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January 2011 – NC Triangle USGBC Chapter / Green NewsNews:
USGBC Upcoming Events: Climate Refugees Screening - Thursday, January 27th 2011 NC USGBC Legislative Day - Wednesday, February 16th
Events of Interest: Green in the Military III - Wednesday, February 2nd New Partners for Smart Growth Conference - Thursday, February 3rd - Saturday, February 5th Urban Design Conference 2011 - Saturday, February 12th Basics of Business and Technology of Photovoltaics - Monday, March 14th - Friday, March 18th Renewable Electric Generation with Small Wind - Monday, February 28th - Friday, March 4th Message from the Chair, Will SennerI think USGBC's National CEO, Rick Fedrizzi, captured it perfectly when he recently described 2010 as a truly overwhelming year; not because of an economy in dire straits or a gloomy real estate market, but because of our movement's success in the face of this adversity. In North Carolina alone, despite the declines in the building market, we've seen the number of LEED certified buildings reach over 200, which represents annual growth of a staggering 67%, and pushes the total amount of certified square footage over 23 million. Our state also now has over 4,000 LEED Accredited Professionals, which speaks to the growth and demand in our market locally. But as you all know, LEED is simply one piece of our work as a charitable non-profit organization to develop a more sustainable North Carolina. The true drivers of our success in transforming the building marketplace are our volunteers, who continue to demonstrate amazing passion for the triple bottom line of sustainability. To that end, 2010 marked a number of great successes for our chapter. This fall our Emerging Professionals Committee hosted another great service event with Builders of Hope, aiding our members in leveraging their knowledge and passion for sustainability to help underserved populations in our community. We also launched a beautiful new website that is increasing local access to chapter events and resources. This fall we expanded GreenNC, our annual conference with the NC Solar Center, to include over 20 education session qualifying for LEED AP continuing education credit as well as our first annual gala, "Save it Forward," where we recognized unsung leaders in sustainability throughout our community, including in our local schools and government. Thanks to the hard work of our chapter's advocacy committee, this past month the NC Building Code Council has endorsed a 2012 energy conservation code that will significantly increase the energy efficiency of new commercial and residential buildings. Read more... New Triangle USGBC Chapter Executive DirectorThe NC Triangle Chapter of the USGBC is excited to announce Laura Deaton Klauke as our new Chapter Executive Director. Laura has worked with the chapter for the last 6 months as our Operations Director and will begin the full time ED role in 2011. She brings to the Triangle Chapter of the USGBC a strong commitment to sustainable development and over two decades of non-profit management and fundraising experience. For the past decade, she worked for the Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI-USA). Laura holds a Bachelor degree in European Studies from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Regional Planning from UNC-Chapel Hill. A native of western North Carolina, Laura has lived in the Triangle for the past 15 years. She currently resides in Cary. Climate Refugees ScreeningThursday, January 27th
Join the Triangle USGBC Emerging Professionals for our exclusive opportunity to view the only screening of Climate Refugees in the Triangle area. This independent film touches on the importance of recognizing how climate change and environmental disasters lead to overpopulation and lack of resources for civilizations around the world. Climate Refugees was a huge success at the Sundance Film Festival and premiered in the Copenhagen summit. More details about the movie: http://usgbcclimaterefugees.blogspot.com/ Parking is available at the SAS parking lot across from Kamphoefner Hall, any overflow parking can go to the parking deck off Cates Drive. See a campus map at: http://www.ncsu.edu/campus_map/north.htm Note: This event is being held in lieu of the regularly scheduled January Green Drinks. For those who are interested, we will walk to a nearby Hillsborough Street bar after the screening for an informal Green Drinks. For more information, email ep-programming@triangleusgbc.org 2011 NC USGBC Legislative DayWednesday, February 16th Triangle Chapter members are encouraged to join in the Second Annual NC USGBC Legislative Day. This advocacy effort is a collaboration between the Triangle, Charlotte and Triad chapters and will focus on strengthening the 2012 North Carolina Building Code. Volunteers will have the opportunity to meet with state legislators and promote green building policies. Please contact Advocacy committee Co-chair Julia Janaro if you are interested in participating. Green in the Military IIIWednesday, February 2nd
New Partners for Smart Growth ConferenceThursday, February 3rd - Saturday, February 5th8:00 am - 5: 00 pm The Westin Charlotte 601 South College Street Charlotte, NC 28202 10th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe,Healthy and Livable Communities The 2011 New Partners for Smart Growth Conference spans three full days and includes over 100 sessions and more than 350 speakers. Pre-conference events are scheduled for Wednesday, February 2nd, with the main program kick-off on Thursday morning, February 3rd. Urban Design Conference 2011Saturday, February 12th
The 8th Annual Urban Design Conference, Sustainable Suburbs: Re-imagining the Inner Ring will frame the issues, respond to questions, and describe innovative solutions on how and why design and planning can redefine the urban in suburban to transform auto-centric, disposable building practices into more complete, vibrant, and healthy communities. Suburbs remain the predominant urban form of development even as downtowns and central cities redevelop. It is these older, existing and future suburban developments –home to a rapidly diversifying and aging population with complex needs and desires – that present some of the greatest challenges and opportunities for designers, planners, developers, students, and concerned citizens. This conference will focus on the issues and opportunities before us all as we seek to balance changing markets, demographics, climate change, resource scarcity, and economic realities meanwhile pursuing a more sustainable and livable future. The conference is hosted by NC State University College of Design in conjunction with the Department of City Planning, Urban Design Center and NC State Foundation. For more information and to register, visit the Urban Design Conference website at http://www.ncsu.edu/project/design-projects/urban-design-conference/ Approved for 7 hours AIA/CES HSW SD. Applying for credits from NCBOLA and AICP. Engineers may self report PDH as appropriate to board requirements. TOPBasics of Business and Technology of PhotovoltaicsMonday, March 14th - Friday, March 18th REPV(B): Basics of Business and Technology of Photovoltaics is part of NC Solar Center at NC State University's ISPQ-Accredited Renewable Energy Technologies Diploma Series. REPV(B) is a variation of the REPV workshop taught by ISPQ Master Trainer David Del Vecchio. It is designed for individuals with an electrical background, or those who have taken the Basics of Electricity class under REW. It dives straight into the PV workshop and ends the week with policy and finance presentations to prepare them to "bid" on a small PV project. Go to www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/RETDS_PV for more details. Credits: 3.5 CEUs and 35 continuing education credit hours for GBCI, PEs and AIAs, 24 credit hours for NC Electrical Contractors. Renewable Electric Generation with Small WindMonday, February 28th - Friday, March 4th REW: Renewable Electric Generation with Small Wind is part of NC Solar Center at NC State University's ISPQ-Accredited Renewable Energy Technologies Diploma Series. This weeklong workshop focuses on residential (small) wind energy, and will touch on the fundamental concepts of electric generation with wind turbines. Utility and community scale wind facilities will be discussed in general terms. At the end of the week, the class will take-down and install a Skystream 3.7 residential wind turbine. Go to www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/RETDS_Wind for more details. Credits: 24 credits for electrical contractors, 30 credits hours for AIA, PDHs, GBCI CEs. Register here. Triangle USGBC Current Annual Sponsors: |
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Green News January 2011
