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Welcome to the Green Building Council |
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South Carolina Chapter! |
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CHAPTER SPONSORED WORKSHOP |
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ADVANCED WORKSHOP (full day): |
Integrated Approach to Successful LEED Projects Workshop |
April 23, 2008: Metropolitan Convention Center, Columbia, SC |
This full-day program is for design, construction, and operations professionals who want to implement an integrated approach to neutralizing first costs, improving building performance, and reducing operations impacts. Attendees should have completed a technical review workshop or have equivalent knowledge of a LEED Rating System. The course will include a mock LEED design charrette exercise.
Please click here for more details and registration information.
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Chapter Sponsored Reception |
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USGBC-SC Chapter Celebration and Toast |
AIA/SC Committee on the Environment (COTE) |
Green Design Awards Program |
April 23, 2008: 5:30-7 pm |
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Metropolitan Convention Center, Columbia, SC |
Join AIA/SC colleagues and allied professionals to toast the AIA/SC COTE Green Design Awards winners. Hear from Greg Franta, FAIA (Chair 1994 AIA COTE) and other special guests. Enjoy complimentary local and regional food and beverages.
Please click here for more details and RSVP information. Special thanks to our event sponsor. |
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In The News |
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EARTH DAY 2008 is April 22nd |
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Don't forget that Earth Day is this month. Looks for ways you can participate in Earth Day events in your community to spread the sustainable word in South Carolina. See our website for some of the events happening around the State, and let us know if you have ones we have missed! |
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 The Sustainability Institute would like to announce the arrival of the South Carolina Green Building Directory.
This cutting-edge resource will be an online, searchable and browsable database for green products manufactured within 500 miles of South Carolina and green services from companies with offices in the state. Users will be able to browse or search by product or service type, CSI division and applicability to LEED credits.
Visit www.scgreenbuildingdirectory.org now to learn more and to submit your company’s information. |
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Sustainable Resources |
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Please support our fellow Chapter members ... |
 The Engineering Guide to LEED - New Construction (GreenSource Books) by Chapter member Liv Haselbach
Acquire the skills needed to apply the LEED-New Construction rating system to any green construction project. The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction provides a solid understanding of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED-NC rating system, explaining step-by-step how to apply it to real-world construction projects. Click here for details. |
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 Environmental Issues: An Introduction to Sustainability by Robert McConnell and Chapter member Daniel Abel.
This book combines simple math, the metric system, and critical thinking to gain insight into relevant local, regional, and global environmental issues, with a focus on sustainability. Click here for details. |
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USGBC National |
The USGBC Board of Directors convened in Clyde, NY, on February 27 – 29, 2008 for a “Strategic Planning Retreat and Board Meeting.” The majority of the retreat was designed to address the strategic planning process, providing important input and discussion around critical topic areas that will inform the draft Strategic Plan to be discussed and reviewed by the Board of Directors in June, 2008. The final strategic plan will be approved at the July 2008 Board Meeting in Washington, DC for initial implementation beginning in 2009.
See our website for the link to a summary report. |
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Stay tuned for details on more workshop opportunities in 2008 |
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Tentative Workshops/Dates: |
May 27th (LEED for Historic Structures in Charleston)
June 18th (LEED EB in Spartanburg)
June 20th (LEED for Schools in Conway) |
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EVENTS |
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Upstate Provisional Branch |
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When: Wed., April 9, 2008 |
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Where: Brewer's, Beaufort, SC |
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Tour of Sustainable Brewery |
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Lowcountry Provisional Branch |
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When: Mon., April 7 @ 5:30 pm |
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Where: Hughes Main Library, 25 Heritage Green Place Downtown Greenville |
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More Green for Less Green: Building an Earthcraft House on a Budget. Mark Godfrey, an architect with Pazdan-Smith Group in Greenville, will share lessons learned on the design and construction of his Earthcraft Certified Home in the downtown Greenville area. |
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Grand Strand Interest Group |
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When: April 14, 2008 @ 6 pm |
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Where: Carolina Cooling, 1294 Surfside Industrial Park, Surfside Beach, SC 29579 |
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Green Tax Incentives Erika Hartwig w/ the South Carolina Energy Office |
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