LEED AP Exam Prep Class
July 18, 7:30AM-4PM
Ecotrust Building
721 NW 9th Ave, Billy Frank Jr. Conference Room
Portland More Info
Portland Branch Tour- Mint Dental
July 22, 6-8PM
1401 SE Morrison St., Suite 108
Portland More Info
Portland LEED User's Group (PLUG)
Aug 14, Noon-1:30PM
White Stag Building
25 NW Naito Parkway
Portland More Info
LEED for Existing Buildings Technical Review Workshop
Aug 19, 8:30AM-5PM
NW Natural HQ, Room 220
NW 2nd Ave
Portland More Info
EVENTS - WASHINGTON
Seattle EGB Collaboration
July 15, 5:30-7PM
Bertschi School
2227 10th Ave E,
Seattle More Info
North Sound LEED User's Group: Energy Modeling for LEED
July 16, Noon-1PM
Snohomish County Public Utilities District
2320 California St.
Everett More Info
Seattle LEED User's Group (SLUG): LEED Applications
Aug 12, 7:30-9AM
Integrated Design Lab
400 East Pine
Seattle More Info
Seattle EGB Collaboration
Aug 19, 5:30-7PM
Perkins + Will
1221 Second Ave.
Ste. 200
Seattle More Info
North Sound LEED User's Group
Aug 20, Noon-1PM
Snohomish County Public Utilities District
2320 California St.
Everett More Info
EVENTS- BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vancouver EGB BBQ and Tour
July 10, 6-8PM
The Four Sister's Housing Co-op
153 Powell St.
Vancouver More Info
EVENTS- ALASKA
Different Shade of Building: An Introduction to "Green"
July 22, 9AM-Noon
Centennial Hall Convention Center
Egan Room
101 Egan Dr. Juneau
July 23, 9AM-Noon
Associated General Contractors
3750 Bonita St.
Fairbanks More Info
ADDITIONAL EVENTS
2008 Southwest Washington Sustainability Conference and Trade Show
July 10-12
Vancouver, WA More Info
Click Here for more events in the Cascadia region!
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"The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already." - John Buchan, author
We are calling on the greatness of the people of Cascadia to help us shape Living Future 2009. Were you inspired by the ideas and people of Living Future 08 or 07? Do you want to play an active role in empowering the professionals of our region to lead us into a truly sustainable future?
To foster living communities, we must all work together to create them. Join us in planning Living Future 09 - Click here sign up for the LF09 Uncommittee.
Cascadia is hiring! Development Director
Cascadia’s Development Director will lead our grant fundraising program (which includes both soliciting and reporting for grants), corporate fundraising, and membership development and recruitment. Cascadia prefers that this position be located in our Seattle, WA office, but will consider candidates located in Vancouver, BC and Portland, OR. Open Until Filled. Click Here for the full job description.
Washington State Director
The Washington State Director is responsible for planning and implementing all of Cascadia’s programs in the State of Washington, maintaining strong relationships with partner organizations and fundraising with the goal of improving the sustainability of the built environment. Open Until Filled. Click Here for the full job description.
The Pharos Project + Green Building Materials Selection
Seattle, August 21st, Register Now!
This half-day workshop tackles the issues and challenges inherent in understanding green building products. Through a focused lens of sixteen traits (Wedges) of ecological concern, participants will learn about the influence of material selection on health, social justice and resource use. Join Cascadia's Research Director, Eden, for an overview of Pharos, including its operating principles, Framework - the performance metrics by which building products are evaluated - and how these can be applied to the day-to-day selection and specification process.
