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LEED User Group Meeting

Submitted by Daryl on Fri, 24/10/2008 - 12:50.
Oct 31 2008 - 12:00pm
Oct 31 2008 - 1:00pm

Learn from peers, share your experiences and grow your understanding of green building practice in British Columbia.

This month’s topic: Greening without a Certification: Alternative Forms of Ownership and Design
  • Structural engineering non-typical buildings
  • Organization and make up of a Eco Village
  • Organization of a Co-operative Ownership Model
  • Collaborative decision making
  • 15 minutes of • LEED Users “clinic”

Presentations will set the framework for an often overlooked topic of green design and facilitate both a technical and philisophical discussion on the matter.  What are the missing metrics for green certification?  The session will be followed by an open clinic for those with technical LEED questions.

Presenters

Mark Porter | LEED AP, PE | Associated Engineering

Mark will share his work in designing the structure of a cordwood building for the Yarrow EcoVillage and describe the make up of this unique project.

Michael Driedger | LEED AP, B.A., DipT | Busby Perkins+Will

As a sustainable research advisor , Michael deals with technical green building issues on a day to day basis but when he goes home, he lives in a non typical co-operatively owned building. He will explore the notion of co-operative ownership and talk about the greenness of collaborative decision making.

Registration

Early Rate Regular Rate (ends 10.30.08)

Cascadia & CaGBC Members $10 $20

Non-Members  $25 $35

Students/EGB $10 $20

Please click here for more information and to register: http://www.cascadiagbc.org/events/2008/october/vancouver-leed-users-group-vlug-affordable-housing-and-eco-villages

This event will be held at the Terasen Gas Building, Georgia Room, 1100 Georgia Street.  Lunch will be served.


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