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CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
The advisory committee for the co-located BUILDINGChicago and Greening the Heartland events is accepting proposals for the two events that will be held September 9-12, 2013 at Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza in Chicago, IL.
Presentation deadline is February 8, 2013
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Network with other green building professionals, get updated on the 2013 schedule, and provide feedback on what you would like to see included.
Celebrate your membership over great food and spirits!
WHEN February 12, 2013 from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
WHERE
401 East Michigan Avenue #100
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
COST
$0 USGBC Chapter Member $15 Non Member
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GREEN APPLE DAY OF SERVICE
The first-ever Green Apple Day of Service on September 29, 2012 was a tremendous day of action with projects in nearly 1,300 communities around the world. People connected to their schools in an entirely new way, and demonstrated the potential for international engagement in support of healthy, high performing schools.
Click on the infographic above to read more about Green Apple Day of Service.
Stay tuned to the Chapter for a slate of projects and to get involved in Green Apple Day of Service 2013.
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The EBies Celebrate Outstanding Building Performance
Now in its second year, The EBie Awards™ are a nationwide juried competition created by Urban Green Council, USGBC New York, that celebrates performance improvements in Existing Buildings (therefore the EBies), and the people who made them happen.
The EBies recognizes "unsung heroes" who have made great strides in improving environmental performance but whose accomplishments may otherwise go unheralded - not just building owners, but building operators, auditors, commissioning agents, lighting designers, plumbing engineers, and others. Unlike other awards, the EBies are based on measurable improvements; complete details and past winners can be found on the EBie website. As an official EBie Partner, the West Michigan Chapter hopes West Michigan will have many EBie entries as well as winners-since we know how many great sustainability projects we have here in West Michigan!
The EBie submission period is open now and runs through
February 26, 2013, with winners announced at the EBie Awards LIVE on June 19, 2013 in New York City. Stay tuned to our newsletter for the latest EBie details!
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THANK YOU TO OUR NEW AND RENEWING MEMBERS
Steve Hassevoort InForm Architecture
Jeffrey Hawkins Envirologic
Joyce Lee
Brad Miller BIFMA International
Terry Pahl Grand Valley State University
Shany Puthiya Kunnon
Travis Verdier
Joseph Wadel DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability
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LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
Wow, it's the start of a new year already! Looking forward in 2013 there will be a new version of the LEED rating system voted on in June with implementation scheduled in October.
Mark your calendars! There will be a Green Schools Conference, Schools of the Future - Starting Today, on June 21st in Lansing. More details will follow on the conference along with a call for presenters.
The January Board of Directors meeting has been delayed due to weather so we will not be able to announce the new executive committee members until the February issue of the newsletter. Stay tuned!
Kris Ford, LEED AP BD+C
Chair, USGBC West Michigan
Owens-Ames-Kimball Co.
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