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High Performance Building Salon: Chasing the 2030 Challenge
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LEED NC Technical Review Workshop
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Introducing the New LEED 2009 Regional Credit System!
One of the most exciting developments within LEED 2009 is the addition of Regional Bonus Credits. In the new Regional Credit System each region of the country is divided into zones. Six exisitng credits within each zone that best address its principal environmental issues are identified. A project that achieves any four of those credits receives a bonus point for each. Over a period of several months the Northeast Corridor Task Force mapped a variety of issues in GIS to help determine the shape of their Environmental Zones including: population density, air & water quality & combined-sewer systems. Full details and the maps and list of credits are available here.
Prize Raffle at the Annual Holiday Party and Member Meeting
Tonight at Trespa New York Design Center
USGBC New York is proud to announce the official nominees for the 2009 Board of Directors, find complete details here. Come shape the future of green building by casting your ballot, and for a chance to win a prize including a bicycle, a membership to MOMA, an iPod Shuffle and iTunes Cards, and a membership to Material Connection. Fiona Cousins, board chairperson, and Russell Unger, USGBC New York’s executive director, will open this year’s Annual Holiday Party and Member Meeting with a brief talk about the Chapter's progress and upcoming activities. Nominees will introduce themselves before the voting begins. A limited number of tickets will be available on the door, so feel free to bring new friends who want to learn more about our cause. 5:30pm-8pm. NB: Online voting opens at 8pm tonight.
High Performance Building Salon: Chasing the 2030 Challenge, Two Projects
December 11th at Knoll Showroom
Join us for a discussion on how the carbon-neutral building standards set forth by the 2030 Challenge are being met by the designers and architects working on two upcoming projects. Panelists who are working on renovations to the AIA headquarters in D.C. and on the Housatonic River Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, will talk about the integrated systems approach, site and cost constraints, and environmental analysis tools that help to optimize building performance. Buy tickets here.
LEED NC Technical Review
December 12th at Acuity Brands Lighting Showroom
This course goes beyond the basics and walking you through the LEED for New Construction v2.2 Rating System. The instructor will use examples, case studies and exercises to reinforce learning and participation. Attendees should have a basic awareness of USGBC and the LEED Rating System. Book now.
Back at Junk Value, Recyclables Are Piling Up
Recycled materials that would ordinarily be turned into car parts, book covers and boxes for electronics are starting to head to landfills because of a slump in the scrap market. Read more, New York Times
Architect Finds Beauty in the Asphalt Jungle, Boston Globe
Preserving Buildings Helps Preserve the Planet, Planetizen.com
This notice clarifies and amplifies Notice 2006-52, 2006-1 C.B. 1175, which provides a process that allows a taxpayer who owns a commercial building and installs property as part of the commercial building’s interior lighting systems, heating, cooling, ventilation, and hot water systems, or building envelope to obtain a certification that the property satisfies the energy efficiency requirements. Full details, www.IRS.gov
Interns are integral members of our office. While working on projects like our Green Codes Task Force, and assisting with our programs, and membership database, interns gain a strong grasp of both green building and non-profit work. Read here for more information.
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