Coming to Portland on September 25th-26th and to Seattle on October 4th-5th, this innovative conference is the premier event for integrating green practices into all types of engineering – from the site to the systems. It will draw in professionals from the realms of civil, electrical, structural and mechanical engineering. Through technical trainings and workshops, attendees will be equipped with sufficient technical knowledge of green engineering practices, and will subsequently be empowered to integrate those practices into the holistic design process. The conference will feature keynote speaker Steven Strong, TIME magazine’s 1999 environmental "Hero for the Planet," in Seattle. In Portland Gary Christensen, the developer behind the landmark LEED Platinum rated Banner Bank Building will keynote.
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Greenbuild 2007 Living Building Competition: Submit your projects!
Do you have a project that meets one of the "petals" of the Living Building Challenge?  If so submit your project to the Greenbuild 2007 Living Building Competition. This groundbreaking competition will celebrate the highest level of environmental performance currently achieved in buildings in the United States. Projects can register through September 28th.  Register today and show your petals!
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New Cascadia Staff
Cascadia would like to welcome two new staff members who will be joining the team this month to work on the Living Building Challenge and the Pharos Materials Protocol.

	Eden Brukman, LEED AP, Reg Arch An architect and Certified Sustainable Building Advisor, Eden has focused her professional career on incorporating socially and environmentally responsible strategies into design and construction. Read More
	Thor Peterson, LEED AP, MPA Thor joins Cascadia after a nearly eight-year stint with the City of Seattle, where he specialized in residential green building, Seattle Public Utilities and subsequently at the Department of Planning and Development's City Green Building program. Read More

Open Cascadia Position: National Living Building Program Manager
The individual who will be responsible for day-to-day management of the Living Building program, ongoing research, its technical development and its supporting tools. A high level of green building expertise will be required and this position will be based out of Cascadia's Seattle office.
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Former President Bill Clinton to Keynote Opening Plenary of Greenbuild
Former President Bill Clinton will deliver the keynote speech of the opening plenary of Greenbuild, the world’s largest conference and exposition dedicated to green building, to be held Nov. 7-9, 2007, in Chicago.
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Coming to Portland on October 3rd and Seattle on October 19th!
Thinking of a green office renovation or new green building? Are your clients asking about natural ventilation, green cleaning products, and energy efficiency? Take the tour and learn how you can contribute to greening Cascadia's skylines.
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Call for Green Skyline Seattle Sites
Would you like your LEED certified commercial or residential building to be a part of the Green Skyline Tour in Seattle? If yes, contact angie@cascadiagbc.org, or call 206.223.2028

Call for Green Skyline volunteers!
Cascadia needs your help in making Green Skyline a success! We are looking for volunteers to lead the building tours and/or to help with registration at the event. In return, you'll not only have our never-ending gratitude, but you'll also get to join a tour and the reception for free. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer and/or to find out more, please contact Jenny at jenny@cascadiagbc.org or 503.228.5533 in Portland, and Angie at angie@cascadiagbc.org or 206.223.2028 in Seattle.

The inauguration of LEED Week!
In order to provide regularly scheduled LEED training for the burgeoning green building community, Cascadia is consolidating LEED workshops into a quarterly event: LEED WEEK. Cascadia members and other interested individuals will now be able to depend on a regular circuit of LEED educational activities and more easily plan to meet training their needs.

Portland
LEED Week Fall 2007 will feature the following workshops:
Monday, October 15th: LEED for New Construction Technical Review Workshop
Wednesday, October 17th: Build it LEED! for Contractors
Thursday, October 18th: Succeed at LEED: LEED Project Management
Friday, October 19th: LEED-AP Exam Preparation Class
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Washington LEED Workshops
October 12th, Tacoma: LEED-NC Technical Review Workshop and LEED 101
October 24th, Seattle: LEED-NC Technical Review Workshop, LEED-CI Technical Review Workshop, LEED-EB Technical Review Workshop
October 26, Spokane: LEED-NC Technical Review Workshop
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LEED Canada Complete Initiative
In response to market demand, the CaGBC is updating the LEED® Canada Green Building Rating System to address existing as well as new buildings, include all building types, and streamline the process to lower costs and shorten the time required for certification. The next generation of LEED Canada will be web-based, and incorporate actual performance-based energy and water efficiency credits.
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LEED Canada Complete- Call for Pilot Projects
A national pilot project is being conducted in parallel with the technical development of the integrated system, which will inform and test the system design, as well as helping determine educational and accreditation requirements for this sector.
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New and Renewed 100Friends of Cascadia
Platinum

