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A Celebration
of Green Building
Sustainable Buildings
Canada is pleased to present the 6th annual Green Building
Festival.
Join us for 3 days of speakers, training and building tours along with
IIDEX/Neocon, Canada's premier architecture and design expo.
Wed, Sept
22rd: International Showcase
The Festival Plenary
is a day long event (11 AM - 6:30 PM)
beginning with a networking lunch with our very special guest Mayor Sam
Adams of Portland Oregon.
This year's show
highlights breakthrough projects from around the world of sustainable
design and urban development:
- Mark
Edlen,
GED & Bob Packard, ZGF Arch, Portland, OR
- Stephen Teeple, Teeple
& Associates, Toronto, ON
- Michel Trocme, Urban
Strategies, Toronto, ON
- Craig
Liddell, KLH UK
- Nick Hayes, BRE, UK
- Ajon
Moriyama &
George Stockton, Moriyama & Teshima, Toronto, ON
- Thomas
Auer, Transolar, Stuttgart, Germany
The day closes with the Canadian Lifetime
Achievement Awards
presentation and reception.
more details
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Thu,
Sept 23th: Green Building Seminars
Day two of the Festival features a wide
variety of seminars on topics ranging from finance to water, HVAC to
community design.
Session registration includes access to
the IIDEX/Neocon Tradeshow.
more details
Thu, Sept
23th: GBF/IIDEX Environment Keynote Jeremy Rifkin
This
Presentation is open to all GBF/IIDEX attendees.
Jeremy
Rifkin is the author of 18 bestselling books. He is the founder
and chairperson of the Third Industrial Revolution Global CEO Business
Roundtable, consisting of 100 of the world’s leading
renewable energy,
construction, architectural, real estate, IT, power and utility, and
transport and logistics companies. His global economic development team
works with cities, regions, and national governments to develop master
plans to transition their economies into post-carbon Third Industrial
Revolution infrastructures.
sponsored by:
See
Mr. Rifkin's "the Empathetic Civilization" on TED.com
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Advanced
Professional Training
This year, the Festival
has collaborated with a number of organizations to provide a series of
technical training workshops. Occurring during the Green Building
Festival, we are offering a number of in-depth technical sessions for
building professionals that go beyond traditional seminar
streams. Attendees will also have free access to the
IIDEX/GBF Trade Show. Space is limited and available on a first come
first serve basis.
Workshops Include:
- Understanding
Standard 189.1: The Green Standard for High Performance Buildings
- Introduction
to e-Quest Building Energy Simulation Software
- Life
Cycle Costing for Green Building Design
- Integrated
Design Process
- Solar
Opportunity for Builders
- Sustainable
Storm Water Practices – Fundamental
- Meeting
and Surpassing the 2012 Ontario Building Code for Low-rise Residential
Housing
- ENERGY STAR
for New Homes Builder Workshop
- Best
Practices for Full Height Basement Insulation
Many thanks to our
Partners:
CaGBC
Toronto Chapter, Toronto and Region
Conservation, Sustainable Housing Foundation, High Performance New
Construction,
ASHRAE, EnerQuality
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