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)
Architect Dan Silvernail offering information about straw bale construction on October 7.
Events
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.
October 28 - Building Green in Salinas
6:30 - 8 p.m., Sherwood Community Center, Salinas
Panel presentation on Salinas LEED certified green buildings and guided tour of the new LEED certified community pool.
Learn more / RSVP
October 29 - Plug-In Electric Vehicle Alliance - Monterey Bay Meeting
10 a.m. - noon, IBEW Local 234, 10300 Merritt, Castroville
RSVP to Sharon Sarris
October 30 - Green Building Super Heroes Awards Gala
San Francisco
Celebrate green building excellence with industry leaders at the LEED Platinum California Academy of Sciences. Enjoy exclusive after-hours access to the entire museum. Watch our signature awards program honoring green building innovators and a feature presentation with keynote by Steve Westly, Managing Partner and founder of The Westly Group, a clean technology-oriented venture capital firm, and a board member of Tesla Motors. Enjoy dancing, open bar, local and organic cuisine.
Special discounts for Gala attendees at the Intercontinental Hotel! More info on gala webpage.
Discounted sales end at 11pm October 26th. Info and tickets.
November 11 - Greening the Holiday Season
Greenspace, 1122 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz
Lydia Corser gives a presentation for Green Living in Santa Cruz on how to green your holiday season.
RSVP
November 14-15 - Trash to Treasure
Carmel Mission, Crespi Hall, 3080 Rio Road Carmel
Featuring artists who create with recycled materials. Holiday Sale of Fair Trade using Recycled items. E-Waste Collection to benefit HOPE Services.
More info at carmelmission.org
or call 831-624-1271, ext. 212
November 18 - USGBC-NCC Monterey Bay Branch Steering Committee Meeting
5:30-8:30 p.m., BuildingWise, 8048 Moss Landing Rd, Moss Landing
Join the steering committee and participate in elections and planning for 2010.
Learn more & RSVP.
November 19 - Sustainable Industries Economic Forum
St. Regis, San Francisco
Keynote presentation by Paul Hawken. Co-sponsored by USGBC-NCC.
Information and registration.
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In this issue:
Monterey Bay Branch Monthly Program
California's Energy Solutions: Efficiency, Alternatives, and the Smart Grid
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Chartwell School
2511 Numa Watson Road, Seaside
5:30 - 6:00 - Light Refreshments and Networking
6:00 - 8:00 - Program
Please register by November 2.
Get a map and directions to Chartwell School
| Join the USGBC-NCC Monterey Branch at the LEED Platinum and solar-powered Chartwell School for a round table discussion of commercial and residential energy usage, conservation and generation in California. Learn the advantages of generating your own power at your business or home, how to take advantage of dropping solar module prices and financing options for solar power systems. |
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Speakers:
Joel Kaufman, VP of Business Development & Marketing, Independent Energy Systems (a Real Goods Solar Company).
Sharon Block, Owner, Block Energy Design, Green Building Consulting, Certified Energy Analyst with a HERS/CGPR Rating.
Sharon Sarris, Principal, Greenfuse Green Building Consulting
PG&E representative, to be determined.
Moderated by Stewart Wadsworth, Co-Chair USGBC-NCC MBB & EcoStew, Solar Consulting
Many thanks to our generous sponsors!
Space is limited. Please register for the event before November 2. Registration fee: $10 for NCC members, $15 for non-NCC members, $20 for non-members at the door.
Click here for map and directions to Chartwell School.
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.
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 15th of each month.
An invitation from the Co-chairs:
Join the MBB Steering Commitee
Green Building Supporters,
Did you know that the USGBC is one of the fasting growing Non-Governmental Organization the world? It's people like you that volunteer and make the U.S. Green Building Council - Northern California Chapter (USGBC-NCC) the premiere source for green building education, outreach and networking in our region.
Thanks to your continued support and interest in the programs that the USGBC-NCC Monterey Bay Branch offer each month, now in it's sixth year, the branch is stronger than ever! We invite you to join our branch as an active participant in moving the green revolution forward in our community. Many hands make light work, so we need your help to keep this all volunteer organization advocating and educating on green building in Santa Cruz, Monterey,and San Benito Counties.
Please mark your calendar to attend the Branch Steering Committee's 2010 planning and elections meeting on Wednesday, November 18 at 5:30 pm at the BuildingWise office at 8048 Moss Landing Rd, Moss Landing (across from the Post Office). Dinner and drinks will be provided. We will be electing a new Co-Chair, as well as filling other key committee positions with volunteers like you who want to influence and direct the advocacy and education efforts of the Chapter and Branch.
Registration will open October 26th, please RSVP by November 12 to reserve your space and receive more information about the election.
Thank you again for your continued support! Please join us on November 18th and make a difference.
Jordan Daniels and Stewart Wadsworth
USGBC-NCC MBB Co-chairs
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, or visit the event sponsorship page.
Industrial Strength LEED Neighborhood: If you worked here, you'd be home by now.
The Delaware Addition on the Westside of Santa Cruz may point the way to our next economy, where people work and live within resilient local communities free from automobile dependence.
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This mixed‐use industrial district is among the first 25 developments in the United States to achieve a LEED Neighborhood Development rating by the U.S. Green Building Council.
