News

Let them eat (LEED) cake!

Meyer Trust awards Cascadia $118,000 grant; Chapter seeks VP Programs Oregon

Greenbuild Conference early registration deadline extended to Sept 15. More info

US Federal Energy Bill adds new Business and Residential Tax Incentives and Credits. Energy Policy Act and green building, SEIA newsletter, CESA Analysis

WA State Offers Renewable Energy Incentive
Newlaw will require the state to pay individuals, businesses, andgovernments 15 to 54 cents per kWh produced by off-grid solar, wind,and anaerobic digesters, but capped at $2K per applicant per year. More info

BC Cancer Foundation Awarded LEED- NC Gold
The$95 million BC Cancer Agency Research Centre in Vancouver is the firstnewly-constructed health care or laboratory building to achieve theLEED Canada-NC Gold ranking. More info , Canadian Architect article

GVRD Transfer Station, Surrey, BC; Tualatin Valley Water District Operations Center, Beaverton, OR and Clackamas County Public Services Building, Oregon City, OR have all been awarded LEED-NC Silver.

On left, Peter Clark, Cascadia vice chair, presents LEED certificate to GVRD's Robert Costanza.

BrandonSmith, middle, and Alan Scott, left, present the LEED plaque toTualatin Valley Water District Board President Jim Doane.

Grant for EB Certification
USGBCis offering a unique opportunity for certified LEED-NC buildings toreceive up to $2,000 of LEED-EB certification fees waived thanks to EPAgrant. More info

LEED-H Call for Pilot Projects
USGBChas selected Earth Advantage as LEED for Homes Provider for OR andSouthern WA. Providers are responsible for selecting pilot projects andverifying that the homes are built to meet the new rating system. More info or randy.hansell@pgn.com.

Retail Application Guide Pilot Launch
USGBC announced call for projects to participate in pilot testing the LEED-NC Application Guide for Retail. Pilot draft of LEED-NC AGR , More info

Thanks to new and renewed 100 Friends of Cascadia sponsors.

Platinum

Gold

and Candela

and Neil Kelly Cabinets

Silver:Abacus Engineered Systems, Ankrom Moisan, Boxwood, Coughlin PorterLundeen, Flack + Kurtz, Miller Hull, Miller Paint, NorthwestConstruction magazine, PAE, Trane OR, Wood Harbinger
Certified:AHBL, Avista Utilities, BRC Acoustics, Engineering Economics, Glacier,Interface Engineering, Read Jones Christoffersen, PACE, Paladino &Company, RAFN, Rosendin Electric, SvR Design Company, Walsh Construction

Help Cascadia meet The Russell Family Foundation $100K challenge! The Benefits of Joining 100 Friends of Cascadia. Thanks to all our generous sponsors!

More than 20,000 LEED Accredited Professionals
USGBChas announced that almost 21,000 building industry professionals haveearned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)Professional Accreditation. More info

Major merger news: Keen Engineering has joined forces with Stantec to create a 600-person building design and consulting division. More info

Rob Bennett, founder of Portland's G-Rated green building program, and Cascadia Chair has left the City of Portland for a new role with the City of Vancouver, BC. Good luck Rob!

Resources

Links on cost and benefits of green building and LEED

New indepth case studies added: Ampere Annex, Vancouver, WA, and Bachelor Enlisted Quarters Building, Bremerton, WA.

Checkout local posters from Greenbuild 2004

Study: Poorly-designed offices lead to lost productivity in UK, Most important factors are space, climate control & daylighting. More info

Campus Building Guidelines and Green Building Policies from EFS West.

New book: The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift by Andres R. Edwards. Chapter 5 Sustainability and Ecological Design is about green building and LEED. Table and Foreword by David Orr

New book: Porous Pavementsby Bruce Ferguson, 600 pages, $159.95. The first comprehensivereference on porous pavement theory, design, materials, andapplications, includes 300 diagrams and 130 black-and-white photographs. More info

Wal-Mart Deploys Solar, Wind, Sustainable Design

The world of underwater log harvesting

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

Summer Sale $99: The Insider's Guide to Marketing Green Buildings by Jerry Yudelson
The Insider's Guide is over 200 pages, it contains 50 charts, graphs, project photos, figures and tables, charting the past growth and future direction of the green building industry. Buy the Book
More info
Read Table and Sample Chapter

Rebuilt Green: The Natural Capital Center and the Transformative Power of Building
120 pages, $12 "Rebuilt Green is the first book to explore the true meaning and social dimensions of green building." --Paul Hawken. Buy the Book

Designing & Building with FSC Award, Deadline Sept. 16, More info

Bottom Line Benefits to Green Development Identified by the ULI, recent "Developing Green" conference makes the case.

