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October 2005 Newsletter
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The Cascadia Greenbuilder |
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Cascadia seeks VP Programs Oregon. Job announcement. Attach cover, resume and 3-5 reference contacts in email to glen@cascadiagbc.org by Oct 3. First issue of the Journal of Green Building goes to press this month. More info Changes in USGBC staff announced. More info The Center for the Built Environment (CBE), UC Berkeley is offering its occupant survey for FREE for LEED buildings. More info. See Occupant Satisfaction with LEED Buildings--A First Glimpse Hi Ho Silver! AIA Seattle office remodel awarded LEED-CI Silver. Congratulations AIA. More info Congratulations to Coast Capital Savings Credit Union, Victoria, BC on LEED-CI Certified award. More info
A 15,000 sf Green Roof for the Portland Building,
More
info
Gold
Silver:ED+C, King
County, SERA Architects, ShoreBank Pacific, Skanska, SwensonSay Faget,
Thomas Hacker Architects, Turner Construction, Urban Visions(formerly
Gregory Broderick Smith Real Estate), and ZGF. New Cascadia Case Study: Bonneville Power Authority Ampere Annex, Vancouver, Washington, is a renovated 60-year-old warehouse. More info
Become a Certified NCI Charrette Planneror
NCI Public Meeting Facilitator in Portland: Oct 19-21, 24-25. NCI
isthe only source for in-depth charrette training. Learn how to
prepareand orchestrate charrettes and facilitate tough public
meetings.Enrollment is limited. Bring your project as a case study.
More info
New innovative way to get daylighting into interior
spaces: The Solar Canopy Systemuses
a well-aligned group of mirrors to reflect direct sunlight into
ahybrid prism light guide which then guides and spreads light within
thebuilding. More
info
Living large: The way-too-big-house, Cascadia Scorecard News, September 2005, More info
New Deconstruction Specification Available.
LEED "Flash Cards" Available
The Insider's Guide to Marketing Green Buildings
by Jerry Yudelson
Rebuilt Green: The Natural Capital Center and
the Transformative Power of Building
Help Wanted (Job
Announcements in Sustainable Building) Metro(Portland) seeks Senior Development Practices Coordinator, Outreach,communications position with Nature in Neighborhoods program. $53,638to $71,791. More info O'Brien & Companyseeks sustainable building consultant for contract work. LEEDAccredited Professional and CSBA Preferred. Cover and resume toElizabeth Powers at Elizabeth@obrienandco.com Architecture Foundation of Oregonseeks volunteers for Architects in Schools program by Oct 28. Cascadiais helping "green" a revised elementary school curriculum. More info Job Resources on Cascadia's Website Submissions:This newsletter is published on the first of each month. Submissionsmust be made by the 25th of the prior month. Email submissions to glen@cascadiagbc.org |
Oregon LEED and Green Building Workshop and Showcase, Oct 6, workshop 8:30 AM - 4 PM, showcase 4:30 - 6:30 PM, Mt Bachelor Village, Bend. More info , Register , Showcase only Portland LEED Users Group, Oct 13, 7:30 - 9 AM, at Interface Engineering, 708 SW Third Ave, Ste. 400, Portland@cascadiagbc.org, Topic: Costs of Certification Finding Value in Green Building, Oct27, 4 - 6 PM. Presentation and panel on financial side of greenbuilding for finance and appraisal community, followed by reception,MAC club, Portland, OR Appraisers Institute. More info or contact office@oregonappraisers.org
Washington Build it LEED! A Contractors Guide to Green Building,Oct 12, 8 AM - 12 Noon (followed by a tour of LEED Silver MerrillHall), NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, UW, 3501 NE 41st,Seattle. Step-by-step guide to managing the construction of LEEDprojects from preconstruction to documentation. More info , Register
