2008 CTGBC Upcoming Events                                            Past Events Archive

 

The Connecticut Green Building Council announces our First Annual Awards! Get ready for your walk down the “green carpet.” Don’t be modest. Share your green building success with us. If your new or renovated building has been operating for at least one year, you can apply.

Complete a quick and easy online application at http://www.ctgbc.org/awards_submit.htm.
All award applications must be filed online by May 12th. There is no fee to apply.

The four basic categories are:

• Most Intriguing Residence
• Most Intriguing Commercial Structure
• Most Intriguing Public Building
• Most Appealing Submission

Of course, intriguing and appealing includes environmental attributes such as energy efficiency, wise resource use, and thoughtful site design among others.

The prizes will be a plaque for the Winners and certificates for Citations.

The awards will be presented at a CTGBC luncheon on June 5th. The location will be the Peabody Museum at Yale University in New Haven.

Complete details on the award applications at www.CTGBC.org/awards.htm

Houses That Work
May 1, 2008
Registration: 7:30AM EST
Session: 8:00AM - 4:00PM

Houses That Work education provides attendees with ways to improve the performance, efficiency, durability, safety and health of the homes they build making them a better value for their customers and incorporating GREEN practices into their business formula.

As part of the partnership between EEBA and RESNET, the first three RESNET members to sign up for each session can attend for free!! To register for this session, please call Nancy or Dona at EEBA: 952.881.1098 and verify your RESNET membership.

Presenter
Justin Wilson
EEBA Certified Trainer

Location
Rentschler Field
615 Silver Lane
East Hartford, CT 06118

More Info/Registration

Are you ready to enter the rapidly growing green building market?
Attend the LEED® for Existing Buildings Technical Review Workshop presented by the U.S. Green Building Council. Gain the knowledge needed to maximize building performance, achieve LEED certification and take the LEED Professional Accreditation Exam. Conference Brochure

May 2, 2008 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall
205 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511

WHY LEARN ABOUT LEED?
Ask any of the 5000 building owners seeking LEED certification right now.Owners and developers are demanding green buildings that save money
while protecting the environment and occupant health. The USGBC’s LEED Rating System™ is the nationally recognized rating system for green
buildings. LEED is already being used by green building projects in all 50 states, and the market continues to grow.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Industry professionals seeking to increase their understanding of the LEED for Existing Buildings Rating System and green building strategies,
benefits and resources:

• Building Owners • Facility Managers • Service Providers
• Property Managers • Engineers • Consultants

WHAT’S COVERED
• LEED for Existing Buildings v2.0:
Technical requirements
Certification process
Project case studies and strategies
• LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
Highlights of technical requirements of new rating system
• Green building costs and benefits
• Available tools and resources

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS AVAILABLE

FACULTY
USGBC workshops are conducted by the top green
building practitioners in the country. The following
instructors are currently scheduled for this
workshop (subject to change): Barry Giles

REGISTRATION
To register for this or any USGBC workshop, visit
www.usgbc.org/workshops/register
 

Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Lecture Series
February–April 2008

Thursday, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. *unless noted otherwise
Bowers Auditorium

The Challenges and Opportunities of Going Green: The Case of Kroon Hall
This lecture series will create an educational forum for dialogue and exchange regarding the decision to create a sustainably designed facility using Kroon Hall at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies as a case study. The lecture series will inform students, faculty, staff, and the public on the challenges and processes when a university decides to go green. This series will further reveal how this decision helped transform the school and the university, and how the building’s design seeks to set new sustainability standards.

The Challenges of Going Green: Other University Experiences
Friday, April 18th 12:00 – 1:00: David Orr, Professor and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College

Come to a special tour of the first large new solar electric installation in a dental/medical office building!

Discover how to "green" your office!

The tour/seminars will take place on Saturday afternoon May 17 at 12 noon, 1:30 and 3:00 at Dental Associates in Farmington.

This event is a special invitation to all offices and building owners. We especially encourage all health professionals who either own their own buildings or can work with the owners of their building to produce clean grid-tied solar electricity. PACE believes that clean energy is synonymous with an improved health environment.

The tour/seminars are sponsored by PACE and co-sponsored by the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund. The event will include experts from the Clean Energy Fund, the Connecticut Green Building Council, Solar Works and a dentist from the office.

To order tickets, please indicate time choice and send twenty dollars per person to:

PACE, c/o Donna Grant
128 Melrose Rd.
Broadbrook, CT 06016.

For tour information, please call 860 693 4813.

Sustainability Workshops
Serving Professionals, Building Knowledge
Spring 2008

8:30 am - 4:30 pm - 7 HSW AIA credits/CEU's/PDH's

Wind and Solar Powered Buildings- Steven Strong
April 29- Berlin, CT
April 30- New Haven, CT

Solar Sales & Marketing: Making the Financial Case- Andy Black
May 16- Hartford, CT

http://nesea.org/workshops/
Questions? Please contact Susannah Herron at sherron@nesea.org or 413-774-6051

BOMA Conference
LEED-EB Introduction (1/2 day)
Foxwoods
April, 2008
Contact: Kevin Drew, bkm

LEED- EB (Existing Building) Training
Yale University, New Haven
May 2, 2008
Contact: www.usgbc.org

"Green Expo" sponsored by BOMA
May 29, 4:30 - 7pm
High Ridge Park, Stamford
More information:  smoran@ssmgt.cam

State Green Building Regulations Training
(depending on adoption of State regulations)
Location: TBD
September, 2008?

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