October 17, 2024 | 333 North Green Street, Chicago, IL
Join Illinois Green Alliance for our half-day summit to learn about the current drivers and best practices for net zero buildings in Illinois.
Participants will hear from current design teams working net zero projects from initial concept and financing to final construction and continued operations. Building professionals and stakeholders discuss success stories as well as lessons learned to help our community push forward to make Illinois net zero by 2050.
After the Summit, stick around for our Limelight Celebration - the largest green building and sustainability professionals gathering of the year!
In-person tickets for the Summit are now sold out.
Summit Agenda
11:30 — Doors Open & Buffet Lunch Served
12:00 — Opening Remarks
BEFORE THE SUMMIT:
LEED V5 SESSION @ 10:00 AM
Before the Summit, join USGBC and Illinois Green Alliance for the Chicago USGBC Leadership Series: LEED v5 session in the same space, starting at 10AM and followed by a networking gathering at the Sloane Showroom (in the same building as Summit/Limelight).
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12:30 — Net Zero in Action: Scaling Strategies Across Building Portfolios
In the first of our mini-keynotes, learn from Keara Fanning, Director of ESG & Net Zero Strategy of Prologis, on how her company is tackling the challenges of scaling up net zero building level strategies to net zero portfolio level strategies. Hear how building owners can update their efficiencies of current building stock, create higher standards for future construction, and create demand from the building industry for more sustainable specifications.
12:45 — More than Halfway: Portfolio Decarbonization in Midstride
What's next when you've done the easy stuff? Loyola University Chicago's staff and construction team will be sharing the lessons of 10 years of climate action and the current pivot to integrating deep decarbonization into the next 10-year master plan.
1:45 — Net Zero Multifamily: Construction, Commissioning, and Consultants, Oh My!
Hear from the project team at the 7 Van Buren project in Oak Park, IL pursuing Phius ZERO certification as they discuss the construction, commissioning and verification work that has been in place since the project’s conception. This 44-unit multifamily project will include enough solar production on the rooftop and façade to generate more energy than is consumed.
2:15 — Strategic Team Building: Maximizing Project Success with DI-Vertical Teams
Join JAQ Corp. CEO John Gay as he shares his secret sauce for facilitating successful projects. In this mini-keynote he will discuss the value proposition of creating “DI-Vertical” project teams as a means of collaborating across disciplines and engaging key stakeholders. Learn how to thread the needle of government, utility, community, and nonprofit players to develop beneficial solutions for adaptive reuse, retrofits and new construction projects across Chicagoland.
2:30 — Networking Break
2:45 — Group Activity: The (Teamwork) Webs We Weave
Join in an interactive group activity that involves scary retrofit stories, spooky project challenges, and spinning your own web of solution building with your team.
3:15 — Driving Economic Sustainability
During our third mini-keynote, Erin Lavin Cabonargi with URBAN ReSOLVE will dive into project delivery tools that focus on economic sustainability, equity and inclusion in all aspects high-performance development.
3:30 — Operating to Net Zero Energy: Oak Park’s Community Recreation Center
The Park District of Oak Park has committed to building and retrofitting facilities to net zero across their portfolio. Project team members from their most recent project, the Community Recreation Center (CRC), will share the lessons learned from their emerging net-zero building and how they have navigated the construction, verification, commissioning and operations processes for net-zero facilities to meet budget, timeline and climate goals.
4:30 — Life Regenerates: The Past & Future of Sustainable Design
Luke Leung, P.Eng., Fellow ASHRAE, LEED® Fellow, BEMP, ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, and Principal at SOM, will close out with the last of our mini-keynotes on a reminder of how the past can teach us and how the future can push us.
5:00 — Transition to Limelight Reception
Don't forget to purchase your Limelight ticket when you register for the Summit! Or go back and add your ticket for this fun networking reception now!
Who should attend?
The Summit welcomes policymakers, designers, building owners, systems manufacturers, and commercial real estate professionals to share best practices and collaborate on opportunities to scale zero energy and zero carbon projects in the region.
Sponsor the Summit!
Earn recognition at this signature event and help get Illinois closer to net zero by 2050. Learn more about the event sponsorship levels and benefits. Click the button below to start your event sponsorship!
We're making Illinois a leader in net zero buildings.
Learn more about progress, projects, and certifications on our Getting to Zero webpage.
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