Green Visionaries: Designing and Building Eco-friendly Cities from Within

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Time: Wednesday, March 14 10:30 - 12:00

How can nature-inspired approaches help solve our green building challenges and ensure true triple bottom line outcomes? As the bar is raised by escalating concerns about climate change, along with evolving green building codes, targets, and minimum standards, environmentally-conscious developers and others are facing challenges and opportunities. Learn about the concepts being applied in products, buildings, and cities around the globe to create more liveable, sustainable, and resilient urban spaces.

Confirmed Participants:

Jeanette Southwood, Global Sustainable Cities Leader/Principal, Golder Associates Ltd., Canada (Moderator)
Teresa Coady, Principal & President, B+H BuntingCoady Architects, Canada
Ann Edminster, Net-zero Energy Building Consultant & Chair of the Trilateral Green Building Task Force, Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), USA
Mike Kontranowski, Senior Market Manager, Dow Building Solutions, USA
Thomas McKeag, President & Founder, BioDreamMachine, USA
Pascal Mittermaier, Head of Sustainability EMEA, Lend Lease, UK