Thank you for reading this quick update.

Please support the PACE financing bill which is in the MA House of Representatives right now. Write your rep today to endorse this important measure.

Will we see you at one of our upcoming events? Spaulding Rehab tomorrow and Atlantic Beer Garden next Wednesday.

Recent programs can be seen on our blog. Following our blog is another way to keep track of our opportunities.

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Grey Lee

Executive Director

Tomorrow: Networking Night with a Healthcare Focus

Tour the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital at 5:30pm

Thank you to Chapter & Event Sponsor AtSite, Powering Building Performance, we are happy to host you for this great networking night in Charlestown. Thank you to Perkins+Will, Thompson Consulting Inc., and Copley Wolff Design Group for leading tours of the LEED Gold building they put together.

This will be a free & fabulously catered open-bar event. Hope you can make it. Please review the public transportation options on the registration page (see you on the ferry!).

When: Thursday, July 17th, 2014, 5:30pm - 7:45pm

Location: 300 First Ave, Charlestown, Boston

RSVP: On our website

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The Oceanview Summer Social with the EPMA

Join the Emerging Professionals of USGBC Massachusetts for our annual summer social event in Boston. All are welcome - no age limits, no job category restrictions, as long as you are committed to More Green Buildings! (You do have to be 21, though)

This is a FREE event, so come on down, and bring your friends & colleagues!

We look forward to seeing you at the Atlantic Beer Garden in Boston's Seaport for a great night of networking and fun.

We'll have trivia and a brief Q&A session about LEEDv4 - did someone say LEED Mad Libs? Forbo Flooring is graciously sponsoring free appetizers for all.

When: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014, 6pm - 9pm

Location: 146 Seaport Boulevard, Boston

RSVP: On our website

Advocacy Alert

PACE Financing & Jobs Bill

Write your representative in the Massachusetts House TODAY. The bill is in the House Ways & Means Committee. Read more about the legislation, including a draft letter of endorsement that you can customize, on our blog. You can find your rep through a link on the blog as well.

Read about it from the sponsoring Senator, Brian A. Joyce, at his blog. The legislation recently passed in the Senate and is now in the hands of the House. It will galvanize renewables and efficiency project deployment throughout the state.

Thank you to John Dimodica on our Advocacy Committee for leading on this campaign.

Upcoming Committee Meetings

You are invited to join in our work to advance our mission. All are welcome to attend, tune in, and help out!

7/21/14 3pm Advocacy Committee

7/28/14 6pm Green Schools Committee

8/7/14 5:30pm Monthly Board of Directors Meeting

8/11/14 5:45pm Residential Green Building Committee

8/12/14 5:45pm Membership Committee

Green Apple Day of Service is coming 9/27/14

Organize a service project at your school!

The USGBC started the Green Apple Day of Service in 2012 to advance healthy, sustainable schools for all students in America (and beyond). This is a great opportunity for our green building community to come together and support our communities. We had over 50 projects in Massachusetts in 2013. Let's have more this year!

A service project can be as simple as a natural area clean-up effort, or as complex as building a schoolyard garden or performing an energy audit on an entire school. Read more about how to do one at your school at our website.

You can apply for your project to be funded through a generous partnership with NStar, for a mini-grant to focus on energy efficiency. Your firm could also sponsor a mini-grant and make a real difference in your community - contact Steve Muzzy at smuzzy@usgbcma.org if you would like to learn more about this opportunity.

SAVE THE DATES:

EPMA Green Building Bike Tour: August 23rd

LEED Project Showcase: September 18th

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SGBC Massachusetts Chapter is a non-profit organization serving the sustainable design community throughout the Commonwealth by providing a wide range of green building education, networking and advocacy services.

For more information visit: www.usgbcma.org