BUILDINGChicago/Greening the Heartland, launched in 2013, has
been renamed BUILDING THE HEARTLAND. To be held August 31-September 2, 2015, at
the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, Chicago’s first LEED Gold hotel, the
expo/conference is produced by Building
Design+Construction (BD+C)
and Scranton Gillette Communications/SGC Horizon, in conjunction with USGBC
Illinois, the Greening the Heartland Committee, and AIA Chicago.
"We wanted to broaden the conference content to provide
discussion of new technology, the residential market, and the needs of owners,
developers, and occupants of buildings," says BD+C Editorial Director Robert Cassidy, who
is also the Conference chairman. "BUILDING THE HEARTLAND will still be
about 50% ‘green’ in content, with sessions on environmental responsibility,
sustainability, resiliency, and healthy building."
The 2015 BUILDING THE HEARTLAND program will feature five
tracks: 1) Technology (e.g., BIM, robotics, field tools, 3D printing); 2)
Owner/Developer/Occupant panels ("What they want from their Building
Teams"); 3) Residential (single-family, condo, apartment), 4)
High-Performance Buildings (LEED, Green Globes, Energy Star, Living Building
Challenge), and 5) High-Performance Building Systems and Tools (e.g., energy
modeling, biophilia, energy codes, materials, stormwater management).
In addition to leading keynote speakers and networking events,
the 2015 BUILDING THE HEARTLAND will feature an all-day LEED v4 workshop.
All education
sessions will offer AIA CES or Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI)
accreditation — and, in most cases, both. The call for papers will open
December 15, 2014. Sponsorships and tabletop exhibits are available
For more information on the event, visit www.buildingtheheartland.com
or contact Harry Urban at [email protected];
847.954.7928.
