 Featured Class |
Tuesday, April 22, MBA Housing Center, Bellevue
Green Advantage® Certification Training
Today's environmentally conscious client prefers structures that are: energy and water efficient, durable and disaster resistant, healthier and environmentallly friendly. Green Advantage® certifies your knowledge of the latest in "green" building practices, technologies and techniques.
David Johnston presents a full-day seminar that covers indoor air quality, resource conservation and energy efficiency from a builder's perspective. Using his 30 years of experience in construction, solar energy and green design, Johnston will give you the tools to build more efficient homes that are healthy for the client and will save you and the client money.
Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: MBA Housing Center, 335 116th Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA 98004
Designations: Green Advantage®
Instructor: David Johnston
Contact: MBA University by email or by phone at (425) 451-7920 ext 208
Cost: $365 for full-day course and certification exam / $265 for course only.
Register online.
| Classes |
Classes listed below are approved workshops for fulfilling the annual Built Green education requirement for certifying projects.
Thursday, April 3, Seattle
Green Living Lecture: Creating a Green Bedroom
Alicia Silva of Synergy Design Studio will present a lecture on how you can create a healthier bedroom environment using earth-friendly building and finish materials.
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Cost: FREE
Location: The Seattle ecohaus Showroom (4121 1st Ave. S, Seattle, WA 98134)
To Register: Contact Susanna Schultz by e-mail or call (206) 315-1958
For more information visit www.ecohaus.com.
Tuesday, April 8, MBA Housing Center, Bellevue
Introduction to Built Green®
This seminar provides an introduction to the Built Green program from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 8 at the MBA Housing Center, 335 116th Ave. SE in Bellevue. Learn how to certify a project and use the checklist, how to join, how the program works and other resources. The seminar presents examples of projects and covers how to fill out the Built Green checklist. This orientation has a cost of $30 and is required in order to certify homes as Built Green. To register, contact the MBA University registrar at education@mbaks.com or go online.
Thursday, April 10, MBA Housing Center, Bellevue
Low Impact Development (LID) Practices for New Residential Construction
Learn how residential building practices impact the environment and how even small changes can help protect Puget Sound. Choices made during site development and restoration make a difference. Bruce Wulkan, Stormwater Program Manager, from the Puget Sound Partnership will speak at our Bite of Education Lunch on April 10, 2008. During this lunch presentation learn how to assess and design your site for low impact, how to protect your site during construction and the role of compost amended soils. Attendees will:
· Learn how stormwater runoff harms Puget Sound;
· Learn cost effective ways to manage stormwater onsite; and
· Learn where to find additional LID information.
Time: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Location: MBA Housing Center, 335 116th Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA 98004
Instructor: Bruce Wulkan, Puget Sound Partnership
Contact: MBA University by email or by phone at (425) 451-7920 ext 208
Cost: $25 Member/$30 Non-Member
Pre-registration in required, you can register online or by contacting MBA University.
Thursday, April 17, MBA Housing Center, Bellevue
Green Walls 101: Introduction to Systems and Design
Course Instructor: Randy Sharp
A Landscape Architect and a LEED® Accredited Professional, Sharp is a principal with Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture Inc. in Vancouver, Canada. He specializes in the design and installation of extensive and intensive green roofs as well as green walls, rain gardens and permeable landscapes. He is the author of Ecological Site Development, Regional Strategies for Design, Construction and Maintenance for Metro Vancouver, as well as articles in various design magazines.
Through an integrated design process, living walls are incorporated with the building envelope, rainwater collection, drip irrigation and native or hardy plants. The firm works with a wide range of green façade systems to provide support for climbing plants in a variety of applications and microclimates.
Course Objectives:
This introductory training course on green wall infrastructure design presents an overview of the many tools and techniques needed to satisfy your green wall project objectives.
The course will focus on:
Identifying the costs and benefits of green walls to reach your green wall performance goals; identifying a variety of green wall products and understanding the performance criteria of different green wall elements, and their relevance to your design intent; and introducing the major design principles of a successful green wall project, and discussing causes for error, which might lead to an unsuccessful green wall project.
Tuition:
Tuition for this one-day course is $399 for a non-GRHC Member and $349 for a Professional Member. Tuition includes course materials, continental breakfast, lunch and breaks. To apply for membership click here. If paying by check, please note it must be received in our office no later than three days before the event. Registrations may be canceled by a participant up to THREE DAYS prior to the event, and will incur a $50 cancellation fee. We regret that we cannot cancel a registration after that point.
For additional information please go to our website and then click 'Seattle'.
| Events |
Visit the Built Green Washington website for green home building courses and events across the state of Washington.
Saturday to Sunday, April 12 to 13, Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle
Green Festival 2008
At the Green Festivals, we're celebrating what's working in our communities, for people, for businesses and for the environment. Here, green means safe, healthy communities and strong, local economies. Green is the color of hope, of social and economic justice, of ecological balance.
