In This Issue

2014 LEED Project Showcase at Genzyme

Green Schools Update

The Net Zero Imerative

Upcoming Chapter Events:

Take a look at our Events Calendar to see what we have coming up.

Some of our events are listed to the right.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Fresh from the BLOG

What is this awesome community doing for the green building movement?

Standard 189.1 + the IgCC + LEED = the Philips Head Hammer

Leading Edge Green Partnership Program for residential transaction donations to USGBC MA Chapter

Passive House Conference in Portland, MA 9/22-9/23

Member Spotlight: Samantha DeMagistris

The Net Zero Imperative with Eric Corey Freed

Putting Solar On It: Boston Properties' Waltham Garage 820kW Photovoltaic Array

Press Release:

Boston Properties Solar Array

USGBC and the American Chemistry Council Work Together to Advance LEED m

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The new offices of the USGBC Massachusetts Chapter: CIC Boston at 50 Milk St

Read more about our many activities at the USGBC MA Chapter blog - you can scroll and scroll and learn a lot!

Chapter Committees

Engage with your peers to advance our mission:

Education

Communications

Membership

Advocacy

Emerging Professionals (EPMA)

Green Schools

Residential Green Building

Fundraising

The Chapter has groups meeting throughout Massachusetts:

Central Mass Group

Worcester-based

Western Branch Group

Amherst-based

Cape & Islands Group

Hyannis-based

To find out more about the committees and how to get connected, go to our website or send an email to info@usgbcma.org

North American Passive House Network
Conference & Expo in Portland, Maine September 22-23 2014 This is the premier gathering for Passive House professionals - featuring international specialists Wolfgang Feist and Gernot Vallentin. More information here.

Become a Member

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Organizations that share our goal of a more sustainable built environment should consider becoming a USGBC national member or partner of USGBC MA.

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Credential Maintenance

We've Got Webinars!

We have official USGBC webinars for in-person, group viewings:

Amherst on 9/16 at noon - LEED v4 (BD+C and ID+C): Water Efficiency

Boston on 9/17 at 4:30 - Vegetated Roofs and their use in LEED

This is one of our ways of helping our community stay on top of our LEED credentials - free for members!

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Welcome back to business!

Upcoming events:

9/11 Thursday at 5pm in Boston: Open House / Combined Committees Meeting
9/25 Thursday at 5:30pm in Boston: Hostelling International Boston green building tour
9/27 Saturday (but not exclusively) at various times and locations: Green Apple Day of Service - sign up for a project to help out!
9/30 Tuesday at 5:30 in Cambridge: the 2014 LEED Project Showcase - we want to highlight your project.
10/2 Thursday 8am in Boston: Bring the Outside In - Green Breakfast Club with Thornton Tomasetti
10/16 Thursday 1-7pm in Boston: DISRUPT CRE - where Technology & Real Estate Collide (mini-conference including the "Science of Buildings" panel)

Committee work sessions:

Residential Committee: 9/8 Monday at 5:45 in Boston: Using wood for green buildings

Advocacy Committee: 9/15 Monday at 3pm (conf. call): Review programs for end-of-year

2014 Massachusetts LEED Project Showcase: The Big Night Out for LEED is all set for September 30th at Genzyme in Cambridge. Individual tickets now on sale.

Are you going to Greenbuild? We'll be in New Orleans from October 22-24. This is always a great way to learn and network. The Chapter is renting out a house and we'll be sure to have a social gathering during the Greenbuild week.

Let's get ready to jam out on the green building movement through the end of the year!

Grey Lee

Executive Director

USGBC MA Chapter

The LEED Showcase 2014

At Genzyme in Cambridge

We are Ready!

The biggest LEED gathering in New England - the 2014 LEED Project Showcase. Over 200 projects qualify for this year's Showcase.

We want to hear about your recent LEED Projects. Sponsorship opportunities are available.

If you were involved in a LEED project, plan on attending: Tuesday, September 30 from 5:30-8:30pm at Genzyme, 500 Kendall St in Cambridge.

Remember last year's show? The recap video is worth more than 1000 words.

Green Schools Update

$5600 in Green Apple Day of Service Mini-Grants Awarded

By Steve Muzzy, Green Schools Program Manager

Thanks to the generous support from a number of sponsors we have awarded a total of 14 mini-grants of $400 each to schools in support of Green Apple Day of Service projects. National Grid and NSTAR funded a total of 12 projects focused on energy conservation (National Grid split their grants between MA and RI) - and Arrowstreet, Capitol Waste Services, Re-Stream, and Triumph Modular provided support for five more projects.

Congratulations to our awardees!

NSTAR - NGRID Energy Focused Project Awardees

Alighieri Montessori School	East Boston	NSTAR
Manning Elementary School	Jamaica Plain	NSTAR
Boston Green Academy	Brighton	NSTAR
Boston Latin School	Boston	NSTAR
Clark University	Worcester	NGRID
Dallin School	Arlington	NSTAR
Manchester Essex Regional Middle High School	Manchester	NGRID
McKinley Middle School	Boston	NSTAR
Medford High School	Medford	NGRID

General Project Awardees

Brooke Charter School	Mattapan
Curley K-8 School	Jamaica Plain
Lillian Jacobs Elementary School	Hull
Quincy High School	Quincy
Wentworth Institute of Technology	Boston

We also thank Excel Dryer for their in-kind donation of four XL-SI Green Apple dryers to Brighton High School.

It's not too late to get involved with Green Apple Day of Service. Projects can still be coordinated and registered at http://mygreenapple.org/. If you're looking to volunteer with a project see the current MA registered projects for service days in your community.

Thank you to our generous Green Apple Day of Service Mini Grant sponsors and their support of healthy, sustainable schools.

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Honey Crisp

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Recap of EPMA Sustainable Bike Tour of Boston's Green Necklace

By Ryan Montoni, EPMA

Overall, the bike tour turned out to be a huge success!

All who attended would all like to thank Jessica Mink from MassPaths for providing us with a wonderful, seventeen mile ride through places that most of us were previously unfamiliar with.

During the three hour ride, we were able to see Franklin Park, the Arnold Arboretum, the Audubon Boston Nature Center (Boston's first LEED-rated building), and much more.

MassPaths is a non-profit organization whose goal is to increase the proportion of non-polluting, human-powered vehicles in the transportation mix by promoting the development of off-road routes or bike paths that allow bikes to travel all the places that cars can.

Below: the Boston Nature Center (on the inside)

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