Prepared by Andrew MacKinnon, Chair

December 2009

Luncheon with Jason McLennan, CEO Cascadia Region Green Building Council

Jason McLennan visited Victoria last Spring to talk about the release of the Cascadia White Paper: Through a Clear Lens, a Living Building Financial Study.

The Study is available on the International Living Building Institute’s website:
www.ilbi.com

Living Future 09 – Portland, OR, May 6-8, 2009

Congratulations to the Victoria Emerging Green Builder teams that finished First and Third in the Natural Talent Design Competition at Living Future 09. The winning team was entered into the National Competition and traveled to Phoenix for the USGBC’s GreenBuild Conference!

Sign up for Living Future 10 – Seattle, WA, May 5-7, 2010 at
http://www.cascadiagbc.org/living-future/10

To get involved in the Natural Talent Design Competition for 2010, contact the Emerging Green Builders at egbvictoria@gmail.com

Living Building 2.0 Released!

The latest version of the Living Building standard was released in November. Stay tuned for further updates on opportunities to learn about Living Building 2.0 and the Living Building Ambassador program in 2010.

LEED Study Group and LEED User Group

Many thanks to Phyllis Godfrey and Kathy Hogan for organizing and special thanks to Marie Savage for instructing the LEED Study Groups this year. The LEED User Group also met several times last year, again thanks to Phyllis and Kathy and the speakers who presented.

Changes to LEED

In 2009, the US and Canada Green Building Council’s announced changes to the LEED accreditation system, including a new 3 tier accreditation level, specialized training and a 2 year continuing education program. We at the Branch are working with the Cascadia BC office and the Canada Green Building Council to make sure LEED AP’s are kept up to date as the new system is implemented. Stay tuned!

Building Tour of Local Government House

The Vancouver Island Branch arranged a tour of the Union of BC Municipalities new headquarters building on Government Street in November.

New Steering Committee for Vancouver Island Branch

Thanks to Kristi Fox, Kathy Hogan and Jordan Fisher who served on the Steering Committee for the Vancouver Island Branch in 2009!

In December, the Steering Committee re-organized and welcomed Phyllis Godfrey and Rob Duncan. The Steering Committee for 2010 is:

 - Andrew MacKinnon: Chair
 - Cory Lee: Government Liaison
 - Allison Ashcroft: Finance
 - Rob Duncan: Communications
 - Phyllis Godfrey: Education and LEED Training

Would you like to join us? We are looking for a Membership Coordinator and an Outreach Coordinator and someone to assist with Education and LEED Training.
 

Congratulations and thanks to our latest Silver level Friend of Cascadia: Heritage Office Furnishings!