February 15, 2005
Rethinking Materials in the Context of LEED

6:30 - 7:30 pm
The Engineering & Design Institute @
Philadelphia University
4145 Station Street, Philadelphia, PA 19128
(Directions from Center City Philadelphia)

Continuing Ed. Credits:
This program is worth 1.0 AIA/CES (HSW) LUs.

This program teaches integrated design in high-performance building with an interactive DVD presentation and features four renowned green building experts:

Integrated Design
Bill Reed, architect, LEED instructor

Energy and Daylighting
Marcus Sheffer, LEED instructor

High Performance Design
John Boecker, architect, LEED instructor

Materials and Life Cycle Assessment ("LCA")
Scott Horst, materials and LCA expert

Features include:
• USGBC and LEED
• Integrated Design
• The Multi-Function Use of Materials
• The High-Performance Building Envelope
• LEED Material Credits

Refreshments are provided. There are 25 seats available for this seminar.

Join the DVGBC for our upcoming events:

Renewable ON-Site Energy:
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Presentation on financing and installation of on-site renewable energy systems such as photovoltaics.

Green Material – Cost & Benefits:
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Panel discussion on green materials.

Other regional events of interest include the following hosted by USGBC / NJ Chapter in Titusville, NJ:

Designing & Maintaining Top Energy Performing Buildings – ENERGY STAR Tools:
Tuesday, March 8, 2005, 8am - 12pm
This two-part presentation will demonstrate how to design buildings for superior energy performance and how to determine the relative energy performance of existing buildings.

Labs21 High-Performance Design Course:
Thursday, April 7, 2005, 8am - 4pm
The Labs21 High Performance, Low-Energy Design Course is a full-day workshop that introduces strategies for designing and constructing sustainable laboratories in both new and existing facilities.

DVGBC programming made possible by our sustaining sponsors – The Homasote Co., Liberty Property Trust, Trane, The Brickman Group, Centocor, LF Driscoll, Forbo, The Hankin Group, Haworth, Interface, Inc., Mannington, Norwood, Powell Trachtman, 7group, and Urban Engineers.

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RSVP:
RSVP to Carol Konopinski by telephone (215.930.0428)
or by email konopinskic@philau.edu

Sponsors:
The DVGBC thanks Homasote
for their sponsorship of this event.

Co-hosts:
DVGBC, a chapter of USGBC,
AIA Philadelphia's Committee on the Environment