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Building Green Chicago Conference & Expo

April 19, 2011, 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

This is a past event

Swissôtel Chicago 323 E. Wacker Dr. Chicago

Building Green Chicago is the premier sustainable design and development conference in Chicago, featuring top city officials and leaders in the sustainability movement across the real estate community. It has become the Chicago event to learn about cutting-edge design and development trends, products and services. It is a unique opportunity to network and business develop with like-minded real estate professionals. Index Publishing will host the annual conference.

MPC's Josh Ellis will speak at this event about the need for stormwater management, and a bill pending in the Illinois General Assembly that would allow Illinois developments to capture rainwater on site for nonpotable uses.

2010 Highlights

More than 300 real estate professionals attended the half-day conference.
A dozen industry experts covered urban landscaping and the urban heat island, water management, neighborhood development, permeable pavement, green roofs and mechanical insulation.
Exhibit halls featured nearly 50 vendors of sustainable products and services.

This page can be found online at http://archive.metroplanning.org/events/event/92

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Suite 1400 Chicago, Ill. 60603 312 922 5616 info@metroplanning.org

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