Greenbuild 2006

Greenbuild, the annual conference of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), was held last November in Denver. The three-day event is a gathering of green-building industry professionals featuring the latest advancements in green-building design, construction, project financing, and building management. Greenbuild 2006 was significantly larger than previous gatherings, with 13,000 attendees and 700 exhibitors, leading Metropolis Magazine to beg the question: has green gone mainstream?

USGBC president and CEO Rick Fedrizzi turned the question into a catchphrase: “immediate and measurable.” Green building needs “immediate and measurable” impacts; we need “immediate and measurable results in our efforts to reverse global warming.” It was the topic of the week...

Exhibitors included Sherwin-Williams; Roofscapes, Inc.; the American Society of Landscape Architects; and Baltix Sustainable Furniture.

Greenbuild 2007 is scheduled for November 7-9 in Chicago.