The 2009 Urban Green Expo was a high water mark for the New York City green building community. With excellent educational sessions, a thriving exhibit floor and nationally recognized leaders like our closing keynote speaker Amory Lovins, it was a conference suited to New York City. One reason for the success of our inaugural conference was our focus on issues specifically relevant to our green building community. We continue this tradition of dedicated focus with the 2010 theme: Pushing the Envelope.

Green buildings transform our communities by expanding and redefining what is possible in the places we live and work and play.  How we construct, and reconstruct, our physical world has a major impact on the resources we consume and is among the most significant legacies we leave to future generations.

At Urban Green Expo 2010 we will explore how green buildings can “push the envelope” both literally, by focusing on the importance of high performance building enclosures, and metaphorically, by addressing topical subjects like verifying building performance and by highlighting innovative buildings, processes and systems.

Building enclosures are perhaps the most critical and often overlooked component in successful green buildings. In addition to other important green building subjects, Urban Green Expo 2010 explore a wide range of envelope related topics; from the broad performance issues of various envelope systems, to the application of passive shading systems in existing buildings, to technical subjects like thermal bridging and European standards like Passive House.

Help New York “push the envelope” at Urban Green Expo 2010.

The program will feature opening and closing keynote addresses from leading figures of the sustainability movement, a variety of master speakers and will include more than 40 individual educational sessions, off-site tours, and LEED Workshops.

Contact us at expo@urbangreencouncil.org to learn about how you can get involved.