June 2005

The Cascadia Greenbuilder

Table of Contents:
News
Events: In Oregon     In Washington     In British Columbia
Resources
Green Building in the News
Help Wanted

NEWS

Succeed at LEED workshops, June 20, Seattle, June 22, Portland, 8:30 AM - 5 PM
Everything you need to know about successful management of the LEED process, from first client meeting to certification. For the first time, Brightworks' Scott Lewis and Liz Weber share what they have learned on 25 LEED projects. 8 AIA credits available. More info, Register Seattle , Register Portland

Commissioning: The Best Bang for Your Building's Buck
Building Commissioning is one of the best investments in new and existing buildings for optimizing the building's performance and reducing energy use. This full day workshop is sponsored by Cascadia, BetterBricks and FEMP. Presented by Larry Luskay, a leading commissioning provider, registration is just $100 by July 6th. More info
Register for Portland, July 12, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Ecotrust
Register for Seattle, July 19, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM, UW Horticulture NHS Hall
Register for Boise, July 21, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM, Ada County Courthouse

Number of LEED Projects by City (NC, EB, CI and CS) as of May 2005 (see regional stats in Resources below):

LMN, Henry M. Jackson Foundation and Sunset Air Join 100 Friends
Cascadia would like to thank LMN Architects and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for joining 100 Friends of Cascadia at the Silver-level and Sunset Air for joining at the Certified-level. Thanks to all our generous sponsors! See our Sponsors , The Benefits of Joining 100 Friends of Cascadia

The Sustainable Development Center: From Concept to Reality
Cascadia partners with City, County, ULI and many others in Seattle's next big project. More info

Congratulations to the Surrey Transfer Station and Broadway Housing teams for their recent LEED Silver awards, and to Nordheim Court which received a LEED Certified rating. Nordheim Court is also a WASLA chapter design award winner.

Congratulations to Board members Dale Mikkelsen and Randell Leach on the births of Nicolas Rask Mikkelsen and Milo James Leach in May. Here's one for Nicolas and Milo that will bring a smile.

AIA Honors 2005 Green Projects
AIA's Committee on the Environment has awarded eight Green Project Awards and one Special Recognition. More info

Energy Trust wins award for clean energy leadership. More info

EVENTS

Oregon
Portland LEED Users Group, June 9, 7:30 - 9:00 AM, at Interface Engineering, 708 SW Third Ave, Ste. 400, Portland@cascadiagbc.org, Topic: Can Zero Be Achieved? with special guest from BC, Albert Bicol. More info

Save the date: Portland Branch General Membership Meeting, June 23, 5:30 PM, Ecotrust

Earning the Energy and IEQ Points in LEED-EB, July 18, 4 - 5:30 PM, 721 NW 9th, Portland
Free but RSVP required. Presented by BetterBricks and Cascadia. More info
With Kathleen Smith; Lynne Eichner-Kelley and Ron Sutton, City of Eugene, Facility Management Division; John Schwab, American Honda, Facility Management and Hannah Friedman, PECI. Questions? Anna 503.998.8394

Washington
LEED-EB Technical Review workshop, Seattle, June 6, 8 AM - 5 PM. More info , Register . Problems registering: workshops@usgbc.org

Seattle LEED Users Group, June 14, 7:30 - 9 AM, Lighting Design Lab, 400 E. Pine, dcs@abacus-engr.com, Topic: Design-build with LEED

LEED and Green Building workshop nearly sold out, June 15, 9 AM - 5 PM, BLRB Architects, Tacoma. Register

Seattle Branch Members Meeting, June 16, 7:30 - 9 AM, Bank of California Building, 900 Fourth Avenue. Topic: Certified Wood: Seeing the Forest Before the Trees. Seattle@cascadiagbc.org

British Columbia
Vancouver Branch Members Meeting: Beyond Green - Designing for an Uncertain Future with Dr. Ray Cole. BC Hydro launches its high performance building incentive program. June 15, 12 - 1:30 PM, Theatre, UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson St. Free, no registration required

Vancouver LEED Users Group, June 24 at 12:00 - 1:15 PM, at Terasen Gas Building, 1111 Georgia St., 1st Floor, Georgia Room, ebrault@veleng.com, Topic: MURB and LEED, Robert Brown

Vancouver Branch Executive Committee meets with Cascadia Board and staff to discuss BC activities, Seated from left: Glen Gilbert, Peter Clark, Thomas Mueller, Sunny Ghataurah. Standing from left: Kollin Min, Jeremy Trigg, Cam Brewer, Kathy Wardle, Kevin Hanvey, Diana Klein and Craig Patterson.

