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Greenbuild
November 4-7, 2025
Los Angeles Convention CenterLos Angeles, CA

Resilient Design Summit

A technical deep-dive into creating resilient structures.

Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at the Los Angeles Convention Center

Building a Resilient Future

Intensifying wildfires, increasing flood risks, and record-breaking heatwaves are reshaping how we think about building performance.

As climate hazards escalate, the ability of buildings to protect occupants and maintain functionality is essential to resilience planning.

This Summit explores how buildings can be designed and retrofitted to withstand the growing threats of fire, flood, and heat.

What to Expect

CE-Accredited Sessions

Greenbuild's Summit Working Group has programmed an in-depth session that will give attendees an inside look successful designs for resilient buildings. This all-day Summit will give attendees the chance to dive into real-world applications and how building for resilience can save money and benefit building projects.

Continuing education credits are available for Greenbuild's in-person summits.

Summit sessions coming soon!

Who Will You Hear From?

Our summit speakers bring their expertise, specialized knowledge and experience to the room for a focused learning experience like no other.

With CEOs, CIOs, Presidents, Vice Presidents, Partners and various other sustainability leaders taking to the stage, you couldn't be in better company.

Summit speakers will be announced soon!

Who Will You Meet?

Greenbuild features a cutting-edge community of global green building professionals looking to improve sustainability, resilience, equity, health and wellness in the spaces we live, work, play and learn. Take a look at who you'll meet at a Greenbuild summit.

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Summit Sessions

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Foundations of Resilience: Understanding the Climate Resilience Assessment in LEED v5

As climate-related threats to the built environment become increasingly urgent, LEED v5 introduces a groundbreaking Climate Resilience Assessment prerequisite, marking the first time that climate risk evaluation is required at the outset of project design. This session will provide an in-depth overview of this foundational prerequisite, which is designed to help project teams identify location-specific climate hazards and align design responses accordingly.

Panelists will demystify the assessment process, outline expectations for documentation and interdisciplinary collaboration, and explore how the prerequisite connects to other LEED v5 credits related to hazards such as flood, fire, and extreme heat, as well as long-term adaptive capacity. As the opening session in a series focused on resilience in LEED v5, this discussion sets the stage for deeper dives into specific hazard mitigation strategies.

Whether you're a designer, engineer, owner, or consultant, this session will clarify how to approach climate vulnerability and site-specific risk through the LEED lens and empower teams to make resilience a core part of sustainable design from day one.

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe the intent and structure of the LEED v5 Climate Resilience Assessment prerequisite and how it differs from prior resilience-related guidance in LEED.
  2. Understand the role of assessment tools, local climate data, risk analysis, and interdisciplinary expertise in conducting an effective climate resilience assessment.
  3. Identify how the Climate Resilience Assessment connects with downstream LEED v5 credits and site-specific strategies for managing hazards such as fire, flood, extreme heat, and others.
  4. Prepare your project team to integrate resilience planning early in the design process to meet the LEED v5 BD+C requirements and elevate long-term building performance.

Secure Your Spot

Greenbuild's Summits offer a technical, hands-on course where you can work directly with experts and peers on critical topics impacting our industry.

Summits included in Conference and Student Passes

Summit Working Group Members

The Greenbuild Summit Working Group consists of green building experts that advises our conference and program team on all aspects of our 2025 Summits, ensuring Greenbuild is at the forefront of the industry.

  • Karema Enos, Associate Director, LEED Technical Development, U.S. Green Building Council
  • Birgitte Messerschmidt, Director, Research, NFPA
  • Philip Donovan, Partner/Director, Regen CoLab, Little
  • Alan Scott, Director of Sustainability, Building Science Solutions, Intertek
  • Lindsey Machamer, Project Management Supervisor, Parks & Recreation, City of Austin
  • Jennifer Sanguinetti, Vice-President, Facilities and Campus Planning, Simon Fraser University

Summit Sponsorship Available

Guarantee that the green building industry identifies you as a partner by sponsoring one of Greenbuild's Summits or Workshops taking place Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Eric Peterson

Sponsorship Opportunities

202.256.0939
eric.peterson@informa.com