Green Building Innovation Seminars

A select group of leading experts from Germany and the US presented a week of “Green Building Innovation Seminars” at leading Midwest universities, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Graduate School at School of the Art Institute in Chicago, and the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Overall, over 400 students and professors attended the seminars.

These “Green Building Innovation Seminars” were sponsored by the German Ministry of Economics and Technology in order to inspire the next generation of architects, construction engineers and facilities managers. GACCoM, as part of their “Training the Future” efforts, presented developments of innovative German green building technologies.

Keynote speakers included David Cook, Partner at Behnisch Architekten in Stuttgart, Germany and Dr. Ing. Robert Himmler, Managing Partner at energydesign asia in Stuttgart, Germany. The speakers also had in-depth discussions with professors and toured significant new projects that have incorporated German technology and expertise, such as a low income housing project built to passive house standards. The next Passive House Institute US project will demonstrate passive house construction techniques in a 48-unit project for low income housing in Urbana, Illinois.

Watch a video of Dr. Himmler's Speech given at SAIC here. More videos to be uploaded soon.

Please click on the speakers' names to download their presentations:

· Dr. Ing. Robert Himmler, Managing Partner at energydesign asia, Stuttgart, Germany: “Energy-Efficient Non-Residential Buildings: Examples and Experiences in Germany”

· David Cook, Partner at Behnisch Architekten, Stuttgart, Germany: “Exploiting Synergies in the Process of Design”

· Greg Thomson, Assistant Professor, LEED AP, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Milwaukee, WI: “UWM Carbon Neutral House Project: Intent + Objectives + Metrics = Building”

· David White, Transsolar Inc., New York, NY: "what works?"

· Rico Cedro, Associate Principal, Director of Sustainable Design, Krueck & Sexton, Chicago, IL: “Repairing the World: Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies”

· Mark Frisch, Principal, Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Chicago, IL: “Integrated Building Design; Loyola Info Commons”

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