Greenbuild Conference
If designing, working and living in green buildings is of interest to you, then the Greenbuild Conference in Chicago Nov. 7 to 9 is right up your alley.
“Chicago is welcoming us with open arms” said Peter Templeton, Vice President of Education & Research, USGBC. “Chicago is not only one of the greenest cities in the country, Mayor Richard Daley has set a high bar for sustainable leadership and green building is a significant part of his commitment.”
The conference will be held at the McCormick Place West Building and include educational sessions, speakers, special events and tours. Basically, more than 18,000 who agree that green building is a good idea will meet to discuss the future of going green in an urban setting.
The Greenbuild International Conference and Expo used to be held in Los Angeles, but Templeton thinks the move to Chicago was a good idea.
“We’d like to thank the USGBC Los Angeles Chapter and Los Angeles Host Committee for their incredibly hard work to make Greenbuild 2007 a success, and we’re looking forward to bringing Greenbuild to Los Angeles in the near term. However, in January we had agreed to a date change from October to November, in order to support a business development opportunity for the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau (LA, Inc.) and better accommodate our growth. But last week LA, Inc. notified us that in order to fulfill our needs, we would now need to move to a December date. We felt another date change would be detrimental to Greenbuild, and our ability to serve our members and our sponsors. A venue change for 2007 became our only option.”
Chicago was a great change of venue because it was one of the first cities to adopt the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Green Building Rating System. Also, Chicago has more building projects registered to earn this prestigious certification than any other city in the world. The new West Building at McCormick Place is a LEED registered project and Greenbuild will be one of the first major shows to be held there.
LEED Certified Buildings in Chicago include:
- The Chicago Center for Green Technology
- Chicago Public Library, Oriole Park Branch
- 22nd District Police Station
- Haworth Chicago Showroom
- 111 South Wacker Drive
- West Englewood Public Library
- Center for Neighborhood Technology
- North Exelon Pavilions, Millennium Park
- One South Dearborn
- Kimball Office/National Office Showroom
- The Angel Harvey Infant Welfare Society of Chicago Community Health Center
- Logan Square Branch Library
- Target McKinley Park
- 71 South Wacker Drive
- 1761 Chicago Marine Safety Station
- Bucktown-Wicker Park Branch Library
- Cook County Domestic Violence Courthouse
- West Pullman Branch Library
November 08 2007 12:12 am | Green Events
