Monterey Bay Branch Steering Committee
(click name to email steering committee members)
CO-CHAIRS
Stewart Wadsworth, Consultant
Jordan Daniels, BuildingWise
COMMITTEES
(* indicates committee chair)
Advocacy:
Sharon Sarris*, Greenfuse
Libby Barnes, Carver and Schicketanz
Schools Advocate:
Elizabeth Cordero*, Green Building Consulting
Publicity:
Yvonne Ross*, Designwise
Mardee McGraw
Julie Ziemelis
Membership:
Debbie Picard*, Platinum Development
Bill Wagner, World International Enterprise
Newsletter:
Jenny Shelton*, Shelton Design
Finance:
Saren Pierson* (treasurer), CSUMB
Daniel Silvernail, (Sponsorship), Daniel Matthew Silvernail Architect
Alan Forrest, Sustainable Solutions
Registration:
Jeanne Bulger*, Power Solutions
Scott Grover, ART-F/X Environments
Sarah McCandliss, Landscape Design
Secretary:
Jenny Shelton, Shelton Design
Catering:
Erica Fox*
Labris Willendorf
USGBC Liaison:
Barry Giles, BuildingWise
Outreach/Volunteers:
Rick Williams*, Pacific Inland Mortgage
Labris Willendorf
Carmel Sustainability Fair & Solar Homes Tour Liason:
Jeff Condit, Rana Creek
Members at Large:
Phoebe Larson, design PRL
Marli Melton
Jay Tulley, Otto Construction
Lydia Corser, greenspace
Ana Maria Rebelo, County of Santa Cruz
Joe Fullerton, City of Santa Cruz
Co-Chairs Emeritus:
Sharon Sarris (03-06, founding co-chair)
Lili Wright (03-05, founding co-chair)
Jay Tulley (06-07)
Jenny Shelton (07-08)
Speakers David Knight and Larry Weingarten after their September 2 presentation on Green HVAC.
Events
September 26 - Sustainable Living Festival
Hilton Bialek Habitat at Carmel Middle School, 4380 Carmel Valley Road, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Now in its 7th year, the Sustainable Living Festival is the Monterey Peninsula's longest running festival of renewable energy and sustainable living. (Formerly known as the Solar Home Tour & Sustainability Fair).
Event website
Participate as an EXHIBITOR
October 1-2 - Biogas Conference
San Francisco
The event brings together over 30 top level speakers who will share best practice case studies of agri, waste, landfill, sewage and wastewater biogas, providing an excellent platform for networking, knowledge transfer and new business development. More Info
October 1-3 - West Coast Green
Conference + Expo on Green Innovation - Fort Mason Center, SF
www.westcoastgreen.com
USGBC-NCC Workshops will be offered at West Coast Green on September 30th. Learn more!
Discounts are available for NCC members.
October 3 - Solar Homes Tour
The Tour is part of the American Solar Energy Society National Solar Tour, the world's largest grassroots solar event. ASES is a non-profit organization educating the nation about renewable energy.
Maps available at www.SantaCruzSolarTour.com and www.sanbenitosolartour.com
October 4 - GreenPoint Showcase Tour
10:00AM to 5:00PM, Bay Area-wide, $10/person.
Self-guided tour features Bay area homes that have been built or remodeled green.
510-845-0472 x108
www.ktvu.com/builditgreen
October 7 - USGBC-NCC MBB Advocacy Meeting
4:30 - 5:30 pm, Moss Landing Marine Labs
Anyone interested in local government green building policies or greening schools is encouraged to attend.
Contact Sharon Sarris for more information
October 15 - Sustainable Design Panel Discussion
6:30 - 10 p.m., The Aquarius Meeting Room at the Dream Inn, Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz Design + Innovation Center presents A Panel Discussion on Sustainable Design. Info and registration.
October 21- Getting Our Community Ready for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
6pm - 8 pm, SC 41, 2647 41st
Sharon Sarris will lead a discussion on an initiative to plan and build infrastructure for plug-in hybrids coming to market next year. Share your ideas to accelerate this effort.
Contact Sharon Sarris for more information.
