Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is a global leader in healthcare, lighting and consumer lifestyle, delivering people-centric, innovative products, services and solutions through the brand promise of "sense and simplicity".

Lighting
As the world’s leader in Lighting, Philips is driving the switch to energy-efficient solutions. With worldwide electrical lighting using 19 per cent of all electricity, the use of energy-efficient lighting will significantly reduce energy consumption around the world and thereby cut harmful CO2 emissions. Philips provides advanced energy-efficient solutions for all segments: road lighting, office & industrial, hospitality and home. Philips is also a leader in shaping the future with exciting new lighting applications and technologies such as LED technology, which, besides energy efficiency, provides attractive benefits and endless new ‘never-before-possible’ lighting solutions.

Sustainability
As Philips’ long-term commitment, Sustainability has been deeply embedded into its strategy, business model, and management philosophy and product development. Philips sustainability covers responsibilities in 3 areas: economic, environmental and social. Economic responsibility allows the company to create value through sustainable business operations, providing a foundation for the other 2 areas. Philips’ environmental responsibility is to integrate environmental protection into all processes, including product design, development and recycle, aiming to minimize operational effects on environment. With our social responsibility programs focused on healthcare, education and environment, we actively participate in the community where we live and work with a win-win approach. www.philips.com

Arup
Arup is a global firm of designers, engineers, planners and business consultants, providing a diverse range of professional services to clients around the world. Established in 1946, we have more than 10,000 employees based in more than 90 offices across over 35 countries.

With a presence of more than 30 years in China, we have worked on over 500 projects in the country including sports venues, skyscrapers, airports, bridges, highways and railways. In recent years, we have had major involvement in some of the most iconic structures, setting the stage for international events in China including the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and 2010 Shanghai World Expo.

With a wide range of sustainability tools, Arup is an established industry leader in design of high-performance green buildings, in planning vibrant eco-communities, and in delivering sustainable infrastructure. Our extensive list of forward-looking projects worldwide includes New Songdo City in South Korea, Beddington Zero Energy Development in UK and the California Academy of Sciences in US.

We are pioneering the delivery of green buildings and communities in China. These include Nokia China Campus, the first newly constructed commercial building in China awarded with LEED Gold certificate; Wuhan Tiandi, the first commercial district scale development in China certified by LEED-ND pilot rating system; Shenzhen Stock Exchange Square, which aims to achieve China’s 3-star rating standard; and the planning of Changxing Low Carbon Community in Beijing. www.arup.com

Aurecon
Aurecon is a leading, vibrant, global group with a staff complement of 6 700 in 87 offices extending across 28 countries providing a broad range of multidisciplinary professional services across the Buildings, Infrastructure, Transportation, Water, Power, Mining and Industrial Market Sectors. Aurecon is committed to securing an enduring sustainable future and embraces diversity.

Aurecon Building Sciences group provides Specialist Services in Sustainability, Acoustics, Façade, Fire and Wind Engineering, Environmental and Materials Science. We help to design better Buildings and Infrastructure.  Our contribution is in identifying the external environmental influences, defining the optimum performance of the envelope, designing it and advising on the management of the internal environment. 

Aurecon is known for its expertise in producing innovative concepts and developing these, through design and procurement to deliver finished products that meet the desired appearance and performance and are both buildable and affordable. www.conwag.com

DOE

The mission of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is to strengthen America's energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality in public-private partnerships that:

• Enhance energy efficiency and productivity;
• Bring clean, reliable and affordable energy technologies to the marketplace; and
• Make a difference in the everyday lives of Americans by enhancing their energy choices and their quality of life.

