Learning Curve

Greenbuild, the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) annual conference, has a number of workshops and educational opportunities planned for the 2007 event.

This year’s Greenbuild Conference will explore “Accelerating Green Communities,” through a variety of educational sessions, full- and half-day LEED workshops, speakers special events and tours.

Workshops include:

• LEED for General Contractors/Construction Managers: For general contractors and construction managers interested in understanding their role in LEED projects, with a focus on technical requirements, including strategies for project documentation and cost tracking.
• Energy Modeling for LEED for New Construction Projects-Half Day: For LEED users interested in the applications of the LEED for New Construction energy modeling protocol and the use of ASHRAE Standard 90.1.

Educational Sessions include:

• Learning from our Buildings: A New Protocol for Performance Evaluation of Occupied Buildings
• LEED for Schools: Findings on the Health and Environmental Benefits
• ASHRAE’s Advanced Energy Design Guides and LEED
• Indoor Air Quality: Answers to Many Questions
• Demystifying Health and Productivity Benefits of HVAC Design Alternatives
• Taking a Comprehensive Approach to Water Management
• Creating and Implementing Sustainable Development Policies in Local Governments and Green Communities: Approaches to Sustainability
• Existing Buildings: They’re Everywhere-How to Profit from a New Market That is Old
• Green Lighting: Getting Beyond Just CFLs
• LEED Building Performance Metrics Performance: Energy, Environment and Occupants
• Open Space Conservation and Green Affordable Housing

This year, the exhibit hall will be the largest in Greenbuild history, according to the event’s organizers, and will feature more than 850 exhibit booths showcasing the latest products, technologies and services.

Greenbuild 2007 will be Nov. 7-9 at McCormick Place West in Chicago.

More information is available at www.greenbuildexpo.com.