Summary: The Ecobuild America conference and exhibit, sponsored by the National Institute of Building Sciences, will be held at the Washington, D.C., Convention Center, Dec. 7–10, 2009. AIA members are eligible for a 15 percent registration discount on any conference package or a free Exhibit Hall & Keynote Pass. Register online by October 31 to receive the best registration pricing. (Use code AIAF09 during checkout.)

Topics to be discussed this year include sustainable design, green building, renewable energy, and technology for integrated project delivery for commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential construction. Attendees will include design and construction professionals from the private sector and government, owners, developers, and facility managers.

AIA conference sessions presented by the AIA Knowledge Communities (with session number) include:

• Integrated Project Delivery, Architecture, and Building Connections; (AIA Technology in Architectural Practice—S103)
• Experiences in Public Architecture and the Status of Sustainability; (AIA Public Architects Committee—S404)
• Local Leaders in Sustainability—An AIA Analysis of Green Building Policy in our Nation’s Communities (AIA Committee on the Environment—S504)
• The Architecture of Sustainability: The 2009 Committee on the Environment Top Ten Green Projects (AIA Committee on the Environment—S604).

Other events co-located with Ecobuild America include:

• FEDCon (Dec. 8)—an exploration of federal agency design and construction programs for the building community with a keynote by Stephen Ayers, AIA, LEED-AP, acting Architect of the Capitol
• National Specifiers Conference (Dec. 8–11);
• The buildingSMART alliance International Conference (Dec.7–11) with a keynote on “Comprehensive Approaches to Technology Driven Project Delivery” by Dennis R. Shelden, associate professor of practice in design and computation with the MIT Department of Architecture and founder and chief technology officer for Gehry Technologies (open to all Ecobuild America attendees)
• The National High Performance Building Conference (Dec. 7-10).