November 2004

The Cascadia Greenbuilder

NEWS

Greenbuild Portland 2004
Saving money while saving the environment? Take the MAX Red Line light rail train straight from the airport to the convention center or your hotel for just $1.60.

Cascadia Chapter Greenbuild Celebration, Thursday, Nov.11 at 8 PM at the Rose and Raindrop, 532 SE Grand Ave at Washington, 3/4 mile from the Convention Center. www.roseandraindrop.com - See Map
Join us to celebrate the successes of the entire Cascadia Region and toast our Founders and the inaugural 100 Friends of Cascadia at this no-host bash at one of Portland's most distinctive pubs.

WA Governor Locke Announces Executive Order on Green Building
The October 20th Order Establishing Sustainability and Efficiency Goals for State Operations requires "All building construction projects and major remodels over 25,000 gross square feet entering the predesign phase in the 2005-07 Biennium and thereafter, will be built and certified to the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Standard (or certified to an equivalent standard as approved by the Department of General Administration)." Read the full Executive Order.
Press release.

Seattle Justice Center Receives LEED Silver Plaque
From left, Lynne Barker, Tom Paladino, (USGBC Board members), Glen Gilbert (Cascadia CEO), and Paul Anseeuw (Cascadia Chair) present Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis (center) the award at an Oct. 28 ceremony at the 288,000 sq. ft. facility. See full case study.

Russia Ratifies Kyoto Protocol
A decade after its launch, the international effort against global climate change stands at a critical juncture. With the ratification last week of the Kyoto Protocol by Russia, this landmark agreement will now enter into force, Kyoto's coming of age is a major diplomatic accomplishment: a strong declaration of multilateral will to confront a quintessentially global challenge. More info.

The Portland Exception
If greater Portland had sprawled like Charlotte, North Carolina, it would have lost an additional 279 square miles of farmland and open space to development from 1990 to 2000, an area more than twice as large as the city of Portland itself.
Read The Portland Exception: Sprawl, Smart Growth, and Rural Land Loss in 15 US Cities.

LEED-Commercial Interiors Ballot Period Ends Nov. 3
See www.usgbc.org/LEED/Drafts/drafts_ballots.asp. Your organization’s USGBC Primary Contact can vote. To identify the primary contact for your organization, visit the USGBC Member database at https://www.usgbc.org/Members/members_directory.asp and enter the name of your organization.

Turner Survey Reveals 93% of Executives Expect Green Workload to Rise in the Next Three Years
Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading general builder, announced the findings of its survey of 719 building owners, developers, architects, engineers and consultants on Green building issues. The on-line survey was conducted by Bayer Consulting during July 2004. See the results.

New Friends
We would like to thank five new Friends including NBBJ, Miller|Hull, Abacus Engineered Systems, Catapult Community Developers, and BuildingGreen, publishers of Environmental Building News and GreenSpec.

Thank you to all our sponsors in 100 Friends of Cascadia!

Platinum: Russell Family Foundation, Mithun, Energy Trust of Oregon, WA Dept. of Ecology

Gold: Lease Crutcher Lewis, Sparling and Candela, ShoreBank Pacific, Environmental Design + Construction, KEEN Engineering, BCBC, BetterBricks, NBBJ, Miller|Hull

Silver: Fortis Construction, Swenson Say Faget, Skanska, Trane Oregon, Green Building Services, Olympic Associates, Miller Paint, King County, SERA Architects, Sustainable Industries Journal, Stormwater Management, Coughlin Porter Lundeen , Boxwood, Wood/Harbinger, Northwest Construction Magazine, CDI Engineers, Gregory Broderick Smith Real Estate, Structural Engineer Magazine, Turner Construction, Catapult Community Developers, BuildingGreen, Abacus Engineered Systems

Certified: PAE Consulting Engineers, VIA Architecture, SvR Design, Sellen Construction, O'Brien & Company, Mahlum Architects, Bassetti Architects, Rosendin Electric, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Glacier, Interface Engineering, , Ashforth Pacific, RAFN, Ankrom Moisan, Read Jones Christoffersen, Engineering Economics, Jones & Jones, Flack + Kurtz, ARC Architects, Paladino & Company

Preview our full-page ads thanking sponsors in the Greenbuild program, SIJ, ED+C, NW Construction and Structural Engineer (as of October 15, 2004).

