Shaw Industries Group, Inc. (Shaw), alongside the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, BuildingGreen, Google, and several others, will host a national workshop series entitled “Built Positive: Help Build What’s Next.” Scheduled for Atlanta, Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, and San Francisco in early November, many at local Google offices, the three-hour interactive workshops will bring together sustainability thought leaders in the built environment to help identify new opportunities to add value to their projects while bringing project values to life.
Facilitated by Nadav Malin, president of BuildingGreen, the high-energy sessions will explore design methodologies, material health programs, product and systems innovations, and a new definition of waste. Attendees will investigate and develop concepts for design, use, disassembly, and reuse that are fundamental to creating positive material flows and realizing positive outcomes for people, planet, and business.
Participants will:
- Discover emerging concepts in the sustainably built environment, including circular economy, buildings as material banks, material passports, health, wellness, and Cradle to Cradle.
- Learn to translate a client’s commitment to developing innovative, market-leading projects into a new value model for positive impact.
- Explore how materials and products designed with Cradle to Cradle principles form the basis for success in the design of circular systems.
- Bridge theories of positive impact with professional practice toward systemic change with bottom line impact.
Workshop participants will receive 3 AIA, IDCEC, and GBCI continuing education credits. A networking reception will follow each session.
The Built Positive Education Series will be held in five cities on the following dates:
Atlanta
November 7, 1:30-4:30 p.m. (reception to follow)
Shaw Contract & Steelcase Showroom
1555 Peachtree St. NE, #150, Atlanta, GA
Washington, D.C.
November 8, 1:30-4:30 p.m. (reception to follow)
Google Washington, D.C.
25 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC
New York City
November 10, 1:30-4:30 p.m. (reception to follow)
Google New York
76 Ninth Ave., New York, NY
Chicago
November 14, 1:30-4:30 p.m. (reception to follow)
Google Chicago
320 N. Morgan, Chicago, IL
San Francisco
November 16, 1:30-4:30 p.m. (reception to follow)
Google San Francisco
345 Spear St., San Francisco, CA
The workshop is being offered free of charge. Pre-registration is required. Participants can learn more and sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/built-positive-education-sprint-tickets-27579133932.