The Master Specifiers Retreat, taking place June 19-21 in Chicago, Ill., gives building product manufacturers the opportunity to share product knowledge with carefully selected product specifiers, specification writers and senior architects.
The event also provides construction industry professionals with a unique opportunity to identify emerging trends, discuss best practices, and network with their peers.
Here are three must-attend presentations on the schedule:
1) Optimizing for Tomorrow -- a focus on how the American Geophysical Union is renovating its office space to prepare for the future and achieve Net Zero Energy.
Why this matters: Keynote Speaker Janice LaChance, Executive Vice President, Strategic & Organizational Excellence American Geophysical Union, will explain that by living its mission of science for the benefit of humanity, AGU made the decision to renovate its existing 62,000-square-foot headquarters building a showcase for real-world scientific advancement through innovative, sustainable technology. She will discuss the decision-making process and a number of the design and energy features that will make this the first Net Zero Energy commercial renovation in Washington DC.
2) Measuring Outcomes of Design: ASID HQ Living Laboratory Research
Why this matters: Session Speaker Randy Fiser, Chief Executive Officer American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), says that as we spend over 90 percent of our time indoors, our physical surroundings have a significant impact on our lives. With work consuming a substantial part of our lives, the physical workplace plays a critical role that can lead to outcomes such as, health, wellness, productivity, and engagement. Using ongoing research conducted at the ASID HQ living laboratory, explore the principles to creating healthy spaces, the protocols and culture needed to achieve wellness, and the measures for demonstrating the impact of design.
3) Tactical Leverage
Why this matters: Session Speaker Katherine Darnstadt, AIA Founder + Principal Investor
LATENT DESIGN says that our cities are rooted in its neighborhoods, public spaces, and infrastructure. When neglected, these vacancies are detrimental to neighborhood health and vitality. Design can bring an awareness of the informal economies that arise from these gaps. While you may have been taught that the design of a building is apolitical, the process of building is not. There is a subversive cartography of power that overlays our cities, which are built on a series of collaborative collusions.
Register now to attend these events, and much more.