Cascadia LEED Statistics (As of 8/1/07)

LEED Accredited Professionals (As of 8/1/07)
Oregon: 1,059
Washington: 2,100
British Columbia:  570

New LEED Certified Projects
Ashworth Cottages (pictured left) have recently been certfied at Platinum under LEED for Homes.
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Building Green High Performance Database Case Studies
The High Performance Buildings Database seeks to improve building performance by collecting data on energy, materials, and land use. HPDB is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. The case studies may be certified LEED projects, or simply projects that have one or more notable features.
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Journal of Green Building
The Journal of Green Building enters its second year of publication and remains committed to providing practicing architects, engineers, and builders with the most expert advice on how to incorporate green building approaches and technologies into future projects. The articles cover all aspects of the built environment and publishes practical and applied pieces, as well as research pieces, from authors in the fields of architecture, engineering design, construction, facilities management, financial management, and all disciplines relevant to the life cycle of built facilities and infrastructure.
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LEED-NC Version 2.2 Flash Cards!
A valuable resource for studying for the LEED-NC proffesional accreditation exam.
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Green Building Grants in King County
King County has extended the application deadline for green building grants for projects seeking LEED certification to October 1, 2007. Private, nonprofit, and public projects in King County outside the City of Seattle are eligible to apply. The grant provides funding of $15,000 to $25,000, depending on the LEED certification level that the project achieves. While compliance with LEED principles produces a net savings over the lifespan of a facility, the funds are intended to help offset the up-front costs, such as added early design or modeling costs, plus LEED registration and certification fees.
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Back to School with High-Performance Schools in Washington State
September is back to school month, and interest is building around the country in green schools. Washington State is recognized as a national leader in green schools. The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Washington State Department of Ecology, and BetterBricks have teamed up to produce a 15 minute film on the Washington High-Performance Schools Program.

Washington’s High-Performance Public Buildings law requires that major facility projects receiving state funds meet green building standards. Beginning July 1, 2007, public school districts with more than 2,000 students that receive state funding for a major K-12 facility projects must meet the requirements of the Washington Sustainable Schools Protocol (WSSP) and, or the LEED-Silver standard.
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Call for Abstracts
River Restoration Northwest is now accepting abstracts for oral presentation, and posters for the upcoming Annual Stream Restoration Design Symposium to be held at Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, Washington, on February 5th through 7th, 2008. Deadlines: September 30th for Oral and Poster Abstracts
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Sustainable Building Advisor Program 2007-08: Register NOW!
Classes starting this fall in 6 Cascadia locations: Portland (Mt. Hood Community College); Bend (Central Oregon Community College); Poulsbo (Olympic College); Seattle (Seattle Central Community College); Spokane (Community College of Spokane); and Vancouver, BC (Light House Sustainable Building Centre).

Classes meet for a Friday/Saturday session once a month, for nine months (generally October – June). Successful completion of the course qualifies you to take the certification exam and become a Certified Sustainable Building Advisor (CSBA). Free information sessions planned for most regions.
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Building Materials Reuse Calculator
This free downloadable software program estimates the environmental benefits of salvaging and reusing building materials, rather than buying and installing new ones. The calculator measures the environmental benefits of reusing building materials in terms of ten avoided negative environmental impacts (global warming, acidification, eutrophication, fossil fuel depletion, water intake, criteria air pollutants, ecological toxicity, human health, ozone depletion, smog) and in terms of the embodied energy that the materials contain, which is preserved when the materials are reused.
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Brewery Blocks move to Wall Street
by Becky Brun, Sustainable Industries Journal
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Green building policy adopted by city
Times Colonist
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If house has to go, at least it can go 'green' -- piece by piece
by Lisa Stiffler, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Building green, saving green
by Cami Joner, the Vancouver Columbian
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Council envisions LEED-accredited comunities for the future
Daily Commercial News and Construction Record
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MetroPaint recycled latex certified earth-friendly
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Please visit the new Cascadia job board to view Green Building jobs throughout the month.
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Cascadia is hiring a Living Building Program Manager
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FPInnovations is hiring a Sustainability Specialist
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Deconstruction Services is hiring a Project Estimator/Sales Position
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Portland Energy Conservation Inc. (PECI) is hiring a Senior Mechanical Engineer
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Rainbow Valley Design and Construction is hiring an Architect
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Brightworks NW is hiring a Sustainability Consultant
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Ecotope Inc. is hiring a HVAC Engineer/ Energy Consultant
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Environmental Works is hiring an Architect
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