Dollars and Sense: Funding & Planning Green K-12
Schools in WA, Oct 17, 1 - 5 PM, Spokane. 4
AIA HSW units. More
info , Register Tri-Cities LEED and Green Building workshop, Oct 26, 9 AM - 5 PM, Richland, WA. Cascadia's first ever TriCities workshop, cosponsored by ASHRAE and AIA. More info , Register Emerging Green Builders, Oct event, TBD, Seattle, More info: jcloud@uwashington.edu
British Columbia LEED for Commercial Interiors Workshop, Oct 13, 8 AM - 5 PM, Crowne Plaza Hotel Georgia, 801 West Georgia St., Vancouver, More info , Register Vancouver LEED Users Group, Oct 28, 12 noon, at Terasen Gas Building, 1111 Georgia St., 1st Floor, Georgia Room, ebrault@cobaltengineering.com, Topic: LEED-CI Additional Events: American Solar Energy Society's 2005 National Solar Tour, Oct 1, 10 AM - 4 PM, Seattle, will feature Green Buildings. More info Sustainability Using the Natural Step Framework, Oct 4, Portland. More info Building Operator Certification Course, Level I and Level II courses begin on Oct 5 and Sept 16 in Tacoma. Over 2,500 operators hold BOC certifications nationally. More info , Register 206-292-4793 x2, or email ACI Supplementary Cementitious Materials seminar, Oct 6, 8 AM - 4 PM, Marriott SeaTac. Fly ash and beyond. More info Green Home Forum: Energy Saving Technologies for Your Home, Oct 13, 7 PM, 1626 SE Water Ave. (next to OMSI), Portland, Free. More info
BetterBricks Awards, Oct
14, 11:30 AM - 1 PM, Oregon Zoo, Portland, featuring BC green
developer Joe Van Belleghem, More
info Portland Sustainable Building Advisor course,Sept 26 to Dec 17. This nine month (2 days/month) professionalcertification course at Mt. Hood Community College still has a fewspaces open. More info Seattle Sustainable Building Advisor coursebegins Oct 14. This nine month (2 days/month) professionalcertification course at Seattle Central Community College still has afew spaces open. More info Urban Sustainability in the Northwest: Researchas a Key to Good Design, Oct 18, 4 - 6 PM, AIA Seattle COTE Case Studyof the Lloyd Crossing Sustainable Urban Design Plan, the Center forInteractive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) and UW Education Building(UWEOB). Register National Labs21 conference, Oct 18-20, Portland, This annual conference attracts more than 500 lab professionals from around the world. More info
House as a System conference, Oct 19-20, 8 AM - 4 PM, Albany, OR. More info or 541 928-5159
Photovoltaics in Buildings: Design Guidance for Practitioners, Oct 25, Portland. Expert Steven Strong presents workshop on building integrated PVs. More info High Performance School workshop, Oct 26, 12:30 - 4:30 PM, 1900 SW 4th Ave, Portland, with G.Z. Brown, UO and Mark Frankel, Paladino & Co. More info, Register: 503.223.8757 or email aia@aiaportland.org BetterBricks Awards Breakfast, Oct 28, 7:30 - 9 AM, Seattle, featuring BC green developer Joe Van Belleghem, More info Green Roof Workshop,Oct 31, Hands-on workshop with Louise Lundberg, International GreenRoofs Institute (IGRI) in Malmo, Sweden, to install a green roof on acommercial building in Seattle. More info Save the Date: Daylighting Presentation by George Loisos and Susan Ubbelohde, Nov 17, Portland. More info Save the date: USGBC CEO, President & Founding Board Chair, Rick Fedrizzi comes to Seattleon Jan 23, Urban Sustainability Forum, 5:30 - 7 PM at Seattle PublicLibrary Auditorium and for the Future of LEED and Green Building Summitall day Jan 24, venue tbd. Details coming soon. New AQS Report Knocks Down Economic Stumbling Blocks to Green Building, Market Wire. Building to offer breath of fresh air by Tom Boyer, Seattle Times business reporter, Sept 27, 2005
Meet the new boss: John Ross, Sustainable Industries Journal reports
Green
making the grade at local schools, Seattle Times |
