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April 2006 Newsletter
April 2006 =20 =09 The Cascadia Greenbuilder=20 In this Issue: News | Events (OR WA BC) | Resources | Green = Building in the News | Jobs=20 =20 News =09 =09 Cascadia Seeks New Executive Director More info = =20 = =09 =20 Cascadia officially a Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council, = making Cascadia the first Chapter with dual citizenship. The Board of = Directors of the Canada Green Building Council and Cascadia Board = members celebrated this significant accomplishment at a Feb. 23rd = ceremony.=20 Thanks to the new and renewed 100 Friends of Cascadia!=20 =09 Gold-level Sponsor=20 Silver: City of Tacoma Environmental Services = , NW Architectural = Company , NW = Construction magazine , = Shared Services BC = (formerly BCBC), Structural Engineer/CE News = =20 Certified: Antron , = Boora , DLR Group = , Flexcar = , Group Mackenzie = , PBS Engineering and = Environmental , Sunset = Air =20 Learn more about the 100 Friends of Cascadia program = =20 Cascadia's Board elected new officers at its March retreat:=20 Chair - Deb Guenther; Vice-Chair - Kathy Wardle; Treasurer - Randell = Leach; Secretary - Clark Brockman.=20 Read Board Bios =20 FW: Sustainable Design Competition - "Closing the Loop"=20 Canadian national competition developed by Cascadia in collaboration = with the design community. Goal: Redefine the built environment using = principles of closed loop design. Submission deadline: May 31. More info = =20 Inland Branch elects new Steering Committee Chairs:=20 Congratulations Jake Deering and Chuck = Crane . Contact them to get involved.=20 Emerging Green Builders: Cascadia is seeking students and young professionals to begin Emerging = Green Builders groups to grow the next generation of green building = leaders. Contact in Oregon: aleisha@cascadiagbc.org and in Washington: = jcloud@u.washington.edu=20 Affiliated Engineers NW, Inc., Office Tenant Improvement achieves = LEED-CI Silver.=20 UW Nordeim Court Project (LEED certified) just received one of the 2006 = AIA awards for Multi-family Housing.=20 USGBC Research, Education Committees seeking new members More info = =20 ASHRAE Launches Engineering for Sustainability Effort, emphasizing its = role as "the engineering engine that drives sustainability," has = introduced a new logo, theme - Engineering for Sustainability, and = Website, www.engineeringforsustainability.org = . These will be used to = identify ASHRAE products and services related to sustainability.=20 Resources =09 =09 Looking for FSC-certified wood products? Post the products you need and = manufacturers will contact you. More info = =20 A Handbook for Planning and Conducting Charrettes for High Performance = Projects created by the US Department of Energy describes the high = performance charrette process, players and tools for a successful = process. More info =20 Who's Green 2007. Cascadia members get free listing. More info = =20 Fortune Magazine Special Feature Highlighting Green Building More info = =20 Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education = (AASHE) Digest 2005, a review of campus sustainability news stories and = resources from the past year collected from AASHE's weekly newsletter, = AASHE Bulletin. More info = =20 TreeHugger is a fast-growing web magazine, dedicated to everything that = has a modern aesthetic yet is environmentally responsible. More info = =20 Mold Protection Program launched. The Greenguard Environmental = Institute, Inc. (GEI) has launched the Mold Protection Program=E2"=A2, = the nation's first program to certify the design, construction, and = operation of buildings for protection against mold. More info = =20 Transstudio is a forum for the major environmental, social, and economic = issues that are transforming our physical world. By adopting the art of = the long view and sharing ideas, we can design a better future. More = info =20 Sweden-Denmark Urban Sustainability Tour, May 7-13. Join a select group = of Northwest urban professionals, including Seattle City Council member = Rich Conlin. More info = or contact patricia@i-sustain.com=20 LEED "Flash