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This year’s Greenbuild International Conference and Expo will deliver content that includes the most pressing topics in green building. This includes decarbonization, ESG, equity, resilience and at the center of it all, you’ll find Arc. Below is your guide to engaging with the team, gaining insights into meeting ESG goals, exploring the latest developments and learning how to use the platform to meet your organizational goals at both the individual project and portfolio scales.
Expo hall floor
Combined USGBC, GBCI and Arc Booth (#1527)
Wednesday, Nov. 2 | 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 3 | 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Connect directly with members of the Arc team in the booth on the expo hall floor. We are here to answer all types of queries, from project-specific questions to more general ones about the platform and how it works.
Education sessions
Workshop
Green Building, ESG and Sustainable Finance: New Opportunities for Impact
Tuesday, No., 1 | 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Room 303
Green building, ESG and sustainable finance are complementary market transformation strategies. This workshop will provide participants with a fundamental understanding about connections among these fast-growing areas of work and will share firsthand perspectives from industry leaders.
Regular sessions
Measuring Impact: LEED, Arc and ESG
Wednesday, Nov. 2 | 1:30–2:30 p.m. | Room 203/204
The outcome of a prioritized ESG strategy is to benchmark and report on quantitative and qualitative data related to nontraditional topics that supplement financial disclosures to provide company investors and other stakeholders with a more complex and comprehensive view of the performance of the company. The third-party verification and certification provided by LEED and the Arc software platform offer an ongoing element to support long-term ESG strategy implementation and tracking. They gain credence through various reporting frameworks and sustainable measurements such as GRESB, GRI, PRI, CDP, TCFD and UNSDG.
The Great Convergence: Green Building, ESG and Sustainability
Thursday, Nov. 3 | 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Room 205/206
Together, green building and ESG are powering a new generation of market transformation, driven by engaged investors and impact-oriented investment vehicles. Led by industry leaders from the U.S. and Australia, this session will provide a global overview of this emerging area of practice with a focus on complementary and synergistic aspects of green building and ESG. We will address big picture drivers, consider market priorities, and look forward and consider how green building and ESG will work together in the next generation of financial products.
Building Benchmark Boo-boos from CST Underdogs
Thursday, Nov. 3 | 4–5 p.m. | Room 209/210
Everybody loves an underdog! Those of us practicing in the Central Standard Time (CST) Zone often feel like the underdog compared to our coastal counterparts. Whether it's cheap energy costs, debilitating solar/utility policies, equity/budget gaps or simply misaligned perceptions, we are often the last to be asked for meaningful contributions on a global scale. We are giving voice to the underdogs by engaging a unique CST team with speakers from San Salvador, Memphis, and Little Rock. Our CST underdogs intend to blow up your perceptions by showcasing award-winning innovative building projects they've benchmarked using Arc, the mistakes and wounds they experienced along the way, and their unique, aggressive, intelligent and simple solutions.