Sustainability Mandate

• Forming a successful partnership with Habitat for Humanity to collect building material donations for reuse. Read more here.
• Eliminating printed show guides from the event.
• Removing aisle carpet from all annual BUILDEX events.
• Tracking all wastage and energy use from our events.
• Purchasing renewable energy to offset our carbon emissions for each BUILDEX event.
• Reducing Products and "swag" ordered for the event.
• At BUILDEX Vancouver 2023, we increased our diversion rate to 75%, 6% higher when compared with our 2022 event.

Here at BUILDEX we create short-term goals as well as larger long term goals looking towards the future. Over 80% of our attendees say it is important that our event is run in a sustainable way, and we agree.

Annually our team work together to create three substantial goals based around sustainability, community and diversity and inclusion.

This year, BUILDEX Vancouver will focus on three fundamental goals:

1. Improve Waste Diversion
   Reduce single-use plastics through the use of refillable water stations located on both the show floor and session rooms. Please bring a refillable water bottle with you!
   
   
2. Increase Representation
   Our goal is to guarantee a balance of different genders, races, ages, ethnicities, abilities and educational backgrounds across the conference speaker faculty.
   
   
3. Create Greater Local Impact 
   Establish a new, impactful partnership to support wellbeing, equality, accessibility and respect for all through a local community organization in Vancouver.

• Vancouver Convention Centre is a double LEED platinum certified facility.
• Housing a six-acre living roof, featuring more than 400,000 indigenous plants and grasses, the VCC’s roof is designed to act as an insulator, reducing heat gains in the summer and heat losses in the winter.
• Modern black water treatment plant recycles grey and black water that goes back into the building for washrooms use and rooftop irrigation during warmer weather.
• A diversion of 75% of the total internal waste generated, this includes batteries, lighting ballasts, wood, organics, metal, glass, plastic and much more.

For more information on Vancouver Convention Centre sustainability initiatives click here.