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We are back to regular Friday updates!
2014 Advocacy Planning - Chapter Priorities
It was great to see so many chapter volunteers and staff at Greenbuild. Many of you heard about the 2014 Chapter priorities, specifically about Advocacy in 2014, in Philly or prior to that when the Community Advancement team hosted an online forum to role out the priorities in the Fall.
The 2014 chapter advocacy priority will continue to carry forward USGBC’s seven advocacy campaigns. In addition, USGBC will collaborate with chapters to establish critical infrastructure for our advocacy work in 2015 and beyond. We will provide resources, support and training to help each chapter craft their unique 2015 Chapter Advocacy Plan. We have provided two documents to help chapters move towards this new approach. One of the documents is a tool developed by the Aspen Institute to help organizations do long-term planning and an internal guideline we have put together for chapters.
2014 Monthly Advocacy Call
Apologies for the confusion with this month's advocacy call. In 2014, our monthly calls will be 4pm every 3rd Monday of the Month. However, January's call will be on Monday, January 13th, because the 3rd Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which USGBC observes so the office is closed.
Click to add the calls/webex to your calendar. The calendar invite will include the webex link and call in number.
Twenty Thousandth LEED Certification
Last Thursday, the 20,000th LEED commercial project was certified. It is a LEED 2009 CI project in Knoxville, TN.
100 LEED Certified Schools in Ohio
This past Wednesday, we celebrated with the four Ohio chapters of USGBC, the Ohio School Facilities Commission, and about 80 Ohioans the first 100 LEED certified schools at the Ohio Capitol. Roger Platt, Senior Vice President of Global Policy and Law provided his Master of Ceremony skills during the program to celebrate this milestone.
We are pulling together pictures as we speak, so more to come later. However, if you cannot wait and you are on Twitter, check out #LEEDworksOH and you will see some of the photos tweeted out by attendees and staff. Also, check out The Center for Green Schools Director, Rachel Gutter's, blog post.
LEED in Motion
We released the third and final installment of its LEED in Motion report series: Impacts and Innovation. The report details key impact areas and results of the thousands of projects that are utilizing the LEED® green building rating system, as well as innovation highlights related to LEED and green building technologies.
USGBC members can download Impacts and Innovation, as well as the first two reports, People and Progress and Places and Policies.
Anti-LEED report from John Scofield
John Scofield from Oberlin College released a paper, last week, on how LEED is ineffective. It is titled, "Efficacy of LEED-certification in reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions for large New York City office buildings."
Chapter Corner
Fayetteville, AR PACE District
USGBC-Arkansas has been working on PACE Districts. The enabling legislation
passed in the spring 2013 Legislative Session and now the City of Fayetteville,
AR has taken steps to become the first PACE District in the state. More on it from the Fayetteville. Please contact Linda Smith, USGBC-AR for more information.
Madison, WI Benchmarking Ordinance
Sherrie Gruder and Manus McDevitt from Wisconsin Green Building Alliance have been leading a benchmakring effort for Madison, WI. Last week, the ordinance went to the city council and was referred to two committees and scheduled for public hearings next week.
California Energy Efficiency Standards implementation delayed
Per USGBC-CA. "At
its December 11, 2013 Business Meeting, the California Energy Commission
revised the effective date for the 2013 Building Energy Efficiency Standards
(Title 24, Part 1, Chapter 10 and Part 6, and affected provisions in Part 11
[Cal. Green Building Standards Code]) from January 1, 2014 to July 1, 2014." Please contact Dennis Murphy from USGBC-CA for more information.
King County, WA Adopting LEED
King County has adopted a sustainable building ordinance. Ordinance LEED highlight, "Requiring all King County government construction and major renovation projects to strive for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum designation."
King County, WA Adopting LEED
King County has adopted a sustainable building ordinance. Ordinance LEED highlight, "Requiring all King County government construction and major renovation projects to strive for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum designation."
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