Living Future Early Registration Deadline Extended to Friday, March 14!

Upon today's unveiling of the anticipated Living Future '08 program, we have extended the early registration deadline until this Friday, March 14. If you've been waiting to view the program before registering, now you won't lose your opportunity to register at the early bird price.
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Living Future 08 Keynote Speaker: Paul Hawken
How the largest social movement in history is restoring grace, justice and beauty to the world
Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author. Starting at age 20, he dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. His practice has included starting and running ecological businesses, writing and teaching about the impact of commerce on living systems.
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Where to Stay
In order to maximize networking opportunities and to cultivate an ‘energy of collaboration’ we are urging everyone to stay at the Conference Hotel which is held at the Westin Bayshore. The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, offers guests the best of both worlds: the activities and cultural events of Vancouver, as well as a relaxing resort experience in the heart of the conference. Enjoy views of the coastline, distant mountains, and jogging in Stanley Park right next door. Special conference rates have been negotiated! Ask for the “Cascadia Group Rate." Click Here to Reserve your Room!

Featuring keynote speaker Bill Browning!
Green Broker is a new and exciting conference designed for the commercial real estate and financial communities. Through inspiring keynote speakers and presentations on a range of topics, from marketing green buildings to understanding the value of high performance buildings, Green Broker will provide a solid introduction to the fastest growing and most important sector of the building industry. Presented in partnership with the Commercial Brokers Association.
Sponsorship opportunities available! Click Here for more information on sponsorship.
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Be an Agent of Hope: be a Living Building Leader!
2008 marks the inaugural year of the Living Building Leader Program—a series of interactive courses for advanced green building professionals. These sessions combine deep technical knowledge of green building principles with the visioning abilities required to navigate the process. Operating via an eLearning platform, the ongoing sessions are accessible to practitioners throughout the country and around the world Look for more information soon at www.cascdiagbc.org.

2008 Cascadia Programming Catalogue
Cascadia has made its programming offerings more accessible through our updated website homepage and the 2008 Cascadia Programming guide. This is the guide to all of the major conferences, events, workshops and lectures that Cascadia is hosting in the 2008 year. With this document in hand, you can now plan all of your continuing education for the year in one sitting!
Click Here to download the catalogue.

Cascadia teams with Portland Habitat and Walsh Construction to build LEED homes!
Upon entering the 2007 Natural Talent Design Competition, David Posada and Scott Mooney did not think their entry would result in an actual building. Due to the sponsorship and donations of many dedicated organizations, their entry - the competition's winning regional design - will be the first LEED-certified Habitat for Humanity project in Oregon. The 2007 NTDC, a competition sponsored by the Emerging Green Builders of Cascadia on a yearly basis, challenged young designers to combine the fields of green building and affordable housing with a two-home LEED silver-rated design on a vacant lot in Portland – one that just happened to be owned by Portland Habitat for Humanity.
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2008 Natural Talent Design Competition- Now Open!
The Cascadia Emerging Green Builders are asking students and young professionals throughout the bioregion to tackle the design of a Living Building! The 2008 Natural Talent Design Competition will engage the bright green young minds of our region as they find solutions to the challenges presented at this level of sustainability. Competition entrants will gain access to the Living Building Forum to aid their progress. The winner will be announced at the Living Future 08 in April, and will win a trip to Greenbuild in Boston and the chance to compete in the national competition.
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Cascadia Challenges you to...turn off your lights
Think you can live without any electricity for one hour? How about longer? On March 29 at 8pm, millions of people across the world will be hitting the lights for an hour in recognition of Earth Hour, an initiative to raise awareness of the need to take action against global warming. Glumac, a Silver level Friend of Cascadia, has already rallied 60 members its staff company-wide to take the challenge. Cascadia is challenging you – our loyal readership – to do the same. The individual and company that can (in true honesty) say they kept their lights off the longest will be featured in our April newsletter. Send your completed Earth Hours to Jenny at jenny@cascadiagbc.org to enter.
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New and Renewed Friends of Cascadia

Gold

Silver
Glumac
O'Brien and Company
WSI-BLJC

Certified
Air Advice
Fletcher Farr Ayotte
Iredale Group
MGH and Associates
Recollective
Sunset Air

New LEED Certified Projects

The Maymoor Park Maintenance Facility in Redmond, WA has achieved LEED Certified.
The Kateri Court in Bellingham, WA has achieved LEED Gold.
Congratulations!

