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April 2006 |
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Apr 14 Apr 20 Apr 21 Apr 22 Apr 25-27 Apr 27 Apr 28 May 3 May 17-19 May 18 May 18 May 19 |
An Energy Efficiency Success Story: Albertsons New and Existing Stores
Friday April 21, Noon to 1:00pm
Idaho Power Headquarters, 1221 W Idaho St, Boise
Presented by Jim Vannan, Glenn Barrett and Jim Brennan from Albertsons, Inc in Boise. Topics to be covered include energy saving effots in existing stores and green designs for new grocery stores. Download the flyer now!
Please RSVP by Wednesday April 19th at 5:00pm to Jessica Shine at 863-2259 or via email. Remember to bring $7 cash or check to pay for your lunch at the door.
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Don't forget our monthly meetings at the Integrated Design Lab, 108 6th, Boise: Board Meeting Chapter Meeting And our monthly program at Idaho Power HQ, 1221 Idaho St, Boise: Programs All meetings are open to the public. |
Meeting minutes from the Apr 5th USGBC Idaho meeting are now available online!
Hosted by the USGBC Colorado Chapter during the 3rd Annual Teton Green Building Conference. May 27th, 8:30am-5:00pm in the Osprey/Grizzly Room at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Moran, Wyoming. Register for this workshop at USGBC.org under Products & Services or download the flyer to learn more about the workshop.
While this interactive, Web-based green building assessment protocol offers some appealing features, it is not consensus based and caters to special interests. Lurking behind the program is support from a coalition of industry groups long critical of the USGBC for its policy of barring trade association membership. Read four articles about Green Globes in our Resources > Documents Section.
A Rainforest Action Network report confirms that Weyerhaeuser building products and new homes marketed in the United States as "environmentally friendly" use wood clear-cut without consent from treaty-protected indigenous territory within Canada's treatened Boreal Forest. Read the full article>>
The next installment of LEED-Online is close to launch. LEED-Online for LEED-EB v2.0 and LEED-CI v2.0 will be available April 17th and for LEED-NC v2.2 on Monday, May 22. Go paperless! Learn more about LEED-Online>>
There are currently 3 LEED Certified Buildings in Idaho with 9 projects in the works. Learn more about these buildings in our new section of the USGBC Idaho website LEED Buildings in Idaho.
USGBC Chapter News
AIC Energy Bulletin
In partnership with the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, the AIC distributes a monthly Energy Bulletin that provides updates on any energy programs, best practices and/or services that may help you in your energy efficiency efforts locally. For more information about this and other resources such as the Energy Efficiency Toolkit, visit the AIC website>>
A new post-occupancy evaluation (POE) from the Cascadia Region Green Building Council shows generally positive energy performance and user satisfaction with the region's LEED certified buildings. The January 2006 report examined 11 of the region's 21 LEED certified buildings that have been occupied for at least one year as of September 2005. Read more>>
About a year ago, a LEED Gold Certified project came to closeout and the client began to move into the building, the necessary application documents were compiled for submission for certification. What a shock it was for the building program team when they were told after an application audit that the job documentation did not support the application information. As a result, the project failed to achieve its Gold certification. What went wrong?>>
The largest university in Oregon is camouflaged, its many parts spread among the tight urban canyons of downtown Portland. But on building at Portland State University stands out. It has a roof of grass, plants and gravel, like a slice of the high desert on the wet side of Oregon. It is 10 stories high, and inside, all the mechanical organs work with so little waste - pumping water, air and electricity to the 400 residents of the dormitory and, on lower floors, to classrooms. Read more>>
Features USGBC, USGBC member companies and our green building partners. This is a special advertising feature, the second in 18 months, and will help educated the broader market about the importance of green building practices. Read the USGBC press release or view an online version of the insert titled: "Building a Greener Future."
Reprints of the section will be available, so please email info@usgbcidaho.org if you would like a copy.