Campus Green Builder

This conference is sponsored by Lansing Community College, and the Polytechnic University of Valencia School of Architecture. It is aimed at high performance building practitioners, researchers, and academic professionals/students at the community college, four-year college, or research university level. Topics to be discussed include cutting edge technology and its impacts on the design-engineering-construction process as well as the implications for education in these topics. The event will take place from June 19-20, 2013 in Lansing, Michigan. Registration required.

Presented by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Greenbuild is the world's largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. Greenbuild features three days of speakers, networking opportunities, industry showcases, LEED workshops and tours of the host city's green buildings. The event will take place from November 20-22, 2013, in Philadelphia, PA. Registration required.

This summit is hosted by the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP). Representatives from GRI, Alaska Airlines, The Nature Conservancy, Presidio Graduate School and other organizations will address topics including: “Sustainable Urban Communities”, “Integrated Reporting”, “Sustainability In the Industrial Sector” and “Green Architecture”. The event will take place from May 8–10, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Registration required.

The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council will host the first ever Green Apple Day of Service. For one day, advocates from across the country and around the world will come together in support of healthy, sustainable schools by taking real action in their communities.

On Thursday July 26th from 2-3:30pm EDT the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment will host a webinar alongside the US Green Building Council that addresses the issue of "Using LEED as a Framework for Existing Facilities on Campus". As many schools have integrated green building into planning and construction, one of the remaining questions is how to incorporate green building into existing facilities. Representatives from two signatory schools, Western Michigan University and the University of California, San Diego, along with experts from USGBC will discuss how to address this green building issue.