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A Penton Publication NOVEMBER 2011<br />
Greenbuild exhibitors<br />
get down to business<br />
BY ROBERT P. MADER<br />
OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF<br />
TORONTO — The exhibits at the annual Greenbuild<br />
Show continue to become increasingly practical and<br />
pragmatic, much like the university competition that<br />
is the Solar Decathlon in Washington that wrapped up<br />
earlier in October. There was little to see that was far<br />
outside of the mainstream.<br />
The U.S. Green Building Council's annual Greenbuild<br />
International Conference & Expo featured four days of<br />
networking, educational sessions, green building tours,<br />
master speakers and plenary events. The 140,208 gross<br />
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