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Feature Article
Going Green is Pro-active Healthcare
Source: William Thomson, Green Homes Expert
Date: April 18, 2011
Patients admitted to a "green" healthcare services facility tend to heal faster and experience shorter stays, reports the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Research has shown that a facility that offers green healthcare services provides "a healthy indoor environmental quality" that connects patients to outdoors, according to Scot Horst, USGBC senior vice president of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
Property Magazine reports the USGBC launched its new Green Building Rating System for LEED for Healthcare at the April 2011 CleanMed conference. The Council expects to provide guidance to the design and construction of both new buildings and those that may undergo renovations. The new green rating system will apply to inpatient, outpatient and licensed long-term care facilities; medical offices; assisted living facilities; and medical education and research centers.
The new rating system marks the efforts put together by the USGBC and the Green Guide for Healthcare (GGHC), a project of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems and Health Care Without Harm. Immediately after its launch in 2007, the GGHC has drawn feedback that contributed in the creation of the new LEED for Healthcare rating system.
The USGBC noted that a mammoth population of patients in one healthcare facility compromises the immune systems and increases sensitivity to chemicals and pollutants. The primary goals of LEED for Healthcare are aimed at fulfilling the 24-hour operational facility requirements, which include process water use related to medical equipment, rural facility locations, patient populations, and patient and staff health.
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Calendar at a Glance
June -Schools almost out and summers nearly here!
Saturday June 4th Central Branch Community Connection
Event: 3rd Annual Mayor's Bike Ride
Registration 9:00 a.m. - Ride 10:00 a.m.
Where: Fishback Creek Public Academy - 8301 W 86th Street, 46278
What: Join the City of Indianapolis and the Marion County Public Health Department for the third annual Mayor's Bike Ride. This year the Mayor's Bike Ride will highlight the newest bike lanes on Lafayette Road.
More bicycle traffic on Indy streets creates healthier people, cleaner air
and less congestion. Bring the whole family to participate in this free event.
T-shirts are available for the first 500 participants who
register and free kids' bike helmets will be given away while supplies last.
For more info...
Monday June 6th Central Branch Community Connection
Event: The third Environmental Health Summit
Where: Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis.
What: A collaborative event by IU School of Medicine's Department of Public Health, the Center for Urban Health at IUPUI, and the nonprofit Improving Kids' Environment.
For more Info...
Tuesday June 28th Central branch Community Connection
Topic: The Energy & Environmental Building Alliance presents:
What: Houses That Work Workshop
Session qualify for GBCI CE hours towards LEED Credentialing Maintenance (USGBC)
Presenter: Gord Cooke, EEBA Certified Trainer
Where: Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis Indiana Housing Center 1011 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Registration: 8:00am; Session: 8:30am to 4:30pm
Register Here Registration Deadline: June 26, 2011
For more information contact Dona or Nancy at 952.881.1098.
Please email your event notices to the Editor
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Indiana Chapter Branch Connections
-follow links to chapter website and Branch update pages
North Central Branch
The North Central Branch had its final spring program in May, a tour of the new Transpo Facility in South Bend, which is in the process of achieving LEED Platinum.
The building uses the same amount of energy as its previous facility, even though the new facility is much larger.
Due to the high level of sustainability of the building,
employees have increased environmental awareness and have taken part in keeping the facility clean and green.
The tour was very educational to all those that attended and the building serves as a model for future development in the City of South Bend.
The branch will take a break from hosting programs during the summer months, but will continue to work through the summer to develop new ideas to improve its impact next year. If you are interested in helping out with any planning efforts, please contact Mike Reese at mwr@troyergroup.com.
Northeast Branch
 For additional information regarding the
USGBC-IN Northeast Branch contact:.
Communications Chair - Jill Gibson (Hattersley)
jgibson@ahattersley.com
Central Branch
 USGBC Webinars are now accessible at a location near you! Be sure to check out all 6 webinars, their locations and topics on our website calendar and find one that will help you complete your CMU's for your LEED A. P.
KIB 2011 WORKSHOP SERIES Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Workshop Series 2011 In an effort to spread the word on ways to keep Indianapolis beautiful, KIB is kicking off its 2011 Workshop series! Workshops will be held every second Thursday of the month from 6-8 p.m. at KIB's office, located in Fountain Square. Topics vary each month, and no experience is required to participate.
