Thursday / March 12, 2015 / 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Material Health: Authentic Transparency and Optimization - an evening with Bill McDonough, FAIA
Omni Hotel Chicago, 676 North Michigan Avenue
Global sustainability leader and architect William McDonough, FAIA, Int. FRIBA, will discuss the origins of the Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Products Program, a global standard for the design of safe, healthy products he co-created. He will demonstrate the importance of transparency and how it works in the marketplace, where trade secrets are a real part of most manufacturers’ business models. McDonough will also explore why material health is about much more than just materials.
Cocktails: 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Presentation: 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
NOTE: this event has reached capacity.
Speaker: William McDonough, FAIA, Int. FRIBA (William McDonough + Partners) is a widely recognized designer, sustainable growth pioneer, and business strategist. As one of the originators of the green building movement, McDonough has earned the reputation of being “the leading environmental architect of our time.” For more than 40 years he has set the terms and defined the principles of the sustainability movement, creating seminal buildings, products, texts and enterprises and preparing the ground for its widespread growth.
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