Events

Wildlands Conservancy's Bike & Boat Adventure is an exciting outdoor-learning, paddle/peddling excursion. This single day, 5-hour trip starts at Canal Park in Allentown with a canoe safety review and a short practice paddle period in the canal before we start out along the Lehigh River. We stop at Sterner's Island along the way for a little exploration and take out at Sand Island in Bethlehem. Lunch will be served at this time. We then enjoy a

One Penn Center Conf. Ctr., 1617 JFK Blvd., Suite 1145

This is a reschedule of the July 15th meeting.

The meeting shall be held at the DVGBC Offices, Suite 999

Agenda:

Selection of new Chair

• Shari stepped down in June Board meeting

Recap of approved recommendations and assign tasks

• Bylaws email from David Gifford

Consensus reports

• Process
• Responsibility

990 Tax form

• New and updated policies
• Formation of new task force/subcommittee to report to Governance?

Determine Next Steps / Schedule

PIDC, 1500 Market St, 26th Fl, West Tower

Friday, July 24, 2009; 8:00am - 4:00 pm
AIA Philadelphia's Committee on the Environment & Delaware Valley Green Building Council invite you to participate in a Green Manufacturing Tour

Location:  DVGBC Office (One Penn Center, 1617 JFK Blvd, Suite 1145)

For more information, contact Kristie Kozenewski at programs@dvgbc.org.

New members welcome!

Join us for our next Committee Meeting at 5137 River Drive, Laurys Station, PA 18059

Green Building Design and Construction:
The LEED Implementation Process
Presented by the U.S. Green Building Council

July 29, 2009
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Easton, PA
Lafayette College
Limburg Theater (in basement)
9 Farinon Drive
Easton, PA 18042

One Penn Center Conf. Ctr., 1617 JFK Blvd., Suite 1145

One Penn Center Conf. Ctr., 1617 JFK Blvd., Suite 1145

Welcome to the Emerging Professionals Committee space where you can learn about our mission, join our online conversation, find details of our future events and meetings and access relevant resources.

Come mingle with Philadelphia's emerging green builders from these outstanding organizations:

American Institute of Architects - associate committee
Illumination Engineering Society of North America
American Institute of Graphic Arts
DVGBC - emerging green builders

Local, award winning beer will be flowing at:
Nodding Head Brewery
1516 Sansom Street, Philadelphia

Pre-registration is not required.
For more information email emerson1899@gmail.com

Clemens Construction: 1435 Walnut Street, 7th Fl

One Penn Center Conf. Ctr, 1617 JFK Blvd., Suite 1145

West Chester August Meet n Mingle

Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Location: Iron Hill Brewery, West Chester, PA
Time: 5-7 pm

Join us in West Chester for happy hour and do some networking and socializing. This free event is open to members and non-members. Interface Flor will be providing Appetizers and there will be a cash bar. This is a great way to find out what membership is all about if you are considering joining the DVGBC.

One Penn Center Conf. Ctr., 1617 JFK Blvd., Suite 1145

The USGBC has revised the widely recognized Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Building Rating System and released a new version- LEED 2009.  The Council has introduced new prerequisites, tightened the referenced standards, created new regional priority credits, re-assigned point values to many existing credits, and harmonized the points required for certification across the rating systems.  In addition, the LEED Accredited Professional training program has been revised into the three tiered trai