MGBCE 2017: VG Speaks, Produces & Exhibits
2017 marks the fourth consecutive year that Verdical Group produced the annual Municipal Green Building Conference & Expo (MGBCE) with the USGBC-LA and SoCalGas team, planning programming content and creating the conference website. USGBC-LA, where Holly Hill and Drew Shula both serve on the Board of Directors, organized the 16th annual MGBCE — SoCal’s largest and longest running green building event. On April 20th, 700 attendees enjoyed keynote presentations by Antwi Akom, George Bandy Jr., Gabrielle Bullock, Heidi Creighton, and Caroline Kreiser. Closing out the conference with a humor-filled mixer, Eric Corey Freed presented on organic architecture and his new “X-Prize.”
The VG team was proud to play a significant role in this conference. Drew Shula served as Event Chair and kicked off speaker sessions for the day, Martin Smith served on the Planning Committee, and Holly Hill delivered a speaker session with Memo Cedeno Laurent of Harvard, and Eera Babtiwale of HMC Architects titled, “Physiology to Rating Systems: Linking Science to Design for Our Children.” The entire VG team attended the conference and VG sponsored with an exhibitor table at the event. For more photos, check out our Facebook album here.