October 24- Climate Action Day
Join forces with folks around the globe to demand regulation to reduce CO2 emissions to 350 ppm level by promoting a day of action on October 24th. Visit www.350.org for more info and find local climate action events in the Monterey Bay area. You are encouraged to create your own action too!
October 24 - 2nd Annual Green Trade Network Conference
Cocoanut Grove, Santa Cruz
The theme this year is 'Sustainable Cities of the 21st Century'. Learn more about the conference and get info about becoming a presenter, sponsor, exhibitor, or attendee.
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In this issue:
Monterey Bay Branch Monthly Program
Straw Building and the Principles of Passive Solar Design: A Primer
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Moss Landing Marine Labs
8272 Moss Landing Rd., Moss Landing
5:30 - 6:00 - Light Refreshments and Networking
6:00 - 8:00 - Program
Please register by October 5th.
Speaker:
Daniel Silvernail, Architect
 Daniel Silvernail is an ecologist by education and architect by profession. In 1996 he was exposed to the California straw building movement and the use of straw bales as a building material. Offering environmentally-positive qualities including low embodied energy, super-insulation, and an alternative to the use of lumber he immediately was drawn into the movement, designing his first straw bale residential project in 1997 and accepting induction to the Advisory Board of CASBA (the California Straw Building Association) in 2003.
Over the years of educating both building professionals and laypersons to the ecological advantages of the technology, he realized that simply building with bales is only a single aspect of the picture if the building is to be successful from a sustainable perspective, that, as builders and designers, if we are not mindful of applying solar design principles we've really only delivered "half the goods" to the environment in terms of sustainable practice.
Join Daniel in a presentation of his unique perspective on the subject, one which he calls "Straw Building and the Principles of Passive Solar Design: A Primer".
Many thanks to our generous sponsors!
Space is limited. Please register for the event before October 5. Registration fee: $10 for NCC members, $15 for non-NCC members, $20 for non-members at the door.
Informal Carpool: We encourage offering a donation to the individual who drives to offset fuel costs. Participants should arrive no later than 5 p.m. at one of these locations:
1. Santa Cruz County Governmental Office Building, 701 Ocean Street,
near the front doors at the visitor parking spaces.
2. Seaside Home Depot parking lot, near the Shell Station.
Join the Monterey Bay Branch Team!
Become a contributor to the Monterey Bay Branch Newsletter.
Send your upcoming events or short article to Jenny Shelton, Branch Newsletter Editor. Non-commercial submissions only. Deadline is the 10th of each month. |
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Now is a great time to volunteer with the USGBC-NCC! In fact, its people just like you that help make the Chapter the premiere source for green building education, advocacy, and networking in our region. A great way to make a difference during this explosion of growth in green building is to contribute your passion and energy to the USGBC-NCC Monterey Bay Branch, which serves Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey Counties. We invite you to join our steering committee, join a subcommittee and help out with easy tasks before and at our events, or bring your creative ideas for 2010 education and networking events, and a willingness to help make them happen. Tell us your strengths and we'll find a role that's right for you. |
Sponsor the Monterey Bay Branch
Supporting the Monterey Bay Branch is a great way to increase your company's visibility with our members and attendees. Sponsorship levels start as low as $250. Contact Jordan Daniels, 831-359-2584 or Stewart Wadsworth 831-332-0612 to find out more.
Branch Advocacy Update
On September 2nd, the USGBC Northern California Chapter (NCC) Green Schools Advocate and Residential Green Building Committee Co-chair updated our branch about greening schools and residential buildings from both a National and Northern California Chapter perspective. They stressed that the point of green schools advocacy is "A" to affect legislation and codes; and "B" education and outreach. The "rules for advocates" was presented, which included our position to not sell LEED or any other green school standard. The USGBC is serving as the facilitator for the Alliance and is working with its members to identify issues and challenges on which they want to focus, and to find resources to further their cause. The USGBC is working on a tool-kit to instruct project teams on how to achieve and track credits, so that cash-strapped school districts can better afford to achieve LEED for Schools certification. It will be released in 2010.
The Green Schools and Residential committees are different than the others in that they have alliances with other organizations such as CHPS, Build It Green and NAHB. The USGBC's Green Home Guide provides educational content on how everyone can create a green home. At West Coast Green, the Residential Committee will talk about its strategic plan in a salon setting.
