Webinar | 12 – 1PM CT Join the Illinois Green Alliance for a roundtable discussion with Inherent Homes and Chicago Women in Trades to discover how Chicago residents are learning to build and maintain high-performance all-electric homes. Explore the connections between workforce training and affordable homeownership to catalyze sustainable neighborhood revitalization. Significant investments from the…

Join Illinois Green Alliance for a LEED Platinum (Pending) home tour in Western Springs, Illlinois! Attendees may choose a ticket time for either 3:30 PM or 4:30 PM on November 2. During this home tour, attendees will learn how this project focused on the owner’s desire to make their new home able to accommodate their aging…

Attend the monthly meeting of Illinois Green Alliance’s Auxiliary Board before the new member election cycle. Network with other young professionals in the building and sustainability industries and learn if this volunteer opportunity is right for you. Auxiliary Board applications will be open October 16 – November 3. If you register, you will receive a link to…

Join Illinois Green Alliance for a webinar on sustainability and waste reduction in foodservice. According to a 2021 study by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the food industry accounts for more than one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Join us to hear industry experts and select speakers share the methods utilized by restaurants, cafeterias,…

Webinar | 12 – 1PM CT Join Illinois Green for a mid-day webinar to investigate resilient and functional landscapes through a variety of lenses: equity and partnerships; integrating into architecture; long-term maintenance; and net-positive impacts. When properly designed, installed, and managed, sustainable landscapes reduce the carbon emitted during construction and throughout the life of the…

Taking place September 26-29, 2023 | Expo: 27-28 in Washington DC, the 2023 Greenbuild International Conference + Expo will keep participants at the forefront of the industry covering sustainability, resilience, health, and wellness in the spaces where we live, work, learn and play. Greenbuild hosts the largest annual event for green building professionals worldwide where…

Please join Illinois Green Alliance and Living Future Illinois Community for a tour of the Ford Calumet Environmental Center at Big Marsh Park! Once an ecological sanctuary dominated by wetlands, Big Marsh Park is one of many areas within the Calumet Region that was altered by more than a century of industrialization. The brownfield is…

Join Phius Alliance Chicago and Illinois Green Alliance for a guided tour of one of the first targeted Living Building Challenge projects in the Midwest – the first phase of the Cultivate Collective Campus, anchored by the Academy for Global Citizenship (AGC). The facility, opening this fall, includes AGC, an early childhood education center, a…

Join Illinois Green Alliance and sustainability leaders from Google, The Green Cities Company, JLL and DBRS Morningstar for an insightful panel discussion on the path to decarbonizing their significant real estate footprints. In the race to net zero, learn how these organizations came to understand their carbon impact, develop carbon commitments, translate goals to actionable…

Connect with other green building professionals with a morning of networking. This members-only event is an opportunity to meet other like-minded professionals and share ideas. Generously hosted by Arup at their downtown office, this event features light breakfast and coffee. Members may bring a guest to introduce them to our community (please register guest in…