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Sustainable Connections Events
Planning for Stormwater
Feb 17th 5:30-7:00, Brandywine
RSVP to [email protected]
Getting Glazing with Cascadia Windows
February 19th 11:30-1:00
Building Performance Center
Apply NOW!
And be featured as the best in eco-friendly design, construction and landscapes
June 28 & 29th
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Industry Events
BIAWC
Certified Erosion & Sediment Control Lead (CESCL)
Feb. 4-5 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily - lunch is included
Cost: $250 members, $325 non-members.
Certified Erosion & Sediment Control Lead (CESCL) Re-Certification
Feb. 6 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - lunch is included.
COST: $175 for members, $250 for non-members.
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What we do:
The Green Building & Smart Growth Program at Sustainable Connections promotes healthy, durable, efficient, and environmentally responsible homes, neighborhoods and workplaces through education, technical assistance and advocacy.
Find us on Facebook and Twitter!
Get involved! We have many upcoming volunteer opportunities. Contact [email protected]
Have an event or tidbit to share? Send it to [email protected]. You can also help make our work possible by Donating! 
Sustainable Connections is a proud Community Partner of the Cascadia Green Building Council
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Green Building Smart Growth Program Seeking 2014 Sponsors
Help support an improved quality of life through healthy and efficient buildings and vibrant neighborhoods
The Green Building and Smart Growth Program works with local government, building industry professionals and community members to achieve program goals.
Sponsorship supports our work in promoting healthy,durable, efficient, and environmentally responsible homes,neighborhoods and workplaces through education, technical assistance and advocacy. To learn more about the green building program, click HERE.To learn more about sponsorship opportunities and benefits, click HERE.
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2014 Imagine This! Home and Landscape Tour
A call for projects to build market awareness and celebrate our local industry professionals!
Planning for the 2014 Imagine This! Home and Landscape Tour is underway. The Sustainable Connections team is working to make the 12th (lucky number!) annual event the best year yet. This will include some new marketing and outreach opportunities and will continue to offer public education and awareness, create market development and showcase our local industry professionals.
Do you have a project that features eco-friendly features or landscapes? This is your time to shine! Homeowners across Whatcom County are looking for innovative solutions and great contractors to help them turn their home or future home into a reflection of their values. Whether it's energy improvements, creative architecture, or urban agriculture you have something to share!
Showcase your eco-friendly home or landscape and have access to hundreds of interested tour goers, months of marketing and be part of the largest home tour north of Seattle.
To apply download the application HERE and email to [email protected].
General Information
Saturday & Sunday, June 28 & 29th 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Tickets will be available for $10, on-line and at both Bellingham Food Coop locations.
Includes 10 amazing locations featuring the best in eco-friendly homes and landscapes and a chance to win a home energy audit with the Community Energy Challenge
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Birch Case Study House
Now Pilot Project for NEEA
Local super-efficient home receives incentives
 [bundle], a new design firm, has recently undertaken the design and construction of a new single family residence in the Birchwood Neighborhood. This house, the Birch Case Study Home, is a case study in partnership with Sustainable Connections to demonstrate a number of green building technologies and strategies and is considered to be one of the most environmentally progressive residential projects in Whatcom County.
 This case study home just got smarter! The Birch Case Study Home has been accepted in a pilot program that offers funding and technical assistance including room by room occupant energy monitoring. The pilot is an initiative of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), an alliance of more than 100 Northwest utilities working to accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient products, services and practices. The study aims to identify and understand the most cost-effective ways to achieve maximum energy savings in residential new construction. Results from the program will help shape the new standard for advanced performance homes throughout Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington for years to come. Working with [bundle], SC's Green Building and Smart Growth program will be hosting a series of workshops on specified green building technologies. These workshops will be open to the public but are geared towards designers, architects, engineers and contractors.
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Don't Miss "Getting Glazing"
February 19th!
It's a whole lot more than just windows
Join Sustainable Connections and [bundle] in the Birch Case workshop series as we explore window design technology and performance including understanding the thermal, strength, UV, and long term performance of fiberglass material properties and how those are maximized in the window construction.
1.5 AIA credits available
Getting Glazing Workshop
When | February 19, 11:30 - 1:30
Where | Building Performance Center, 3406 Redwood Ave
*followed by a tour at 2930 Birchwood Ave.
Cost | $10.00 ($15 non-member) includes lunch, credits and networking!
RSVP | [email protected]
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Announcing Trim Tab Vol.20
The magazine for transformative people + design
 In the International Living Future Institutes' latest issue of Trim Tab, their quarterly e-magazine, they delve into the breakthroughs of the green building industry and profiles people, projects and ideas inspired by the natural world.
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Passive House Design and Construction Training
"world's most advanced and ecological construction standard"
 The Passive House course is aimed at all North American building and design professionals, architects, engineers, builders, contractors, advanced students and others who are motivated to learn how to build to one of the world's most advanced and ecological construction standards - the Passive House Standard. We encourage all different kinds of professionals to join the course since we've seen that this insures very fertile discussions and amazing networking opportunities for you.
The course starts with the fundamentals and is using single family houses as examples to explain the principles but also addresses large residential and non-residential buildings.
The goal of the course is to enable you to design or build your first Passive House and it helps you to prepare yourself to pass the International Passive House Exam.
When | March 20-22 & April 3-5th 9am-5pm
Where | The Bullitt Center
1501 East Madison
Seattle, WA 98122
Cost | $1,300
http://www.passivehouse.ca/seattle-2014/
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Featured Sponsor
Moceri Construction
Specializing in custom homes, commercial construction, and remodels in Whatcom, Skagit, and Island County
 Moceri Construction has been building locally for nearly forty years. This family business takes pride in its customer service and focuses on using the best building practices, no matter the project. As a general contractor Moceri Construction is happy to service any customer. From custom homes and remodels to excavation and commercial construction they have the experience to tackle all jobs, big and small.
 Moceri construction strives to always build with sustainability in mind by building homes that stand the test of time. They believe that the most sustainable practice they can have is to build homes and buildings that will be used for generations to come making even those slow growing resources renewable. In addition a focus on the latest trends in building allows them to build with as little impact as possible. During construction they do this by recycling building material, buying sustainably grown lumber, buying local, and using advanced framing techniques. When they leave the site the impact can stay low by installing geothermal, solar panels, wind generators, improved insulation, LED lighting, and energy smart appliances.
With years of experience and a dedicated sustainability specialist, Moceri Construction would relish the opportunity to help you with your next project no matter the size.
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