Virtual Greenbuild 2020: Sustainability Supporting Health

摘要

This past summer, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials from the U.S. Green Building Council and Green-build Conference and Expo showrunners made the difficult decision to switch the 2020 conference from an in-person education and trade show to a virtual event in mid-November. It was preceded by three virtual summits: the Green Business Summit, the Resilience Summit and the Global Health and Wellness Summit. The three-day conference featured virtual networking events and more than 160 education sessions led by industry experts covering the latest trends and critical topics, including renewables, materials, indoor air quality, climate adaptation, the pandemic's impact, and more. Keynote addresses were delivered each day by sustainability leaders, such as Christiana Figueres, architect of the Paris Climate Agreement; USGBC's President and CEO Mahesh Ramanujam; design innovators Catherine Huang, Julia Watson and Kotchakorn Voraakhom; and gender equity and LGBTQ advocate Dr. Paula Stone Williams.