Cascadia LEED Statistics (As of 3/6/08)

2008 Top 10 Green Building Products- Call for Nominations
Be a part of Sustainable Industries third annual Top 10 Green Building Products guide by nominating your favorite products! Selected by leading West Coast green building experts, winning companies will be featured in a special, all-digital supplement to Sustainable Industries magazine and 3D models of winning products will be available for download and use in architectural models. All nominations due April 1st.
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New Building Institute's(NBI) Energy Performance of LEED Buildings Report
NBI has just released the broadest study to-date of measured energy performance of LEED buildings. The study gathered whole building energy data from 121 LEED NC buildings across the country that had been occupied for at least one year.
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Enterprise Green Communities Grant Funding
Green Communities is a five-year, $555 million commitment by Enterprise to build more than 8,500 healthy, efficient homes for low-income people and make environmentally sustainable development the mainstream in the affordable housing industry. Grant Funds of up to $50,000 per project are currently available for developers committed to providing green affordable housing. Applications must be received online by April 11.
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Sustainable Architecture & Buildings Magazine Sustainable Design Awards
Sustainable Architecture & Building magazine [SABMag] has launched the SAB Awards to recognize excellence in the design and execution of new and renovated Canadian buildings and interiors of all types based on criteria of sustainable design, architectural excellence and technical innovation. Entries due April 11.
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Bioeconomy and Sustainable Technologies(BEST)- RFP
BEST was established by the 2007 Oregon Legislature to promote the commercialization of technologies that support sustainable development in Oregon by expanding research within Oregon University System institutions in the areas of clean energy, bio-based products, and green development including buildings and infrastructure. Up to $50,000 available per project.
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Excellence in Green Building Curriculum Incentive Grants: Call for Proposals
Through Incentive Grants and Recognition Awards, the Excellence in Green Building Curriculum Awards Program celebrates innovative curricular activities based on the guiding principles of the U.S. Green Building Council. The program recognizes pre-K through college-level curricula that advance the green building ideals of transforming how buildings and communities are designed, built, and operated. The intent of the awards and grants is to celebrate and disseminate discrete and replicable pedagogical efforts. Proposals due March 17th.
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New Green Construction Series at Bates Technical College
This series is intended for builders, contractors, remodelers, homeowners and buyers, facilities managers, real estate professionals, environmental engineers, architects, environmental sciences students, and sustainability managers who have an interest in sustainable building.
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America's 50 Greenest Cities (Portland, OR is #1)
by Elizabeth Svoboda, Popular Science Magazine
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B.C. unveils carbon tax plan
by Petti Fong, The Toronto Star
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Green buildings can boost industry
by Rachael Jamison, The Olympian
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Taking Your Green Job to the Next Level: Enhanced Educational Opportunities Now Available from Cascadia
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Green building programs bloom across U.S.
by Jillian Daley, The Statesman Journal
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A green house grows in Felida
by Erik Robinson, the Columbian
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Tembec plan gets court approval
by Lynn Moore, The Gazette
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Throne Speech Lays Groundwork for Next Generations
Office of the Premier
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Please visit the Cascadia job board to view Green Building jobs throughout the month.
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Microsoft is hiring a Business Manager for Corporate Social Responsibility
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Stantec is hiring an Administrative Assistant to work with a green building project team
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Air Advice is hiring an Applications Engineer
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O'Brien and Company is hiring a Project Associate
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Holland Barrs Planning Group is hiring a Planning and Technical Assistant
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Green Building Services is hiring several positions
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The USGBC is hiring an Emerging Green Builders Coordinator
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