Cards" Available Cascadia has developed LEED 2.1 "flash cards" to help you prepare for = the exam. The 280 questions and answers can be cut into "flash cards." = Purchase Flash Cards = (LEED 2.2 Exam coming in Fall 2006)=20 McGraw-Hill SmartMarket Report for Green Building. Get your copy at = Cascadia's discount rate: Order here = =20 = Now only $65: The Insider's Guide to Marketing Green Buildings by Jerry = Yudelson. Over 200 pages charting the future direction of green = building. Feb. 2005 update edition. Buy the Book = , More info = , Read Table and Sample = Chapter =20 = Rebuilt Green: The Natural Capital Center and the Transformative Power = of Building 120 pages, $10. "Rebuilt Green is the first book to explore the true = meaning and social dimensions of green building." --Paul Hawken. = Buy the Book = =20 2006 Green Building = Update =09 2006 Green Building Update - A comprehensive look at the events and = trends of 2005 that are shaping the rapid growth of the green building = industry, along with information on green building market sectors and = LEED registered project data not available from any other sources. Buy = the Update =09 Green Building in the News =09 =09 Cascadia POE Shows Encouraging Results = , Environmental Building = News, April 2006=20 Timber Business Backs A New 'Green' Standard = , Wall Street Journal, = by Alex Frangos, March 29, 2006 Developers Cultivate a Taste for Green = , Portland Business = Journal, by Wendy Culverwell, Mar 17, 2006=20 Sustainability Can Save More Than the Environment = , Washington Post, by = Roger K. Lewis, Mar 18, 2006=20 To PVC or Not to PVC: Alternatives for Landscape Applications = , Landscape = Architecture, by Meg Calkins, Mar 2006 =20 Events =09 =09 Succeed at LEED w/Scott Lewis - SAVE THE DATE!, May 30, 31 & June 1, = Vancouver, BC, Seattle and Portland =09 =09 Oregon=20 =09 LEED & Green Building Workshop (In conjunction with HOPES Conference), = Apr 14, 8:30 AM - 5 PM, Eugene More Info = =09 =09 Portland LEED Users Group (PLUG) - Apr 13, 7:30 - 9 AM, at Interface = Engineering, 708 SW Third Ave, Ste. 400, Topic: LEED Abroad. More Info = =09 =09 Green Building Tour - Apr 20, 5:30 - 7:30 PM, Biomedical Research = Building, OHSU Marquam Hill Campus. More Info = =09 Congressman David Wu. Sixth Annual Environmental Forum: Energy and Our = Environment. Apr 17, 4:30 - 6 PM. 721 NW 9th Avenue, 2nd Floor, = Portland. Free and open to the public. =09 =09 Washington=20 =09 LEED & Green Building Workshop - Apr 25, 8:30 AM - 5 PM, Lighting Design = Lab, Seattle More Info = =09 Buildings in Balance Lecture Series - 2 Lectures Remain, including = public lecture by Ray Cole. More info = =09 Dollars & Sense - Funding & Planning Green K-12 Schools in WA, in two = cities.=20 May 18, Olympia, More Info = =20 May 22, Spokane, More = Info =09 Sustainability & the Built Environment Webcast (co-sponsored w/ASHRAE) - = Apr 19, 10 AM - 1 PM, Lighting Design Lab, Seattle = More Info = =09 =09 Tacoma/Olympia LEED Users Group (TOLUG) - Apr 6, 7:30 - 9 AM, McGranahan = Architects , 2111 = Pacific Avenue, Suite 100 Tacoma. Topic: Comparison of LEED v2.1 and = LEED v2.2 More info =09 =09 =09 Seattle LEED Users Group (SLUG) - Apr 11, 7:30 - 9 AM, 400 E. Pine, = Topic: Materials and Life Cycle Costing. More info = =09 =09 Seattle Branch Meeting Joint w/ULI Seattle - Apr 12, 7:30 - 9 AM, Lease = Crutcher Lewis, 107 Spring St, Seattle, Topic: Smart Growth & = LEED-ND.More Info =09 =09 Inland Branch LEED Users Group (LUG-IN) - Apr 12, 7:30 - 8:30 AM, = Coffman Engineers 10 North Post Street #500, Spokane. Topic: Green Power = Credit and Renewable Energy Certificates. =09 =09 =09 Tacoma/Olympia Branch Members Meeting May 11, 7:30 - 9 AM, Olympia, = Topic: The High Performance Green Building Bill: One Year Later. More = Info =09 =09 British Columbia=20 =09
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Cascadia officially a Chapter of the = Canada Green Building Council, making Cascadia the first = Chapter with dual citizenship.=20 The Board of Directors of the Canada Green Building Council and = Cascadia=20 Board members celebrated this significant accomplishment at a Feb. = 23rd=20 ceremony.
