BSD at Greenbuild

We’ve just returned from an exhilarating but exhausting stint at the Greenbuild 2007 conference and expo that was held in Chicago November 7-9. BSD sent four people to occupy a 10 x 10 booth during the time the exhibit floor was open, a total of 21 hours over two and a half days.

The show had to be moved from Los Angeles at almost the last minute, due to scheduling difficulties with the Los Angeles Convention Center. Nevertheless, the convention drew a record number of attendees. There were over 21,000 people at the event – a 62 percent increase from the 13,000 or so who attended last year’s show in Denver. The show’s organizers were unprepared for the numbers, so lines were long throughout the three days of activities. Even getting a cup of coffee at Starbucks involved waiting in line for at least a half hour.

On the other hand, traffic at the BSD booth was great. We spoke to hundreds of attendees and ran out of BSD SpecLink canvas tote bags after we had given away 250 of them. Even though the attendees ran the gamut from flower children to dedicated “green” architects to government agency representatives, we found plenty of people who wanted to hear about the green features that have been built into BSD SpecLink. We also spoke with many of our customers, some of whom were unaware of our many LEED features – like the checklist sections and the automatic LEED submittals report.

We’ve already signed up for Greenbuild 2008 in Boston, which promises to be even bigger and better. We’ll see you there!