Coming to Vancouver on October 16! Click here to register for the Seattle Workshop Click here to register for the Vancouver (B.C.) Workshop
The City of Vancouver (B.C.) Green Homes Program
On June 26, 2008 the Vancouver City Council unanimously approved changes to the Vancouver Building By-law for one- and two-family dwellings. Some highlights of the news code include Energy Star rated windows, dual flush toilets, in home energy use display meters, and heat recovery ventilators. More Info
Green Building Capacity Crunch Date: Friday, July 18, 2008 at 5:30 pm Location: Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews (Corner of Davie & Pacific), Vancouver, BC for food and drinks. Click Here to RSVP
The demand for green building consulting in BC is extremely high and there isn't sufficient capacity to deliver. The new BC Green Building Code, growing numbers of green building bylaws, the CaGBC and Cascadia Region Green Building Council's goals - create a framework/context for more and more green buildings. Many sustainability/green building consulting companies that are not part of larger design firms are feeling overwhelmed by demand and turning down work at an increasingly high rate, leaving clients frustrated and disappointed with little options left.
Please join us in the second of a series of brainstorming sessions to explore what can be done to address the green building capacity crunch.
Notes from the 1st session can be downloaded by Clicking Here. More Info
USGBC accepts Core Performance as a prescriptive path for LEED
Buildings that follow Advanced Buildings Core Performance can qualify for up to five LEED points without the usual requirements for modeling. That’s because the U.S. Green Building Council has accepted Core Performance as a prescriptive alternative for the Optimize Energy Performance credit under Energy and Atmosphere (EA credit 1). All LEED buildings are now required to achieve at least two points in this credit in order qualify for certification. Advanced Buildings Core Performance was developed by the nonprofit New Buildings Institute.
For details on how Core Performance can be used to earn LEED points Click Here
*US LEED AP stats as of 1/21/08, Canada LEED AP stats are as of 7/7/08
The Journal of Green Building, the first publication to present practical articles and peer-reviewed research for the architect, builder, engineer, and all related professionals of the built environment, announces two free online tools for subscribers to their 2008 publishing season—Tips and Strategies on How to Successfully Implement LEED and Professors’ Green Picks. The first of these sections will offer helpful advice on earning points in various LEED categories; the second section will identify materials and technologies that yield superior sustainable performance. Click here for subscription information for the Journal of Green Building.
Not all Onesies are created equal... introducing Cascadia's Living Onesies! **Special thanks to the official Cascadia baby model, Annellis Forney The Cascadia Onesie purchasing department has scoured the internet for a quality T-shirt that lives up to our sustainability focused mission and progressive social consciousness. The Cascadia Living T-shirt is made of 100% certified organic cotton, is sewn in the USA using no sweatshop labor, contains no PVC or phthalates and is fabricated with the use of only biodegradable detergents and no chlorine bleach. Available in size 12-18 months. Buy yours today!
AIA Local Leaders in Sustainability
The Local Leaders Report examines the current state of green building laws in American cities as of 2007. Since 2003 the number of cities with green building programs has increased greater than 400%, due to a concerted effort by local political leaders, officials, architects and others within the design/building industry, and grassroots support. The primary goal of this analysis is to provide a tool for communities as well as other levels of government that seek to design green building programs in the future. More Info
The New Trophy Home, Small and Ecological
by Felicity Barringer, The New York Times Read the Article
New Green Homes in King County Sell Faster with Higher Value
Yahoo Finance Read the Article
Denali Park's new Eielson Visitor Center is a marvel of 'green' engineering
by Kris Capps, The Fairbanks Daily News Miner Read the Article
Banks, retailers getting with LEED certification
by Melissa Allison, The Seattle Times Read the Article
Resort promises environmental sustainability
by Babette Hermann, Indian Country Today Read the Article
Going Green is Good for Your Wallet
by John Gendall, Business Week Read the Article
Turns our we do keep Portland weird... and green
by Shelby Wood, the Oregonian Read the Article
Please visit the Cascadia job board to view Green Building jobs throughout the month. Click Here to visit the job board!
Cascadia's mission is to promote
the design, construction and operation of buildings in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska that are environmentally responsible, profitable and
healthy places to live, work and learn.
