The Industrialized Wood-Based Construction conference (IWBC) is collaborating and co-locating with Greenbuild in 2023. IWBC focuses on fully integrated, wood-based offsite construction technologies as a means of addressing some of the greatest construction industry challenges of our time – the ever-increasing scarcity of skilled labor, abysmal construction productivity and the urgent need to reduce embodied carbon emissions.

Assembled under one roof are many of the world’s brightest minds and most advanced companies in the fields of design, manufacture, software, robotics, machinery in the world of integrated wood-based offsite construction for networking and exchange of ideas and for doing business.

We look forward to seeing you in Washington, DC!

Greenbuild is the world's largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. The ideals and passion of the green building community come alive at Greenbuild. The buzz is contagious. Greenbuild brings together industry leaders, experts and frontline professionals dedicated to sustainable building in their everyday work, and a unique energy is sparked. Participants are invigorated. Inspired. They find themselves equipped to return to their jobs with a renewed passion and purpose.

IFMA’s World Workplace has been leading groundbreaking discussions and discoveries related to FM and the built environment for almost 40 years. Hosted by the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), World Workplace facilitates idea sharing and best-practice exchange between all professionals who support the built environment.

We held a panel discussion in DC on The Role of #ESG in Enhancing Building Performance & Value earlier this month for the National Institute of Building Sciences #BI2023 event. It was so successful, we were asked to host a continuation via zoom to answer more questions.

You'll hear from Amy Carenza with ActivePure, Matthew Snyder with ESG Property Consultants and Sarah Feldmann, president of the ESG Network Association.

This event is free, but remember, we only have space for the first 100 people - Click to read the full description on what we'll cover and add additional questions you'd like us to cover into the comments!

Priorities in material selection have changed. From global environmental objectives to specific federal policy changes, the way we go about material selection and justifications must check several boxes. This presentation will outline how climate resilience, low-embodied carbon materials objectives, and LCCA intersect while also providing separate important data points in the evaluation of materials for each client project. The panelists’ significant experience on federal and private sector projects will provide valuable lessons learned to improve the sustainability impact and performance of all buildings.

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You work in the world of construction project delivery. You’re used to managing a ton. Products. Requirements. Changes. Changes to Changes. Change one little thing over here and a dozen things have to change over there. The ripple effect is very real.

If you’re going to help great things get built, you have to understand how best to manage your construction project from start to finish. You have to see the big picture while tending to the smallest specification.

You need to be prepared if you are going to lead projects to success in the coming years as technologies, standards, and the entire construction landscape change in some radical ways.

The U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day (WSD) is an annual event recognizing the importance of various stakeholder groups across the standards community, including business leaders, industry, academia, and government. The event features a yearly theme relevant to the broader community and its priorities, and includes presentation of the Ronald H. Brown Standards Leadership Award.

In 2020, the NIBS Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (CFIRE) published A Roadmap to Resilience Incentivization, which calls for public and private incentives that allow owners of buildings and other infrastructure to facilitate the upgrade of existing infrastructure and better design of new infrastructure.

The newly-released Resilience Incentivization Roadmap 2.0 is a continuation of the 2020 white paper, where the project team worked with experts from building science, lending, insurance, developer, owner, real estate, appraiser, and public assistance to understand (1) the actors, who can promote, participate in, or resist incentivization, and what drives their decisions, and (2) how to carve the economy at the joints (i.e. how to group stakeholders so each incentive template best serves a large class). The study mainly focuses on residential buildings subject to flood, and also leaves language and procedures flexible to deal with other perils, occupancies, and locales.

Join this panel of experts on Oct. 18 for a discussion about the updated roadmap. 

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The Women in Construction (WIC) Conference is the East Coast's premiere forum for education, professional development and networking for women in the build industry. The organization empowers women to continue to grow and achieve success in the community with a "By Women, for Women" motto.

Data from Architecture 2030 shows that in 2040, approximately 2/3 of the global building stock will be buildings that exist today. Without widespread existing building decarbonization across the globe, these buildings will still be emitting CO2 in 2040, and we will fall short of the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C reduction target. Retrofitting to meet energy efficiency and net-zero emissions is crucial, but what about retrofitting to withstand increasing climate risks? Most of our existing building stock is not prepared to handle the increase in climate-related hazards, be they increased winds, seismic activity, heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, floods, or rising sea levels.

As climate and hazard risks intensify, resilient buildings need to become the status quo. Resilient retrofits also open the door to indigenous populations, people of color, and low-income communities achieving social equity, as they are typically the communities most exposed to hazards.

Join us, as our expert panel discusses how finance, design, and policy all converge to create a more resilient existing building stock.

Dr. Sean Becketti's presentation (PPTX) | Will Lavy 's presentation (PPTX) | Bob Pekelnicky's presentation (PPTX)