Green Building, Materials & Design

Speakers cover all aspects of sustainable architecture, including green design and building for homes as well as for commercial, industrial, educational, and public structures and developments, renovation, remodeling, interior design, infrastructure, and landscaping. Speakers cover building methods and materials, LEED standards, certification of lumber and forest products, energy and water efficiency, use of natural light and renewable energy, use of recycled materials, prevention of offgassing and indoor air pollution, regenerative design, and unconventional techniques such as straw bale, cordwood, adobe, and rammed earth construction.

Green Design & Building. Green building, including architectural design, materials specification, and construction practices, is growing very rapidly in all sectors and markets. More >>

Green Interior Design. The field of green interior design involves use of space and natural lighting, choice and placement of furnishings, appliances, and lighting, and selection of wall and floor finishes and coverings. More >>

Schools & Hospitals Design & Building. These buildings offer special opportunities and present unique challenges. They have occupants and stakeholders with special needs and a distinctive perspective on and interest in green building. See Hillary Brown, Jerry Yudelson, and Dan Chiras.

Regenerative & Integrative Design. We should design buildings to produce net benefits to our ecological and social environments. Regenerative design involves an ethic of care and a connection with the spirit of place. The best green buildings apply systems thinking for the optimum integration of natural, social, and engineered systems and technologies. See Bill Reed and Gil Friend.

Green Remodeling & Renovation. Many green options are available when remodeling or renovating a home or other building. Many environmentally desirable changes, such as retrofitting for energy and water efficiency or installation of renewable energy equipment, are most easily and economically accomplished when incorporated into a remodeling or renovation project. See Carl Seville and Dan Chiras.

Unconventional Green Building Materials & Techniques. Many alternatives to standard wood frame construction are possible, and between them they have a wide variety of advantages - environmental, economic, and performance - under a wide variety of circumstances. See Dan Chiras, Joe Kennedy, and Rob Roy.

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We are constantly on the lookout for the best new speakers on all aspects of Green Building, Materials & Design… speakers with the most important ideas and the most dynamic presentations. We are also always open to ideas for new Green Building, Materials & Design related topics. Send us your speaker or topic suggestions here.

Related Topics Coming Soon…

We are working now on new topic pages in the areas listed below. They will be added here as they become available.

Residential Design & Building
Multi-Family, Affordable & High Density Housing
Design & Building
Commercial, Public & Industrial Design & Building
Beyond Green, Carbon Neutral & Living Building
Design & Building
Green Roofs
Materials Certification & Selection
Indoor Air Quality
Infrastructure Design & Building
Landscaping Design, Preparation & Planting