Need GBCI credits or just want to better understand the USGBC’s suite of LEED rating systems? We are kicking off the 2016 USGBC MA Chapter webinar series with a new look at indoor air quality. Additional webinar topics include energy codes, the SITES rating system, Environmental Product Declarations, and more. Join us for these informative and interactive inperson sessions! Each session in this series is registered for GBCI CE hours and AIA/CES LU/HSW hours. Please note, these webinars are pre- recorded and you are required to attend in person to receive credit. Register here!
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This course introduces current energy trends, required codes, and sustainability rating systems across the U.S. and the role of ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, ASHRAE 189, IgCC, and LEED. Hear from a Sustainability Experts at Green Building Services about current energy performance reporting trends including federal and municipal codes and guidelines.
Objectives
Identify current energy regulations and energy performance reporting trends across the United States that impact the general welfare of the community.
Describe the role of Energy Star Portfolio Manager and how to implement this energy tracking and benchmarking tool into your property or project to promote all feasible means of energy conservation.
Identify existing and potential energy performance reporting trends and requirements in municipalities across the country that affect society, environment, economy, and human welfare.
Compare and contrast the proposed City of Portland Energy Performance Requirements to similar energy trends across the United States intended to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions.
Next monday (February the 15th) join as at 6 PM for a Green Roofs Costs and Benefits webinar! This is a great opportunity to learn more about green roofs and their importance in green building. Note that webinars are pre-recorded and must be attended in person to receive credit.
About This Event:
A Green Roof installation is a strategy that can contribute up to 20% of the total credits needed to attain LEED certification. Furthermore, a Green Roof can be on a partial portion of the roof and need not fully cover the available roof area. This course will provide you with thermal properties information and quantify the potential energy savings so that a cost/benefit analysis can be made. Rainwater quality and quantity measurements are provided as well. Course participants will gain valuable knowledge on the component parts of green roofs, and savings potential gained from installing a green roof.
The information provided will be useful to many of our members: contractors, investors, property owners, developers, businesses, commercial organizations, and all other LEED professionals.
Webinar Goals:
Learn about the thermal properties of green roofs and the best climates and conditions that provide information for best practices when installing and maintaining a green roof.
Learn about two case studies that quantify the energy savings potential and rainwater management properties of green roofs
Learn about the multiple credit categories and amount of points that an installation of a green roof can contribute towards for LEED certification
Learn about the green roof market and a green roof benefits and costs
The webinar will take place at Sustainability Hub, located at 912 South Main Street in Worcester. Register for the event here, and print your PARKING PASS here!
Tomorrow, January 28th, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, we're partnering with Greenwash Action and the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) to bring you the Issues of Controversy in Green Building Policy webinar series. You Are What You Breathe: Taking Action on Chemicals of Concern is the second installment. This is an online webinar series through ILFI and you can watch anywhere online or we will have an in-person viewing session here at 50 Milk Street with the opportunity for group discussion.
One of the most important trends in green building in recent years has been growing market demand for transparency and avoidance of toxic chemicals in building materials. This webinar will provide a primer on chemicals of concern in the built environment, an overview of the tools that are driving the development of healthier building materials and will contrast the approaches of Living Building Challenge, LEED and Green Globes to this important issue. We will also explore how webinar participants can play a role in inspiring increased uptake of healthy materials through specification, contracts and other advocacy tools.
Objectives
Outline the history of political debate that surrounds ingredient disclosure of building materials and emerging trends of toxic chemical avoidance within the green building industry.
Explain how various green building certifications are driving healthy material specification with a particular focus on LEED® and the Living Building Challenge, including its related Declare label.
Identify techniques that practitioners can use to incorporate healthy materials into Living Building Challenge and other sustainable building projects.
Discuss how participants can play a role in promoting market uptake of ingredient transparency through specification and other advocacy tools.
REGISTER HERE on the ILFI website and CONTACT US if you would like to join the in-person viewing.
The Chapter is thrilled to share another contribution to the community on the USGBC National Education Platform. Board Member, Shawn Hesse, originally shared this presentation at a Green Breakfast in 2015, where he wow'ed the crowd of professionals and students from Wentworth Institute of Technology.
Over the last few months, he has developed this Social Equity and LEED presentation for the global audience on the USGBC's Education Platform. We have just aired the webinar to all with a USGBC education subscription. If you do not yet have an Education@USGBC subscription, please click here. Using this link enables the Chapter to earn a share of the income from USGBC.
The USGBC has identified “fostering social equity” as a driving principle in its strategic plan, and in 2014, launched three new Social Equity credits as part of the LEED v4 Pilot Credit library. The three credits; Social Equity in the Project, Social Equity in the Community, and Social Equity in the Supply Chain reward project teams for implementing best practices in improving social equity.
Shoebox Energy Modeling: How To Do Quick, Early Simulations will be shown on 12/15/15 in Cambridge at noon. Most whole building energy simulations require a mechanical system design, making them unsuitable for early-design modeling. By the time you’re sizing mechanical systems and debating the finer points of shading mechanisms, you know you’ve missed some really big energy-saving opportunities. Learn from the architects and energy modelers who are turning to shoebox models—with one or just a few zones— to capture big energy, design, and construction savings.
New Construction & Philadelphia’s Energy Benchmarking Law will be shown on 12/16/15 in Boston at 4:30. Energy benchmarking and disclosure mandates are a growing national trend. Although these policies are geared towards existing buildings, there is a unique opportunity to impact the new construction industry as well. This session is intended to educate design professionals, energy services providers, and commercial building owners about the importance of optimizing the energy performance of new buildings and how to achieve the best results using integrated design, energy modeling, EPA's Target Finder, and more. We will also review Philadelphia's energy benchmarking and disclosure law, Year 2 results, and current green codes and standards, which will be beneficial to policy makers who have recently adopted or are considering similar legislation.
Geothermal Heating and Cooling: A Renewable Energy Technology will be shown on 12/21/15 in Worcester at 6pm. This course will cover several critical topics surrounding our industry today in the world of geothermal heating and cooling. You will learn the basic principles of the geothermal heat pump technology and we will discuss some of the misconceptions that often arise in today’s market. You will walk away with an understanding of how and why geothermal heat pumps systems are so incredibly energy efficient and gain a general understanding of how the four basic systems are designed and work for each job application.