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

Events

Washington

Underfloor Air Distribution workshop, Sept 7, Seattle; nearly sold-out. More info , Register Seattle

Seattle LEED Users Group, Sept 13, 7:30 - 9 AM, 400 E. Pine, Seattle@cascadiagbc.org, Topic: Striving for Nothing: Design for Zero Net Energy, Albert Bicol

Tacoma-Olympia Branch Members Meeting, Sept 14, 7::30 AM, 3628 S. 35th St., Tacoma, Topic: Sustainability in our Schools. More info

Spokane Branch Members Meeting, Sept. 14, 5:30 - 8:00 PM, Steamplant Gill, 159 S. Lincoln Street. Topic: Plan 2006 programs. Appetizers provided. Free but RSVP required

LEED-CI Workshop, Sept21, 8:30 AM - 5 PM, NHS Hall, Urban Horticulture, UW, 3501 NE 41st,Seattle. Don't miss our first workshop on LEED for CommercialInteriors! More info , Register

New: The Natural Step and LEED, Sept 29, 11:30 - 3:30 PM, Seattle City Hall, 3 AIA HSW units. More info , Register

New: Build it LEED! A Contractors Guide to Green Building, Oct12, 8 AM - 12 Noon, NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, UW, 3501NE 41st, Seattle. Workshop provides CMs, GCs, and builders a completestep-by-step guide to managing the construction of LEED projects frompreconstruction to documentation. More info , Register

New: Dollars and Sense: Funding & Planning Green K-12 Schools in WA, Oct 17, 1 - 5 PM, Spokane. 4 AIA HSW units. More info , Register

New: 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

Oregon

Underfloor Air Distribution workshop, Sept 8, 8:30 AM - 4 PM, Ecotrust, Portland. Featuring Fred Bauman and expert local panel. 6 AIA HSW units. More info , Register Portland

Portland LEED Users Group, Sept 8, 7:30 - 9:00 AM, at Interface Engineering, 708 SW Third Ave, Ste. 400, Portland@cascadiagbc.org, Topic: LEED EB

A Conversation with Christine Ervin,former CEO, USGBC and Asst. Sect. of Energy, Clinton Admin., Sept 22,5:15 PM, Environmental Bldg Supplies, 819 SE Taylor. Portland BranchGeneral Membership Meeting. More info , Free but RSVP required

LEED and Green Building workshop, Oct 21, 9 AM - 5 PM, Kaiser Town Hall, Portland, OR More info , Register

Save the date: Finding Value in Green Building, Oct 27, 4 -6 PM presentation and panel, followed by reception, MAC club, Portland, OR Appraisers Institute.

Coming Soon. . . LEED and Green Building Workshop, Bend. Mid-October date, TBA

British Columbia

Vancouver Branch Members Meeting, Contractors Experience with LEED, Sept 14, 12 - 1:30 PM, Theatre, UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson St. Free, no RSVP required

Going Beyond LEED: Integrated Building Systems Design,Sept 16, 8 - 11:30 AM, Hyatt Regency, Vancouver. Albert Bicol &Vladimir Mikler, Cobalt Engineering, and Geoff McDonnell, Omicronpresent. AIBC credits available. More info

Green Roof Design 101, Introductory Course, Sept 22, Royal Roads University, Room 110, 2005 Sooke Rd., Victoria, Register. Sept 23, BCIT, Room 840, 555 Seymour St., Vancouver Register

LEED Canada-NC: Technical Review Workshop, Sept 27, Crowne Plaza Hotel Georgia, 801 West Georgia St., Vancouver Register

Vancouver LEED Users Group, Sept 30, 12 noon, at Terasen Gas Building, 1111 Georgia St., 1st Floor, Georgia Room, ebrault@veleng.com, Topic: LEED coordinators roundtable

Vancouver Branch Members Meeting, LEED CI, Oct 5, Theatre, UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson St. Free, no RSVP required

LEED for Commercial Interiors Workshop, Oct 13, Crowne Plaza Hotel Georgia, 801 West Georgia St., Register

Additional Events:

Informational Meeting on LEED, green building and Sustainable Building Advisor course, Sept 13, 12 - 1:30 PM, City Council Chambers, 1333 NW Eastman Parkway, Gresham. More info

Build it Green! Annual home tour and reception, Portland, Sept 17, all day, More info

AIA Merrill Hall Tour (Center for Urban Horticulture, UW, Seattle), Sept 20, 4 - 6 PM. More info

Green Home Forum: Planning your Green Remodel, Sept 22, 7 - 8:30 PM, PCC Training Center next to OMSI, 1626 SE Water Ave., Portland. More info

What Owners Need to Know About Building Commissioning, Sept 23, 9 - 11 AM, Steve Depew presents. More info , Register

Don't miss: ULI Seattle and Bellevue Downtown Association prensent Green Buildings - Are They Marketable? Sept 27, 7:30 - 9 AM, Meydenbauer Ctr, Bellevue. More info

Toward a New Regionalism: Sustainable Architecture in the Pacific Northwest, by David Miller, FAIA, founding partner Miller|Hull. Program and book signing, Sept 28, 6 - 8 PM. RSVP: info@seattlearchitecture.org

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

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