Meet IWBI Experts at 2023 Greenbuild
After two amazing days of inspiration at the 2023 WELL Summit in Washington, D.C., many global building professionals are shifting over to another event, Greenbuild, which kicks off today at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, which incidentally was the first convention center to achieve the WELL Health-Safety Rating. Greenbuild promises a wealth of content-rich sessions featuring thought leaders, market insights and the exchange of experiences that help spark conversation, drive innovation and elevate best practices in the industry.
To tackle the ongoing challenges of climate change and other health threats, this year’s Greenbuild conference places a spotlight on many health-focused topics and will feature several experts from the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI).
Speakers from IWBI will delve into a host of timely topics, from ESG innovation and reporting, to healthy and net zero schools to new models to new ways to scale affordable, healthy and green housing. Our experts will also showcase workplace strategies promoting mental health, the new LEED and WELL streamlined pathway, and top 10 insights from the latest green and healthy building research.
On Tuesday, Dr. Matthew Trowbridge joined industry leaders on stage discussing ESG and green building as complementary market transformation strategies and how leading companies are using them together to drive and communicate change at scale. The full-day workshops hosted by USGBC and GRESB were themed around ESG Innovation and Foundations: Accelerating Market Transformation at Scale.
Please join us for these sessions in the next few days! Here is a quick rundown:
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
Dr. Angela Loder, vice president of research at IWBI, will join ESG experts to address the growing concern around measuring ESG. Her session will explore how to measure substantive impact through key performance indicators and metrics. growing concern around measuring ESG. Her session will explore how to measure substantive impact through key performance indicators and metrics.
SESSION NAME: (D06) Moving from Effort to Effect: Perspectives from the front lines on ESG reporting and strategy implementation beyond checking the box
Wednesday, September 27, 11:15am – 12:15pm; Room 202A
Janera Soerel, IWBI’s senior director of global market development, will join a team to showcase strategies for integrating WELL, LEED Zero Energy and Zero Carbon certifications through three children-focused showcase projects in Brazil including schools and a children’s hospital. The session aims to motivate attendees with strategies to integrate LEED Zero and WELL into projects.
SESSION NAME: (D04) Designing Healthy, Net Zero Spaces for Kids: Integrating LEED Zero and WELL
Wednesday, September 27, 11:15am – 12:15pm; Room 201
Dr. Whitney Austin Gray, IWBI’s senior vice president of research, will be joined by Krista Egger of Enterprise Community Partners and Josh Lomot of Jonathan Rose Companies to demonstrate, through a case study, a new model on how to create affordable housing that are healthy and sustainable through an integrated pathway of WELL and Enterprise Green Communities Criteria. Karyn Sper, senior director of Fannie Mae’s Multifamily Green and Healthy Housing Financing will join the discussion to talk about financial incentives to make this new model scalable.
SESSION NAME: (F09) Beyond the Numbers Game – New Models to Scale Affordable, Healthy, and Green Housing
Wednesday, September 27, 3:00pm – 4:00pm; Room 204 BC
Dr. Renee Christensen, director and WELL Mind Concept Lead at IWBI, will showcase examples and scenarios that unlock the WELL Mind features to create spaces that enhance human sensing and foster individuals’ health in workplaces and how these strategies help embrace a sense of belonging. The session will include an interactive “Think-Pair-Share’’ exercise to help attendees re-imagine remote work experiences, and will explore new ideas about health developed through discussion.
SESSION NAME: (F04) The WELL Mind Concept: Nurturing Health for Different Work Scenarios
Wednesday, September 27, 3:00pm – 4:00pm; Room 201
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Dr. Jason Hartke, IWBI’s executive vice president of poly and advocacy, will lead two sessions over the final two days of the event.
On Thursday, Jason will join Honeywell’s expert on sustainable building technologies Rishen Kumar and USGBC’s vice president of product management Vijaya Yellamraju to discuss efficiencies of achieving both LEED and WELL through a shared pathway.
SESSION NAME: (SS11) Honeywell Presents: More Sustainable Buildings: Taking LEED + WELL Scale
Thursday, September 28, 10:00am – 11:00am; Room 202A
On Friday. Joined by USGBC’s Seema Bhangar, Principal for Building and Community Health, Jason will co-lead a session to highlight the top 10 insights from the latest green and healthy building research.
SESSION NAME: (I08) LEED v4/v4.1 rating systems and WELL v2 Roundup: Top 10 Research Insights
Friday, September 29, 8:30am – 9:30am; Salon B
More information about IWBI’s expert sessions at Greenbuild is available here.