For additional information regarding the USGBC-IN Central Branch contact:
Membership Committee Chair: Heather Zeto, hazeto@platinumearth.com
Programs Committee: position open
Communications Committee: Kris Rubino, rubinok@mayerfabrics.com
South Central Branch
 For additional information regarding the
USGBC-IN South Central Branch contact:
Communications Chair -Ian Marlowe: ian@newpowernow.com
Southwest Branch
For additional information regarding the
USGBC-IN Southwest Branch,
please contact Richard Kuhn: rtk@efficientenergytechnologies.net
USGBC-Indiana Chapter Branches Represent You!
- Volunteer in 2011
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From the Chair
As we move out of the rainy season, and into the warm weather, it is hard to believe that 2011 is almost halfway over. I think the Chapter has done some great things so far this year, with the main focus set on educational opportunities. We now have in place a rather robust collection of these programs to attain the GBCI required CMP hours to maintain your LEED AP accreditation - with several opportunities around the state each month. Please visit the Chapter website scroll to 'View all events' on the right column to find opportunities near you.
Our Chapter is already in motion to host the 2012 USGBC Heartland Regional Conference Greening the Heartland, (drawing from USGBC Chapters in our region's 12 state area). I know I can speak for the entire Board of Directors when I say that we are looking forward, with great anticipation, to this tremendous opportunity to welcome our regional partners to our State. We will be needing all hands on deck to ensure the success of Greening the Heartland as it is our honor to host this event. As always, feel free to contact me, I can put you in touch with a committee that best suits your talents. It is really great to see the concepts for the programming of the event starting to come together! With our thoughts focused toward Greening the Heartland in 2012, please give serious consideration to attending the conference this year, being held by our neighbors to the southeast in Cincinnati. The importance of regional networking along with the opportunity to gain insight into regional strategies for LEED education and advocay can be best discovered when you support this event. Mark your calendar - June 22 to June 24, 2011. Further information (including a link to registration) is available below. I will be in attendance and I hope to see you there! Thank you - enjoy the start of Summer! John O'Brien 2011 USGBC Indiana Chair jpobrien@heapy.com |
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Indiana Green Building Events
Stop by and visit our USGBC-IN Chapter booth or better yet, contact Dan Overbey to volunteer
U.S. DOE Clean Cities Stakeholder Summit
When: June 27-30, 2011
Where: JW Marriott Indianapolis, Indiana
Phone: 202-973-8663
Email: cleancities@courtesyassoc.com Information Hotel/Accommodations Day at the Track
Sponsorship/Exhibits Presented by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Clean Cities initiative.
This Summit will provide a forum for collaboration between DOE, Clean Cities coordinators, and national and local stakeholders to discuss the short and long term opportunities, challenges, and strategies for greater adoption of alternative fuels, advanced vehicle technologies, and other petroleum reduction practices in the transportation sector
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June LEED Project Highlight
IUSB Community Building
Achieves LEED Silver
Indiana University South Bend held a LEED Silver Certification ceremony for the Community Building on the River Crossing Campus Apartments site on May 19 at 2:00 pm. The community building achieved this award for incorporating a design and construction that reduces energy use, provides natural lighting, reduces water usage, used appropriate material, provided a clean indoor environment as well as a variety of other sustainable strategies including:
- Access to Public Transportation, bicycling and pedestrian accessibility
- 62% of green space planted with native and adaptive species to help
decrease maintenance needs and reduce irrigation by over 83%. - 54% Reduction of potable water use by installing dual flush toilets, waterless urinals and low flow fixtures.
- 19.2% reduction in Building Energy Costs by using a closed-loop geothermal heating and cooling system.
- Diverted over 90% or 35 tons of construction waste from our landfills
- Over 90% of occupied spaces harvest natural daylighting through perimeter windows and cupola.
- Use of materials with Recycled content and Low-VOC content for indoor health
 The innovative design and construction process for this facility was a collaboration between IU South Bend, Indiana University Architect's Office, The Troyer Group, Inc., Sterling Group Inc., and TechComm, Inc. The campus Sustainability Committee comprised of faculty members also played an important role in the project and set the stage for a green movement on campus. The IU South Bend Center for a Sustainable Future, headed by Mike Keen, has since been established and is helping lead sustainability efforts in the community.
All of this was made possible through creative efforts of the design and construction team with no increased cost in the budget. Bill Barnard, LEED Administrator and USGBC Indiana Board Member, noted "this facility truly exhibits IU South Bend's goal of 'Affordable Excellence'. Today we are presenting this award in recognition of Indiana University South Bend's campus
commitment to sustainability through this project." John O'Brien, USGBC Indiana Chapter Chair, also attended and presented the Chancellor with the LEED Silver Plaque.