With the infrastructure completed for the first phase of the 20‐acre Delaware Addition project (approved by a unanimous Santa Cruz City Council vote in 2008), the U.S. Green Building Council has rated Redtree Properties' project as LEED Neighborhood Development Certified.
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Rendering courtesy of Barney Davidge
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Of the 196 American projects selected in early 2007 for this innovative pilot program, only 25 have yet to attain certification.
Craig French, project manager for Redtree, notes that the Delaware Addition is unique, and uniquely important, among this select group of projects. While most offer high‐end residential and commercial uses or are heavily subsidized by taxpayer dollars, the Delaware Addition is being built privately for local business owners and start‐ups for whom sustained productivity and economic resilience are paramount. It's about sustainability, not gentrification. 350 people will live here, and 500 people will work here, all on 20 acres.
Project architect and LEED Accredited Professional Mark Primack agrees that this project, and its environmental initiatives, grew from a local culture of grass roots entrepreneurship. "Craig hired me to design a green, innovative community here in Santa Cruz, in an industrial zone abandoned by big industry. In recent years Lipton, Wrigley and Texas Instruments had all shut down and gone elsewhere. But there are a lot of smart, industrious people living here in Santa Cruz, and Craig wanted to give them the option of working here as well, instead of commuting to Silicon Valley. So he cautioned me right at the start that if I designed an award‐winning project that wasn't competitive with the tilt‐up flex‐space developments over the hill, we would have failed. Getting a LEED Neighborhood Development Certified rating meant we couldn't just purchase a lot of expensive accessories; we had to be green at our core. I think that's the spirit in which the U.S. Green Building Council, in association with the Natural Resource Defense Council and the Congress for New Urbanism, initiated the LEED Neighborhood pilot program. Single‐building programs are too limited in scope to be affective against global warming."
That attention to core sustainability made life difficult for LEED administrators, said Primack. "Because the success of a project like ours requires a maximum of flexibility over time ‐ neighborhoods are more like living organisms than artifacts ‐ and LEED is based on a commitment to a very precise and static end product, we had trouble declaring exactly what businesses or activities we would accommodate now and forever. But I think in the end we contributed to their consciousness of what makes a truly sustainable development."
The approach taken proved atypical. Rather than 'green‐washing' an obsolete development model with expensive gadgetry and trendy features, The Delaware Addition asked the basic question, 'what makes a resilient working neighborhood within the current global economy?' and it sought answers that would resolve economic, environmental and social concerns.
They began with the understanding that viable businesses start small and then grow and contract as necessary. Says French, "At the Delaware Addition, you can own 600 square feet or 40,000, or anything in between." And Redtree convinced the city to allow work force housing on site, both centralized and as an option provided for individual business owners. The city also allowed density greater than that prescribed for 60's era suburban 'industrial parks', thereby enabling the 'critical mass' that makes working communities vibrant, and economical.
The effort to relate environmental consciousness and cost effectiveness proved very productive; buildings, parking, access and open spaces were efficiently distributed; inexpensive tilt‐up concrete construction was explored for any and all aesthetic possibilities; and every physical and bureaucratic site constraint was turned into an opportunity. An abandoned concrete culvert, for instance, was rehabilitated as a cistern providing year‐round irrigation water; the development setback from a naturalized drainage ditch became a linear park and bike path. Required landscape maintenance fees will support a groundbreaking urban agriculture program providing fruit and perennials to residents; and the elimination of any reserved parking will maximize the use of provided spaces, reducing site paving by 25%. This means that front doors of businesses face onto tree‐lined main streets, rather than parking lots. And the comfortable on‐site bus stop doubles as a ride share station.
Editors note: The Monterey Bay Branch will host a presentation about the Delaware Addition LEED-ND Pilot Project in 2010. Watch for details in upcoming newsletters.
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Building Green in Salinas: Tour of Recent LEED Certified Projects
Sustainable Salinas - an Action Group of Citizens for a Sustainable Monterey County (CSMC) - and the City of Salinas present "Building Green in Salinas" on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM at the Sherwood Community Center in Salinas. The event features a panel presentation on Salinas LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified green buildings and guided tour of the new LEED-certified community pool.
Joe Piedimonte, Chairman of the Environmental Management and Sustainable Design Advisory Group for Hartnell College, and Green Building Consultant for Ausonio will discuss the LEED certification process and the benefits of green buildings.
Jeff Oberdorfer, Executive Director, First Community Housing (F.C.H.) will present FCH's Salinas Gateway Development, 100% affordable rentals with a green, vegetated roof with all rainwater recycled back into irrigation.
Carl Niizawa, Deputy City Engineer for the City of Salinas, supervised the design and construction of the newly opened Salinas community pool, pending LEED Gold. Mr. Niizawa will give a brief overview of the project, followed by a guided tour of the facilities.
CSMC is a local nonprofit organization whose mission is "to meet the challenges of Climate Change and Peak Oil by helping our communities to transition to sustainable uses of energy and resources."
Sustainable Salinas, along with the other Local Action Groups formed by CSMC, provides community education, promotes green building codes and ordinances to conserve water, reduce waste, create community gardens, offset carbon emissions, and many other projects. Join them for this informative free presentation.
For more information about this presentation, Sustainable Salinas or CSMC, please contact Virginia Jameson or go to www.sustainablemontereycounty.org.
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