Thought Leadership and Research Sessions

Greenbuild 2011’s program included special sessions dedicated to advanced research and thought leadership in advancing green building theory and practice. Designed to challenge even the most knowledgeable attendee, Thought Leadership and Research education sessions at Greenbuild dug deeper into complex green building concepts.

Each session was accompanied by a research paper representing original, journal-quality research. These research papers were available on greenbuildexpo.org and in the Conference Proceedings after Greenbuild.

Access the submitted research papers here (PDF) »

Below are the 2011 Thought Leadership & Research Sessions. See the scheduler for details on each session.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011:

RD06: Green Schools That Teach: Whole-School Sustainability
RD08: Multi-Variate Study of Stormwater BMPs
OR01: Two Recent Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) Studies for Buildings: On-Site versus Off-site Construction and Building Material ReuseOR10: Biophilic Design: Human Impacts and Applications to Green Buildings
YL10: The Active Design Guidelines - Promoting Physical Activity And Health In Design
YL12: Do Green Buildings Still Make Dollars and Sense - The Next Expectations

Thursday, October 6, 2011:

GR10: Why Research Matters: New Approaches to Measure Green Building and Workers' Health, Stress and Productivity
GR12: The Economics of Green Building
BL05: Learning from Buildings: Technologies for Measuring, Benchmarking and Improving Performance
BL09: Implementing Commercial Building Rating and Disclosure Policy: Perspectives from Government, Industry and Green Building
PL13: The Road to Zero Impacts

Friday, October 7, 2011:

SL08: Performance of Decentralized Wastewater Reuse Systems for Green Building Projects in North America and Australia
SL13: Hospital Configuration and Systems Integration for Reduced Energy Use