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LEEDing in BC: Future BC Directions with Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design LEED Gold! Vancouver Island Technology Park, SaanichJoe Van Belleghem, BCBC Project Manager. Come and hear Joe Van Belleghem describe the first BCBC project to achieve a LEED v2.0 Gold certification. The design team coupled practical green design approaches with innovative community economic & social development efforts - for an exemplary result. Adaptive reuse and retrofit of the historic Glendale Lodge reduced material use, and allowed use of existing road, water and sewer services, with significant site development cost savings. The comprehensive site planning process was done in collaboration with the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific, who identified and protected significant trees, creating a wildlife corridor with new trails lined with fruit and nut bearing trees for birds. HCP’s landscape plan uses only native plant species, minimizing irrigation, and allows an Integrated Pest Management program to reduce pesticide use. Green site space was increased to a total of 75% for the development, with 99% of the existing trees preserved; stormwater runoff from the site was actually reduced. Paved asphalt was replaced with an innovative grass paving and stabilized gravel driving aisle system – now being manufactured on Vancouver Island, once it was discovered there was no local supplier. The building is expected to save 27.5% of the energy consumption of an ASHRAE/IESNA standard 90.1 –1999 energy cost budget, due to its water loop heat pump system and efficient lighting; and is the first large BC application of waterless urinals -- with both water and capital cost savings. Joe van Belleghem will tell the inside story on the process that lead to one of the greenest facilities in BC. After the case study, leaders of the LEED BC effort will discuss current activities and future plans for green buildings in our home. Date
& Time: April 18, 2002 5:30 pm SCHEDULE
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Non-members: $45 Students/unemployed: $20 Cash only; receipts will be issued. Please note: No show registrants and those cancelling after April 17 will be billed. REGISTRATION
By e-mail: [email protected] By Telephone: (604) 876-1315 (Ian) Register now -- seats are limited!
GREENING THE HOME: LOWER MAINLAND RESOURCES & SUCCESS STORIES What steps can we, as the design and building community, take to create the kind of homes that are healthy for our clients, reduce their footprint on the environment and ultimately make good financial sense? Date
& Time: Thursday March 21, 2002 OVERVIEW Whether you are a developer, building contractor, designer or in real estate sales - understand the possibilities and realize the potential benefits of sustainable home design. Get the facts on, and have myths dispelled about R2000 from Richard Kadulski, local architect and leading sustainable design and energy expert. Take home resources include GVRD’s CD ROM of green design resources and a recent copy of Solplan Review. Hear about local green design case studies, from Heather Tremain, local architect and producer of the Healthy Home series seen on television. SPEAKERS Richard Kadulski is a Vancouver architect who has specialized in energy efficient, solar and climate sensitive design and technology transfer, mostly in the residential sector. Appropriate energy and environmental concerns have always been taken into account in all his projects. He was the project manager for the BC Advanced House, one of 10 advanced houses built across Canada to showcase the latest in building technology, energy efficiency, healthy house and environmental concerns. Richard has beenactive with the R-2000 Home Program since its inception. He is a member ofCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's International Training Team, and has been active on many industry technical bodies. He is a Past president of the Solar Energy Society of Canada. His contributions to the housing industry have been recognized by the Canadian Homebuilder's Association through a number of provincial and national awards.Since 1985 he has been Editor of SOLPLAN REVIEW, Canada's journal of energy conservation, building science and building practice for the light construction sector. Heather Tremain BA (Hons), M.Arch, Co-creator and Content Producer, Healthy Home Television Series, and Principal, reSource Rethinking BuildingHeather is engaged in the work of sustainability education, by working both as an architectural designer, sustainability consultant and a media creator. It is her goal to take larger scale sustainability objectives and to make them accessible and implementable. On the building side, as a partner in reSource Rethinking Building, she is committed to transforming conventional building practices into ones that are more planet and people friendly. One of her recent projects, Kooís Corner, in Vancouver, BC is the extensive renovation of a former automotive garage into an example of sustainable building practices and healthy interiors. The aim of this project is to serve as a model for local developers in building both profitably and environmentally. She is also currently working on Green Building Guidelines for new development at Simon Fraser, a 10,000 person community. Her other principal occupation is the creation of a television series that aims to inform and inspire people to make changes to their home environment and lifestyles, which result in better personal health, a higher quality of life and a lesser impact on our planet. The program connects viewers with people who inspire them with their stories. The show presents a range of actions and choices viewers can make that will directly impact the quality of their lives, their community and the planet. The series, which by all broadcasters standards has been a ratings success, is now in its third season. Healthy Home is available in 25 million homes across North America. BENEFITS
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Non-Members $40.00 Students $25.00 (Cash only - receipts will be issued) REGISTRATION
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Sustainability, Business Strategy and the Next Frontier of Design An evening with Rob Abbott - Founder and Chief Idea Guy, Abbott Strategies Date:
Thursday, February 21st, 2002 @ 6:15 pm OVERVIEW Is there a business case for sustainability? How can we make our businesses more profitable and gain better strategic positioning through sustainability? What role does design play in the search for solutions? The ECODESIGN RESOURCE SOCIETY presents an evening with ROB ABBOTT one of North America’s thought leaders on sustainability and green business. At this dinner and presentation, Abbott will present his unique insights on the business case for sustainability. Despite some twenty years of "soak time" with the idea of sustainability, many businesses, governments, academics and others continue to struggle to articulate the 'business case' for sustainability. For the constituency who have figured out the answer to the question, "why be sustainable?" another question of "how to do it profitably?" continually arises. This question is critically important for businesses that see their fates played out daily in capital markets that focus on a single bottom line, but it is equally relevant for policy actors who want to shift society onto a more sustainable trajectory without eroding social and economic progress. Finally, the design community needs to develop and offer more competitive, sustainable solutions to a wider range of projects, goods and services. We need to cross the chasm of showcase projects and make it not only okay to talk about sustainability, but to make it mainstream. SPEAKER ROB ABBOTT is widely recognized as one of the most knowledgeable, compelling and motivating speakers on this subject. For nearly two decades Abbott has worked with businesses and governments around the world that are trying to 'unpack' sustainability and make it real. A former practice leader with Coopers & Lybrand and Golder Associates, he has written widely on this subject, and regularly speaks to business and government leaders on the ways sustainability influences value drivers and shapes strategy to create competitive advantage. WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
STREAM WORKSHOP Background Stream integrity and fish habitat protection, growth management, economic opportunity, and recreational values are among the issues requiring attention for sustainability planning and design. The Stream Protection Regulations (SPR) of the Fish Protection Act introduced recently are intended to help guide decision-making regarding streamside-related issues. Nonetheless, questions and concerns have been raised regarding the SPR's role, effectiveness and/or impact on sustainability planning, especially in the urban context. To explore questions and related issues, and as part of EDRS's monthly program of events, EDRS is planning to design, develop and host a focused workshop involving members of the following constituencies:
Goals Our goal is to attract knowledgeable, open-minded, sustainability-oriented participants who are interested in cooperatively exploring the SPR with a view to identify:
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