Join 100 Friends of Cascadia

EVENTS

Driving Down the Cost of LEED, Driving Up the Value of Your Building,
Nov. 13, 8 AM – 5 PM, Ecotrust Natural Capital Center, Portland
Make the most of your trip to Greenbuild - give us one more day, and we'll give you a decade's worth of our experience. All you need to know to effectively run a LEED ® project. A full-day interactive workshop with Tom Paladino & Company on building valuation based on real world project experience and hands-on exercises. Don’t miss the LEED Slam-dunk Scorecard. Register today.

LEED Intermediate Workshop Just Announced, Dec. 9, 8:30 Am – 5 PM, Northwest Horticultural Society (NHS) Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, University of Washington, 3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle. More info and registration. Includes a tour of Merrill Hall, the LEED registered reconstruction of the 17,000 s.f. main educational building for Urban Horticulture at UW.

The Portland International Nature & Environmental (PINE) Film festival.
Wed. Nov. 10 - Sun. Nov. 21. Opening night is sustainable building night to coincide with Greenbuild. Second evening is land use planning night. Full schedule.

The Founding Fathers of Energy Efficiency: How It All Began, Visions for the Future
Nov. 4, 2004, 6:30 – 8:30 PM, PSU’s Smith Mem. Student Union, 3rd Floor Ballroom, 1825 SW Broadway
Ralph Cavanagh, Amory Lovins, and Art Rosenfeld. Their radical new ideas in the late 1970s and early 80s spurred the policies and program that made today’s energy efficiency movement possible. This special event is offered free of charge and is open to the public. Cascadia is delighted to support this event as a promotional partner and we encourage our members to mark their calendars to join us for this special occasion. Visit www.ecosconsulting.com/reserve for more information or to reserve a ticket.

Connecting Business to the Challenges of Global Social Sustainability
Nov. 5, 7:30 to 9:00 PM at IslandWood, Bainbridge Island, WA. Admission to the event is free. Presented Bainbridge Graduate Institute presents author, professor Thomas Gladwin on sustainable enterprise. More info.

Upcoming BetterBricks Events:

Lighting for Big Spaces: Industrial/Warehouse/Retail/Recreational. $30
Spokane: Thursday, Oct 28 • 2:30 - 5:00 PM

Effective Outdoor Lighting. $30
Eugene: Monday, Nov 8 • 2:30 - 5:00 PM
Portland: Tuesday, Nov 9 • 2:30 - 5:00 PM
Spokane: Thursday, Dec 2 • 2:30 - 5:00 PM

Green Roof Design 101 Introductory Course
Dec. 1, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Lighting Design Lab, Seattle, 400 East Pine. Design 101 outlines the benefits, costs, and essential design elements of a green roof. Register.

Moving from Green Buildings to Green Neighbourhoods
Thursday, Dec. 2, 7:00 - 8:30 PM, Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings, Vancouver.
Speaker: Bert Gregory, AIA, President and CEO, Mithun. Admission is free. As seating is limited, reservations are required. Call 604.291.5100 or email cs_hc@sfu.ca (AIBC: 1.5 CLU; PIBC:1.5 CPD LU)

Economics of Green Buildings-Part III: Strategies for the Development of Green Neighbourhoods
Friday, Dec. 3, 9 AM - 5 PM, CITY 662, Fee $295 (includes GST)
Instructors: Bert Gregory, AIA, President and CEO, Mithun and Joe Van Belleghem, CGA, Partner, Windmill Development Group Ltd., and President, BuildGreen Developments. (AIBC: 6.5 CLU; PIBC: 6.5 CPD LU) See www.sfu.ca/city for more information.

Lighting Design Lab Open House
December 8, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, 400 East Pine, Seattle
This free event includes a New Products Trade Show at 10 AM, Keynote speaker at 11 AM, a buffet lunch at noon, and a What’s New in Lighting seminar at 1 PM. More info.

