Greenbuild Parties In Chicago (yes most are free!)

The best websites for Greenbuild Parties in Chicago November 17-20, 2010.  Most you have to rsvp for.  Don’t miss the chance to make new friends in Chi-Town after the trade show and learning sessions.   If you have more to add please post them!!!

ED+C Student Event Monday Nov 15th 4:00 – 6:00

GreenGuard Pub Night Tuesday Nov 16th 7:00 – 11:00

German American Contractors Networking Reception Tues Nov 16th 8:00-10:00

Canada Green Reception Wednesday Nov 17th 6:00-9:00

Green Builder Magazine Wednesday Nov 17th 5:30-7:30

Official Jazz Crawl Wednesday Nov 17th 9:00 – 12:00 pm

Taste of Green ($20) Thur Nov 18th 5:30-7:00

Enter to win a chance to attend this one:

GreenTalk 2010

I also found this bit of advice from Green Apple Consultant’s Blog:

GreenBuild Offers Green Social Events

Written by Paul Nutcher

Monday, 25 October 2010 12:03

GreenBuild offers more than just serious stuff, including after-hours social events. Some are hosted by the trade show organizers and some of the exhibitors have their own parties. I’ve found in years past at these events, you’ll meet some of the hipest, greenest people in the design community.  Here are a few of my favorite parties which are not included in a GreenBuild ticket: Johnston Controls, Green Tie Event (You must have a tie to get in.) Siemens (invitation only) Environmental Design + Construction (Friendliest people!!!) USGBC Host Chapter Party (Chicago USGBC) Most of these are invitation only but if you go to the organizer’s booth and befriend someone in charge of the events, they are usually very nice about getting you in. Not sure if I’m actually going to any this year as I’ve stopped by all of the above in years past and had my fill. Call me on my cell (407-579-8683) if you hear of any other parties and I’ll help spread the word.

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71st Annual Texas AIA Convention

October 14 & 15th Texas’ architects got together in San Antonio for their 71st Annual Convention. Here are some highlights from the expo floor.

Tags: architects, Roofing, texas aia, waterproofing

Highlights From McAllen Green Living Expo

Tags: cool roofing, duro-last, mcallen green living expo

2010 RCAT in San Antonio

Today I attended the Roofing Contractor’s of Texas Annual trade show. This year it was held at the beautiful JW Marriott Resort in Hill Country just outside San Antonio. It was an outstanding turn out especially compared to last year. The exhibit booths sold out months in advance too. I mingled with Lance from R-Max at his booth then spent most of my time talking with roofing contractors and some distributors. The overall feeling is that things in the roofing industry are picking up and 2011 looks to be even better. Don’t miss the convention next year!

Tags: RCAT, Roofing Texas Expo

McAllen Green Living Festival

October 9thwe will be exhibiting at the 3rd Annual McAllen Green Living Festival at the beautiful MAllen Convention Center. Below is a flyer for the event. If you live in the Rio Grande Valley don’t miss it!

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LRGV-AIA Building Communities Conference

Quickly approaching is our favorite trade show of the year – the Lower Rio Grande Valley AIA Building Communities Conference held annually on South Padre Island.  Why is this our favorite trade show?  Think a giant beach party full of cool quirky architects and you have it!  Where else can you wear shorts and flip flops to a trade show?  The first year we made the mistake of dressing up, but never again!  And the best part is the shrimp boil the last night -  delicious!

There is no better place to fulfill needed AIA credits than at this event.  So if you’re a Texas architect, or architect anywhere for that matter, don’t miss this fantastic event!

Here is a video from last year courtesy of the LRGV-AIA website.  Don’t blink or you’ll miss us in the middle of the video! And YES we are wearing shorts and flip flops!

Tags: architects, Building Communities Conference, LRGV-AIA, south padre island

ICSC RECON Las Vegas 2010

It was our first trip to Las Vegas for the International Council for Shopping Centers annual trade show though some of our collegues have been going for several years.  Our immediate impression was being amazed at the pure size of the show yet how organized and easy to find everything was.  In the past we have spent up to 45 minutes simply trying to locate our booth such as a few years back at the AIA convention in San Antonio.  With each aisle having a street name it was easy to navigate.

The booths were amazing particularly the waterfall at Jones Lang LaSalle that greeted visitors by spelling out sentences when one walked through the central hall doors.

The general session featured notable speakers including Sarah Palin who joked about losing her luggage and obtaining more at a local shopping mall on her way to the convention.  Secretary of Labor Robert Reich gave an excellent presentation on the state of the economy and the future.  His interesting narrative on globalization and demographics shed further light on the slow recovery.

We also enjoyed listening to a breakout session on sustainable LEED retorfits hosted by Pamela Lippe of E4 consulting in New York and featuring such notable people as Jeff Bedell from Macerich and Jason Kraus of Best Buy’s construction division.  All 6 panelists spoke at length on what they’ve done to retrofit existing building to LEED standards and how it has paid off.  Notable was that white roofing didn’t enter the conversation until the very end and only because we brought it up!  The most talked about portion of retrofits was HV/AC and lighting.

We mingled with fellow Duro-Last alum including west coast operations vice president Tim Hart and national sales manager John Deal who worked tirelessly at the Duro-Last booth in the central hall.  Capping our trip was a visit to Minus 5 ice bar located in Mandalay Bay where we paid $25 to stand in a freezing room for 15 minutes – and loved it!  And a delicious feast on awesome seafood at Hot & Juicy just off the strip and featured recently on Man versus Food.

All in all it was a great trip.  Next year we plan to organize meetings with local property managers while at the show to make even better use of our time!  Now on to the next one …. BOMA Los Angeles in 3 weeks ….

Tags: ICSC, Las Vegas, Shopping Center trade show

Forster Roofing’s Lubbock Boys & Girls Club Dinner

Tuesday night whose who of Lubbock came out to support a great cause – the Boys and Girls Club.  In an event put together by Forster Roofing money was raised to support the after school programs so important to the local community.  A silent auction brought in great prizes including Texas Tech football tickets, a Tim Allen autographed hammer, and Tommy Tuberville autographed football.  Then guests enjoyed “A Night At The Races” in which prerecorded horse races brought excitement and raised more money for charity.  To top the evening off right Kyle Forster presented Floydada ISD with 10 computers from a random drawing to benefits the kids even more.  Duro-Last Roofing proudly sponsored a table.  Don’t miss this event next year!

Tags: forster roofing, lubbock boys and girls club

Harrison Roofing Business Mixer

On an overcast rainy Earth Day last week,  Harrison Roofing hosted its first ever business mixer dinner for valued customers and future clients.  The evening was hosted at La Vernia’s own Burn’s Nursery set against a backdrop of beautiful fountains and flowers.  The smell of thick ribeye steaks cooked on a open grill filled the air as guests enjoyed a mixture of country and rock music in the background.  Our contribution was delicious homemade beer pouring from two taps which livened the evening and provided a nice adventure in unique tastes.

Overall the event was a huge success and Harrison Roofing looks forward to hosting another event in the near future.

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LRGV-AIA Golf Tourny

Friday we participated in the Lower Rio Grande Valley American Institute of Architects golf tournament benefiting their scholarship fund.  We sponsored the beer cart and also a team.  It was a beautiful day in Mission, Texas, slightly overcast and in the high 70s.  Our team finished in the middle of the pack and one member obtained the closest to the pin ranking on one of the holes.  It was a lot of fun for a good cause and we encourage everyone to make an effort to attend next year!

Tags: aia, architects, lrgvaia