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LEED v5 was a focal point of Greenbuild 2024. USGBC hosted an entire track of education sessions, multiple workshops, and keynotes; all focused on navigating the changes to the LEED checklist. Below are a few of the sessions focused on LEED v5 that you will have access to by purchasing Greenbuild’s 2024 recordings on the Streamly Knowledge Library.

Today’s interior design plans for LEED ID + C projects require a vast understanding of EPDs, sourcing low-carbon materials, and keeping up with evolving building codes. Greenbuild is where you can hear from expert Interior Designers on their strategies to conquer these challenges and optimize your interior design plans, all while earning CEs for ASID, IIDA, or CCIDC.

The John Denver Sanctuary is nestled in the heart of Aspen, next to the Rio Grande Park, where summer theater takes place, families picnic, and tourists come to admire the lush gardens. Years ago, there was one significant problem affecting the Roaring Fork River: it was polluted.

Philadelphia, pulsating with history, art, and culinary delights, serves as the perfect backdrop for this year’s Greenbuild International Conference and Expo from November 12-15. Beyond the conference walls, our team invites you to immerse yourself in the essence of Philadelphia. From hidden gems to iconic landmarks, let us guide you through the heart of this dynamic city.

Greenbuild 2024 registration is now open, marking the beginning of an exciting journey that will converge in Philadelphia from November 12-15. This year's theme, "Built to Scale," reflects our commitment to expanding sustainability and green building practices globally. Get ready for four days of inspiration, innovation, and connection as we come together for the next chapter in the green building movement.

Hi! I'm Lorenzo, and I’m the social media manager at Greenbuild. Four days a year, our company encourages us to volunteer for causes we care about. Living in the New York City area, I chose to spend one of these days with the Billion Oyster Project, an initiative aiming to restore 1 billion oysters to New York Harbor by 2035.

As Greenbuild heads to Philadelphia this November 12-15, 2024, for another unforgettable green building event, we’re diving into the city’s environmental and sustainability history, including facts that you may not have known about our next host city.

In March, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) finalized its much-anticipated climate disclosure rules, one of the biggest overhauls of U.S. corporate reporting in years, aimed at illuminating the climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions of public companies.

Global professionals across green building and sustainability sectors have a key role in proliferating and developing one of the industry’s most talked about acronyms. ESG, or Environmental Social Governance, is a broad market movement pushing corporations from short-term to long-term sustainability.

What originally was coined as a Star Wars term, the word JEDI has taken on an all-new meaning. Standing for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, JEDI is the framework for developing teams, cultivating leaders, and making business a force for good.

As we enter a new year, we expand our knowledge and experience with decarbonization. Looking back at Greenbuild last year, many session topics detailed the best strategies for engaging professionals in the decarbonization revolution. As we wrapped up our decarbonization webinar this January, we are revisiting one of our popular Greenbuild session topics: the decarbonization revolution.

City planning and infrastructure played a central role in disaster response: the ability of cities to prepare for, withstand and respond to extreme weather and environmental events is directly correlated to the well-being and safety of inhabitants, whether they’re seeking refuge indoors from air pollution caused by a distant source, or living directly within a wildfire- or storm-prone region.

Development in residential neighborhoods and the construction of commercial buildings are becoming increasingly more energy efficient. LEED accreditations and rating systems (BD+C, O+M, ND, etc.) pave the way for healthier buildings and communities. One practice that directly aligns with Greenbuild and USGBC’s shared mission and LEED’s core concepts involves the term “passive building.”

When you attend Greenbuild, rest assured that we are working hard to offer a uniquely positive impact event. With that said, we are still constantly learning, developing, and creating more ways to be an even more sustainable trade show by incorporating new innovations to lower the event carbon footprint.

A now established trend that presents significant promise to address the housing shortage in Washington is converting empty office buildings to residential spaces. In fact, Washington led the charge on these conversions between 2020 and 2021, with the most office-to-rental conversions in the country, according to real estate analysis group Yardi Matrix.

Everything from insulation and flooring, to paints and finishes, furniture, decor and even cleaning products can either help or hinder the health of the people in the buildings they design, construct and manage. With an extraordinary amount of materials, ingredients and chemicals to consider, how can building professionals begin the process of selecting safer and healthier materials for their projects?

With all of the travel, combined with the energy, water, waste, and excess materials, the carbon footprint from the events industry can get overwhelming. Thankfully, events like Greenbuild are paving the way for change in the conference and tradeshow industry to create opportunities to host events nationwide while having a much friendlier impact on the communities, social issues, and the environment.

Dan Wu, Sustainability Manager at Informa talks about his journey making London's Pride parade more sustainable. Informa launched the Event Sustainability Pledge at COP26 for the global event industry. For Pride in London, drawing on this experience, he organized several workshops with the event team, working with them to answer the following fundamental questions.

A LEED-certified building signifies that the overall structure creates a healthier space for people, uses fewer resources, reduces carbon emissions, and improves efficiency while providing operational cost savings.

The United Nations has declared May 22 the International Day for Biological Diversity (or World Biodiversity Day), aimed at building back biodiversity for the global community and re-examining our relationship with the natural world.

This month, the World Economic Forum held its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, where delegates from various sectors converged to discuss urgent global issues. In the discussion of urgent matters, climate change is at the top of the list. We rounded up a few of the top sustainability conversations at Davos 2023.

As we prepare for our first-ever Greenbuild at Home gathering (of as many as 1,000 sustainability professionals), we’ve received some questions from our community about the topic. Before you join us on May 12th, here are some vital facts and stats.

I couldn’t let March (Women’s History Month) end without a shout-out to the many women who influenced the sustainability movement and green building. Their passion, actions, and words will take us into the future.

Savvy architects, designers, and developers are discovering the importance of nature in new construction and remodels. The new generation of designers are inspired by ecology, applying systems thinking to create structures and communities.