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eNews January 2007 |
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Idaho's newest LEED Certified Building
Congratulations to everyone involved with the LEED Certification of the Ada County Parks & Waterways Headquarters in Barbar Park! At 10,000 sf, this building includes a green roof, natural daylighting, a high-efficient evaporative cooling system, and use of recycled-content building materials.
Visit our LEED Buildings in Idaho page to learn more about this exciting project! The page has also been recently updated with new LEED Registered projects including the Ada County Weed, Pest & Mosquito Abatement Facility and the Post Falls City Hall.
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Less than one year after Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson directed all City buildings to be LEED Certified from the USGBC, the Intermodal Hub became the City's first project to receive LEED Certification. Unique features include revitalization of a brownfield site and the adaptive reuse of an existing building. Read more at Intermountain Contractor (scroll down to third article)>>
Al Gore will be the keynote speaker at the Frank Church Conference on Global Warming, Jan 22 at 7pm at BSU's Taco Bell Arena.
David Korten, author of The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community will lead a lecture, Q&A and booksigning Friday January 19, 7pm-9pm at the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at 6200 Garret St in Garden City. Suggested donation is $10.
With so much attention given to transportation, many people are surprised to learn that buildings are the single largest contributor to global warming. To address the building sector's role in climate change, Architecture 2030, in partnership with AmericaSpeaks, is hosting a Global Emergency Teach-In.
The Teach-In, entitled The 2010 Imperative, will be web-cast live from New York on February 20, 2007 from noon to 3pm EST. Hundreds of thousands of students, faculty, deans and practicing professionals in the architecture, planning and design communities in North and South America and around the world will be logging on to learn about 'The 2030 Challenge' and 'The 2010 Imperative'.
The University of Idaho is seeking an enterprising and energetic individual to provide leadership in a newly created Sustainability Coordinator position. Learn more about this job and how to apply>>
The Warm Springs Forest Product Industries, with a mill in Madras, Oregon, produces all FSC Certified Wood. They are located within 500 miles of Boise (LEED credit!). Visit their website>>
Pinpointing Strategies and Tactics for Integrating Green Building Technologies into Historic Structures
Within the past 15 years, green building initiatives have challenged existing historic preservation standards with new approaches to building reuse, restorations, materials selection and system retrofits. To overcome the hurdles between the historic preservation standards and green building guidelines, proponents of both agree it is essential to reach a meeting of the minds on key areas of concern. Download the entire paper>>
It's time for sustainability practitioners to have their own professional association. The ISSP hopes to provide members a useful website that incorporates a community site, state-of-the-art web tools and distance-learning classes. Learn more at their prototype website that is still under construction>>
If you think Chicago's winter landscape is cold and boring, the city's new solar-powered bus shelters and a gray rubber sidewalk might do more than help save the enviroment. City officials unveiled the latest in a series of "green" technologies Wednesday - the first sun-charged bus shelter, which officials say won't cost the city a dime, and a 550-foot sidewalk made of recycled rubber. Read more>>