Onsite Sustainability
Join us in creating a healthier future at Greenbuild in Philadelphia!
Discover ways to help Greenbuild accomplish our sustainability goals and get involved with the Greenbuild team. Opportunities are available for volunteering, scholarships, and student discounts.
Get Involved in Greenbuild
Greenbuild is highlighting what the Philadelphia community is doing to improve it’s city and support those in need. Come to the Sustainability Hub, located on the Expo Floor booth #1007, to help us interact, learn and celebrate local businesses and their efforts!
Share what you are doing to be more sustainable with #Greenbuild. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Lancaster Farm Fresh Co-Op & Share Food Program
Wednesday, November 13th
10:00am - 5:00pm
Expo Hall
Attendees will have the opportunity to build fresh food boxes. Boxes will be donated to a local community at the end of the event.
Lancaster Farm Fresh Co-Op (LFFC) represents over 100 member farms in the Northeast. Committed to helping our farmers thrive in their vocations and livelihoods. The cooperative model offers farmers the opportunity to coordinate as both growers and decision-makers. As a result, they could earn the most from their products and have the power to shape their collective future. All farmers within the coop grow certified organic vegetables and many farmers also raise small herds and flocks of animals. These animals always have extensive access to pasture and enjoy the freedom of foraging through the grasses with the earth under their feet.
Food boxes will be donated to local Philadelphia area nonprofits
Share Food Program is the leading hunger relief organization in the Greater Philadelphia region and one of the largest independent food banks in the nation. For more than 35 years, feeding families and food justice have been the bedrock of Share’s work. From providing equitable access to free food, to community engagement and volunteerism, from food rescue to urban agriculture and nutrition education — Share remains on the frontlines of fighting hunger.
Cradles to Crayons
Thursday, November 14th
10:00am - 5:00pm
Expo Hall
Attendees will have the opportunity to create back-to-school cards to kits. Cards will be included in school supply kits for children in Philadelphia living in low-income and homeless situations.
Cradles to Crayons Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive – at home, at school and at play. They supply these items free of charge by engaging and connecting communities. Cradles to Crayons is working to ensure that one day every child will have the essentials they need to feel safe, warm, ready to learn, and valued.
Greening Up Our Host Community
Follow the steps below to bring your most sustainable self to Greenbuild.
Bring Your Reusable Vessel
Filtered water stations will be available throughout the convention center. Don’t forget your coffee cups and if you don’t have them check out reusable travel silverware!
Go Green in Your Hotel Room
Be sure to take advantage of towel and sheet reuse initiatives that may be offered by your hotel. Don’t forget to turn off all lights and electronics when you leave your room each day!
Sustainable Transportation
All the hotels in the room block are within walking distance the convention center. If walking or biking to your destination isn’t an option, check out the Philadelphia public transportation system to get around the city. The convention center is located roughly 2 stops away from the Amtrak train station taking public transit.
Review the Greenbuild Legacy Project
This project addresses the Greenbuild Legacy project criteria through assisting socially-and economically-marginalized communities in safeguarding their health and wellbeing during dangerous situations like power outages and natural disasters.
Think Before You Throw
Waste to landfill results in a significant carbon impact. While we do our very best to reduce the amount of single use disposable items at the event, some are just unavoidable. Do your part by really checking out the waste bins onsite.
There will be a three bin waste system throughout the Pennsylvania Convention Center where you can easily throw recyclable materials and compostable materials into clearly marked bins.
Carbon Offset
We know climate change is having serious effects on communities across the world. For the last 10 years, Greenbuild has offset all scope 1, scope 2 and a portion of scope 3 carbon emissions related to the production of the event. How you can participate:
- Make sure to purchase your offset when you register (it’s $30 towards fixing our planet)!