Visit www.eere.energy.gov

Dow Corning Corporation

Dow Corning Corporation is a global leader in the development and manufacture of silicon-based products and services, with more than three decades of experience serving the construction industry.Dow Corning® brand building sealants, adhesives, coatings, and treatments provide an envelope of strength and protection from the roof to the pavement for new structures or renovation of existing ones.Dow Corning brand silicon-based adhesives and sealants, structural silicone glazing, and weather-sealing products provide an effective, reliable and economic solution to adhere building components – such as glass, ceramic, metal, stone, and composite panels – to building frames.  With Dow Corning brand silicon-based glazing, architects and designers have the freedom to create dramatic façades while ensuring security and peace of mind for building owners and occupants. www.dowcorning.com

Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington Glass Co., Ltd.,
(SYP® Glass)

Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington Glass Co., Ltd., (SYP® Glass) was founded in November 1983. In cooperation with Pilkington Plc of England, another of the leading global glass manufacturers, SYP Glass has provided world class, high performance and quality glass products for more than 25 years. SYP is engaged and committed to constant and continuous product and manufacturing improvements through further research and development in areas related to high performance glass such as energy-efficiency, safety, environment performance, LEEDs, and minimizing SYP’s “carbon footprint”. SYP Glass pays close attention to all areas and issues related to high-performance Low-E coatings, Building Integrated PhotoVoltaics (BIPV), and Insulated Glass Units (IGUs). Overall, SYP Glass provides its customers with optimum glass solutions when considering today’s architectural and construction demands. SYP Glass can be found throughout the world in many of the world’s most renowned buildings such as Shanghai World Finance Center, Hong Kong International Commercial Center, Korea North-East Asia Trading Tower, German Frankfurt AirRail Center, California Academy of Science in San Francisco. Many of these landmark “GREEN” buildings throughout the world represent new and exciting times for energy saving.

HEADQUARTERS：No.1, 1210 Lianxi Road, Pudong Shanghai, China (Tel: 0086-021-61633599)
Website: http://www.sypglass.com

DuPont

Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communications, safety and protection, home and construction, transportation and apparel.

DuPont's science is bringing plenty of solutions which serve architects and builders in dozens of applications in the commercial, industrial and residential construction and make buildings more energy efficient, aesthetic, safe and durable. DuPont™ Building Innovations is committed to using our dynamic science and expertise in building technology to discover and develop innovative products, integrated systems and services to create buildings that operate more efficiently, reduce energy consumption and help provide safer, healthier environments for the people who live in them. dupont.com/China_Country_Site

Solatube CECIC Daylight Technology Company, Ltd.

Solatube CECIC Daylight Technology Company, LTD , a joint venture between Solatube International Inc. and the China Energy Conservation Investment Corporation, is a Sales, Marketing, and Manufacturing company that is proud to bring the revolutionary Solatube Daylighting Systems, pioneered and patented by Solatube International, Incorporated, to the Chinese architectural design and construction markets.  Behaving quite differently from a window or a skylight both optically and thermally, the Solatube Daylighting System uses advanced passive, non-moving, optical systems and technologies to selectively collect, redirect and transport, and ultimately diffuse daylight into a buildings interior, thereby allowing daylight to be used as the dominant light source for nearly any space/building type in any climate during daylight hours. Please visit our website www.solabube.com.cn or call us 0512-62738300.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a non-profit organization committed to a prosperous and sustainable future through cost-efficient and energy-saving green buildings. With a community comprising 78 U.S. affiliates, more than 20,000 member companies and organizations, and more than 100,000 LEED Accredited Professionals, USGBC is the driving force of an industry that is projected to soar to $60 billion by 2010. The USGBC leads a diverse constituency of builders and environmentalists, corporations and nonprofit organizations, elected officials and concerned citizens, and teachers and students.  USGBC’s mission is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.

USGBC supports the growing market for green buildings with the internationally recognized LEED green building certification system, education programs, U.S. chapter and student groups.  LEED is the preeminent program for rating the design, construction and operation of green buildings. 35,000 projects are currently participating in the LEED system, comprising over 4.5 billion square feet of construction space in all 50 states and 114 countries.  USGBC provides top quality educational programs on green design, construction, and operations for professionals from all sectors of the building industry.