Thursday, 21 December 2006
GreenBuild Conference and Expo 2006
The USGBC’s fifth annual GreenBuild Conference and Expo, held in Denver, CO on November 15-17, 2006, was attended by more than 12,000 design and building professionals.
Approximately two dozen FSC certificate holders from the U.S. and Canada exhibited their FSC-certified products on the expo floor. The Certified Wood Pavilion, in its fifth straight year on the expo floor, played host to 14 of those certificate holders FSC certificate holders, while the LEED Homes Pavilion hosted several others who were exhibiting products for the residential construction market. Katie Miller, communications director for FSC-US, happily reported that, “at times during the expo, you couldn’t even walk down the pavilion aisle because it was so crowded.” FSC-certified products on display included lumber, garden furniture, veneer, panel products, flooring, countertops, and no-added urea formaldehyde products that are becoming increasingly popular in the green building community. The Certified Wood Pavilion for the GreenBuild 2007 Expo next year in Los Angeles, CA, is already sold out.
GreenBuild is the biggest and most widely attended green building event in North America. For more information, please visit www.greenbuildexpo.org.