The Community Building is at the center of IU South Bend's River Crossing Campus Apartments complex which includes accommodations for up to 400 students. The Community Building was recognized for its design by American School & University Magazine.
Congratulations on establishing The IU South Bend Center for a Sustainable Future and for your achievment of LEED Silver
Submit Your LEED Certified Project to be featured on our Chapter website or Newsletter
Let us help you celebrate by sharing your LEED® registered or certified projects! Complete this form to submit a new project and email it to info@usgbc-in.org. Contact us for more information and submission guidelines.
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Indiana Green Building News
Greetings from Cincinnati Ohio and Greening The Heartland 2011
Greetings!
For those of you still wondering just how amazing the seminars will be for this years Greening the Heartland Conference (GTH) wait no more. With over 150 abstract submissions the education committee lead by Tom Kennedy has selected a series of convivial (yes that is a word - look it up) and educational seminars all designed to help you increase your knowledge of green build and design.
With four major focus areas: Residential, New Buildings, Existing Buildings and community. We have 13 GBCI & AIA Continuing Education Units (CEU) all designed to keep you informed and accredited.
So if you have been waiting to register wait no more, with less than 4 Weeks away GTH 2011 is certain to be the best one yet!
Chad Edwards
GTH Host Committee - Chair
USGBC Cincinnati Chapter
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Understanding MPR's: Building Performance, MPR6, & LEED
Source: U.S. Green Building Council LEED Updates
Date: May 2011
Looking for tools to understand how your building is performing? USGBC's Building Performance Partnership (BPP) provides a pathway for meeting Minimum Program Requirements (MPR6) while providing LEED building owners and managers with critical data to optimize building performance.
Live Session: June 30, 1-2:30PM ET 1.5 GBCI LEED-Specific CMP Hours Register today »
Get Involved: Committee and Working Group Openings
As an employee of a USGBC member organization, you can drive the development of USGBC and LEED programs while adding volunteer experience to your resume and potentially earn up to 4 GBCI CE hours for LEED Professional Credential maintenance. Apply for current openings or sign up to be notified of future openings at usgbc.org/volunteer.
LEED Regionalization
USGBC, in collaboration with its chapters, is recruiting volunteers for regionalization. Regionalization is the process by which chapter-level volunteers identify priority environmental issues in their areas and the LEED credits that address those issues. These credits are known as Regional Priority credits that, when earned by a project, reward one bonus point per credit. Chapter volunteers will be selecting Regional Priority credits for LEED 2012.
Each chapter will gather a task force that is composed of local professionals (both chapter members and those interested in becoming members). USGBC intends for chapter task forces to be as diverse and as large as possible, drawing from various areas of expertise and professions.
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Join USGBC-IN Chapter! 
Joining USGBC is a corporate opportunity, join USGBC-IN Chapter and your individual voice can be heard. Enjoy the many benefits of chapter membership that help you stay competitive, grow professionally, and make the best contacts in the green building industry.
Be recognized as a leader in supporting a better built environment.
Sign up today and receive a one-year membership:
$65 for associate membership (not affiliated with a corporate member)
$50 for national members
$25 for students.
For more information regarding USGBC Indiana,
please visit our web site at usgbc-in.org.
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From the Editor
Spring Cleaning is almost complete!
We hope you have enjoyed these monthly updates on local and national issues impacting our communities. Beginning July 1st, 2011, this e-newsletter will be a members only benefit. If you are a member of our USGBC-IN Chapter you will continue to receive this e-newsletter without interruption. If you are not a chapter member you will still be able to visit our chapter website and review past issues in the archives along with Project profiles and Branch News.
Interested in receiving the e-newsletter without interruption? Then you need to renew or become a chapter member today! Please use the links on this newsletter to join the chapter and get involved with your local branch.
Remember, although all memberships are made though the national website, there are two levels of connecting. Corporate membership requires a corporate code and connects you to USGBC National. Chapter membership does not require a code nor does it require you to be a national member, it connects you to your local membership. Although chapter dues are discounted for national members, either way they are quickly becoming less than a tank of gas -and unlike national dues, chapter dues support you where you live! Invest in your chapter and you are investing in your community.
Connie Torres
RA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C
USGBC Indiana Communications Committee Chair 2011
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