Join us for these huge parties with a purpose. You'll enjoy more than 200 visionary speakers and 400 green businesses in each city, great how-to workshops, green films, yoga and movement classes, green careers sessions, organic beer and wine, delicious organic cuisine and live music.
For more information, please visit the Green Festivals website.
Saturday, April 19, Cooper Elementary School, West Seattle
Earth Day Festival
Come celebrate Earth Day with many local organizations at Cooper Elementary School on Saturday, April 19. This celebratory event follows Duwamish Alive!, a volunteer forest restoration event hosted at many locations along the Duwamish River. You are invited to join volunteer efforts at any of the sites from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and/or take part at the youth and family friendly Festival from 2 to 5 p.m. To volunteer for event, please call (206) 382-7007, and more information on the Earth Day Festival and other events, please visit the Nature Consortium website.
Friday, April 25, Seattle
Climate Protection: What's Washington's Plan?
Where: Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Ave., Seattle
Registration: 11:30 a.m.
Lunch Served: Noon to 12:15 p.m.
Program: 12:15 to 1:30 p.m.
Cost: $35/CityClub Members, $40 Guests and members of co-presenting organizations and $45/General public
Register: at www.seattlecityclub.org!
What challenges and opportunities face Washington State around climate change? Governor Gregoire's Climate Advisory Team recently released their plan that aims to "reduce the pollution that leads to climate change, grow our clean energy economy and move toward energy independence." How exactly do they plan to accomplish these ambitious goals? Do all the stakeholders agree with their tactics? Join us for a lively discussion of state-level initiatives to address warming and bring your own questions to pose to our expert panel!
Thursday, May 8, Sacramento
The Sacramento Green Home Expo
The Sacramento Green Home Expo will be conducted Thursday, May 8 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Sacramento City Convention Center. The Expo is an initiative of The North State Building Industry Association. The expo is a trade show and education event showcasing the latest environmentally friendly products and services used in the homebuilding industry. This is your opportunity to promote your products and services to both builders and consumers. Sponsorship and limited trade show vendor opportunities are available. For more information on the expo please visit the event website.
| Regional Industry News |
The Daily Journal of Commerce Launches Green Blog
The Daily Journal of Commerce has launched its very first blog, focused on green building (and environmental issues) on the front page of its Website.
And the best part? It's totally public so unlike other DJC articles that require a subscription, this green building forum is open to you, your friends and colleagues. Please pass the word around!
Countrywide Offers Discounted Rates for Buyers of Green and Energy Efficient Homes
Countrywide's Green Incentive Program Initially Available in 13 States. Countrywide Home Loans announced the retail launch of its Green Incentive Program, which will initially be available to qualified home buyers in thirteen states, including: Alaska, Colo., Iowa, Idaho, Minn., Mont., Neb., N.D., Ore., S.D., Utah, Wash., and Wyo. The program provides an interest rate reduction of .125 percent on a Countrywide loan used to purchase a new home that is built meeting recognized green and energy efficient standards.
"This program gives qualified homebuyers more incentive to purchase energy-efficient and green-built homes," said Dave Porter, senior vice president and division builder manager for Countrywide. The Countrywide Green Incentive Program's interest rate reduction applies to newly constructed homes that meet third-party, certified standards of recognized green building programs, including Energy Star, Earth Advantage, LEED for Homes and Built Green programs of local homebuilder associations, as well as the National Association of Home Builder's Green Building program.
For more information, call (800) 262-4214 to speak with a Countrywide regional builder manager and for a referral to a Certified Builder Representative in your area. Additional information is also available through many local Countrywide home loan consultants in areas where the program is available.
| New Certifications |
Congratulations to Baylis Architects for certifying one 48 unit multi-family building at Harbour Pointe Blvd. in Mukilteo as 3-Star Built Green; CamWest Development Inc. for certifying 51 homes at the Northpointe development in Mill Creek as 3-Star Built Green; gProjects LLC for certifying 8 townhomes on E Fir Street in Seattle as 4-Star Built Green; Grey Lundberg Inc. for certifying one remodel project on Tatoosh Key in Bellevue as 3-Star Built Green; King County Housing Authority/GGLO for certifying 97 units in Blocks W6, W9, W10 of Greenbridge Seola Crossing II in Seattle as 3-Star Built Green; Heartwood Builders/VELOCIPEDE architects() for certifying a remodel project on Phinney Ave. N in Seattle as 3-Star Built Green; Nelse Design + Build for certifying one remodel project on 3rd Ave. NW in Seattle as 3-Star Built Green; and Viking Properties for certifying 9 townhomes on N 199th Street in Shoreline, 4 homes on N 179th Street in Shoreline, 2 townhomes on 82nd Place W in Edmonds, and a home on NW 204th Street in Shoreline as 3-Star Built Green!
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