Live from Greenbuild 2008, this is USGBC New York!
USGBC New York Events and Cocktail Party at Greenbuild!
Visit USGBC New York at Greenbuild 2008 in Boston, we're at booth number 559. Tomorrow morning Susan Kaplan, our executive board vice-chair, and Russell Unger, our executive director will both be speaking. Sign up for session OR14 or session OR18 on the Greenbuild website while there is still space!
November 19th at Vessel design shop
The New York Chapter cocktail party is tonight at Vessel design shop in Boston from 5:30-7pm (here's a map). This event is at capacity, we are grateful for your enthusiastic response, and look forward to seeing you!
First Wednesday Technical Roundtable: Retrocommissioning
December 3rd at Baruch College
A detailed discussion of the benefits and challenges of Retrocommissioning in New York City. Our panel, to be finalized over the next few days, will include a building owner with significant retrocommissioning experience, a commissioning agent, a building automation controls provider and a represent of New York City. Presentation is from 8am-9am. Buy tickets.
Corporate Showcase and Recruiting Fair
December 5th at NYU Palladium
USGBC New York's Emerging Green Builders are hosting their third annual recruiting event and corporate showcase. Young professionals and students will have the opportunity to connect with greater New York's top high-performance, environmentally responsible architecture, engineering, and real estate firms. Register your company for a table! Admission is free, but please RSVP to be placed on the security list.
Annual Holiday Party and Member Meeting
December 10th at Trespa New York Design Center
Please plan to attend this very important Annual Holiday Party and Members Meeting. Nominees for the USGBC New York 2009 Executive Board will give brief introductions, and Russell Unger will update us on the Chapter's activities and progress. If you are a member of both USGBC New York and USGBC National, come shape the future of green building by casting your ballot. Please also come to reconnect with your colleagues in the green building community, and bring new friends who want to learn more about our cause. We look forward to seeing you! Buy tickets. NB: An online voting facility will be available closer to the time.
A Building with an Energy All Its Own,
A fascinating article about buildings that require zero energy from public utilities, and which could double as power plants in their own right. According to some experts, this will become common practice over the next five to ten years. Read more, Globe and Mail
NYC Proposes Bike Parking Rules in New Buildings, Associated Press
Economic Downturn Contributes to Major Deficit at M.T.A., Treehugger
Bristol labelled Britain's most sustainable city, Building.co.uk
USGBC welcomes your comments on LEED for Neighborhood Development!USGBC is pleased to invite the public to comment on the LEED for Neighborhood Development Rating System, which integrates the principles of smart growth, new urbanism and green building into the first national system for neighborhood design. Any member of the public may submit comments. To view the rating system draft and make comments, please visit the
LEED Rating System Drafts webpage. The public comment period will be open through January 5, 2009 at 11:59 PST.
