Greenbuild 2012     
USGBC-IN Chapter November News 
4th Quarter, 2012 
Welcome to USGBC-IN

 

Chapter Board of Directors:

 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

 

INDIANA CHAPTER CHAIR

  Dan Overbey

    -Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects

VICE CHAIR

  Heather Zeto -Platinum Earth LLC

FINANCE CHAIR 

  John O'Brien  -Heapy Engineering

SECETARY

  Heather Schafer -BSA LifeStructures

PAST-CHAIR

  John P. O'Brien -Heapy Engineering

 

2012 DIRECTORS   

  Christin Kappel

   -The Architecture Studio

  Terry Thornsbury -Viridian Design

 

 

2012 BRANCH LIASONS

 

CENTRAL BRANCH LIASON  

 Tracey Parfitt -Structurepoint

 

 

NE BRANCH LIASON  

 Jeremy Hatfield  -Design   Collaborative 

 

 

SW BRANCH LIASON

  Zane Mitchell;   -Southern Indiana University

 

 

NC BRANCH LIASON

   Andrew Avara -Troyer Group

 

 

Heartland Regional Committee Representative: 

 Stew Whitcomb -Guidon Design

 

 

 

SPONSORS

 

 

Trane Logo
Platinum Sponsor.

 

 

Knauf Insulation Logo
Gold Sponsor

 

This month's featured Affiliates and Partners for a more sustainable Indiana:

 

hec 

 

HEC invites you to the states largest gathering of Green Advocates on Decemner 1st at the statehouse!

 

 

Nature Conservancy  

 

Midwest Masonry Council 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green Community Kiosk -Share your events here!

Attend Greenbuild 2012 and

Earn 1 Years worth of CMP units!

 

Join your friends and colleagues in San Francisco at the USGBC-IN Chapter Reception!  Follow the link below to make your reservations... 
 RSVP  
 
When: Thursday, November 15th, 5:30pm-7:00pm
            1085 Mission St, SF, CA 94103  -about a 14 minute walk from Moscone Center bewteen Moscone and the Billy Graham Civic Auditorium (venue for GreenBuild Celebration same night at 7:00pm)
Who: FREE to all USGBC-IN Members (max 1 guest each)
What: Whine and hor d'Oeurves 

Be sure to thank our event sponsors when you stop in:
Platinum Earth   
 
 
 

 

 


 
 
Vote: USGBC-IN Board of Directors Elections
Polls open after Greenbuild 2012

 

Follow this link to Review your candidates now!

  

  

USGBC -IN Northeast Member & Sponsor

Appreciation Gala

RSVP

 Live Music provided by Velvet Soul

When: Join us on November 14th beginning at 5:30pm for an evening of casual networking and recognition of our strong supporters for 2012. 

Where: The gathering will be held at Bergstaff Place at 2020 E. Washington Boulevard,  

Cost: The event is open to the public and the cost is $15 per attendee (free to USGBC State Chapter members / sponsors and one guest).  Plenty of parking is available on site.  Heavy hors d'oeuvres and cash bar will be provided.

 

 

USGBC Student GroupsUSGBC Student Groups are headed for GreenBuild!

 

Introducing our Indiana USGBC Student Group Regional Chairs:

 

USGBC Students Regional Chair -Northern Indiana

 Rich Bloem rich@truenorthhomes.net

USGBC Students Regional Chair -Southern Indiana

Sam Miller, RA, LEED AP -Architecture Trio, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, sam@archtrio.com

 IU Student Group GADS1

USGBC Student Group members in Bloomington get a work out on

Green Apple Day of Service

 

IU Student Group GADS2The campus garden is an IU Office of Sustainability project that aims to foster environmental and social sustainability by creating interactive, edible gardening spaces on the IU-Bloomington campus. This 8,500 square foot garden will increase the edible gardening space overseen by the Campus Garden Initiative by almost 10-fold. Food from the garden goes to food banks, the campus dining services, and to the volunteers. USGBC Students helped with regular gardening activities such as weeding, thinning, planting, watering, and harvesting!

  

Find out More about student events and opportunities:

http://centerforgreenschools.org/usgbcstudents
Greetings!
 
Just wanted to share a few notes from our recent
 LEED v4 Update:
  • 5th Public Comment Oct 2 - Dec 10
  • Beta Testing Now Available
  • Balloting in Summer 2012 
The LEED v4 Workshop held at Structure Point in Indianapolis was a full house with representatives from across the state getting a first hand look at the changes developing on the horizon for LEED v4.  Presenter Corey Enck, Director of LEED Technical Development, collaborates with volunteer technical committees to evolve and refine USGBC's LEED green building rating system. 
Q&A prevailed over the agenda with a lot of information crammed into the 60 minute session. 
Q: Is the longterm goal to stay in lock step with ASHRAE? -Dan Overbey.  A: Yes, ...the LEED rating system doesn't work as code being designed to be a voluntary guide but it is being adopted by municipalities hence the concentrated effort to bring the technical language as current as possible.  V4 is the 1st Global Form of LEED.
Q: Will O&M be required? -Heather Schafer  A: That is something we are looking to have in the future, not in v4.
Q: I understand the big change is the addition of a credit for Integrated Process? -Tracey Parfitt  A: It is found at the beginning of the project information and not under any one credit.     
Learn more about LEED v4 
Ivy Tech Campus Addition Achieves LEED NC2.2 Certification

  Ivy Tech ext 1 

The Ivy Tech Community College Takes on the LEED Rating System takes on the LEED Rating System and Succeeds!

 

Greencastle Center for Workforce and Economic Development adds to the growing collection of green buildings on the Ivy Tech Community College Campus network certified by the LEED rating System.    

 

The Ivy Tech Community College Greencastle Center for Workforce and Economic Development was constructed in response to enrollment increases and strong demand for expanded and additional programs.  New and improved services to the community are attained by an increase in accessible, quality space for general classrooms, dedicated labs, and flexible space for short-term training. The project also supports the development of services and technology delivery systems to outlying communities that are not served by another instructional center.

Ivy TEch int1 

The new campus is located at the intersection of State Highway 240 and Zinc Mill Road, across from  Greencastle Middle and High Schools. The project replaces space leased from the Area 30 Career Center. The City of Greencastle provided approximately 30 acres of land for the project at no cost to the College.

 

Ivy Tech int2 

 

 

 

 

The Center for Workforce and Economic Development is a free standing facility. Assignable area in the building includes general classrooms, science labs, administrative and faculty offices, computer labs, library, bookstore, student gathering areas and other support spaces.

 Ivy TEch Ext 2

 

 

Photos used by permission.

 

 

  

 

The Department of Workforce and Economic Development has office space and serves the community from the new facility.  The project reflects both fiscal sustainability as well as environmental stewardship and promises to serve the community well in the coming years.

 

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