American Precision Museum's Sustainability Speakers Series continues this Sunday, July 8, at 12:30 PM. The theme of the series this year is "Innovation in Manufacturing for a Sustainable Economy and Environment". The speakers' series is FREE and held in the air conditioned welcome center of the museum at 196 Main Street, Windsor, Vermont. Handicap accessible and free parking.
This Sunday the featured speaker is:
Andrew Dey
Operations Director, Unity Homes
Precision Manufacturing Builds Better Homes
Mr. Dey's presentation will focus on Unity Homes' off-site manufacturing methods used to build sustainable, high-performance homes, tracing the company's strategies and processes over the past 40 years.
This series is FREE to all. Enjoy the presentation and then pay the admission fee to see the museum's main exhibit "Shaping America" that traces manufacturing from the mid-19th century through the 50's.
Adults: $8.00 – Students: $5.00 Kids under 6 free. No pets allowed. Call 802-674-5781 or visit our website for details americanprecision.org
COMING July 22, 2018 at 2:30 PM
Dr. Benoit Cushman-Roisin
Professor, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
Design for Environment and Green Manufacturing
Recognition of environmental limits has led industry to move gradually toward sustainability. Today, this is most manifest in sustainable product design and green manufacturing. This presentation reviews a number of examples, illustrating how industry moved from picking "low hanging fruits" to embracing the main challenges.