Dec. '08/Jan. '09
Regional Roundup
C O N T E N T S
Chapter News: US EPA Benefits Far Reaching
Executive Director's Corner: The Economics of Green
The Business of Green: Busted Boiler Brings Energy Savings Vision to Company
Greenbuild 2009 in Phoenix: Long Live The West
LEED: Notes From A Shifted Landscape
LEED: Bethke School LEED Certified
Regional Roundup: Denver Metro Steering Committee's Efforts Pay Off
VISION
Promote responsibility for Colorado's environmental legacy.
MISSION
Advance and promote sustainable planning, design, construction and operation of the built environment through education, improving industry guidelines, policy advocacy, and information and resource sharing.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tom Hootman, President
RNL Design
Dana Kose, Vice Chair
Universal Development Company
Megan Christensen, Secretary
Bovis Lend Lease
Jim Bradburn, Treasurer
RMH Group
Mike Lowell, Advocacy Chair
US GSA
Bobby Molinary, Membership Chair Hyatt Select
Josh Radoff, Director At Large
YRG Sustainability
Daniele Loffreda, Communications Chair
Plateau Enviro Associates
Conor Merrigan, EGB Chair
C2 Sustainable Development Consultants
Deb Kleinman
Executive Director
Colorado Building Green is the official newsletter of the U.S. Green Building Council – Colorado Chapter, and is published bi-monthly. If you are interested in submiting a story, ideas or other information for publication, please contact the editor at dgloffreda@msn.com
Denver Metro Steering Committee’s Education Efforts Pay Off
Denver Metro Steering First Monday Speakers Series A Huge Success!
By Emilie Baratta
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The Denver Metro Steering Committee’s Education efforts are paying off in a big way! Its First Monday Speakers Series returned from summer with renewed energy, raising awareness about the importance of a sustainable built environment and increasing knowledge on how to green existing and future buildings and communities:
- Eighty people attended October’s “Financing Green Building,” which identified financial incentives to offset the first-costs of ‘going green;
- A joint USGBC-ASHRAE event in November helped participants better understand how to use ‘green’ to facilitate cooperation amongst the different disciplines involved in conceiving, designing and building green projects;
- And 60 attendees flocked to December’s event on how to (and why) commission new and existing buildings.
The Education Committee has grown to ten people, which should be enough to expand its educational programming. Keep an eye out for:
- Events around town – including Stapleton, the Tech Center and Boulder
- Brown bags lunch series and breakfasts
- Podcasts
- Half-day conferences
A special thanks to REI for continuing to donate their terrific conference space for our First Monday Speakers Series!
December Metro Denver Branch Newsletter Update – Communications
By Amy DePierre-Tindle, Associates III Interior Design
The Metro Denver Branch is live!
The newest USGBC-Colorado Branch now has a web presence.
Check us out –
As a member of the Colorado Chapter, your involvement with the Metro Denver Branch is FREE!
Now is the perfect time to get involved with your local green building community – volunteer with a committee, attend educational events and network with like-minded individuals close to home.
You can make a difference!
Lend us your hand to:
- Create a community
- Be a resource
- Inspire collaboration
- Foster learning
- Make green building ubiquitous