Additional Events:
TI's/Interior Fit Out - New Rules for 2005
June 1, 7:45 -12 PM, Renaissance Seattle Hotel, 515 Madison St., Seattle
Presented by Alan Whitson, RPA with special panel Cathy Stieg, Stieg Design; Elaine Wine, ZGF; Robert Hollister, Hines, More info , Register , Info: 503-274-7162

Green Roofs Design 101 - Introductory Course
June 1, 8:30 AM - 5 PM, BCIT Downtown Campus, 555 Seymour St, Vancouver, More info , Registration

How to Sell Sustainable Design to Your Clients
June 1, 1 -5 PM, Renaissance Seattle Hotel, 515 Madison St, Seattle More info , Register

Annual International Conference of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) with Jim Hightower and David Suzuki, June 2 - 5 on the UBC Campus, Vancouver, BC. More info and Registration

Bridging the Green Divide, A Symposium on Global Commercialization of Environmental Technologies featuring keynote Tony Gale, June 3, 1:30 - 5:15 PM then reception, University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History. Free and open to the public. More info , Directions

Opening Celebration for UniverCity (sustainable campus)
June 4, 10 AM - 5 PM with formal ceremony 11 AM, Town Square, UniverCity, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby. Free, no registration required. More info

Green Roofs Design 101 - Introductory Course
June 6, 8:30 AM - 5 PM, Mews Lounge, Royal Roads University, 2005 Sooke Rd, Victoria. More info , Registration

"People are drawn to crowded, bustling spaces, where those unpredictable, surprising actors - other human beings - are on center stage." - Jan Gehl

Public Spaces, Public Life, June 6, 5:30 - 7 PM, Seattle Central Library Auditorium
Jan Gehl, Professor of Urban Design, School of Architecture, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, will present research on public spaces and public life in cities in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. More info on the City of Seattle's 2005 Urban Sustainability Forum
Expect the Unexpected, a dinner party to honor legendary Danish urbanist, Jan Gehl, June 8, 6:30 - 9:30 PM, on Occidental South between King Street and Qwest Field, Seattle. More info

AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE), June 8, 12 noon, UO Portland Center, 722 2nd Ave, Portland. Mike Shae, Fletcher Farr Ayotte will present the Visitor's Center at Paradise Park in Mt. Rainier National Park, anticipating a LEED Silver rating. Contact: tcarroll@ffadesign.com

BEST Awards Featuring Michael Braungart Deadline June 2
June 9, 7:45 - 9:30 AM, Shilshole Bay Beach Club, Seattle, $30 includes breakfast. Discover who won this year's Businesses for an Environmentally Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Awards and hear Dr. Michael Braungart, co-author of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. More info. Contact: kadeenal@resourceventure.org or (206) 389-7302.

Sustainability in Seattle: Lessons from Europe
June 9, 12 Noon, Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Ave, Seattle
Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Lunchtime Panel Presentation with Patricia Chase, Catherine Hart, Susan Jones, Monica Smith Alliegro and Denise Fong, More info

Green Home Renovation Tour, June 12, 10 AM - 4 PM, Hanvey Residence, 715 East 18th St, North Vancouver, Free, no registration required. More info

North American Rainwater Harvesting Conference, July 13-16, Seattle Center, More info

Life Cycle Costing workshop Victoria
June 13, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Chateau Victoria Hotel, 740 Burdett Ave, Victoria
More info & registration

Life Cycle Costing workshop Vancouver
June 14, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, York Room, Crowne Plaza Hotel Georgia, 801 West Georgia St, Vancouver. More info and Registration

Seattle's Ecological Footprint Present & Future, Dahlia Chazan, Co-Director for the Sustainability Indicators Program, Redefining Progress, June 20, 5:30 - 7 PM, Seattle Central Library Auditorium. More info

Rainwater Harvesting: Thinking Outside the Pipe, June 20, 1111 West Georgia St. University of Victoria. Klaus K”nig is the author of several books on rainwater use including The Rainwater Technology Handbook, Rain Harvesting in Building. More info

