THE CONVENTION PROGRAM
The daytime program will feature several one-hour seminars ; walking tours aimed at exposing participants to new products, technologies and successful design solutions; and an Exhibit Hall with more than 60 presenters. The evening will feature a banquet showcasing examples of excellent design projects submitted in the 2005 AIA DE Design Awards Program by architects, interior designers and landscape architects. The mission of the Design Awards Program is to recognize excellence and design solutions of special distinction.

The keynote speaker at Design Awards Banquet will be former Honolulu Mayor Jeremy Harris , who is completing a two-year term of service on the AIA national board of directors as a Public Director in recognition of his unfailing commitment to design excellence in public architecture and his leadership in the areas of sustainability and livable communities. Renowned as a champion of sustainable urban planning and design, Harris led Honolulu to more than 100 national and local awards since 1966 for significant accomplishments in urban design, management and efforts to preserve the quality-of-life. He encourages architects and their colleagues to get involved in Green Building and develop plans for sustainability alternatives for professional, societal and economic reasons. Harris received the AIA President’s Citation in 1997 and was named an Honorary Affiliate Member of the Honolulu chapter of AIA in 2001.

Charles D. Miller PE, founder and president of Roofscapes, Inc., a Philadelphia, PA, firm that supports a national network of landscape contracting companies licensed to install the Roofmeadow® family of green roof systems. These companies offer comprehensive installation and maintenance services for green roof projects across the USA. Miller’s academic training and professional experience are in chemistry, geology and civil engineering, focusing on environmental impacts on surface and groundwater resources from waste disposal, manufacturing and urbanized watersheds; his interest in green roofs stems from a background in waterresource engineering. He operated an organic farm in Pennsylvania for six years, and has done research into the German success in using green roofs to treat urban runoff, which led him to form an alliance with Optigrüh International AG. He is a member of the Technical Advisory Committees of the Center for Green Roof Research at Pennsylvania State University and Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Coalition, Toronto, Canada, and of the ASTM Subcommittee on Sustainability-Buildings. Miller also is a published author in this arena.

THE DESIGN AWARDS BANQUET
The evening shall feature a banquet that showcases examples of excellent design projects submitted by Architects, Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects. The mission of the design awards program is to celebrate all of the projects submitted, as well as to recognize those design solutions of special distinction. Each project shall be presented to the audience with a short description, accompanied by a photographic essay delivered via electronic media.

TARGET MARKET
The entire Delaware design community comes together for this event, which anticipates over 400 participants. Past events have proven quite beneficial to those firms that have participated as sponsors. The entire day and evening program offers opportunities to show your support for AIA Delaware, as well as to expose your firm to Architects, Interior Designers, Landscape Architects, Contractors, and a generous cross-section of Delaware’s general population.

Services for Associates and interns
BUILDING GREEN will feature a Center for Professional Services in the Exhibit Hall. As a special service for Associates and interns, representatives from NCARB will provide insights into the Intern Development Program (IDP), Continuing Education and Architect Registration.

Please bring your questions, concerns, queries and comments about any phase of the licensing process to Building Green, Thursday, October 20, 2005 from 9:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M.  The NCARB Booth will be in our Exhibit Hall.

Admission is FREE. Please stop at our registration desk for your badge to enter the hall.

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BUILDING GREEN

Thursday, October 20, 2005

At the Bank One Center on The Riverfront in Wilmington Delaware