Empowering

Sustainability

Shaping The Future Of Green Building

Call for Presentations, Pre-Conference Workshops & Building Tours

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BuildGreen Atlantic is a conference, trade show and networking event that advances the design, construction, and operation of greener buildings in Atlantic Canada.

Have you or your organization developed an innovative approach, a practical solution, or a product that advances sustainable building and helps us understand community development, green buildings, and technological advances in building design, construction, and operation? Here’s your chance to showcase your work!

The BuildGreen Atlantic organizing committee is seeking project profiles, product demonstrations, and construction best practices that address the continuum of sustainable building, ranging from residential to commercial and industrial projects.

BuildGreen Atlantic 2026 will be held at The Halifax Convention Centre on April 27 & 28, 2026. The 27th will offer pre-conference training workshops as well as building tours of local high-performance buildings. The 28th features the main conference and tradeshow. Both days will attract the green building sector, including building owners, architects, engineers, designers, materials manufacturers, trades professionals, policy makers and students. The conference content is relevant to residential and ICI sectors and will highlight both new construction and retrofits.

Seeking for consideration presentations as part of the conference program, pre-conference workshop options and availability of sites for building tours.

1. Abstracts for Conference Presentations

We are interested in amplifying leaders who are accelerating action in the green building space.

We want to celebrate success and inspire others to the art of the possible.

  • Submit a 300-400 word abstract through this LINK email that includes a title, describes the presentation topic, identifies your willingness to work with other presenters, identifies the speaker(s), offers links to online audio/video of the presenter, (if available), and identifies other groups that you’ve previously presented to.

  • Submit a 150-word profile or bio of each presenter with your abstract, demonstrating each speaker's depth of professional experience.

  • Presentations must limit corporate messages and references. This is not a sales pitch!

  • Successful presenters must provide either proof of ownership of all images, or permission to use the images in their presentations.

  • CEU’s that your presentation is approved for, if any.

2. Building Tours

Please submit suggestions for buildings suitable for tour groups of 15-20 people. Tours would focus

on the sustainability and high-performance aspects of the building. Tours should be led by facilities

sta or design consultants or others knowledgeable about these features. Buildings must be in the

Halifax area.

3. Workshops

Continuing Education is an important part of BuildGreen Atlantic. We are looking to oer half-day and full-day CEU approved workshops on topics relevant to the building sector in Atlantic Canada.

  • Submit a 300-400 word abstract through this LINK email that includes a title and describes the workshop.

  • Submit a 150-word profile or bio of workshop leader with your abstract, demonstrating their depth of professional experience.

  • Costs associated with workshop delivery – faculty fees and/or licensing fees.

  • CEU’s that your presentation is approved for if any.

  • Final workshop slides must be submitted in, electronic format no later than one week prior to the workshop date.

Possible presentation or workshop topics:

• Healthy & Durable Buildings

• Resilient Buildings

• Indoor Air Quality Case Studies,

• Advancing Building Codes

• Adaptive Reuse

• Embodied Carbon & Building Materials

• Retrofits of Existing Buildings

• Net Zero Development

• Project Profiles – LEED v4, Zero Carbon, Passive House,
BOMA Best, GBI

• Sustainable Design

• The Business Case for Green Buildings

• Green Building Workforce Development

• Green Products / Services

• Opportunities for integrated sustainable design

• Neighbourhood design

• Building sustainable, attractive, appealing
community environments

• Urban Design Strategies

• Net Positive Buildings

• Green Commercial Real Estate

• District Scale Development

• Growing the Green Building Sector

• Emerging Health Benefits

Please Note:

  • The BuildGreen Atlantic organizing committee will determine selections.

  • With permission, PDFs of presentations will be posted on the BuildGreen Atlantic website after the event.

  • Selection preference will be given to ASHRAE Halifax Chapter Members. Make sure your membership is up-to-date!

Submission deadline: 5 p.m. Friday, December 19, 2025, to lara@buildgreenatlantic.ca

Presenters will be notified by Friday, January 19, 2026.