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Welcome to the U.S. Green Building Council South Carolina Chapter!
 

CHAPTER MEETING JULY 20!
Join us for our next Chapter meeting at USC's West Quad. We will meet at 11:30 AM and lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by Wednesday, July 11, to usgbcsc@gmail.com so we can get an appropriate headcount. The program will be on Green Schools and will feature Bob Kobet. For directions to the West Quad, Click Here.

*Please Note: At this meeting, we will be collecting school supplies for children in Afghanistan. Download the flyer for details.

LEED for Schools Workshop July 19
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School Personnel Can receive a 15% Discount for this workshop if registered before July 11. Click Here for details.


LEED for Schools Reference Guide
*Please Note: Workshop attendees can contact the USGBC at 1-800-795-1747 or by e-mailing workshop@usgbc.org for a special workshop discount on the upcoming LEED for Schools Reference Guide. It is currently available for preorder only.*


LEED for Schools in the News

 

LEED® Optimize Energy Performance, Mandatory Point Minimum
In accordance with direction from its Board of Directors and its LEED Steering Committee to immediately increase the LEED Green Building Rating System's impact in reducing building energy related greenhouse gas emissions, USGBC is proposing to update all balloted commercial LEED Green Building Rating Systems with some changes. CLICK HERE for details.

 

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CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT GREEN LEGISLATION UPDATES


Visit the USGBC-SC Chapter website for more information!

www.USGBCSC.org

 


JULY EVENTS


G.R.E.E.N.S. Fund Project Sponsored by the Sustainability Institute and Lowcountry EarthForce
July 9, 5:30 PM-9:30 PM, Charleston, SC. This fund provides a grant to a local high school classroom that submits the most effective idea for hot to make their campus more sustainable.
Click Here for further details.

Pervious Concrete: Hydrological and Structural Design and Construction
July 10, 2007, 9AM-4PM. Sponsored by the ACE Basin Coastal Training Program, Carolinas Ready Mixed Concrete Association, the USGBC-SC Chapter and the Town of Bluffton.

Event Flyer

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Pervious Concrete: Hydrological and Structural Design and Construction (2nd Seminar)
July 11, 2007, 8AM-4PM. Sponsored by the Winyah Bay Coastal Training Program, Carolinas Ready Mixed Concrete Association, the USGBC-SC Chapter, and the Waccamaw Watershed Academy at Coastal Carolina University.

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Energy and Environmental Building Association
Houses that Work Presentation

July 23, Columbia, SC 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM; $125.
Click Here for the event flyer.



AUGUST EVENTS

South Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (SCASLA) 2007 Annual Meeting
August 16-19, Greenville, SC. Mark your calendars now!

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LEED-NC Workshop
Thursday, August 23, 2007
The Resort Office Plaza of the Litchfield Beach and Golf Resort, 14276 Ocean Highway (HWY 17), Pawley's Island, SC 29585. Hosted by the USGBC-SC Chapter with the SC Energy Office and Coastal Carolina University Sustainable Campus Initiative as Green Key Sponsors. For information on the resort,
Click Here. More information about the workshop will be forthcoming.

SC Chapter Meeting
August 24, Coastal Carolina University; more information will be forthcoming.

SEPTEMBER EVENTS

LEED for Schools Workshop September 20
*Please Note: Workshop attendees can contact the USGBC at 1-800-795-1747 or by e-mailing workshop@usgbc.org for a special workshop discount on the upcoming LEED for Schools Reference Guide. It is currently available for preorder only.*

Click Here For Full Details

 

 

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