes her time to serving on non-profit Boards in the sustainability field. She currently serves as President of the Board of the Florida Green Building Coalition.

She is also a LEED Accredited Professional of the United States Green Building Council, and a Certifying Agent with the Florida Green Building Coalition. Dr. Languell and Trifecta are also affiliated with numerous organizations in the environmental, construction and development fields including the National Association of Home Builders, Urban Land Institute, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S Department of Energy and Green Globe.