Green Building Innovation Seminar, November 10-13, 2009
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| Green Building Innovation Seminars - Training the Future
In order to inspire the next generation of architects, engineers and construction managers, the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, Inc. (GACCoM) organized a successful repeat of the 2008 “Green Building Innovation Seminars” series at four Midwestern universities. | The group was graciously once again hosted by the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Architecture. For the first time, the seminar series took place at Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering and the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture. A select group of leading architects and engineers from Germany and the United States presented their latest research and projects incorporating renewable energies and other innovative, energy efficient green building technologies at these renowned schools. |
- November 10: Northwestern University
Mc Cormick School of Engineering
- November 11: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
School of Architecture and Urban Planning
- November 12: Illinois Institute of Technology
College of Architecture
- November 13: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
School of Architecture
 Download our booklet with detailed information on the event program and mission.
To view a PDF-version of the presentations, please click on the speakers' names:
SPEAKER | TOPIC | Andrew Kiel
Associate, sauerbruch hutton, Berlin, Germany | “Integrated Design and Detail for Sustainable Buildings"
| Helmut Meyer
Principal, TRANSSOLAR Energietechnik GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany | “Climate Informed Design”
| Jaime Torres Carmona
Principal, Canopy | architecture + design, Chicago | “Learning from Germany: Tested Strategies for the Building Envelope
| Dr. Timo Schmidt
Adjunct Associate Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology & Werner Sobek
Stuttgart GmbH & Co. KG, Germany/Chicago | “Engineering and Designing Sustainability”
| Charles Bostick
Architect, Marketing + Sales, seele Inc., New York | “The Color of Glass”
| Antony Wood
Executive Director, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Assoc. Professor,
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago | “Seeking the Suitable and Sustainable Skyscraper"
| Tom Kubala
Part I Part II Part III
Co-Founder, The Kubala Washatko Architects, Cedarburg, WI | “After the Numbers: Living Leopold”
| Sachin Anand
Princical, dbHMS, Chicago | “Developments in Sustainable Design - Turning Concepts into Reality”
| Mark Frisch
Part I Part II
Principal, Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Chicago | "Natural Opportunities for Energy Efficiency” |
For more information please contact Daniela Daus, phone: (312) 494-2177, email: daus(at)gaccom.org
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