Rainwater Harvesting Workshop
June 20, 9 AM - 3:45 PM, Room A121, Student Union Building, UVIC, Victoria
More info & registration

Sustainable Building Advisor certificate course open house, June 28, 4 - 6 PM, Mt. Hood Community College, Brunning Center, Greshham, OR. More info: kimhughes@surfbest.net

RESOURCES

Using The Natural Step As A Framework Toward The Construction and Operation of Fully Sustainable Buildings by the Oregon Natural Step Construction Industry Group. Read the White Paper

Two New Case Studies
We have added two new Cascadia projects to the High-Performance Buildings database: Seminar II at the Evergreen State College and Lloyd Crossing Sustainable Design Plan. Both of these are among this year's AIA Green Project winners. More info

LEED and Green Building stats. Here is a snap shot of LEED and membership statistics for OR, WA and BC from USGBC and CaGBC as of May 2005

Imagine the skin of a building that acts similar to human skin. If it gets too hot or cold inside, the building "skin" adjusts to maintain temperature. More info

Smithsonian Building Museum concrete exhibit Liquid Stone

Architect David Hertz has invented environmentally friendly Syndecrete as an alternative to limited or nonrenewable natural materials such as wood and stone, and synthetic petroleum based solid and laminating materials. More info

LEED "Flash Cards" Available
Cascadia has developed LEED 2.1 "flash cards" to help you prepare for the new exam. The resource includes over 280 questions and answers to help you memorize LEED 2.1 Green Building Rating System that can be cut into "flash cards." Purchase Flash Cards

The Insider's Guide to Marketing Green Buildings by Jerry Yudelson
The Insider's Guide is over 200 pages, it contains more than 50 charts, graphs, project photos, figures and tables, charting the past growth and future direction of the green building industry.
Read review , Buy the Book
More info , Read the Table of Contents and Sample Chapter

Rebuilt Green: The Natural Capital Center and the Transformative Power of Building
120 pages, $15 "Rebuilt Green is the first book to explore the true meaning and social dimensions of green building." --Paul Hawken. Buy the Book

GREEN BUILDING IN THE NEWS

Pressure on LEED: Threat or Boon? Christine Ervin, Greener Buildings, May 25, 2005

Rebuffing Bush, 132 Mayors Embrace Kyoto Rules, New York Times, May 14, 2005

The Pirates of Illiopolis - Why your kitchen floor may pose a threat to national security by Sandra Steingraber, Orion, May/June 2005

Harvard Bridges the Gap Between Capital and Operations Budgets
Harvard's $3 million Green Building Loan Fund will pay for investments in green building and get repaid through resulting savings. It's modeled on the successful fund that has supported retrofits for the past three years.

Firms wake up to climate change, The Economist, May 13, 2005
"We are living in a carbon-constrained world where the amount of CO2 must be reduced."
Jeff Immeltt, General Electric CEO in a May 9, Washington D.C. speech.

HELP WANTED (job announcements in sustainable building)

The Tacoma/Olympia Branch Steering Committee seeks volunteers who would like to participate in guiding the future direction of the Branch. Contact Dale Anderson dale@architectsbcra.com

Paladino & Company seeks experienced professionals in the architectural, engineering, and allied fields who can apply their multi-disciplinary skills to green building consulting opportunities. More info. Letter and resume to: paladino-careers@paladinoandco.com

The Climate Trust seeks a Business Development Manager, More info
Resumes with cover letters to: info@climatetrust.org or The Climate Trust, 516 SE Morrison St., Ste 300, Portland, OR 97214

HDR, Beaverton, OR seeks Sustainable Design Project Manager, More info

Southface seeks Director of Residential Technical Services
Cover letter and resume to Mark Newey, Southface, 241 Pine St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30308, or email attachments to mark@southface.org, More info

WA Department of Corrections: Statewide Sustainability Coordinator.
Currently building nine LEED buildings. Closes June 9. More info

The Northwest Earth Institute seeks Executive Director. Nonprofit budget of $600,000 and a staff of nine in Portland. More info

USGBC LEED for Homes Fellowship
The Fellowship to head up our LEED for Homes Initiative for Affordable Housing. The stipend is $45,000. More info

Job Resources on Cascadia's Website

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