Ana Maria Rebelo presented the Santa Cruz County Green Schools Program. In order to participate in the green schools program, students need to volunteer on community programs such as beach/rivers or watershed cleanups and marking storm drains throughout the county. The program has five different presentations on various environmental areas; each presentation is tweaked depending on the class and includes training for teachers and custodians. In the near future, they are planning to start the green business certification for schools.
Recent and Upcoming City and County Events relevant to Advocacy:
- Sept. 21 - USGBC-NCC MBB and AMBAG spoke to the Hollister City Council about the importance of developing a green building policy.
- Sept. 29 a.m.- County of Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors will consider Planning Department's proposed green building program (residential). See: County of Santa Cruz's website on 9/25 for agenda.
- Sept. 29 after 4:30pm - City of Salinas Council - public hearing regarding the City's status in meeting the United Nations Urban Environmental Accord. Check City website before the meeting to verify the agenda item. Attendance is encouraged.
For more information, or to join the advocacy committee, contact Sharon Sarris (government) or Liz Cordero (schools). The next meeting is Wednesday, October 7th, 4:30-5:30 pm at Moss Landing Marine Labs.
Training for Transition: Building Resilient Communities for a Post-Carbon World
The Transition movement is a set of inspiring ideas for creating an attractive and enticing vision of how our communities could be. The converging crises of climate change and oil depletion and economic instability cannot be solved separately, and they cannot be solved with technological miracles, but only by lessening our dependence on fossil fuels. This doesn't mean a bleaker future. The heart of transition is the belief that if we engage with enough imagination and ingenuity to unlock the collective genius of our communities, we can choose a future that is more satisfying, just and sustainable than what we have now.
A special event will be held Friday, Oct. 23rd & Sunday, Oct. 25th from 9:30 - 5:30 pm with a special free, open-to-the-public Energy Decent Planning Session Oct. 23rd, 6 to 9pm at 26435 Carmel Rancho Blvd, Carmel. The fee to attend is $195 before October 1st and $225 thereafter.To register, contact Deborah Lindsay. Scholarships are available.
Participants in the training will: explore the opportunities for personal and social transformation presented by the challenges of peak oil, climate change and economic instability; learn the key concepts of the Transition model, including how to set up and foster successful Transition groups., Permaculture principles and community visioning; understand how to raise awareness of the need for transition through public talks and events; form contacts with other change leaders in your local area; and, establish a plan of action for yourself and your community.
USGBC-NCC Kickoff Event and Discounts for NCC Members at West Coast Green
Whether you're an architect, designer, builder, developer, facility manager, realtor, or government official, West Coast Green is an unprecedented opportunity for you to advance your personal and professional goals while having the time of your life. While new green events emerge every year, West Coast Green represents the largest milestone yet in the green innovation movement. The West Coast Green experience is a feast of innovations, ideas and opportunities designed to expand your business, widen your vision, and stimulate your thinking with the latest best practices and key players in building, business and design.
West Coast Green is offering a 30% discount for USGBC-NCC Emerging Green Builder members and a 20% discount for all other Chapter members on passes to the conference, as well as 40% off when you purchase 10+ passes. Email us to get the link, or join the Chapter now and receive the link in your membership receipt. Students conference passes are over 68% off - register for West Coast Green as a student.
Pre-Conference Networking Event with USGBC-NCC
Start off West Coast Green right! Meet and mingle with other people interested in sustainability - including green business, design, architecture, engineering, organics, clean energy, and more at the NCC kickoff event. Enjoy a complimentary green drink and delicious appetizers. Reconnect with friends and colleagues, discover like-minded green building professionals, learn about upcoming tradeshows, and network with influential leaders in the green building movement. Learn more and register.
Boston Architectural College Partners With BuildingGreen to Offer Online Learning
Boston Architectural College sustainable design courses provide faculty-led, interactive, college-level instruction in a fully online format, which makes them available at any location in the world with internet access. The BAC sustainable design curriculum offers the opportunity to learn about the many ways in which buildings interact with the natural environment and the choices available to make that interaction positive. Courses can be taken individually or as part of the sustainable design certification program (GCSD). Many of the courses have been endorsed and are included in the USGBC's Education Providers Program. For more information, or to register, go to the BAC Website.
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