Silver: City of Tacoma Environmental Services, NW Architectural Company, NW Construction magazine, Shared Services BC (formerly BCBC), Structural Engineer/CE News Certified: Antron, Boora, DLR Group, Flexcar, Group Mackenzie, PBS Engineering and Environmental, Sunset Air Learn more about the 100 Friends of Cascadia program = Cascadia's Board elected new officers at its March = retreat: Chair - Deb Guenther; Vice-Chair - Kathy Wardle; Treasurer - = Randell Leach; Secretary - Clark Brockman. =20 Read Board Bios =20 =20 FW: Sustainable Design = Competition - “Closing the Loop” Canadian national competition developed by Cascadia in collaboration = with the design community. Goal: Redefine the built environment using = principles of closed loop design. Submission deadline: May 31. More info =20 =20 Inland Branch elects new Steering Committee Chairs: Congratulations Jake Deering and Chuck Crane. = Contact them to get involved. =20 Emerging Green Builders: Cascadia is seeking students and young professionals to begin = Emerging Green Builders groups to grow the next generation of green = building leaders. Contact in Oregon: aleisha@cascadiagbc.org =09 and in Washington: jcloud@u.washington.edu =09 Affiliated Engineers = NW, Inc., Office Tenant Improvement achieves LEED-CI = Silver. =20 UW Nordeim Court = Project (LEED certified) just received one of the 2006 AIA = awards for Multi-family Housing. =20 USGBC Research, = Education Committees seeking new members More info =09 =09 ASHRAE Launches = Engineering for Sustainability Effort, emphasizing its = role as "the engineering engine that drives sustainability," has = introduced a new logo, theme - Engineering for Sustainability, and = Website, www.engineeringforsustainability.org. These will = be used to identify ASHRAE products and services related to = sustainability.
=20 =20 =20 Looking for FSC-certified wood products? = Post the products you need and manufacturers will contact you. More info =20 A Handbook for Planning and Conducting = Charrettes for High Performance Projects created by the US = Department of Energy describes the high performance charrette process, = players and tools for a successful process. More info Who's Green 2007. Cascadia members get = free listing. More info Fortune Magazine Special Feature = Highlighting Green Building More info Association for the Advancement of = Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Digest 2005, a review = of campus sustainability news stories and resources from the past year = collected from AASHE's weekly newsletter, AASHE Bulletin.=20 More info TreeHugger is a fast-growing web = magazine, dedicated to everything that has a modern aesthetic yet is = environmentally responsible. More info Mold Protection Program launched. The = Greenguard Environmental Institute, Inc. (GEI) has launched the Mold = Protection Program=E2=84=A2, the nation's first program to certify the = design, construction, and operation of buildings for protection against = mold. More info Transstudio is a forum for the major = environmental, social, and economic issues that are transforming our = physical world. By adopting the art of the long view and sharing ideas, = we can design a better future. More info Sweden-Denmark Urban Sustainability = Tour, May 7-13. Join a select group of Northwest urban = professionals, including Seattle City Council member Rich Conlin. More info or contact patricia@i-sustain.com =20 LEED "Flash Cards" Available Cascadia has developed LEED 2.1 "flash cards" to help you prepare for = the exam. The 280 questions and answers can be cut into "flash cards." = Purchase Flash Cards (LEED 2.2 Exam coming in = Fall 2006)=20 McGraw-Hill SmartMarket Report for Green = Building. Get your copy at Cascadia's discount rate: Order here
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