Green Building Tours

Chicago is home to some of the country’s most innovative and beautiful buildings, and we’ve organized tours exclusively for Greenbuild attendees. A wide variety of half- and full-day tours, including the Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio and the LEED Platinum Chicago Center for Green Technology, will be offered on Friday, Nov. 9 and Saturday, Nov. 10.

 

Half Day Tours
Friday, Nov. 9, 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

A Proud and Soaring Thing: Chicago's LEED High-Rises (walking)
111 South Wacker; One South Dearborn; 340 On the Park

Competing in the Convention Marketplace (walking)
McCormick Place West Building

From Good to Great: Large-Scale LEED for Existing Buildings (walking)
ABN AMRO Plaza

From the Inside Out: LEED for Commercial Interiors (walking)
Haworth Showroom; IIDA Headquarters; Kimball Showroom; AIA Chicago Offices

Platinum Performance (walking)
Center for Neighborhood Technology; Chicago Center for Green Technology

The Urban Green Roof (walking)
Chicago Cultural Center; City Hall; Millennium Park

High Performance in Higher Education
Loyola Information Commons and Digital Library; Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

Green Past & Future: Lessons from the 1st & 2nd Chicago School (walking)

Monadnock Building; Rookery Building; Inland Steel

Green Retail
Whole Foods; Wal-Mart

Half Day Tours
Saturday, Nov. 10, 8:00am-12:00pm

Sustainability in a Chicago Community
Infant Welfare Society; Christopher House; Blooingdale Trail; Paseo Prairie Garden; Logan Square Open Space Plan; Active Living Logan Square Initiative

Green Urban Systems and Infrastructure

Stormwater Management; Urban Heat Island Reduction; Research & Development; Chicago's Complete Streets

Green Multi-Family Housing

Rubloff Hall, St. Xavier University; Wentworth Common

Full Day Tours
Saturday, Nov. 10, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Environmental Design Pioneer: Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio and Walking Tour; Unity Temple

High Performance in K-12 Education
Bolingbrook High School; Tarkington Elementary School

Prairie Crossing: A Sustainable Rail Suburb
The Evelyn Pease Tyner Interpretive Center; Prairie Crossing

Showcasing Social and Environmental Innovation
Center on Halsted; Margot and Harold Schiff Residences; Pacific Garden Mission

LEED For-Profit: The Suburban Office Market
HSBC North American Corporate Headquarters; 8045 Lamon Avenue at Illinois Science & Technology Park