Topic: Everything you want to know about LEED 2009

Nicole Isle, sustainability advisor at Brightworks, will be speaking on updates to LEED v3 and the new rating system LEED 2009. The discussion will cover GBCI and USGBC’s new roles and responsibilities for accreditation, the CIR process and project reviews. We’ll also cover the roll-out schedule for the various LEED products as well as detailed credit updates to the LEED NC rating system. 

Presenter: Nicole Isle, Brightworks
Nicole Isle is a sustainability advisor at Brightworks, where she specializes in integrated design strategies for single and multiple building projects as well as for conceptual master planning programs. In her LEED portfolio, Nicole has experience with the LEED for ND program and has applied LEED NC and CI to a wide variety of building types including multi-family residential, hospitality, higher education, and municipal and office buildings.

The Portland LEED User's Group (PLUG) meets on the second Thursday of every month from 12:00 - 1:30 pm, to discuss topics related to the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System.  Attendees of these meetings represent many disciplines within Portland's green building community, and new attendees are always is welcome.

Upcoming PLUG Meeting Dates:

June 11 - LEED Core Performance: Small and Medium Buildings

July 9 - Solar: 1.5 Rule, Incentives, 3rd Party, Solar vs. Green Roof & Eco Trust Case Study

August 13 - Ground Source Heat Exchange

September 10 - Less Gravy, More Green: BC study on Pervious Surfaces & Prairie Crossing in Illinois

October 8 - International Rating System

Click here for a list of PLUG events from past years

 For additional information about PLUG, or to suggest future meeting topics, contact:

Dan Saddler           dSaddler@earthadvantage.org