By Blake Jackson
Still, if we work together as an industry across disciplines, we can share this burden together, helping to elevate the ecosystem for healthier, more sustainable building procurement practices. This conference is an opportunity to gather with peers across the supply chain to begin this dialogue, share victories and challenges, and to focus on moving in the direction of the future industry we want to have and to together promote a call to action for transparency.
It isn't too late to attend the Healthy Materials Summit 2016. Participants in this summit will gain an opportunity to network with like-minded peers in various industries: design, construction, manufacturing, and real estate. They will also gain insight into the history of the “transparency” movement, as it relates to LEEDv4, WELL, and the Living Building Challenge, as well as get a survey of tools, disclosure documents, and other helpful information to aid participants in becoming informed and involved, regarding in the promotion and utilization “transparency” practices.
A multi-disciplinary panel of experts has been assembled to share stories and expertise in how manufacturing, non-profits, clients, designers, software developers, and others are working together to achieve the more stringent – often confusing – requirements of third-party ratings systems, their lessons learned, and what they see as the “state of the future” of this movement.
If your career, education, or passions in any way relate to green buildings or another environmentally-conscious industry, you owe it to yourself – and to your community – to attend the Healthy Materials Summit 2016 and to learn more about how everyone can make a difference. Whether you're designing a new building or taking another approach to helping our world, the process is the same – one building block at a time.
The Healthy Materials Summit
October 26th, 2016
8:00AM – 8:00PM
Google Cambridge HQ
5 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA, 02142
Learn about our speakers:
Barbra Batshalom
Monica Nakielski
Brent Ehrlich
Gregory Norris