By Vicki Zambito
The Ecobuild America Conference is being held December 7-9 in Washington D.C. The widely popular event brings together AEC industry leaders from across the country to explore the latest in green building technology, products and proven strategies to improve future projects. The conference is billed as covering “the ENTIRE spectrum of strategies and technologies to build faster, smarter and more sustainably.”
I’ll be there but five other reasons to head to chilly D.C. in the middle of winter are:
1. There are many co-located events going on at the same time (so you can get more “bang for your travel buck”). Co-located events include: buildingSMART alliance conference, Building Enclosure Technology & Environment Council Symposium, FedCon ‘11, and the National Institute of Building Sciences Annual Meeting.
2. The keynote features two speakers from the Department of State and will reinforce the relationship between a Unified Building Management System and Building Information Modeling (BIM) through the use of the Construction Operations Building information exchange (COBie) standard.
3. The AEC Interoperability Center will feature kiosks clustered on the exhibit floor that visually demonstrate real-world examples of how BIM and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) systems are revolutionizing collaboration.
4. And the most important reason – free drinks! A new Happy Hour Reception with beer, wine and light snacks will happen on the expo floor Wednesday night from 4 -6 pm.
For more information on Ecobuild America, visit: http://aececobuild.com/conference-exhibits
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