The Nonprofit Finance Fund Green Building Workshop comes to the Pacific Northwest!
Seattle, Dec. 8, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM / Portland, Dec. 9, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
The Nonprofit Finance Fund—a national leader in social enterprise finance—presents the “Green Building Workshop: Helping Nonprofits Consider Green,” developed in partnership with The Kresge Foundation.

This session is intended for the organization’s Executive Director and a senior board member. The registration fee is $200 per organization (for two participants). Space is limited to 15 organizations (per workshop). Those interested in attending must first submit a preliminary survey by Friday, November 5th. Visit The Nonprofit Finance Fund to learn more about NFF's Green Building Workshop Series or contact Wells Chen at wells.chen@nffusa.org for more information and to obtain a survey.

RESOURCES

High Performance School Buildings
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has developed a free, self-paced, 25-course online training program on designing high performance school buildings. See www.hpschooldesigntraining.com.

Costing Green: A Comprehensive Cost Database and Budgeting Methodology, July 2004
This new study uses extensive data on building costs to compare the cost of green building to traditional buildings. More info: Metropolis interview.

Free Passes to Greenbuild Expo in Portland!
The US Green Building Council's annual Greenbuild conference and expo from November 9-12 at the Oregon Convention Center promises to be the biggest and best green building event in the world. Please visit Cascadia and nine other regional green building organizations at Exhibit Booth #1 in the Northwest Pavilion during exhibit hours. Further information on the conference and exhibits can be found at www.greenbuildexpo.org. If you'd like a free pass to the Expo Hall (trade show) portion of this event, please email your name, address and telephone by Nov. 3 to cwagner1007@yahoo.com. First come, first serve on the 40 free passes!

Leading Edge Student Design Competition announces 2003-04 Winners
Over 1,000 architecture students from around the world participated in this design competition as part of their 2003-04 education. The 226 entries submitted represent the architecture departments of 82 different U.S. and international universities. More info at www.leadingedgecompetition.org.

Design:Green materials now available online for product designers
Download a copy of the 50-page Design:Green attendee handout and EcoDesign Resource Guide free at http://www.designgreen.org.

Rebuilt Green: The Natural Capital Center and the Transformative Power of Building
120 pages, $15 USD includes shipping and handling. Cascadia sponsored this Ecotrust publication on the building we call home. "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

Green Building *Doesn't* Cost More, Metropolis, October 09, 2004
Metropolis has an interview up with Lisa Fay Matthiessen and Peter Morris, of the cost-management firm Davis Langdon, who just released a report "Costing Green: A Comprehensive Cost Database and Budgeting Methodology" which concludes that meeting green building standards costs the same, or only slightly more, than conventional building practices, once the expertise is available to make smart choices.

Rendering by Mike Burroughs

The Greening of 2200 Westlake, Daily Journal of Commerce, Oct. 21, 2004
If you know where to find a dual-flush loo that looks classy, call Don Milliken. Milliken and other members of a Northwest delegation are back from a Scandinavian tour, the second this year organized by International Sustainable Solutions.

Turner Construction Announces Formal Commitment to Green Building Practices
Turner Corporation Chairman and CEO Thomas C. Leppert announced the company's broad commitment to Green building as a means to continue strengthening Turner's industry leadership position during his keynote speech at the Construction Industry Institute's "2004 Construction Project Improvement" conference in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, September 21st.

Checkout Volume 3, Issue 4 of Sustainability Now, the newsletter of the Sustainability Initiative
of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C.

Measuring Real Progress by Ronald Colman, Ph.D.
A very succinct, 9-page compilation of sustainability metrics vis a vis Natural Capitalism.

Portland Commissioner Dan Saltzman addressing Portland Youthbuilders and Zenger Farm Volunteers, Oct. 11th Community Build Day at Zenger Farm, the 2004 Greenbuild Legacy project.

HELP WANTED (job announcements in sustainable building)

Portland State University is looking for a Sustainability Coordinator.
See http://www.hrc.pdx.edu/openings/unclassified/FAP002.htm.